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London, England, 1851-01-24 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, .lava. 23.

(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and
a Bench of Magistrates.)
The Court sat this morning for the purpose of dis-
posing of bail cases.

PROSECUTION BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND RE
VENUE FOR AN ASSAULT ON AN OFFICER.

John Goldsmid, of 29, Alecklenburgh square, a
member of the Stock Exchange and of an extensive
firm in the City, surrendered in discharge of his bail,
to meet the charge of an assault upon Mr. George
Treveman, an officer of the Inland Revenue depart-
ment, whilst in the discharge of his duty.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Parry prosecuted at the suit
of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue; Mr. Bod-
kin for the defendant.

Dr. Bateman, solicitor to the Board, and Mr. Duelly,
of the Inland Revenue department, were also in
attendance. The case has excited consideraqle inte-
rest in consequence of the defence of an alibi being
set up by the defendant, in answer to the charge.
Mr. CLARKSON, in opening the case for the prose-
cution, said that he was instructed to appear at the
suit of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, by
whom the proceedings had been instituted, for an
assault by the defendant, John Goldsmid, a member
of the Stock Exchange, mad connected with a highly
respectable family residing in Mecklenburgh-square,
on the person of George Treveman, an officer of Ex-
cise, on the sth of October last. If the evidence that
he should lay before them should satisfy the jury, he
had no doubt they would he of opinion that an offence
committed on an officer whilst in the discharge of his
duty by a person moving in the sphere of life that the
defendant did, was most inexcusable, and, if proved,
shou:d be visited with a severe punishment. The
Learned Counsel then detailed the facts of the case
as proved in evidence. The defendant, he said,
was represented by his Learned Friend Mr. Bod-
ki❑ ; but still he thought it would require more
than ordinary ingenuity to rescue him from the
present charge. He believed that it would be at-
tempted to screen him from the consequence of the
act named in the information by throwing the onus
upon some other person whose whereabouts was no-
where to be found. A summons was obtained
and served at a house in question on the defendant,
but the observation that was made when that sum-
mons was delivered he was not at liberty to give,
though his Learned Friend might do so if he should
think proper. On the part of the Commissioners of
Inland Revenue be might say that they had no other
feeling in the matter but to obtain justice against the
defendant, should it be proved, of which he had no
doubt whatever, that he was the person who com
mitted the assault.

Evidence was then given to show that, the prose-
cutor was assaulted by the defend at a public-house in
the Haymarket, on the sth of October last. -
The defence set up was, that at the time named
the defendant was at Brighton with his friends; but,
upon the cross• examination of the witnesses, their
testimony was considerably shaken on certain material
points.
Mr. CLARKSON then replied, and inveighed in very
severe terms on the character of the evidence that had
been brought forward on the part of the defence,
which he characterised a 3 utterly unworthy of credit.
The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence with
great care, and pointed out the bearings of it as he
proceeded.
The jury instantly returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. PARRY said he was instructed, on the part of
the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, in consequence
of their having omitted to insert a count in the in-
dietment for interrupting the officer in the execution
of his duty, to ask for the highest punishment for the
assault.

The Learned JUDGE said that this was really the
most painful case he had ever heard, and commented
with the greatest severity on the wretched evidence
that had been brought forward on the part of the de-
fendant. He could not think that the witness Win-
der was a man who ought to have control of a re-
spectable house, encouraging as he did persons to acts
of dissipation. He perfectly agreed with the verdict
of the jury, and the sent-,nce of the Court was, that
the defendant be imprisoned in the House of Cor-
rection, Coldbath-fields, for three calendar months.
The defendant was then removed in custody, and
in a few minutes afterwards was conveyed to prison.
The trial occupied nearly seven hours.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
A middle-aged, respectably-dressed man, named
Theophilus Smith, was brought up before Alderman
Hunter and Sheriff Carden, charged with obtaining
two pair of gold hand-spectacles, value about 61., from
Messrs. Horne, Thornthwaite, and Co., opticians, of
123, Newgate-street, under fraudulent pretences.
Police-constable 498 said, he searched the prisoner
at the station, and found on him a great varietyof arti-
cles. (We give the list in full as it may probably
tend to induce others to come forward to prefer
charges against the prisoner, as there is every reason
to believe that he has been carrying on a systematic
course of swindling for some considerable time among
persons in the above line.) 'lhe following articles
were then handed up to the magistrates :--1 velvet
pocketbook, containing a variety of papers and me-
moranda, 2 other pocketbooks, 1 metallic memoran-
dum-hook, 2 French purses, one containing ten pounds
in gold and about seven shillings in small silver, a
list of various articles of plate, a gold
watch with no maker's name, a bunch of 16 small
keys, and a safe-key, some opticians' catalogues, two
new office penknives, a gentleman's pocket compen-
dium, with the name of " Pepys, 22, Poultry," inside
as the maker, one pair of steel-ribbed spectacles, with
the name of " William Youle, optician, 83, Leaden-
hall-street," on the case. In one of the pocket-books
there was about 2s. 6d. in postage-stamps, four cards
with the name of " Mr. W. Baker, surgeon," a letter
addressed " Dr. Baker, ship Soubandar, Deal Har-
bour," a letter addressed " Captain Umfreville, ship
SG:1;):11:31r, D, al Harliour, sof.au
tobacco, a receipt fur 101. 10s. for rent of 33, Cam-
bridge-street, tit. George's, Hanover-square; also a

receipt for taxes -of the same house, both amounts
received of a Mr. Green ; and the names and ad-
dresses of " Mr. T. M. Shelley," " Mr. R. Hay, of
Beechynden-terrace, Southampton," "Mr. A. Key,"
and " Mr. Ingram, of Ebury-street, Pimlico."
Remanded till Tuesday for further investigation.
BOW-STREET.
William Daniel Pye, a letter-carrier at the Pad-
dingtun district post-ofice, was charged with stealing
a letter containing two half-sovereigns, and two four-
penny-pieces.
The letter had been made up, with two others, and
addressed to Mr. Spewing, of 3, Althorp-place, Re-
gent's-park, with the view of testing the honesty of
the servants, a great many letters having been re-
cently lost by the inhabitants of the district, and es-
pecially by Mr. Sue wing. The letters were posted at St.
Martin's-le-Grand, in the usual way, but the cash-letter
in question was not delivered. Inquiries were then
Made at the sorting-office of the Paddington receiv-
ing-house, and nine of the letter-carriers and sub-
sorters were searched, without avail. Eventually the
prisoner, who arrived late, under went the same ordeal,
and the letter and its contents were found secreted
under the lining of his hat.
The prisoner said he had placed the letter there for
safety, without any guilty intention, and meaning
ultimately to deliver it.
Mr. HALL committed him for trial.
WORSHIP--STREET.

Francis Morgan, an athletic, determined-looking
fellow of notorious character, was charged with the
following robbery upon a lady named Frober, residing
in Britannia-terrace, City-road.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix
and that of a widow lady named Nash, that after
spending the evening at the house of one of their
friends on the Surrey tide of the water, they got into
a cab in the Bleckfriars-road, between 11 and 12
o'clock, to proceed to the residence of the former lady,
which they had almost arrived at, when, observing
that the driver had turned down a wrong street, they
lowered one of the windows and apprised him of his
error. The cabman accordingly backed his horse, and
was in the act cf turning again into the road, when
the prisoner and two other men suddenly presented
themselves at the window of the vehicle, one of whom
hastily took off his hat, and flung it inside, while the
prisoner at the same moment opened the door, and
sprang in after it. The prosecutrix, although greatly
alarmed, immediately raised the cry of "Police," and
endeavoured to thrust out the man, who began strug-
ling with her, and, making a snatch at her boa,
dragged it off of her neck, and was in the act of re-
treating with his booty, when the end of the boa was
seized by the other lany, who held it fast, and after
another, but abortive effort, to secure it, the prisoner
relinquished his hold, and attempted to effect his es-
cape, but he was fortunately intercepted by a consta-
ble who was attracted to the spot by the screams of
the ladies, and taken into custody.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner stoutly pro-
tested bis innocence, and said that both the ladies
were entirely mistaken in his identity ; but
Mr. HAMMILL intimated that he had no doubt
whatever as to the real facts of the case, and, ordering
the depositions to be at once taken, fully committed
the prisoner to Newgate for trial.
CL ERKEN WELL.

Messrs. Sherrard, Smith, and Butler, late gover-
nors and directors et' the poor of St. Andrew, Hol-
born, and St. George the Martyr, were summoned
under an information to show cause why they refused
to pay 651.164., alleged to have been applied by them
fur purposes not applicable to the relief of the poor.
Mr. Past)ley, the barrister, attended on the part of
the Poor-law Board, and Mr. Duncombe for the de-
fendants.
It appeared that on the occasion of the ill-treatment
of the pauper children in the establishment of Drouet,
at Tooting (the particulars of which are no doubt in
the recollection of our readers), several of them died,
and a coroner's jury returned a verdict of " Man-
slaughter " against Drouet, the principal of the
establishment. The defendants were at that time
governors and directors of the poor, and under an
order from the Poor law Commissioners a prosecution
was instituted against Drouet. Mr. Mitchener, the
auditor appointed under the Act of Parliament, sub-
sequently audited the parish accounts, and after great
attention and a creful examinatio❑ he came to a de-
cision that the above sum was misapplied, and he dis-
allowed it. He issued a certificate to that effect, in
which be gave his reasons, complying with the
statute, and called on the defendants to refund the
money alleged to have been misappropriated.
This day having
,been appointed for Mr. Tyrwhitt
to give his decision upon the matter, the court was
crowded to excess by the parish authorities, and con-
siderable interest was manifested.
Mr. Pashley addressed the bench at considerable
length on the part of the Poor-law Board, and said
that Messrs. Sherrard and Butler hal acceded to the
claim made upon them, but Mr. Smith resisted; and
he (Mr. Pashley) now claimed the decision of the
bench in favour of the auditor, Mr. Mitchener, and
urged that costs with the full amount should be al-
lowed. 261. ss. was now claimed from Mr. Smith,
which had been paid to one James Duncombe, who
acted as solititor to the defendants.
Mr. Butler, one of the defendants, now pleaded
" Guilty" to the non-payment of 261.55.
Mr. Hale Mitchener proved the audit mentioned
in the information, and produced his certificate having
reference to the audit and surcharge of the defen-
(ints ; also the certificate of the treasurer as to the
non-payment of 261. s'. with reference to Mr. Smith.
John Hardy, 205 S, the warrant officer of this
court, proved the service of the summonses on the de-
fendants.

Mr. Parish, one of the late governors and directors,
identified the defendants. Heard Mr. Sherrard and
Mr. Butler say they were ready to withdraw their
plea of " Not Guilty."
Mr. Samuel Stripling proved having served a dupli-
cate of the notice (now produced) on the parties.
Mr. Charles Schofield, clerk in the Loedon and
Westminster Bank, deposed that the governor and
directors of St. A ndi ew's, Holborn, banked at that
establishment. The cheque for 651. 16s. was cashed
by him in March, 1849, and that item was inserted
in the book of that date. Had no recollection of pay-
ing any other cheque for 65/. 16s. signed by three of
the governors and directors of the parish of St. An-
drew, Holborn.
Mr. Pashley wished it to be understood that there
was no intention to cast any imputations on the de-
fendants.
Mr. Duncombe, in a lengthened address, urged
that his clients were not bound to pay the sum
claimed from them ; it had been expended in an
assessment of the parish. He contended that they
ought not to have been brought into that court under
the circumstances, and, if an order was made, that
costs ought not to be inflicted upon them. Mr. Mit-
cheoer was quite safe, as he would be allowed the
whole of his costs, and he must say that the Poor-
law Board and he (Mr. Mitehener), their representa-
tive, did not appear in that court with clean hands.
Mr. TYRWHITT said he must make the order for
payment of the sum claimed, but he wished for time
to consider as to the costs.
Mr. Pashley would not urge for the whole of the
costs, but he would press for a reasonable amount.
He would have the bill taxed by the Master in a re-
gular and legal way, and propose that half the costs
should be paid, and this he did in a liberal spirit, and
if they did not agree to this, he would press for the
whole of the costs, for the attendance of witnesses,
counsel, &c.
Mr. TYRWHITT said, that this proposal ought to be
considered by the defendants. He made the order,
and said he would give his decision as to the costs on
Thursday next.
The parties then left the court.
THAMES.

William East, the youth who stands charged with
shCioting Robert Ablett, a labourer, and against whom
a verdict of " Manslaughter " was returned on Mon-
day last by a coroner's jury, surrendered on bail
before Mr. Ingham.
The particulars of this case have already been fully
detailed, and the following additional evidence was
now heard. _

Mr. S. T. Rowe, a surgeon, stated that he had
made a post mortem examination of the body of the
deceased, and found that a bullet had penetrated the
heart, which was the cause of death. The ball en-
tered on the right side below the nipple of the breast,
took
an
oblique direction, and in its course carried
away the cartilage of the rib. He had no doubt the
shot was fired from an elevation.
Mr. Richard Stapp, a gunmaker, said he had made
some experiments with a gun found in the prisoner's
lodgings in London-street, Ratcliff, and fired it with
a ball of the) same size as that taken from the de-
ceased's heart. He found that the gun, with about a
drachm and a half or two drachms of gunpowder, would
carry a shot more than 250 yards. He fired at a
wooden target 250 yards distance, and the ball went
past it and raked up the grass.
Police sergeant Squire, No. 14 K, stated that he
had measured the distance from the prisoner's yard or
garden where he fired the gun to the deck of the
Lively, where the deceased was shot, and it was exactly
244 yards.
Jane Carries said that she lived in the same house
as the prisoner, and that on the day the deceased was
shot she saw him with a gun in his hand, and heard a
report as if it had been fired off.

Police•sergeant Squire said that there was a Mr.
Lucas and other witnesses in attendance who could
speak to their having frequently remonstrated with
the prisoner on the impropriety of his firing off a gun
in such a crowded neighbourhood.

A man, who wile very boisterous, here expressed a
wish to be examined for the prosecution, and said he
was quite certain the gun used by the prisoner would
not carry a ball so far as was represented. It appeared
th.!:t be couhi 9.!7. f:Gl' to such n.
conclusion, and his testimony was dispensed with.
Mr. Pelham, who attended for the prisoner, and
who started many curious objections in his cross-exa.

mination of the witnesses, said that a man who Was
examined before the coroner stated that shots were
fired from various* directions on the day the unfortu-
nate man met with his death. He was quite sure it
would be impossible to make out by constructive
dence that the shot fired by the prisoner was the one
which killed the deceased.
Mr. INGHAM did not know that. He wanted S
witness who could identify the report of a gun at
the
back of London-street, where the prisoner lived, With
the fall of the man who was shot.
Squire said he was not prepared with that evidence
at present, but the mate of the Lively, who saw the.
deceased fall, and who was only two or three feet
from him at the time, was present.
erely
The mate of the Lively was recalled, and he m
repeated what he bad before stated, that he was
deck, when he saw deceased put his hand to his oreas.!t
and exclaim, " Oh, my God, I am shot!" and 61
dead immediately afterwards. He heard the report
of a gun, but he could not say in what direction the
shot came
Mr. INGHAM said, the police must endeavour to
bring forward some witnesses who could identify rti_;
report of the gun fired by the prisoner with the la!
of the deceased. He should again remand the Pri•
soner on bail, until to-morrow (this day).
Mr. Pelham said. that although the coroner's:Pl%
had returned a verdict of manslaughter against
°
prisoner, the coroner, who had some doubts about r_A
case, had very properly and very feelingly direct.:
the officer who held the warrant of committal not
execute it until after the examination before the
gistrate, and he did so for two reasons. The cora.;
did not wish his jurisdiction to clash with that of the
magistrate ; and, secondly, he was desirous that the
P and his sureties should not forfeit the ret.ce;
nisances they bad entered into, which would 'Brie
been the case if the warrant had been executed
the verdict was returned. He had now to request er
magistrate to direct the officer who held the warrant
not to execute it until his Worship had given hi' find
decision in the case. • h the
Mr. INGHAM said he could not interfere with the
direutb.re
execution of the coroner's warrant. He was tothsf,i
tisfied that all the evidence that could be give° ri.
been given, and he had therefore remanded the Po.
sonar on the same terms as before ; and was now rss
to take bail for him, if he was prepared with it. re,
Mr. Pelham—lf he puts in the same bail as halo ,s
and is immediately taken into custody on the cor°l?
Warrant, how can he be brought here to-morrow
Mr. INGHAM—If he does not appear here to-reethe
row no further investigation can proceed, and
will be an end of the case, so far as I am concerael na
Inspector Horne, of the K division, said be had
alternative but to execute the coroner's warrant.
he did not he should be liable to an indictment,
to severe severe penalties. oot
Mr. lenneat—l have no doubt you will do YA
duty properly. I have remanded the prisoner, an'''
have done with the case.
gaoled
Mr. Pelham immediately proceeded to the g!.°lted-
room, where his client was in custody, and dire d.'
him not to put in bail. The consequence of this ad
vice is, that the prisoner remains in custody °ll
magistrate's committal, and will be brought UP *-
from the House of Detention this day.