The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-02 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

Mr. Selby. The question was not whether the prisoner
had omitted to record the receipt of the money in the
book, but whether he had omitted to do so for the pur-
pose of defrauding the parish. The items entered in
the audited accounts were items of totals, not of
each specific ton shillings received by the prisoner.
They ought not to have left his accounts unaudited
for two years, and then to have called upon him to ac-
count for a specific sum of ten shillings. It was a mere
matter of account between the parties, as was proved by
the conduct of the guardians in stopping moneys belong-
ing to the prisoner, and by the mode in which they had
always kept their accounts, and by their own resolutions.
The _Lamed Gentleman, having concluded his address,
called

Mr. George Selby—l am the vestry-clerk of the
parish of St. James, Clerkenwell—l have been so 25
years. I was also clerk to the guardians. I resigned
that office some short time since. The prisoner has
been in my service 14 or 15 years. His occupations
have been multifarious, and a great deal of them.
I recollect his being appointed collector of the bastardy
dues in 1836. He had a great deal more parish business
to transact. There was a person at the gate to receive
sums received at the workhouse. I was called upon by
the Board of Guardians to make good certain reported
defalc•ationLs in the Lccounts of Hill. I applied to llill
on the subject. There were other matters for which I
was liable to the parish, for which lie was not.
I have always been ready to pay to the guardians what-
ever sums Hill's liabilities to the parish might amount
to, whether legally or morally responsible. I have, since
the prisoner has been charged with defrauding, received
money that ought to have hewn paid to him, with which
he had charged himself a sum of money from Cameron.
Mr. Pascell handed me a paper on the subject of the ac-
counts, and desired me to get written answers, knowing
I could get them from no one but Hill. His character
is so good that I would have confided anything to him.
By the COURT—Iu all his accounts with me he has
been most correct.
Cross-examined—l did not recommend Air. Hill for
the appointment. I gave a guarantee for him. I knew
the duties he would have to perform. In consequence
of the late change in the Poor-law, the bastard
cases have been fewer than formerly. I know
he is a defaulter in the broker's account, but
do not know exactly to what amount. I have heard
him say that the outstanding amounts upon that account
are nearly sufficient to cover the defalcations. I have
never had any mistake in the bastardy account. I have
nut changed my mind. . _ .

Mr. Nf: Hill—Do you now intend to pay the bas-
tardy account? Witness—l cannot say Ido now. I think
I have been called on to pay more than his defalcations
amount to.

Re-examined—Mr. Pascell and Mr. Lovell came to me
some days ago, to know how much of the 7001., alleged
to be due I intendel to pay.
Several witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent cha-
racter.
Mr. M. D. HILL having replied,

Mr. Baron ALDERSON summed up, and the Jury found
the prisoner guilty.
There were six other indictments against the prisoner.
Ile was again placed at the bar upon one of the other
indictments, and after a short conversation with his
Counsel he expressed a wish to retract his plea of not
guilty and to plead guilty, and was permitted to do so
accordingly.
lir. CLARKSON represented to the Court that the pri-
soner was himself a cripple, and that he had a wife and
seven children.

The CounT sentenced him to two years' imprisonmen
with hard labour.

NEW COURT.

The Recor er took his seat yesterday morning in this
Court at nine o'clock, and disposed of several cases of
larceny ot. a very minor description.
ILLNESS OF Ma. SERGEANT ARARIN.—In consequence
of the continued indisposition of Mr. Sergeant Arabin,
the Deputy Recorder of the City, and, in order that there
should be no interruption in the business of the Court,
Mr. Justice Coltman took his seat in this Court at ten
ten o'clock, and proceeded to try the cases on the list,
all of which were of a very ordinary description, many
of them consisting of robberies of pocket handkerchiefs
on Lord Mayor's Day, and larcenies of the most petty
description.
John Mahoney was indicted with stealing eight horse-
shoes, the property of his master, Benjamin Whitmee.
The Jury, without any hesitation, acquitted the
prisoner. _

Mary Evans. 18, Catharine Oakford, 19, and Lydia
Miles, 20, were indicted for stealing one waistcoat, one
pair of trovrsers, a 10/. bank-note, and eight sovereigns,
the property of Thomas Longfoot.

X policeman, who took the prisoners into custody,
stated that he was passing up Holborn on the day in
queAtion, when he met the prisoners carrying a bundle,
and observing something suspicious in the conduct of the
prisoners, he watched, and subsequently took them all
to the station-house, where they were searched, and the
articles named in the indictment were found upon them.
The witness afterwards found the prosecutor, who iden-
tified the property. On the person of Miles a key was
found, the property of the prosecutor.
The prosecutor stated that he met the prisoners, and
they enticed him into a house. He was much intoxi-
cated at the time, and, when he awoke in the morning,
Fe found his property gone. The house was No. 3,
Pleasant-court, Gray's Inn-lane.
Mr. DOANE and Mr. BALLANTINE, who appeared for
the prisoner, having addressed the Jury.
The LEARNED JUDGE summed up, and
The Jury found the prisoners Guilty.—Sentence de-
fe•rred.

MESMERISM, BY MR. HALSE.
Last evening Mr. liaise repeated the lecture which
he had delivered on Monday, in the same theatre, the
City Hall, Chancery-lane. A most respectable company,
comprised of about one hundred persons, ladies and
gentlemen, attended for nearly three hours to the lecture
and illustrations, which, strange to say, were never for
a moment interrupted, and appeared to be in the highest
degree satisfactory. To the Reporter for this Paper it
was evident that the Lecturer had not sufficiently observed
the phenomena which he undertook to elucidate, to
enable him to produce them in an impressive manner, or
to elicit from his susceptible and interesting patients
all the manifestations which they are capable of exhi-
biting. To a candid mind, however, his very deficiency
is a proof of his sincerity, for it was evident that a prac-
tised charlatan could have easily managed better with
such materials. Mr. Halse is unaccustomed to public exhi-
bitions; but the sincerity and simplicity of his manners
create an impression in his favour, and the firmness of his
character will shortly enable him to overcome the ditii-
culties which his inexperience occasions. The meeting '
separated with unqualified expressions of satisfaction.