The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

LEADER V. PURDAY.
The COURT gave judgment in this case, which has
reference to the amount of the copyright of the music
of estal.—The Court discharged the rule for anew trial.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE.)
The December General Sessions were opened this
morning at the Court House on Clerkenwell-green.
The number of prisoners, exclusive of those on bail, is
about 110, being somewhat about the average.
Henry Barton, aged fourteen, was convicted of
stealing three pairs of gloves and two printed books,
value threepence, the property of John Ditcham, from
the person of Sarah Ditcham.
The ASSISTANT JUDGE, iu passing sentence ob-
served to the jury, that he could only say this unfor-
tunate boy, who had been repeatedly convicted and im-
prisoned to obtain a refuge, and a chance of reformation
in the asylum at Parkhurst, because he had lived from a
tender age to that of fourteen in, vice. He assured them
that he was not joking. No child would be admitted
into Parkhurst unless he was above fourteen years of
age, of stout build, a good constitution, and a confirmed
rogue. With a view to the prisoner's removal to Park-
hill st, the Learned Judge sentenced him to transporta-
tion for ten years.
The other cases tried this morning were of a trivial
character.

SURREY SESSIONS—( THIS DAY.)
(Before THOMAS PHCKLE, Esq., and a full Bench of

Magistrates.)
IViNam Faulkner, 19, John Bullen, 24, and John
Juratt, 25, were indicted for breaking into the dwelling-
house of James Brogdin, a grocer, at Cobham, and
stealing therefrom a quantity of hams and pigs' cheeks.
The prosecutor is in the habit of curing and drying
hams in a room adjoining his shop, and on the night of
the 2d ult. he lucked up the place safe, leaving nine hams
and eight pigs' cheeks hanging up. On the following
morning be discovered that bis place had been broken
into, and all the property stolen. He called in a con-
stable, who found that the thieves had gained an en-
trance by trespassing through Rose Farm, the property
of Harvey Coombe, Esq., and that they then
climbed on to the top of the house and removed
the tiles. Foot marks were discovered, and
impressions taken therefrom, and the prisoners
having been seen abaut the premises on the night of the
robbery, suspicion attached to them, and on the night of
the 3d they were taken into custody at the, Three
Pigeons, King's Ditton. Their boots were taken off and
compared with the footmarks, and they were found to
correspond exactly. A lad who had been in their coin-
puny also stated that he saw Faulkner a few days prior
to the robbery in Mrs. Cooper's meadow, when he
pointed to an old tree and exclaimed, "I have plenty of
property inside that, and I intend to have more there
before long." '1 he witness informed the constable after
the robbery, and the tree was searched, when the whole
of Mr. Brogdin's property was discovered. On Butlen
was found a new handkerchief, which had evidently been
used in conveying hams. The whole of the property
was produced and identified.
Mr. CHARNOCK addressed the jury on behalf of the
prisoners, and the jury found thew Guilty.
The CHAIRMAN said that it was a most daring rob-
bery, and as they appeared such desperate characters,
the law would not be doing its duty unless they sent
them out of the country. The sentence of the Court
was, that they be each of them transported for seven
years.