The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-23 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—May 22.

(Before Mr. Whatoley, Q.C.)
Charles Leman, 30, carman, was indicted for
stealing 200 feet of paving-stone, the property of
the vestrymen of the parish of St. Luke's.
Mr. Metcalfe was fur the prosecution ; Mr. Win-
tyre fur the prisoner.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the learned
judge sentenced him to two months hard labour.
On the application of Mr. M'Donnell, the trial
of Elizabeth Jenkins, Sir Charles Napier's house-
keeper, was postponed until next sessions. Mr.
M•Donnell said he was instructed for the defence,
and the evidence for the prisoner was not yet in a
shape to proceed with the case without prejudice to
the prisoner.
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James Little, 46, stableman, Henry Hughes, 50,
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porter,
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stealing and receiving two sets of harness, the pro-
resides in Clarges-street, and the harness in question
was stolen from some mews near there.
Mr. Platt was counsel for the prosecution •, Mr.
Aibton defended Graham ; and Mr. F. H, Lewis

The jury acquitted Graham, Hughes, ant Attie.
Tuppin was found guilty, and sentenced to six
months' hard labour.
Several cases of pot-stealing came before the
Court, in which the prisoners were old offenders.
One was sentenced to three years' penal servitude,
one to 18 months' hard labour, and others to various
terms of imprisonment.
Eliza Smith, 14, was indicted for obtaining by
false pretences from John Medl ock, a clock, with
intent to defraud, and for obtaining, in like manner,
a silk mantle value 155., the property of Eliza
Finch. She pleaded guilty.
It appeared the prisoner used to lurk about the
streets looking out for children sent out with par-
cels to deliver. She would accost them and ask
where they came from, and where they were going
to, and having obtained that information, she would
" Oh, why I have just been sent for the parcel,
as it should have come before," and the children
believing her, naturally gave her the things. She
had been before convicted, and the learned judge
sentenced her to 18 months' hard labour.

John Edwards, 19, and Eeles, 18, porters
in the service of Messrs. Stagg and Mantle, of Lei-
cester-square, were indicted, Edwards for stealing
20 yards of cloth, value £l2, and a pin, value £2,
the property of George Frederick Wooland, and.
Eeles for stealing 14 handkerchiefs and other arti-
cles, value £5, the property of their masters. They
pleaded guilty, and the prosecutors recommended
them to mercy.
The learned Judge sentenced each of the prisoners
to six months' hard labour.

Mr. Orridge prosecuted on behalf of the Associa-
tion for the Prosecution of Shoplifters, &c.

(Before Mr. Payne.)
Wm. Rearson, a smart-looking and well-dressed
young man, was convicted of picking pockets at
places of religious worship.
Former convictions were proved against him,
and Mr. Payne sentenced him to three years penal
servitude. _ _

Mr. Poland was for the prosecution. Mr. Ribton
defended the prisoner.
Isaac Rich, hawker, 42, was indicted for stealing
two sovereigns, the moneys of Richard Wilmot.
Mr. M'Donnell and Mr. Gent were for the pro-
secution. The prisoner was defended by Mr.
Ribton.

The prosecutor resided at 19,King-street,.Covent-
garden, and the prisoner used to call at his house
to sell game. Having missed a ring from a shelf,
and suspecting the prisoner, the prosecutor put
two sovereigns on the same shelf, and one day the
prisoner called with some leverets, and directly
afterwards the sovereigns were missed. He was
accused of the theft, and then put two sovereigns
down on the shelf, saying he did not mean to steal
them.

The jury, after a long consideration, acquitted
the prisoner.

SURREY SESSIONS, May 22.

(Before J. E. Johnson, Esq.)
Thomas Bayley, 23, alias ood, a notorious
thief, was indicted for stealing a watch and chain,
value £3O, from the person of Martin Burgess.
Mr. Harrison prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley de-
fended the prisoner.
The prosecutor, a very respectable tradesman in
the Walworth-road, said that on the afternoon of
the 17th of last month he went into the City to
transact business, and, on returning towards home,
went into a public-house at the corner of Mint-
street, where he met two men, and got into conver-
sation with them about the fight between Sayers
and Heenan. After having some gin, they went
into " Jemmy Welch's," one of the seconders of
Sayers, and from thence into the Golden Lion, in
Kent-street. He recollected having his watch,
chain, and all his money safe about him then, but
after drinking a little ale he became insensible, and
had no recollection of what took place afterwards
until he woke up in the station-house, when he
missed all his property, and found himself in a very
injured state ; in fact, he had hardly recovered from
the effects of the ill-treatment.
William Seedon, a farrier, of 276, Kent-street,
said that about half-past four o'clock on the after-
noon in question he was sitting at his front win-
dow having tea, when he saw the prosecutor
coming up the street with the prisoner and two
others sparring. They all went into the Golden
Lion public•house, and shortly afterwards the pri-
soner came out, followed by another, and then he
saw the prosecutor led out, and he fell down as if
he was dead. His clothes were much disordered,
and his watch and chain were gone. Witness was
sure that he had them about him when he entered
the house. _ _

In cross-examination, witness said that Mr. Bur-
gess was a little the worse for liquor when he en-
tered the public-house, but when he came out he
appeared to have been grossly ill-used.
Mrs. Harris, the landlady of the Golden Lion
public-house, Kent-street, said she recollected the
prosecutor coming in with the prisoner and another
man on the afternoon in question. The prosecutor
appeared to be drunk, and sparred about the place,
saying that he was en American, and a supporter
of Heenan. They all went into the parlour, and a
short time afterwards the prisoner and another
left the house, and then she discovered the prose-
cutor lying helpless in the room. Another man
took him out, and that was all she knew about the
matter.

In cross-examination by Mr. ley, witness said
that the prosecutor was extremely tipsy when he
entered her house, and she was almost positive he
had neither watch nor chain about him at that
time. His clothes were in a very filthy condition.
Strickland and Scannell, detective officers of the
M division, proved the apprehension of the prisoner,
but neither watch nor chain had been found. _

Mr. Lilley addressed the jury at some length on
behalf of the prisoner, and
He was acquitted.

HORRIBLE INCREASE OF CHILD

MURDE.R.

Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest in the
boardroom of the Holborn Union, Gray's Inn-lane,
on the body of a newly-born male child, which was
found in a piece of waste ground in Chapel-street,
of that locality. The body was enveloped in a pil-
low-case, covered with four sheets of brown paper
and tied up with cord, The neck of the child was
tightly encompassed with string passed three times
round the neck. It was a fully grown male child
and had been born alive. Strangulation was the
cause of death.

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The papers and other articles forming the con-
cealment of the body were produced, one of the
papers having written upon it " Question," and
"Three, to-day." The ligature appeared to have
been made from a piece of check washing silk, and
formed into a band, similar to an apron string, of
32 inches in length, and 1-1 inches in width.
The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder
against some person or persons unknown."
Mr. Wakley held another inquest at the Balmoral
Castle, Caledonian-road, Islington, on the body of
a male child found in a ditch, in Stroad-green-lane,
in the parish of Islington, wrapped in a piece of
dirty cotton, and enveloped in a black apron. It
was a full-grown child, and had unquestionably.
been born alive, but, as in the previous case, with-
out the assistance of a medical attendant. The cause
of death was a blow on the skull. It must have
been a remarkably sharp blow, as though the head
had been knocked against a wall.
The jury in this case also returned a verdict of
"Wilful murder against some person or persons
unknown."
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of affairs, for infanticide was getting worse and
worse. The previous day ho held, at one sitting,
they thought another
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three similar inquiries at Paddington, and in St.
Mary's, Islington, he had had three others, and here
since November last, he had presided over upwards
was a fourth in the sametvhpeearirdriischetas.,
of 30 such cases. He thought while juries re-
turned verdicts of "Found dead," it would only
be an incentive to women who contemplated
such acts, for when they found doctors and juries
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concealment of birth was premeditated murder, for
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a child was found near Hammersmith buried alive.
It was extricated, and he (the coroner) endeavoured,
but unsuccessfully to gain it, admission to that esta-
blishment, and it was eventually received into the
Fulham Union, where it is now doing well. He
thought something should be done to suppress the
increase of so awful a crime ; for a thousand chil-
dren might now be murdered without the possi-
bility of discovery.
The jurors fully concurred in the remarks of the
coroner. . _ _ .... _ _ _..

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The trustees of the parish of St. Mary, Islington,
in the three cases alluded to (in one of which the
child had its throat cut, the second was taken from
the canal, and the third found in a garden), have
offered a reward of £5 in each case for information
that may lead to the apprehension of the guilty
parties

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
-OPERA COMIQUE.
Under the management of M. LAURENT, Sen.
THIS EVENING, Ambroise Thomas's favourite Opera
Bouffe, in two acts, LE CAID : Virginia, Madame Faure.
To cdhclude with TROUET-AL-CALAR. M. Dalis.
Commence at eight o'clock.

AD ELPIET, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
SSole eroprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Re-appea-ante of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan—Third week of
the populae American Actress, Miss Julia Daly.
TH IS VEXING (eighth time), ITS AN ILL WIND
THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan,
J. L, Toole, Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Ward, Mrs. A.
Wigan, and Miss 11. Simms..
Atter which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN.
Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billinp:ton, Eburnc, Miss Julia
Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF DODGERS.
Masers. J. L. Toole, Eburne ; Mrs. Chatterly, Miss K. Kelly
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
Private boxes, £22s. ; Family Boxes, .£l.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. •
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, ed.
Aoting Manager--Mr. Wm. Smith.

RY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street. St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to
Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to
carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night.
Tills EVENING the performances will cemmenee with
a new and original comedy, entitled A FRIEND IN NEED.
F Robinson, C. Young, &c.
To be followad by DIDO.
After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-offiee open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform
ance commences at 7.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE..-
.. - Troprietor, Mr. WM. BATTY.
Thirty-seventh Night of the GREAT MILITARY SPEC-
TACLE. In compliance with numerous inquiries at the Box
Office, the Management has arranged to give Four Grand
Mid-day Performances during the Whitsun Holidays, viz.—
on Whit-Monday, May 28th, Tuesday, 29th, Thursday, 31st,
and Saturday, June 2d. The Entertainments will consist of
a Recherehe Display of Equestrian Performances and a
Light pleasing Dramatic Piece; commencing each day at
Two o'Clock.
On MONDAY, MAY 21, 1860, and during the Week,
The Grand Hippo -Drama, " THE HISTORY OF A FLAG."
Wondrous Scenes in the Cirque, supported by the most
talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in the World.
Concluding with a Laughable Farce.
The magnificent Chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. De-
cries and Sons, Houndsditch.
Dow s open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
THIS EVENING,
C. H. GOITNOD'S OPERA,
FAUST.
rirst Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
S4obel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite
Conductor Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, ls , Hall. 6d.
Comm Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield.
The AFRICAN OPERA T ItOUPE, their first appearance
since 1852, consisting of ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS,
who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment
every evening.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.