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London, England, 1851-01-07 00:00:00

speaking to Sellers. Witn€ss know where the prhoLcr
liv, d, for he had told him.
Mr. George ppell, a parson in the service of Me.srs.
Wych, Newman, end Co., 11, Bennett court, :it. M;,ry-
!ixe, commission agents, depbeefi to tinning 10Ib!,. of
indigo on the person of the boy Sellars on the 12th of
December.

George Drew, a City policeman, deposed that on the
12th December he saw the indigo, which was given to
the boy Sellers, marked. He tollowed the boy with
another officer, both in plain clothes, and saw him go
into the prisoner's shop, end when he came out he gave
a signal, and on going up to him he found 4s. in his
hand, and then he and the other officer went into the
shop. They went into the back parlour, where they saw
the prisoner standing with a scoop-scale and some indigo
in it, which he was examining. Witness said, " Mr.
Barnett, I want that indigo which you bought of this
lad;" and he said " Here it is; I have not bought it, he
has left it," Witness said, " You have bought it; byre
ere the 4s. you gave the lad for it," and to that he made
CO reply. The officers then informed the prisoner they
were policemen, and they would search the house. The
prisoner said they were welcome to search the place.
They then took the indigo from the scale, which was the
same that had been previously marked. Outside the shop
seemed to be an old clothes shop. They searched the
place, and in addition to old, clothes they found a bag of
rice, three bags of raw coffee, one bag of gutta perch a,
one bag with chestnuts in it, another containing 23
brass stamp:, some bags with samples of sugar in them,
',rations spices, sample bottles, cigars, arrow-root, and
a great number of other articles. They found no more
indigo than what was in the scales. .

Ciosa•examined—They took the things away, but had
since returned them, having found out where they had
been purchased.
Mr. lIUDDLESTONE addressed the jury on behalf of
the prisoner, and called
Mr. Gregory, a solicitor, who had known the prisoner
for the last thirty years by his coming with fruit
to witness's office, and he always thought him an
honest man.

Mr. Cohen had also known the prisoner for twelve or
fourteen years, who had always borne the character of a
particularly honest man.
Cross examined—Had never heard that the prisoner
bad been hi the habit of getting boys to steal from their
employers.
The Learned RECORDER having summed up the
evidence,
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The boy Woodgate was recalled by the RECORDER,
who elicited from him that the prisoner had tampered
With him in order to get indigo through his means.
Several respectable persons who had known the pri-
soner for a great number of years gave him a good cha-
racter for honesty.
Sentence was deferred.

NEW COURT.

(Before the CO3IM-ON--SERGE-AN-T—an.d Alderman LA.W

RANCE.)
The Court was occupied the whole of the morning
trying Mint cases, which presented no features of gene-
ral interest calling for a detailed report. Several prism-
nera were convicted of passing bad money, and sentenced
to different terms of imprisonment, varying from one
Month to twelve.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The January General Sesiinas for the trial of pri-
soners for the eounty of Middlesex commenced this.
DI, orLing, before Mr. Witham (in the absence of Mr
Sergeant Adams, the Assistant-Judge) and a bench of
Magistrates, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green.
The calendar contains the names of 112 persons.
John carr, for stealing on the 16th of last month,
sixty-tag yards of printed cotton, the property of W.
Stewart, from his shop at Hounslow, was sentenced to
three months hard labour in the House of Correction.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.)
IN RE WILKINS.

This bankrupt was described as of High-street, Ken-
sington, draper, and to-day came up for his last exami-
nation.

Mr. TURNER, of the firm cf Sole and Turner, whom-
peered on behalf of the assignees, did not oppose the
bankrupt's passing, but said he should have much to
urge against him whe❑ he came up for his certificate.
At a previous examination it was elicited that the
bankrupt had done business to a considerable extent by
obtaining goods on credit from the wholesale houses and
honing them in the bulk immediately afterwards to
smell shopkeepers and others, but the fact having been
discovered the parties were summoned and admitted the
(Sets and were ordered to pay all money due.
The bankrupt was now allowed to pass.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
A respectably-dressed young man, named Gray, was
charged with felony under the following circumstances:—
Mr. F. 0. Turner, a gentleman residing in Lincoln-
shire, after enjoying himself last night in the concert-room,
took a bed at Evans's Grand Hotel, in Covent-garden,
and retired to rest between two and three o'clock. In
the course of the morning, before it was daylight, he was
awoke out of his sleep by a noise as of some one in his
room, and he called out " Who's there?" Nobody an-
swered, but he distinctly heard some one leave the room,
and jumping out of bed, ho ran on to the landing, and
raw the prisoner escaping up stairs with a candle in his
hand. He asked him what he had been doing in his
room, and the prisoner replied, " It's all right; you have
lost nothing." He then returned to his bed room, and
on searching his trowser's pocket he found that a bell-
sovereign and some silver wore mi-sing. Ile knocked up
the porter, and one of the waiters also appearing at the
Moment, the three of them went up to the room occupied
by the prisoner and knocked at the door. In answer to
the knock a voice inquired who was there, and witne s
immediately recognised the voice as that of the man
Who had spoken to him on the stairs. The door was
then forced open, and the prisoner having been allowed
time to dress he was given into custody.
Mr. JARDINE—Did you not lock your bedroom door?
Witness—No; I tried to do so, but did not succeed.
George Fullerton, the porter of the hotel, stated that
the prisoner was the only person who slept near to the
prosecutor. There was another gentleman stopping at
the hotel, but he slept at another part of the building.
Ile bad gone off early this morning by the Eastern
Counties Railway. The waiters, boys, and other servants,
slept at the very top of the house, and would have had
to travel a great distance to reach the prosecutor's room.
The prisoner, when he was accused of the robbery de-
Wed it, declaring that he had lost 41. or 51. himself. The
prisoner was not searched, but on the dressing table a
Purse was discovered, containing a half sovereign in gold,
three shillings in silver, and some coppers. Both the
131'4011er and the prosecutor were perfectly sober, and
When they entered the prisoner's room, he was partly
dressed.
The risoner, who still protested that he knew nothing
f ..kever of the rubbery. and who was known as a
-11Rluented of the hotel, was fully committed for trial.

ARLBRO'-STREET.—(THISDAY.)
UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COIN.— William Jennings,
travelling
eh cutler, was placed before Mr. Bingham,
charged w ith uttering a counterfeit shilling.
air. Grigg, stationer, 183, Regent-street, stated that
'boat nine o'clock last night the prisoner came into his
811°P in a great hurry and asked him to give him (pri-
soner) two sixpences for a shilling, at the same time
throwing; what appeared to be a good coin on the counter.
witness being put off his guard by the prisoner's appear-
-4TlFegave him the change, but directly he took up the
Shilling he detected it was a counterfeit. Re told the
prisoner it was a base coin, when he immediately ran
io.tit of the shop. Prosecutor pursued him, crying out
Stop thief," as far as Chapel-street, at the corner of
Which he was stopped by a constable and taken into
custody.
Stringer, 193 C, said ho was on duty in Chapel-street
When he heard the cry of "Stop thief." On looking
round he saw the prisoner running towards him, fol-
lowed by the prosecutor. Witness caught hold of him
iY the collar and took him into custody, and on search-
tig him he found in his hand two good sixpences and a
good
111 e prisoner was remanded until Thursday.

LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION.
„---(TIIIS DAY.)
v.,1118 morning an inquest was held before Thomas
Yv akley, Esq , M.P., Coroner, at the City of York,
Maiden-lane, on the body of John Kendall,
aged 20, who was killed by the falling of a girder and a
portion of the works in course of erection at the above
station, on Saturday last, on which occasion two other
Persons, named Green and Tyler, received such injuries
that it was found necessary to remove them to Univer-
sitL. Hospital, one of whom (Green) has since died.
to
r.
Q. W. Vallence, of Tokenhouse-yard, attended
tractors, watch the case on the part of Messrs. Jay, the con-
Several witnesses were examined, who witnessed the
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accident, and who all agreed that no blame attached to
anybody; and at the conclusion
The CORONER said he do not think there appeared to
be any blame attachable to anyone, and that every pre-
caution had been taken necessary in works of such mag-
nitude. It was suggested that a lair tackle should he
used, and he had no doubt in future every precaution
would be taken.
After some further discussion,
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death,
11111 that nu blunts ws3 attachable, to anyone."

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. UEORGE DRUMMOND
We have to announce the sudden demise of Mr. George
Drummond, one of the partners in the eminent banking firm
at (haring-cross. the melancholy event took place shortly
after two o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The deceased gen-
tleman had attended Divine service and remained to par-
take of the sacrament; after which he returned to his resi-
dence. No. 4. Wilton-crescent, in company with his nephew,
kr. Edgar Drummond. On entering the drawing-room, he
sat down in an arm-chair, and was about to partake of some
luncheon, when he raised his hand suddenly to his head, and
exclaiming, Oh, my God !" sunk down in an unconscious
State. Medical assistance was instantly sent for, but the un-
fortunate gentleman had ceased to exist before the arrival
of the family surgeon; in fact, he survived the first symp-
tonla only four minutes. It is understood to be the medical
°pinion that the deceased's death arose from an undue fat-
ness about the region of the heart. The deceased gentleman
Drummond
in his 49th year, and was son of Mr. George Harley
irunamond of Stanmore. He married, in 1831, Marianne,
daughter of the late Mr. Berkeley Portman, by whom he
leases two sons and two daughters. An inquest is to be
holden on the deceased gentleman's remains this day.
On New Year's-day the Lord Bishop of Salisbury
entertainedatthee palace about 100 aged persons resident within
,U borough of New Sarum with roast beef, mutton, ud-
IScc.,g grace being said by his Lordship p before and after
4inLat.