The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-05 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

No case of any interest occurred in this Court during
the day, the jury, as they g, nerally are on the first
day of the session, waiting until the bills are returned by
the grand jury.

GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY).
John Asbury and Henry Lee, two lads eighteen years
of age, were charged by police-constables 290 and 269
with attempting to pick a gentleman's pocket at the
Old Bailey.
It appeared from the evidence that police-constable
269 saw the prisoners at about five minutes before
eight o'clock this morning dodging a gentleman
at the Old Bailey, and when the place became
crowded, he saw both prisoners put their hands in the
gentleman's pockets. He then took them into custody,
and when they were proceeding down Skinner-street,
he saw one of the prisoners drop a white cambric
pocket-handkerchief, which he produced ; and the other
prisoner said the two officers were two rascals to take
them into custody merely for an attempt to pick the
pockets.
Alderman MOON said that it was a most lamentable
thing to see so many boys devoting themselves to clime.
He therefore committed both prisoners for one month.

SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.)
Charles Perryman and William Hardwick, two well-
dressed young men, were placed at the bar, charged
with attempting to rob Captain Randall of a gold watch
in Horsemonger-lane, and with having assaulted a po-
liceman in his efforts to secure them.

Captain Randall stated that as he was standing near
the corner of Swan -street, at half-past ten o'clock this
morning, witnessing the execution of Quennell, the two
prisoners made the attempt to rob him of his watch,
They rushed upon him in the crowd, and one of them
(Perryman) made three attempts to pull the watch out
of his fob, but did not accomplish it, owing to the chain
having been twisted firmly round his brace. He (com-
plainant) called for the police, and 272 M, coming to the
spot, took the prisoners into custody, in doing which one
of them struck him a violent blow in the face, and both
of them endeavoured to escape.
Another gentleman, who was present at the execution
near the same spot, said that he was robbed of his watch,
but, owing to the pressure of the crowd, he could not un-
dertaketto identify the parties.
Evidence was given of the previously bad characters
of the prisoners, one of whom, Perryman, had been con-
victed at the Old Bailey and sentenced to be transported,
which was afterwards commuted into imprisonment.
Mr. COTTINGHAM said that the dreadful spectacle of an
execution did not prevent the prisoners from exercising
their vocation even under the very gallows; that it was
fortunate for them they had not effected the robbery,
for if they had he would assuredly have committed them
for trial, and as the sessions were then sitting, probably
they would have been tried, convicted, and sentenced to
be transported. He should wave the cireumstances,
and commit the prisoners for three months each to the
House of Correction.

The MAGISTRATE, addressing Captain Randall,
expressed his astonishment that a man in his situation
of life should have been a spectator of such a scene as
an execution, and advised him in future to remain at
home.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
James Williams, a young man well-known to the
police, was charged under the following circumstances:
—ll4r. James Logan, of Duke-street, Portland-place,
stated, that about one o'clock on Saturday night last,
as he wag proceeding- along Oxford-street, he was beset
by the prisoner and two other men, who hustled him,
and he felt their !lands in his pockets, they then struck
him down, and were running off, but a police constable
of the E division succeeded in securing the prisoner,
although his companions esckped•
The prisoner said he had /Lever touched the prose-
cutor.

Mr. MALTBY asked the prosecutor i!he had lost any-
thing. The prosector said he believed not; excepting his
latchkey, which might have fallen out of big pocket in
the scuffle.