The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-27 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

Charles Matthews was indicted for stealing nine
bagatelle balls, the property of J. Whitely.
It turned out that the prisoner is one of those who
plunder publicans, he having been twice before con-
victed for a like offence.

The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced him to seven
years' banishment.
Henry John Ball was indicted for embezzling and
stealing 3/. 19s , the property of Mr. Skinner, his
master. He was also charged with obtaining, by
false pretences, five yards of kersey, with intent to
defraud J. Vickery Broughton.
He was sentended to six months' labour at the tread-
mill.

Charles Douglas was indicted for stealing 225., a
sovereign, and two brushes, the property of J. Brown.
The prosecutor had been in company with the pri-
soner. Among the silver were several half-crown
pieces.
It was proved that on the day of the robbery, the
prisoner bought a coat, and paid in that kind of coin.
The jury consulted for some time, and then re-
turned a verdict of Guilty.
Evidence was then given that the prisoner had
been convicted of felony in 1843, and that he had
been for years an associate of thieves.
The COURT sentenced him to be transported for
seven years.

Jam-es Skyrankie was indicted for stealing six sove-
reigns, the property of Samuel Prosser.
The prosecutor stated that he had lately returned
from a cruise, and took up his abode at a house for
sailors, situate in Shadwell, where the prisoner was
also an inmate. When witness went to bed on the
night in question, his " blunt was in the pocket of his
vest, but when he awoke, he found that and the pri•
soner were gone.

It appeared that on the day after the robbery the
prisoner bought new " rigging," and when appre-
hended he made a proposal, and tried to effect a
compromise. . _

The Learned JUDGE summed up; and
The jury found him Guilty.
The prisoner stood back some time, to await the
judgment of the Court. The sentence was, trans-
portation for seven years.
Thomas M' Carly and Mary Doherty were indicted
for feloniously taking and receiving from James
Patrick Nagle a sovereign, under pretence of helping
him to a watch of 401.,
which had been recently
stolen from him.

Mr. PRENDERGAST stated the case for the prosecu-
tion at considerable length. He said this was a pe-
culiar case, and required the attention of the jury.
He read a recent Act of Parliament, which makes
such conduct a felony. Mr. Nagle had been robbed
of a watch, and he met the male prisoner, when he
said he knew the thief, and could apprehend him. He
also knew the Jew to whom the watch was sold. In
consequence of this representation he gave the pri-
soner a sovereign. Previous to this M‘Carty bad
been given into custody, but discharged, as no proof
was adduced against him to warrant a detention.

Mr. Nagle deposed that in the latter part of July
he went with some friends to a house in Compton-
street, and while there he lost his watch. Before
that time, the prisoner came in, with two men and
two women. M'Carty was given into custody for the
theft, but discharged by the magistrate for want of
evidence.

When liberated, the prisoner said "Now I can tell
you something you don't know." He said he knew
the thief, and could apprehend himn. He knew also
the manner in which the watch was disposed of.
The female prisoner was introduced, and she made
the like and other observations, which turned out to
be false.

Mr. O'BRIEN cross-examined the witnesses, when
it appeared that on the night of the robbery he had
been on a nocturnal stroll, with his friends, to see a
little of life in London.

Other witnesses were called, who confirmed Mr.
Nagle as to the prisoner's representations.
The jury found both prisoners Guilty.
The COURT sentenced them to seven years' trans-
portation.
Janet Irish, 33, was indicted for unlawfully con-
cealing the birth of a male child.
The occupants of the house in which the prisoner
lived stated that they were annoyed by an intolerable
stench at times, for which no one could account until
a box was ope'ned, in which was found the decomposed
remains of an infant, which must have been there for
a long time, it was supposed three years. When ques-
tioned, the prisoner said, "I put it there," alleging
that she had not the means to bury it.
The jury found her Guilty, and she was sentenced
to three months' imprisonment.

THIRD COURT.

Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK, Sir C. MAR-

SHALL, &C.)

A fashionably-dressed person, named Catherine
Herrion, was indicted for stealing, at Greenwich, a
pair of fancy bellows, a china candlestick, and a watch-
guard, the property of Mr. P. Kreckner.
The wife of the prosecutor deposed that on the 4th
instant the prisoner came to her husband's shop, in
London-street, Greenwich, where all sorts of fancy
toys, perfumery, &c., are on sale, and she bought a
toilet-bottle, and paid 2s. 61. for it. After she left
witness received some information which induced her
to snake a search, when she missed the articles named
in the indictment. Her husband found them depo-
sited at a house in the neighbouring court.
Cross-examined by the prisoner—l did not tell you
that you might take anything you liked. I did not
tell you to do so because I was sure the money was
sure at any time. You did not say anything about
having more money in your pocket, but that you
wanted it for another purpose.
Caroline King deposed that she lived in Busby-
court, Greenwich. On the day named the prisoner
came to her house, and asked permission to leave a
basket in her care for a short time. The articles now
produced were found therein by the prosecutor, as
well as others.
Henry Borns, who apprehended the prisoner, stated
that she defied having anything but what she had
paid for. S he denied taking the articles with a felo-
nious inten4L. She said that, while at the pro3ecutor's
shop, one of the serving damsels allowed her to send
for some
.porter. She persisted that Mrs. K. told
her she iroght take anything she liked, and pay on a

The prisoners were lodgers in the same house at
the time, and appeared respectable. On Sunday,
the sth of September instant, the witness was absent
from his apartments for a short time, but he left his
money safely locked up in his trunk in the bed-room.
On his return he found the trunk had been opened
and the money gone. It consisted of 121. 10s. in
gold, and 10s. 4d. in silver. One of the stolen shil-
lings had a hole in it, by which he knew it again, so
as to be able to swear to it without the least hesita-
tion. He informed Mrs. Gale immediately of the
robbery. As no one had been there during his ab-
sence, suspicion fell upon the prisoners, and they
were forthwith given in charge. When the box in
their room was searched the exact amount and of the
same denomination of coin was found that he had
lost, viz., twelve and a half sovereigns, ten shillings,
and a silver groat, and among it was the shilling with
the hold in it.

Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK, considering the case
a very clear one, left the jury only to say whether the
female prisoner might not have been influenced by
her husband, besides, there was no proof which of
them committed the robbery.
The jury consulted a short time, and then returned
a verdict of Guilty against the man, and acquitted
his wife.

The prisoners were again jointly and severally in-
dicted for stealing, on the 18th of August, at St.
Saviour's, Southwark, Si. in money, the property of
Mary Ann Wares their late landlady.
The jury returned the same verdict as in the last
case, and the woman was discharged.
The male prisoner was sentenced to seven years'
transportation.

Joseph Jackson, aged 22, was indicted for stealing
a flitch of bacon (381b5.) the property of Edmund
Rolandson.

A police constable saw the prisoner in Rosemary-
lane with the flitch, and imagining all was not right,
he questioned him, and his account as to possession
being unsatisfactory, he took him into custody, and
by inquiry found out the owner.;
The foreman to the prosecutor stated that he had
examined the stock, and found one flitch missing.
Verdict—Guilty.
The Court sentenced him to be transported for
seven years.