The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-16 00:00:00

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• , nAL CRIMINAL COURT.
k_The A (PHIS-DAY.)
INA Oidngust sessions were opened this morning at
,Aade bailey before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder,
4411.
Men-Challis Farncotnbe, Sidney, and
1,4
11 grand :Jury having
th 2 Re co_ been sworn,.
4D ER proceeded -to deliver his usual
-ofj-iiie said the last session terminated on the
Lthil of.A.„Y, and .they were now assembled on the
Zile& of "g,,,iist, with a calendar which contained the
siusider.A!,‘9 prisoners, and with the probability of a
ergo addition bing made to their number in
riettti their labours. The sessions were held
setairetiod thYtarnenthly as pissible ; but as a greater
o a a month had elapsed since the July
theirll4:lll. Inceased number of prisoners awaited
rm4eci The- jurisdiction of the court corn-
44tlitie9:Poteulat1on approaching 2,000,000 ; but in
estaintn, it, and' it was appointed for the trial of
h;_Trere of cases of a serious nature, sessions_t
,-quatee ",leally held at Hick's Hall and Wes -
usesawv:erel minor cases, particularly charges
ee-calend e offenders, were disposed of; so that
ri.QPoes•- ar "1Y presented an account of the larger
eetlirtiilcZefth!erlolls offences committed within the
oteniahtie„4-t appeared, however, that there was
lslices of ror crune, and he was sorry to say that
ierease.:. ~vlolence against the person were on the
1114alier he limitation of the criminal code, so
It'ete te,lindertaken by the Legislature, did not
*Fettles I,?ave diminished the number
.of serious
!tea, c„
this nature. A. large proportion of the
:tht-larged in the calendar consisted of larcenies
4%4, aer,receiPt of stolen goods, with or with-
•4/ante—svation ;. larcenies in dwelling-houses by
titeue,nd others housebreaking, and the various
shag
under which the crime was committed
Cre ehZ altogether 179 charges. Eight persons
e. leer. rged with receiving goods knowing them to
Zee 44 larcenies committed by servants, 8
zy, 4 a- ebreaking, 80 ordinary charges of lar-
'eroet ,°F horse stealing and 26 cases of
a re!eseriptions of embezzlement. and larceny,
kodw other cases not requiring any parti-
gateeee eof specification—making in the aggre-
IvisPee'l rec.' distinguishable as offences of stealing
either in
Or her the capacity of servants or other-
t, atech e were no less than 52 ordinary charges
Lagbte tiee. "g from the ' person, generally effected by
kete• There were three charges of man-
kllt • w° of rape two of robbery, and one of
k, Wit
neh • •
111 Red . Intent to rob. There were five persons
11. Jvith the heinous crime of murder, in
w`marges
of Offences against the person.
41e144;, be°4lbd_otherefore readily understand that the
La seri r urght before them were of a painful
I" caseiLe.tut nature. In addition to these seventy-
e7, oe. there were thirty-two charges of misde-
v74-Znf various denominations, against the person
fQaiaat 7h" of larceny, and about eighty four cases
en7Rery, Person• Then there were four cases of
thlll, -4cinet,,,of bigamy, eight offences of counterfeit
ieZteeiiin.".Fee • very serious charges of sending
t; ties letters, demanding money or valuable
"teteith Means of threatenine• to charge the par-
oteid the
tlu duct ofCommission of iniamous crimes, or with.
g thema nature that might have the effect of in-
-7° the to Part with their property, in order to
ont.. Ithreatened exposure, whether right or
Vt)l,;e'll till:re were three charges of manslaughter,
ne 4441 occasion of the death of the parties was.
eee_-"ed, b "Jilted to the drunken state of the parties
Need two human beings had been
..,1,443-.ll:thonne case the death of a child was
other the death of a woman, a
e4,-; gayiTte7l having thrown a lad with whom he
to, rile of tip upon the woman, and she died in the
le b 49 that 'f,night. It was no answer to the charge
thi7liottei party had put himself into a state of
eohlY bees en Previously—no plea that by drunkenness
110;4 belnise unconscious of what they were doing
out, • 4 eeeivecl or held sufficient justificiation in
otela 'to et!! commended them. to submit the five
eir the Petty jury, and if in the more serious.h
leeta,e of ~,arge could be reduced below the high
old he "'Oder by the defence of the accused, it
sea afttended tole that jury. There were two
kvt teproe-se rape, ire one of which the party
Nen it the nted to be eleven years of age.f.
tsell;B2tarkee tY considered that there was that absence o
ar the 04' constitute the crime, or if they found
Dent of ot,lee had been perpetrated even with the
tle", °Wled "e Party, the law constituted the crime
weqe ge ef a child between the ages of ten and
aded its Inisclerneanonr, as the law properly ex-
Liu le was rotection to young persons of that age ;
;;171e. gbe regretted that it was not further ex-
perais of re,,e, had only to say, with respect to the
th-a 4 in;e'ving stolen goods, that many of the
koitt.se beolved
were very young, and it would
th Ing e"le a matter for consideration whether,
eht serieu tlaeir
e 4. Youth, they were conversant with
etiarße of ne‘ure
I esti, Utterin of the crimes they committed. The
‘‘liti Wheth g forged instruments involved the
nie
Cher the instrument was in the hand-
it7vre.by th. the
Party charged—whether it was
with neserun, and whether, knowing it to be forged,
deseer ease the with his knowledge and consent. In
eel nation offence was one of the most serious
ta,flen;ateoatseei:talf:llleeverely punishable. With regard
dut-• 10s, 4'lll of altering a Post-office order for 10s.
addition of the figure 4, it was his
the e? 1•1 that an alteration in a document,
t 0
ctit-zntion committing a fraud, was in law
eeiv.4charc, for committing
the whole of it. With respect
ote"'„,(4doies of cutting and wounding with the in-
tid.sion ietiaierne grievous bodily harm, there was a
fliered that e Act of Parliament that if a jury con--
to(1, and 4,l_7nerely a grievous assault had been in-
yeLe.xist, it'.?.at the intent of doing bodily harm did
valet en anyvaz competent for the jury to limit their
aurae it, tlilasault, and it was for the Court to deal
d a
eteugh the charge originally as-
that" . 'large of felony. By the 7th
2 George
g•• Person IV. it was enacted
none sent a letter with the view of obtain-
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_on the threat of charging the person to
eari th
thBent it with any crime, punishable by
beehdemarle,Yillery, he should be guilty of felony.
stance, and were generally made in obscure lan-
,,,eea hei eTured the aid of collateral circum-
otletnitteneeeP theta. In one of these cases the word
:vetrer,eteourtne
stwas used, and that, coupled with the
eances, might show the object of the
th,rner oeca.e,s_Pen cially as he had been successful on
WilhAee passZd° i He wished to call attention to
their to thn
e thelast session of Parliament,
in Positie Punishment of juvenile offenders.
14 counties ho from the neighbour-
of • fele a had no doubt that they
Juatice_______eeP interest in the administration
nwrded the P...u_rtlltc.ularly criminal justice, and as re-
ays bestrill:!shMent of juvenile offenders. It had
o.7tne °heect to draw attention to the ex-
trfinea
for
aeirageereofoffenders of a tender age being
au.satocleltitcie"tehceiylo,ogidtiimn before their trials, as during
end ;Qum, 'often, frequently contaminated by the
ecrime, whom they met with,
Commis Perhaps more callous with respect to
tnule by then °f crime ; and this attempt had been
tneetthee Legislature—and he hoped it would
provide LuforpsBuecess which was predicted of it—to
or ath 811; more speedy punishment of those
ter'
a them under fourteen years of age,
ate at time they rapid! advanced to puberty,
tai's der that
responsible for their conduct. For the coin-
crimes of a particular description, they
be summarily convicted by two justices, who
acre
ceding to convict them for a period not
recting three months, end also, in addition, to
Order them, if they thought proper, to be once
p, ri_
Vately whipped, but they might dismiss them without
'requiring their punishment Proceedings under the
Act were to be a bar to all farther proceedings on the
same charge, and the convictions were to be returned
to the quarter sessions ; alnd no forfeiture of the pre-
tbe rty of the offender was to take place, as in convic-
qans for felony. This he believed would lead to a
alllutary reform, because the stain which attached
th„rnugh life to a child who had stood at the bar of ea
,„"rninal Court, constituted as that court was, whether
„.nocent or guilty, would in a great measure be re-
iis-rted by this summary mode of proceeding. The
eh-aulhhraent of schools, under the auspices of
asthe
State would relieve the parents of poor children
anetl,e chargei of them from morning until evening ;
tr; they could not do a greater service to their col:
th'ir,than by endeavouring to establish scholoi
,tlitrgnout the districts in which they resided. . e
th not think he bad exceeded his duty by making
dssesire observations, because he was sure they were
.as
13,10driettiOtt as he was to advance the moral and social
of the humbler members of society. Be-
,eokses' the Judges felt it their duty to give similar re-
lead benclations on -the circuits to the grand juries;.
-letiiy.% was sure they would feel proud that by their
Ititis.s_hlual exertions they might greatly contribute to
iee•ies4te the evils of ignorance and the misery under
e•te
. ti the poorer classes of the people laboured.
grand jury then retired.

j)W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
ofi,„--seiPh Sheereraft, lately a clerk in the employment
ita;"osrs. Dorrington and Co., Parliamentary agents,
po:eharßed before Mr. Jardine, with stealing a bank-
for 63/. 10s.
thittk solicitor who appeared for the prosecutors, said,
aii:,.‘the prisoner was discharged by Messrs. Dorrinton
en.‘.;o• on account of a charge which had been made
st hita of presenting a forged cheque at Messrs.
tlituattirnoods. After he left their service they suspected
the matter of the forged cheque was not the only
I;loquency the prisoner had been guilty of, and they
lefore searched the desk and drawer which he had
%ate leB6 of while employed there. The result was,
pos..", e was found which the prisoner ought to have
posted, a week before, and in which he should have
oeni;
ta-18Z, a tlook post-bill for 63/. 10s. In a day or.tw
,„,phietin,gon brb,enainght parcel directed to the prisoner,
triffr:f old and opened was found to contain a
a pair of new boots, and a
hki, fin Messrs. Rogers, of 31, Westminster-bridge-
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