The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-05 00:00:00

Mr. Justi MAULE summed up. He thought the
charge of In eking into the dwelling-house could not
be substant ,fated, and, therefore, the jury ought to
dismiss that; from their minds. The only question
fclr their curisiderat ion was whether the prisoners had
committed -the robl )ery.
The jury found ;he prisoners guilty of larceny, and
former convictions were proved against both of them.—
Sem tence deferred.

NEW COURT.
(Befl )re the RECORDER.)
R0881N,61- TAPER Ns.—Henry Evans, a respectably-
dressed marl, aged. thirty-two, described as an agent,
pleaded Guilty on four several charges of stealing
spoons frorn public-houses.
The ROCORDE said the offence was a most serious
one. IVo property was so exposed to depredation as
that of t ai:ern-k eepers, and he was but discharging
his duty• to the public by making an example of the
prisoner. The sentence of the Court was, that he be
transport ed beyond the seas for seven years.
The p: risoner. entered into a rambling statement, to
the effect; that lie had been requested by a person to
pawn a coat, which he did, and that he found the
ns fo u nd in. his possession in one of the pockets.
e declari ld that he was innocent of the charge im-
puted to h im, and stated that he had pleaded Guilty
by advice. _

The R 3 .:CO.R.DER consented to abate his judgment,
and to alltow the trial of the prisoner to proceed on
the first chezge.
The p risoner was then arraigned on the charga bf
stealing four silver table and four salt spoous on. the
21st of I )ecember, the property of Mr. Josep',l Bull,
the prop: t'Letor of the Queen's Arms, in iewgate-
street.

Mr. Bi, orry no•w appeared to defend 'the prisoner.
From the evidence of a police-cony table it appeared
that the i prisoner was given into his custody by the
landlord of the Horse Shoe, at Stones'-end, Borough,
Who chw ged him with stealing a silver spoon. The
prisoner was slightly in liquor. On searching him
he foun d the four spoons mentioned and a smaller
one, wl- lira had beers broken. He also i.bund some
papers, one of which was smeared with mustard.

Wm. NI Jailers, the waiter at the tavern, deposed to
the spoo ni being safe up to about four on the day in
question. He did not see the prisoner in the house,
but he vitness) was frequently absent from the
room.

A young • man, named Andrews,` deposed that he
WKS in the .company of the prisoner at a sale at Gar-
raway's up to haP2-past four on the 21st.
Mr. Ho. WAY addressed the jury, and dwelt upon
the extreme im.probability of a. person committing a
robbery in a public-house, and immediately after
going into another and !getting intoxicated. Was it
not: more I BEely that he had been made the dupe of
some desig Ding person, anxious for his own security?
The jur: r found the 'prisoner Guilty, who besought
the mercy of the Gonrt.

The Rs,e(mDER said he could behold no mitigating
cireumsts.nc es in 'the whole matter, for the prisoner,
let it be home in mind, was charged with five
offences of the same kind, and he 'was a person
followinfx :a prxsuit which removed him from the
class of persons who so frequently came before that
Court, -many of whom were driven to commit crime by
the pressure of poverty. If he did not pass a severe
senten,:e upon him there: would be an end to the
utility of public and shameful examples. He saw no
grounds to after the sentence he had formerly passed.
" I consider," said the Recorder, " it right to tell you,
that if' any application be made to a higher tribunal,
and it is referred to me, I shall feel it my duty to say
that no mitigation of this sentence ought, on public
grounds, to take pliace."
Santence—Seve n years' transportation.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
Fanny South, Harriet Dowpey, and Charles Winter
were. indicted for stealing seven sovereigns and one
half sovereign, the property of William Edwards,
from his person.
The prosecutor, who was a sailor, and bad just
been "paid off from his ship, met the prisoner Winter,
who persuad ed him to go to his house, where the two
females were. After having had something to drink,
they began to hustle the prosecutor about, and, ac-
cor ding to his assertion, while down upon a bed, they
too& his handkerchief out of a pocket under the
bra east of a flannel shirt he wore, and in which
life had secreted his money which he missed, when he
got away from them. He told a policeman who took
them into custody, 'when a few shillings were found
upon the females, and a sovereign and some silver on
the male. From information he received, the con-
stable went to the Bell public house, St. George's-
street, Ratcliffe, where Mr. Whately, the landlord,
at once said that Winter had deposited three sove-
reigns the morning after the robbery.
Winter:, in his defence, said he had found a 51.
Plymou'ch bank-note, and this would account for his
posses:4ton of the money.
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty, to the
surprise of the prisoners themselves.

SURREY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
(13(:fore Mr. PucKLE and a Bench of Magistrates.)
George Snelling, aged 31, was indicted for feloni-
ously stealing, at Pyrford, two pieces of fir timber,
called sleepers, the property of Mr. George Marshall.
From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner
wail observed; early on the morning of the 12th of
December last, to proceed to the place where the
property in question was situated. Upon his leaving
to return to his home he was taken in custody by one
of the detective' force, with the two pieces of timber
in his possession.

An objection was taken by Mr. ROBINSON on the
ground that the timber was the property of Mr.
Marshall, jun., as well as of Mr. George Marshall,
in whose name alone the indictment was framed.
That in fact the two Marshalls were partners.
The Learned CHAISMAN said that the proof of the
partnership would rest upon the prisoner; if proved
of course it would be fatal to the indictment.
No evidence was however offered on the subject,
and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner, against whom a previous conviction
was proved, was sentenced to twelve months im-
prisonment, with hard labour, at the House of Cor-
rection, Guildford.
George Sweatman was indicted for feloniously
stealing, on the 18th of December last, four fatted
geese, of the value of 11., the property of Thomas
Chalcraft.
The prosecutor stated that he missed four geese on
the morning of the 18th of December. Upon missing
them he applied for a warrant to search the house of
the prisoner, when he found two of the geese, par-
tially picked, between the bed and the mattrass.
The prisoner, upon being charged with the robbery,
denied it and ran away. There was no mark upon
the geese by which he could identify them as his pro-
perty.
The prisoner, who was undefended, said he found
the geese upon the road.
The jury acquitted the prisoner.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Joseph Rolland, a young man, having the appear-
ance of a journeyman mechanic was charged with
stealing a truck, the property of William Oldman, of
No. 10, Leonard-square, Shoreditch.
The prosecutor said he was in the habit of letting
out trucks by the hour. On Friday afternoon last,
the prisoner, in his absence, came and hired one in
.the usual way of one of his children. Witness,
however, subsequently found that the truck had been
.sold by the prisoner tor 255., to a Mr. Mahoney, No.
12, Boot-street, Pitfield-street.
The prisoner assured the Magistrate he had been
deputed by another person to effect a sale of the
truck, and for his trouble he was to have 6s. The
name of that individual was King, but where he
resided he did not know.
Sergeant Brannan, of the detective force, said the
number of individuals who had recently been plun-
dered in the way described was almost incredible.
The stolen trucks were more frequently taken to
Smithfield, where a ready market was found, and a
little paint, and other slight alterations being had re-
course to, they were so completely metamorphosed as
to defy recognition. The description given, how-
ever, of the general plunderer bore so great a resem-
blance to that of the prisoner, that if the magistrate
-would grant a remand, and, with the aid of the press,
he had no doubt but a whole host of individuals would
come forward and recognise the prisoner.
Mr. HAMMILL remanded the prisoner for a week
for that purpose.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) I
Henry Day was finally examined, charged with
numerous robberies in the neighbourhood of Isling-
ton, Holloway, Hackney, &c.
It appeared that for a length of time past the doors
of the houses in this district had been robbed of brass
ornaments, the knockers and bell pulls. Every effort
was made to trace the delinquents without effect,
until Tuesday evening, when 147 N stopped the pri-
soner in Islington carrying a bag containing a great
quantity of bell-pulls, wires, &c., which were traced
to have been stolen from numerous houses.
The owners attended and identified the property.

The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and he
was fully committed for trial.

THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY.
(TIIIS DAY.)
The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors
of this company was held to-day, at the South-sea
House, Threadneedle-street.
After the usual preliminaries,
The Govvr., (CILIRLEs FP. INKS) Esq.), paid that
the present meeting was called merely to declare a
dividend on the company's stook for the half-year
ending this day.