The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-08 00:00:00

1V EW COURT.

(Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.)
MINT PROSECUTIONS.—Mary Ann Buckley, 17, sPirist6
Catherine O'Brien, IS, spinster, Harriet Downes,lB, sPinstert
Samuel Jones, 64, clothworker, and James Fox, 24, labour(ll'
all pleaded guilty of uttering counterfeit coin, and were sell.
tenced to imprisonment for six calendar months.
The Common-Sergeant was occupied during the mornilifi
in trying prisoners for similar offences, but the cases presence
no feature of interest.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning Charles Gill, the working jeweller, of News;
ington, who was cAnmitted from this court, for the want
bail, some weeks since on the charge of having sent a thre%
cuing letter to Lord John Russell, at his official residence I_
Downing- street, was brought from the House of Detention
for the purpose of being liberated upon bail.
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It will be remembered that Gill was ordered by Mr..i Ti-e-na
to enter into his own recognizances in the sum of 1007., 11;f
to procure two substantial bail, to keep the peace and 10,
good behaviour towards the Premier for the next twelvh.
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months. He was sent to prison in default of finding
required bail; and about a fortnight afterwards two crew
men offered to be Lis bail. On Field, the detective of6ce;
making the necessary inquiries, he found that one bail 1/.
substantial, but the other was not, and the bail was COns°.
quently refused.
Since that time Gill's friends hare endeavoured to „t
another substantial tradesman to become bail, but Wilu°,;,
success. A petition had recently been sent to her Maies
through the Secretary of State, imploring for a mitigation
of the bail, and that one tradesman who had been apPr°voo
of should be accepted instead of two. Her Majesty "I
graciously pleased to grant the petition.
This morning Mr. Samuel Howgood, of Surrey-P-0.
Newington, pawnbroker, who had previously offered to b
come one of the securities, said he was willing to be boa"
in the sum of 501. for the good behaviour of Gill.
Mr. HENRY--Well, am willing to accept your bail. id
Mr. Howgood and Gill then entered the clerk's office, °"0
their names and addresses having been taken, the magistre'
ordered Gill to be discharged. b
Gill, who looked fresh and well, then 'left the court with
his wife and friends.

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It was stated that Gill had quite recovered from the Ae - lf'.
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sion under which he laboured, and has expressed his reg
at what had occurred.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAYS
A
flan Dowling was placed before Mr. Bingham, charge"
with obtaining a situation in the service of Keith Baraeici
Esq., 28, Upper Portland-place, by means of a forge
character.
Mr. Barnes stated that on the 7th of January last t,111,1
prisoner applied for the situation of cook in his family
produced to him several written recommendations;
f.,el3e,
among others, one purporting to be written by a Mrs. Pt;
with whom she (prisoner) stated she had lived last in se'nf
vice, and had left in March, 1850, with the intention "t
going into )nie small way of business. She also stated tbrt
when she lived with Mrs. Rae that lady resided
Worcester-p rk, Great •Malvern, and that she was then r.t
siding at 47, Preston. street, Brighton, where he could Wild
to her. A letter was accordingly written to Mrs. Ras,,e'd
the letter produced was received in answer. On the faith °,
the excellent character contained in that letter, she was 'l,O
gaged, and entered his house. On the 24th of March last 11
found the prisoner in a state of intoxication, and desired
she would leave his service the next morning. She 1
that night, and on the Tuesday week folloWw„g
he received from a person, who said she came fr°o
the prisoner, the letter produced, purporting to be writtft;
heft
and the prisoner, wherein she demanded the wages due to 13Z;
and her clothes to be given to the bearer. On looking at t..a
writing and the crest (a stag) on the envelope, he foal.,
that the handwriting and crest was precisell, Ot
milar to that whic, purported to have come r
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Mrs. Rae, and from subsequent inquiries uhich he wage -
was induced to put the matter into the hands of the police'ot
Mrs. Rae's sister proved that the letter produced was °her
in the handwriting of Mrs. Rae, and to the best ( casP
knowledge Mrs. Rae never resided in Brighton. Mrs. .1...-
was now in the Isle of Wight.
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The prisoner, in defence, persisted that the letter was;
'he handwriting of Mrs. Rae, and begged for a remands
order that Mrs. Rae might be communicated with. el
Mr. BINGHAM was of opinion that the letters producm
afforded sufficient proof of the prisoner's guilt; but as "
wished it, he would remand her for a week.