The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-08 00:00:00

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Mr. CLARKSON said he had Further to request, on the
part of the accused, that when his trial took place he
should be tried before oue of the judges of a superior
(*Ur;.

Mr. Justice PATTESON said his brother Talfourd and
himself thought undcr the circumstances the trill should
be rostponed, on the other par:y consenting to the res-
Piting the recognistnces. '1 he indictment could Only
have been found on the Monday, and the Court th, u4ht
it right that there should b., an opportunity grintA ;o
the defendant's counsel of seeing what it contained, and to
the accused himself of consulting with his counsel. There
Wq3 at present very great difficulty in the accused consult•
ing wi:h his counsel, for the: being seen in the st:e-ts
might endanger his life; and to hurry the trial on to-
morrow would hardly be consistent with the prorr
course of justice. The Court therefore thought it right
that the trial should be postponed until next session.
The Court should like to secure the appearanc,, of the
other defendant, but she not having been apprehende I,
the Court had not the power to order such security to
be given for her appearance to take her trial.
The case was accordingly postponed until next
session.

lt(BßErty.—William Thompson, aged 26, described as
a cat)man, was indicted for a robbery on Adolphus Du-
tnis, and st=aling from him a watch and chain.
Mr. Payne prosecuted, and the prisoner vs as defended
by NIL Cockle.
It appeared that on the night of the 18th December
the prosecutor was walking along Upper Norton-street,
When he saw three men standing in a door-way, appa-
rently for shelter from the rain. As he was passing
them they pounced upon him, and the prisoner placed
something round his throat and gagged him, and stole
Ilia watch and chain. They then ran away, and the pri-
saa'r, on being pursued, threw the watch and chain into
an area. He bad not proceeded very far when he
Was apprehended. The other two men efft cted their
szcape.
Mr. COCKLE addressed the jury for the prisoner,
Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, and
The jury found a verdict of Guilty, whereupon
btir. Justice PATTESON sentenced the prisoner to be
transported for life.

NEW COURT.
(Before the RECORDER and Alderman Gam.)
No case of public interest, calling for a report, came
before the Court this morning. Most of the charges
tiled in the early part of the morning v%ere trivial
offences of felony or misdemeanour.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Alderman
LAWRENCE.)
110BRERY BY A. SERVANT.—A young woman, named
'-'4lea Baker, aged 20, a spinster, was convicted of steal.
111 g three dresses, one scarf, and other articles, value 201.,
he property of Mrs. Anna Maria Agnes Dickens, of
Oct" wicla. The prisoner had been in the service of the
Prosecatrix, but for some misconduct she was discharged
sad returned home to her friends in Derbyshire. After
she left the proseeutrix missed her property, and on
giving information to the police it was traced to the pri-
soner, who had it concealed in her box.
The COURT sentenced her to six months' imprisonment.
ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON. - Emily Dean, 19,
!Pinster, and Eliza Miller, 25, a married woman, were
Indicted, Dean for stealing a watch and chain, value 21.,
the
Property of .Frederick Grant, and Miller with felo-
niously receiving the same, well knowing them to have
been stolen. Dean pleaded guilty; Miller, not guilty.
The prosecutor met the former prisoner one night last
month York-street, Westminster, and went home with
or. She managed to absstract his watch and chain from his
jacket, and then decamped; but information was given to
the police, and the property was ultimately traced to the
Possession of Miller. When she was arrested she said
she
had sold the watch fur 75.; bus though she admitted
having received it from Dean, she never imagined that
it had bQen dishonestly com 9 by.
The jury convicted Miller cf the charge of receiv-
ing, and

The COURT sentenced Dean to twelve, and to
eight months' imprisonment.
A REGULAR JEREMY " DIDDLER.— Paul Felix, de-
-I°rib:A as a clerk, was indicted fur unlawfully obtaining
by false pretences, of William weaver, the sum of
17s. 6d.• of Charles Samuel Charles, the sum of 235.;
and of deorge Brodie the sum of 275. 61., with intent
to cheat them respectively of the said moneys.
Ti.e prisoner pleaded not guilty.
The prisoner had represented himself to the prose-
tutors es an officer in the Court of Chancery, and told
them that be wanted to find out a family named Jack-
son, who were the heirs to property which had been left
in the trust of the Lord Chancellor by a person of the
lame name, who formerly resided at Springfield, near to
New York, in America. Weaver informed him that his
wife was a Jackson, and the prisoner at once said, " You
bad better petition, then; the property is worth more
than 800 L, and no doubt your wife is one of the parties
entitled to it." Weaver, however, did not know how to
proceed in the way of petitioning, but the prisoner soon
relieved him on that score by undertaking to manage
the matter, and in a day or two afterwards he called
upon Weaver with a paper which he called a petition,
and obtained ss. 6d. to pay the fees of filing. A week
or so subsequently he waited upon Weaver again, and
producing a second piper, which ho represented to be
the answer of the Lora Chancellor, he put the poor man,
who is a simple inoffensive shoemaker, living in the
borough, in great glee, and declared to his wife, the
alleged heiress, the petition was in a fair way to suc-
eeee. Weaver and his family treated the prisoner to a
Sumptuous repast, but on a third occasion ho brought with
him the unsatisfactory information that the petition had
been met be another Jackson, who had put in twelve pleas,
and each flee would involve a further expenditure of
Its. 6J. Weaver's suspicion now began to be aroused,
and, before throwing any more money away, he be-
thought himself that it would be as well to consult a
friend who was in the police force. This friend saw the
deception at once, and, through his instrumentality, the
prisoner ultimately found his way into custody, when it
was discovered that he had been carrying on an exten-
-Biva system of fraud, by exciting the hopes of indigent
People, and inducing them to advance him money to
institute Chancery proceedings for their benefit. A
Poor fellow, named Browlie, a gas-lighter, was so far
'duped by the prospects he held oat to him of future
Wealth, that he freely paid whatever he demanded, and
Placed such implicit confidence in his statement, that a
seal, which he produced, had been engraved, with the
E'rowlie arms, under a decree of the Court of Chancery.
It 14 needless to add that no petition had been
filed for either of these poor men, nor had any
ether Chancery proceedings been taken in their names
Or on their behalf, but it may be as well to state that
;hen the prisoner found out that his trick was seen
through, he changed his character from that of an officer
of the High Court of Chancery of Great Britain and
Ireland to that of a commission agent, a calling which
the prison, r himself explained consisted in "undertaking
anY little job that fell in his way:'
The prisoner, whose countenance wore a sly and leer-
ing expression, which would teem to have become ha-
bitual to him, produced a couple of papers in answer to
the charge, which were signed by the prosecutors, and by
which he alleged he must be held harmless for every-
thing he had done. He then entered into a rambling
statement about the unclaimed treasures that are lucked
LIP in the Court of Chancery, and mimicking the
eutnnee of an advocate, he conjured the jury not to con-
vict him of a misdemeanour upon the faith of evidence
jell, after all, only made out a case of civil wrong.
The money, he protested in a whining tone of voice, was
not paid to him under false pretences, but as part of his
commission for helping the prosecutor to recover money
Receiver-General,
he said actually does exist in the coffers of the
Aketeiver-General, and which he had hitherto believed
sincerely ought to be the heritage of the prosecutors or
their families.
The jury, after a short consultation, found him Guilty.
The prisoner made a last appeal to the Court fur
"'creY, repeating his former declaration, that the offence
he had committed was more the result of ignorance than
criminal intention.
The Court sentenced him to twelve months' im-
erisotneent.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
jlenr, fierssoan pleaded not guilty to an indictment
twanging him with stealing, ou the 27th of last month,
° gold breast-pins and other articles, the property of
'erdeand Slocher, a German.
The wife of the prosecutor stated that on the day in
question she returned home and saw a light in the room,
Which she had left locked. As soon as she attempted to
go into the room the light was put out. On going into
the back room she saw the prisoner trying to get ba-
bied the door. When he was gone she missed the
articles in question, and went to the prisoner's house,
and in his waistcoat found the gold ring and pins,
and afterwards gave him into custody. She had known
him five weeks.
In his defence the prisoner said he was drunk, and
wa2jlot aware that he had gone into the house.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and
-tae
COURT sentenced him to three months' hard la-
bour in the House of Correction.

MARLBRcr_sTREET—(T-HISDAY.)
GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT.—Five medical students,
who gave the names of George Jackson, Charles Grew,
Robert Lames, Henry Watson, and Henry Medhurst,
were brought before Mr. Hardwick, the three former
charged with being drunk and riotous, and the two
latter prisoners with attempting to rescue them from
the custody of the police.
Policeman 181 C, stated that about three o'clock this
morning he was on duty in the Haymarket, when he
saw the defendants turned out of the Saloon. They
then went to the Black Horse, at the corner of
Jermyn.street, and commenced knocking at the
door with great violence. Witness went up to them
and requested them to desist and go quietly away, but
the three first-named prisoners, wno were very drunk,
refused. He then procured assistance and took them
into custody, and on the way to the station the other
prisoners came up and attempted with some force to
rescue them from custody. In the scuffle the prisoner
Jackson struck him on the breast, but the blow did not
hurt him.
• In defence, Jackson, Grew, and Lames, denied the
charge of drunkenness, and the other two prisoners said
they made no resistance whatever to the officers, and in
cerroboratien thereof called Mr. Bennet, a medical stu-
dent, residing at No. 18, Cecil-street, Strand, who stated
that he was a friend of the defendants, and witnessed
the whole transaction. The three first-named prisoners
were perfectly sober, and the others offered no resist-
ance to the police.
Several other witnesses were cared, who endeavoured
to prove the same.
Pulice-constable 324 A, who assisted in convoying the
prisoners to the station, proved that Jackson, Grew, al.d
Lames were decidedly the worse for liquor.
lukpector Whall,C division, who took the charge, alio
Roved that such was the fact.