The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-30 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE and a full Bench of
Magistrates.)
Thomas Morgan was indicted for violently assaulting
two sailors, named Emanuel Christoval and Peter An-
tonio, on the night of the 14th inst.
The prosecutors stated, through ari interpreter, that
they were natives of Manilla, and arrived in this port
with the barque Bonafinia. On the night in question
they were induced to go to a house kept by the prisoner,
and after having paid for their lodgings were about going
to bed, when the prisoner came up stairs and ordered
them to leave the houte. Not complying with his order
as speed.ly as he seemed to wish, he attacked them
furiously with a poker, and cut Antonio severely over
the eyes.
Police-constable-258 K deposed to the character of the
house, and that he saw the prosecutor Antonio bleeding
profusely from his eye.
Mr. Wylde, who appeared on behalf of the prisoner,
at this stage of the proceedings, stated that his client
was ready to make any compensation in his power, and
to withdraw his former plea and plead guilty.
The ASSISTANT JUDGE said, as the prosecutors were
foreigners, and he understood in want, he should allow
the prisoner to adopt this course.
The prisoner baiting satisfied the prosecutors, who
seemed much better pleased at getting a sum of money
than forwarding " the ends of justi...e," by which they
would get nothing, was then fined ls. and discharged.
This case closed the Criminal business of the session.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -
MANSION-HOUSE. • •
Jane Saunders, a young woman of respectable appear-
ance, a dressmaker, was charged before the Lord Mayor
with committing various frauds upon her employers.
Messrs. Grocock, Copenstake, and Moore, extensive lace
reerchanta and warehousemen, of Cheapside and St.
Paul's-churchyard, under the following extraordinary
circumstances :
The prisoner has, since May last, been employed by
the firm to make ladies' and children's dresses, and is
supposed during that time to have defrauded the firm of
money to theamount of 601. She had been accustomed
to receive the materials froth a MISS Shrimpton, who
superintends the department, and who checked off and
signed the bills of the workpeople, which was an au-
thority for the cashier to pay. Some discrepancies in
the stock account having been recently discovered, Miss
Shrimpton was directed to enter the amounts of all the
bills in a book, which, having been lait Saturday com-
pared with the cash-book, it was ascertained that the
prisoner had that day received 51. more than she was
entitled to, by altering her bill from 10s. Bd. to 51. 10s.
Bd., which she had done in the following manner, viz,
twenty-two instead of two dresses, at Is. each, and also
twenty-two instead of two, at 2s. each, and in the wrong
column prefixing 31. and 2/. to the previous 4s. and 3s.
Five bills were produced, in which were similar altera-
tions, showing frauds by the prisoner, amounting to
nearly 18/. within these last four or five weeks.
The prisoner, who declared positively that the bills
were in the same state as when she originally received
them, was then fully committed for trial.
MARYLEBONE.
Mr. William Coxhead, master of the National School,
Hampstead, was charged with having punished iu tin
excessive degree a little boy, named John Proctor.
Some gentlemen connected with the school were in
attendance during the proceedings.
The complainant, who was accompanied by his father
and mother, deposed that on Friday last, in consequence
of his laughing at another boy, he was ordered by Kelly,
a teacher iu the first class, to go into the middle of the
school. He did so ; when defendant first beat hint with
the cane, and then flogged him with the birch. He also
struck him with his fist and knocked him down, and he
was for some time senseless.
George Simmons (another boy) was called, and he
spoke as to the caning and flogging.
Edward Clements (also a pupil at the school)said that
defendant knocked Proctor down with his fist, and he
fell against a cupboard. Witness added," Master gave
him the birch as well, and cut a piece of flesh out of his
leg. I did not like to see a boy so ill-used, and a part of
the time I looked another way.
Mrs. Proctor stated that when her child came home
from school his stockings were saturated with blood,
which had run down into his shoes ; she took him to a
surgeon, who said that his head was much injured, and
it would probably be some time before he got well.
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The father said that on going to defendant to remon-
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strate with him, he (the litter) told him, that if he had
any complaint to make, he had better to do so to the
co:nmittee.
Defendant, in answer to the charge, denied having
hold
his hand to receive a stripe from the cane, which up
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upils,
but he refused to do so, and on being laid held oYf-
a struggle fell down; he then kicked at him (delendaer 1)n,
and struck him several times. He certainly did " birch"‘:
hire for his misconduct, as a lesson to him and the other
boys, but he did not consider that he had used any undue
severity. He called two boys in support of the
state
ment which he had made, and they
alleged that the use
of the birch was very seldom resorted to.
The MAGISTRATE remarked that, as the
evidence was
of a very conflicting nature, he should not decide the
matter himself; and ordered the defendant to enter into
his own recognisance to appear the sessions a t
to answer
any indictment.
Frederick
Webb, badge 770 who was summoned for
an overcharge of one shilling, in conveying lin th
Stevens from Upper Ground-street -810 kl a
ec liars, to the
Sols' Arms, Hampstead-road,
was fined 405., and in