The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-06 00:00:00

THE SUN; LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 61 lB5B.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-Aug. 5.

Hamilton-terrace, St. John's Wood, was summoned
before Mr. Corrie, by George Mather Andrews, badge
2,533, for refusing to pay him the i•utn of ls. juAly due
to him for hire of his carriage.
The cabman, who was very respectably attired, and
who gave his evidence in a very fair and impartial man-
ner, said that on the 31st of last month he was called,
and took up the defendant at No. 7, Hamilton-terrace,
St. John's Wood, and droie him to No. 11, Highbury-
place, Islington. When he arrived there, the defendant
tendered him 25., but the distance being six miles, he
said that would not do for him. He gave bim his ticket,
and not wanting to trouble him, be called twice for the
money, which on each occasion was refused. Finding
that the gentleman would not pay him, he was compelled
to come to this court and take out a summons. He was
agreeable to have the distance measured.
The defendant said that he offered the cabman 2s.
When he refused the payment of the 25., the cabman
called after him that 2s. was not enough.
Mr. Corrie said that he considered that the distance
was correct, as the defendant would not have the ground
measured, and as the cabman had called twice for his
money, he would have his costs. He should order him
to pay the ls. fare, 2s. costs, and 3s. for the man's day's
work.
The defendant asked for a summons for abusive lan-
guage, which was at once granted, against the complain-
ant. The offence proved was that he said that 2s. was
not enough for a 3s. fare.
Mr. Corrie fined the cabman 25., which was at once
paid, the cabman at the time saying it was not justice.

I thirteen large joints of beef, each joint having from four
!to t-ix ribs in them. I took some of the meat out of the
sack, and found it very green Evict offensive to the smell.
There were also some bones and pieces lying about in a I
similar condition. I further discovered upwards of !
501bg. of sausage-meat made up for use, which I have no •
doubt was a portion of the same meat. This I could not
say was as bad as the other, as it was so highly seasoned
with spices ste. The sausage machine was in a filthy
state, and the whole of the premises were in a dirty
condition. I called in Dr. Godrich, the medical officer
of bealth, and he at once gave an opinion that the meat
was unfit for food. I then seized the meat, and with
the assistance of Pumrnere, the beadle, I buried it at
Wormholt Scrubbs. I seized about 1501bs. altogether.
It consisted of 16 large joints of beef and some small
pieces. The defendant was not at home, but his wife
informed me that the meat was not so bad, and they
were going to make polonies of it. (Sensation.)
Mr. Francis Godrich, the medical officer of health,
said that the meat was quite unfit for human food. The
effluvium from the meat and the premises could be ex-
perienced outside, although there was a garden between
the path and the house.
The defendant, in defence, said he purchased the
meat early in the morning and it was then sound. He
brought it home in a bag outside an omnibus, and he
cut a portion of it up into sausage meat. He then left
home and did net return for some hours afterwards, and
the meat was then removed. It was impossible for them
to say that he should have used the meat for sausages
when he returned home. At this season of the year the
meat soon changed.
Mr. Godrich said the vestry did not press for any heavy
penalty. The defendant was a poor man. They required
that some slight punishment should be inflicted, as a
, caution for t,.e future.

'(Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant-Judge.)
John Lawson, a Danish sailor, was indicted for assault-
ing Alfred Jansen, and wounding him with a knife.
He was found guilty.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to six months'
hard labour, and in so doing remarked that these foreign
seamen, who were so prone to the use of the knife when
they quarreled, must be made to understand that such
practices could not be endured in this country, and im-
pressed upon the prisoner that bad the prosecutor died
from the effects of the wound he would have been tried
for his life at the Old Bailey.
Henry Thomas, 27, was indicted for stealing a watch,
the property of John Pope Doddridge, from his person.
He was convicted, and having been so several times
previously,
The .k-ssistant-Judge sentenced him to six years' penal
servitude.

Charles Webb, 23, a journeyman painter, pleaded
guilty to a charge of stealing a cash box, containing two
Si.notes and 3/ 10s. in gold and other moneys, the pro-
perty, &c., of Peter Waits, in his dwelling-house. The
prosecutor wa, the landlord of the Crooked Billet public-
house, at Hoxton, and on the 25th of July, the prisoner,
another man and a woman, went there and had some
drink. The prisoner went to the back premises, pre-
tending that he was ill, but he slipped into the oar par-
lour and took the cash-box from the sideboard. The
prosecutor at once missed it, and after a search the pri.
soner was found " screwed" up behind a cask with the
cash-box in his possession. The other man and the
woman got away. The prisoner was recognised as hav-
ing been in the House of Correction for three months
for felony, and the court sentenced him to twelve months'
hard labour.

Maria Allen pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a
sheet and other articles, the property of Edward Byrne,
and two sovereigns, the moneys of James Smith. The
prisoner was a regular swindler, and bad been in the
habit of taking ready furnished lodgings and decamping
with any available article she could lay hands upon.
She had been previously convicted, and the Assistant-
Judge, after remarkiag that it was clear that mere im-
prisonment would not deter her from crime, sentenced
her to four years' penal servitude.

Mr. Daywan said these cases were very difficult to
prove, and when they were established he was not dis-
posed to be lenient. The poorer classes were quite at the
mercy of these people, and it was necessary that they
.hould be protected from buying unfit food. He thought
he pas ed a most lenient sentence when he ordered the
defendant to pay 41., being ss. for each piece of meat.
If another case came before him of a similar de-cription
he should not be inclined to pass so lenient a sentence as
he had done on that occasion.

Alfred May G;ey, 40, described as an agent, and who

The defendant said he had no money, and his worship
allowed him a week to pay the 4/.

is known by a number of aliases, by one orwhinh, Cruse,
he was before this court some years ago, pleaded guilty
to a charge of having fraudulently obtained a cloak and
other articles, value ill. 2s. 6d., the property of Lewis
Abraham. and for 13 tdaling a ton weight of lead, the pro-
perty of Jame; Rhodes, the same being fixed to a certain
building. The prisoner had acted in concert with a man
named Stanley, who was convicted a few sessions ago,
in obtaining possession of houses, and then striping the
lead from the roofs. He had been previously convicted.
The Assi,tant-Judge directed him to be brought up
this_(Wednesday) morning for sentence.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, JULY 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable
Valentine Augustus Browne, commonly called Viscount
Castle, osse, to be Comptroller of her Majesty's Household,
in the room of the Right Honourable Archibald William
Douglas, commonly called Viscount Drumlanrig, resigned.