The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-19 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
BURGLARY.—Thonzas Griffith and William East
were indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling-
house of Mr. John Alphonso Doxatt, of Leyton, Essex,
on the 15th September instant, and stealing several
articles of plate, his property.
Thomas Grootn—l am butler to the prosecutor, wbo
resides at Phillibroke House, Leyton, Essex. When
1 came down stairs on the morning of the Isth instant,
I found the kitchen door unchained and unlock3d, but
not open. I found a bottle of orange wine on the mat.
The door of the store-room had been broken open, and
I missed a silver wine-strainer and some other articles
of plate out of it. There were also various articles of
plate taken from other parts of the house.
It appeared from the evidence of other witnesses that
the prisoners had been taken into cu.tody almost im-
mediately after the discovery of the robbery, and that a
portion of the stolen property was found upon them.
An objection was taken to the indictment, that the
parish in which the alleged offence was committed was
improperly described therin. The Recorder, however,
overruled this objection.
The Jury found the prisoners Guilty, and the Re-
corder sentenced them each to ten years' transportation_
On sentence being passed, two females in the gallery
of the Court, said to be relatives of the prisoners, went
into hysterics, and were obliged to be removed by the
officers of the Court.

ROBBING A BLIND LADY.—Benjamin nomas Phil-
lips, a most forbidding looking young man, and Jane
Roberts, a respectable looking young woman, were
placed at the bar, Phillips charged with stealing one
gold watch and other articles value 30/. the property
of Francisco de Pina de Mello, in the dwelling-house
of Samuel Mills, and the female prisoner with fel°,
niously receiving various portions of the property, well
knowing thorn to have been stolen.

The -Jury found both prisoners guilty, and they were
sentenced to be transported for seven years.

SENTENCES.

In consequence of the absconding of Mr. Beer, who
was at large on his recognizance, the Session unex-
pectedly terminated to-day.

The following were the sentences passed :
Sentenced to Death—J. Diamond.
Transported for Fifteen Years—J. White.
For Fourteen Years—George Hamilton,

For Ten Years—Samuel George Fisher, George
Williams, W. Seymour, W. Harwood, Robert Winter,
R. Hawkins, Mary Welfare, George Rook, John Edger,
Jane Chapman, Nelson John Fletcher, John Richards,
Margaret Shaw.

For Seven Years—Samuel Pollard, Ellen Murphy,
John Perren, Charles Quin, Cornelius Knox, John
Phillips, Richard Creesey, John Richards, Mary
Wright, George Crofts, Eliza Jones, George Driscoll,
Ellen Driscoll, J. Wilson, James Lewend, Sarah Hum.
phrcys, Maria Clark, George Taylor, John Harris, W,
Smith, W. ~Williams.
IMPRISONMENT AND KEPT TO HARD LABOUR.
For Two Years John Brown, Daniel Davis,
Richard Royenane.
For Eighteen Months—Henry Williams (and fined
504)
For One Year—Robert Ellis, Charles White, John
Hill, John Denney, William Keaton, Mary Ann Snow,
John Savage, John Robertson, James Knight, Charles
Chapman, Charles Taylor, Henry Williams, John
Beales, Mary Bushbrook.
Agreatnumber were sentenced to shorter terms of
imprisonment.
The Court at its rising, adjourned to Monday, the
19th of October,

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SU,GFANT.)
The Court was occupied during the early part of the
day in trying various '4‘,lint oases, none of which were of
any public iuterect,
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.
A Frenchman, named Theodore Tillot, was brought
before the Lord Mayor in the custody of Daniel For.
rester, charged with having obtained a great variety of
goods under false pretences. He was apprehended at
Guernsey. The value of the goods he got hold of was
said to be about 3,000/. One of the parties defrauded
appeared against the prisoner, who assured the Lord
Mayor that he was merely a debtor. The fraud was
said to have been ingeniously managed, and the pri-
soner was, at the request of the victims, who were
anxious to get the most conclusive evidence together
against him, remanded till Thursday next.
A young man,
with having committed a forgery upon Messrs. Master-
man and Co. named William Dudley. was charged

Mr. Master, of the firm of Bush and Master, Soli-
citors to the Committee of Baukcrs for protection
against forgeries and fraud, appe.;:red for the prosecution.
Mr. Patton, of the Star Ironfoundry, Swan-street, in
the Borough, stated that the prisoner was in his em-
ployment, and was believed to be a very honest person
until Saturday last, when it was found that the young
man had been taking up and appropriating money for
which he had not accounted. Witness having ascer-
tained that there was no doubt as to the commission of
the offence, paid and discharged the prisoner,
but said that he would not institute a pro-
secution if he found that no new depredations had been
committed. Apprehending that all the mischief there
had not been detected, witness wrote to several cos-
sty
towers of the house in the country, and he received an
answer to one of his communications from Hastings,
stating that
e ad
banker'sthe
re-
mitted\, to pay the amount due from that customer.
Witness
letter chceocnk containing
for 41. 41. 10s, had been
itness then discovered that the prisoner had received
and d, ro
s buthnekiinngf.oiri(mitlaste.i, to bo
signed by witness, and also that the prisoner had forgedou that
the cheque lay at Masterman
witnesses's name to the cheque, and received the amount.
The prisoner said that he had not intercepted any
letter, and that he had not forged Mr. Patton's name
or received the money.
Mr. Simpson, cashier at Masterman's banking-house,
stated that he had paid the check at the counter, but
he did not recollect the prisoner.
The prosecutor said that the signature to the cheque
was in the prisoner's writing.
Th. LORD M A YOR remanded tho prisoner at the
request of Mr. Master until the necessary additional I
witnesses should be produced