The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-28 00:00:00

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The revising Barrister, Francis Bayley, Esq., sat
in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, Westminster-hall
this morning, for the purpose of revising the list of
voters for I%restminster.
Mr. Huggett represented the Liberal interest. The
Conservatives were not represented.
The only case of importance that occurred during
the morning was with reference to the name of Mr.
Joseph Smith, who claimed a vote for a house in
Crown-street, St. Anne's parish. It appeared that he
paid the rates and taxes, and let out the house to
loigers, but that he only occupied a cellar, which he
estimated at the yearly value of 2/. 12s. The cellar
he used for the purpose of stowing away bricks, mor-
tar, and other materials required for repairing that
and other houses belonging to him.
The Overseers objected to the claim, on the ground
that using the cellar in the manner described did not
amount to an occupancy.
The REVISING BARRISTER thought that the claim
ought to be disallowed, but took time to consider his
decision.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.

OLD COURT:

(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman WooD.)
FELONIOUSLY CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—George
Land, an engineer, was indicted for feloniously cut-
ting and wounding Jane Reid, with intent to do her
some grevious bodily harm.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of a violent as-
sault, but not with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
'The RECORDER sentenced him to twelve months'
imprisonment and hard labour, and after the termi-
natipn of that period, to enter into his own recogni-
zances, in 401., to keep the peace to all her Majesty's
subj ects for three years.
The sessions are expected to finish this evening.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The September adjourned sessions, for the county
of Middlesex, commenced this morning, at the Court
House, Clerkenwell-green, before the Assistant Judge
and a bench of magistrates.
There appeared the names of 96 prisoners for trial,
89 of whom were charged with felony, and 7 with
misdemeanour. The state of instruction amongst the
96 persons for trial were as follows :—Twenty-five
were unable to read or write, fourteen able only to
read, whilst all the rest were described, without
exception, as having learned to read and write
imperfectly.
The Learned ASSISTANT JUDGE, in his charge to
the Grand Jury, said, in allusion to the small number
of what might be properly termed children for trial,
he entertained much doubt as to the effects of the
alteration made last session of Parliament in the law
relating to juvenile offenders, by which a summary
power of punishment was conferred upon magistrates.
This restoration of the old system of summary
punishmepts tended to withdraw from the public eye
the tearful and growing evils of juvenile crime, which
would alone be likely to be speedily reformed by
being publicly tried in courts like this. He perceived
by the calendar that there were only two of the age
of 14 years, two of 15 years, and four of 11 years of
age for trial.
Ellen Gascoigne was brought up for judgment,
upon her own plea of guilty last sessions, to an indict•
ment, charging her with feloniously attempting to
destroy herself.
The Learned ASSISTANT JUDGE, after a suitable
admonition to the unfortunate prisoner upon the
enormity and folly of her attempt, said he had made
inquiries respecting her, and found that since she
came to London she had fallen into an unfortunate
course of life, and that one of the inducing motives
to her attempt was the misery she endured. He
wished to know whether any of her friends were
present ?
The prisoner said she had written to her friends,
who were in a respectable position in Yorkshire, but
she had received no answer from any of them.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE said, that under all the
melancholy circumstances of the case, he thought the
best course for the prisoner to adopt would be to get
her into an asylum, but as some time must necessarily
elapse before that could be done, he should sentence
her to be imprisoned for one month. However, he
should give directions to the prison officers that she
should be treated with every leniency and kindness,
consistent with the rules of the prison.
The prisoner gratefully thanked the judge, and *as
removed from the bar.
William James, the individual who, about two
months ago, made some infamous charges against an
M.P., and who was convicted of an assault at the last
session, was brought up for judgment on the latter
charge.
The prisoner went to the house of the prosecutor,
and told his landlady that he was a person of an abo-
minable character, upon which the prosecutor called
at the prisoner's house, when the assault was com-
mitted with a shoemaker's hone. The jury having
expressed doubts as to the character of both parties,
the Assistant-Judge deferred judgment that inquiries
might be made.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in passing sentence this
morning, said that since the last sessions he had re-
ceived several anonymous letters respecting this case,
praising and decrying either of the parties, and he
thought it very likely these had been written by
themselves or their friends. He was of opinion that
so far as worth of character went, both the prosecutor
and the prisoner were arcades ambo—six of one and
half a dozen of the other; and he believed such was
the opinion of the jury who tried the case. Taking
all this into consideration, he thought the prisoner had
already been sufficiently—perhaps snore than suffi-
ciently—punished, and he should therefore order him
to pay a fine of ls. to the Queen and be discharged.