The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-09 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
The London sittings comwenced this morning at
Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice. The Court
was occupied all the day with a river collision ease o no
interest, exc,pt to the parties concerned. The cause list
is very heavy, and a great proportion are stecivl jury
eases.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
Henry Manley was indicted for stealing two stoves
and a quantity of iron, the property of Edward Aimes.
The prosecutor, who was a builder in Empson-street,
had a quantity of old building materials in his yard,
among which were several stoves and metal bolts, and
on the morning of the 3d inst. the prisoner was observed
by a policeman on the top of the wall of the prosecutor's
yard, when some person from the inside handed him up
a stove, which the prisoner gave to a person outside the
wall. The constable then came up, and the other two
men ran away, but before the prisoner could get down
he took him into custody. The stoves and a number of
old iron bolts were found on the outside of the wall.

The jury returned a verdict of-Guilty, and the pri-
soner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with
hard labour.

Mary Ann Mills was indicted for stealing 4s. from the
person of John W:ight, with whom she was drinking at
the time in a public house.
She was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with
hard labour. The records of some former convictions
were proved against her.
Eliza Humphries, a strong and forbidding-looking
young woman, aged 18 years, was indicted or stealing a
shawl and other articles, the property of John Cronan.

It appeared that the Prisoner had been an inmate in
the Wapping workhouse, and went to see the prosecutor,
with whom she had been formerly acquainted, and stole
the shawl and SOLne other trifling articles. Upon her
return co the workhouse she lodged them with another
pauper for safety, by whom they were eventually given
up to one of the wardswomen, and the prisoner was
taken into custody.

When called upon for her defence, the prisoner in a
broad Munster accent said, " I have nothing to say,
except that you will transport me, for so help me -,
if I am only sent to prison, when I come out I will be
tried for murder, for I will have that villain's life (point-
ing to the pauper to whom she gave the shawl) when I
come out."

The ASSISTANT-JUDGE—I will take care of you for
six months, at all events.

Prisoner—Six months or six years is all the same
thing to me, for I will hunt her to the world's end, or I
will have my revenge.
The Learned .ASSISTANT-JUDGE—WeII, we will see.
The sentence is that you be imprisoned and kept to
hard labour for six months, and at the end of that time
that you find sureties to keep the peace.
Prisoner— Keep the pace, is it ? By J—, I'll make
her keep the pace when I come out.

MARLBIW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
William Rushbrook was charged with breaking into
the house No. 14, Great Tichfield-street, and carrying
off a writirg desk and two coats.
James Jones, carpenter, 84, Great Titchfield-street,
said he had been in his bed-room last evening about a
quarter past five o'clock, and left the desk and the other
articles sate in the room when he went down stairs to
tea. He remained below some time, and it might have
been half-past seven o'clock when he returned to his
bed room and went to bed. But half an hour after he
was roused by his wife, who stated that a young man
had come to the door, inquiring whether he had lost
his desk. Complainant got up, and found that his desk
was gone with all that it contained. In the course of
their search about the room to ascertain what else was
missing, they pulled out two of the drawers, and
discovered that a top coat had been taken from
one of them and a dress coat from another.
He then went to the Russell coffee-house, Great Wind-
mill-street, where he saw his desk, which had been left
there by a young man, who said he would call for it in
the morning. Information was given to the police, and
this morning the prisoner came in and inquired for the
desk, and was apprehended. The coxplainant said the
prisoner was a brother-in-law of his.
Elizabeth Jones, coffee-house-keeper, 26, Great Wind-
mill-street, corroborated this testimony.
John Beckburst, assistant to A. and W. Harrison,
pawnbrokers, "'ardour-street, said the prisoner came
and pledged a coat with them last night for IL Is. 10d.;
he had another coat with him at the time, which he also
offered to pledge, but they refused to take it.
Police-constable 69 C said, on searching the prisoner
at the station-house, he found on him a packet of cards,
seven shillings, and some copper money, a latch-key
which opened the prosecutor's door, and a pair of false
whiskers.
The prisoner admitted committing the robbery.
Mr. HARDWICK committed him for trial at the Central
Criminal Court.
Before the prisoner was removed from the bar, appli-
cation was made by a gentleman who said he occupied
the chief part of the prosecutor's house, and had had
two paintings stolen from his room. Messrs. Harri-
son's assistant told him the prisoner had offerred them
for pledge at their shop on Monday last, but they were
refused. It was known where they were pledged, but
the duplicates were destroyed.
The prisoner admitted having pledged the paintings
with Pierce and Lance, in Compton-street.
Mr. HARDWICK said the only course to recover the
paintinge would be to indict the prisoner on that charge
also, and bring up the pawnbrokers, unless they were
willing to give up the property without further trouble.