The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-03 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The August general sessions of the peace for the county
of Middlesex commenced this morning, at the Court-house,
on Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Creasy (presiding fur the
assistant judge) ; Mr. Payne, deputy assistant judge, and
Capt. Morley, Mr. Halswell,Mr. Brooking, Dr. Bateman,
and other magistrates were present. There were 31 pri-
soners for trial.
Mr. Creasy delivered a short charge to the grand jury.
Edward Garnham, alias Symes, 30, was indicted for
stealing the carcase of a sheep, the property of the Great
Northern Railway Company.
Mr. Metcalfe was counsel for the prosecution ; the prisoner
was not defended.
As a van belonging to the company was being driven,
laden with meat, along Ray-street, Clerkenwell, on the
morning of the 14th ofJnly, the prisoner got up behind and
bad possessed himself of the carcase of a sheep, when he was
detected by a carman driving another van behind, who
called a policeman and the prisoner was taken into custody.
He made the excuse that he only wanted a ride, to which
he was entitled as a servant to Mr. Sherman, but that as-
sertion was without foundation.

The jury found him guilty.
Franklin, an officer of the F division, proved a former
conviction against the prisoner, under which he was sen-
tenced to two years' hard labour. That was far the robbery
of jewellery, &c., to the amount of about £2,000, from the
brougham of r. Alexander, a manufacturing jeweller in
Hatton-garden, as it stood at the door of a jeweller's shop
in the Strand, about four years and a-half ago. Since the
expiration of that sentence he bad been summarily con-
victed twice, and he was well known to the officers of
various divisions of the Metropolitan Police. Mr. Creasy
sentenced him to seven years' penal servitude.
William Harris,lB, was indicted for, and found guilty
of, feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of
William Thompson, and stealing therein two petticoats and
other articles his property. The prosecutor's dwelling-
house" was a railway arch, and the prisoner was found in it.
He told the policeman who took him that he was in distress
and without a lodging, and seeing the door open he went in
for shelter. He was a known offender, and had been con-
victed summarily on four occasions. The Court sentenced
him to 10 months' hard labour.
John Dexter, 38, ostler, was found guilty of stealing
some casks, the property of Zuse Joel, pickle merchant, of
Lambeth, his master, and was sentenced to two months'
hard labour.
Mr. Metcalfe was for the prosecution.
William Higgins, 20, costermoager, was indicted for
stealing two teaspoons and other articles, the property of
Ellen Markland.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted.
This was an ordinary case of larceny in a dwelling-house
It occurred at Notting-hill, and the prisoner was one of a
gang who had committed a number of similar thefts in that
neighbourhood lately.
The Court sentenced him to four years' penal servitude.
(Before Mr. Payne.)

Frederick Chapman, 52, clerk, and James Mason, 16,
were indicted for indecent conduct. The charge was not
proved E 4 laid in the indictment, and the jury found the
prisoners not geilty. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine (specially
retained) and Mr. F. H. Lewis appeared for Chapman, who
had been on bail ; Mr. Harry prosecuted.
Samuel Seaton and William Busby were indicted for
stealicg some meat, the property of Mr. Hardy, butcher,
of Bromptou, the master of Busby. The last-named pri-
soner was seen to hand some chops, weighing 241 b., to
Seaton from his master's cart, and, when taken, he said
he did it because Seaton was in distress, and he received
nothing for It. It was urged there was no felonious inten-
tion, and the jury acquitted the prisoners.
dr. Dunbar was for the prosecution, Mr. Sleigh defended
Seaton, and Mr. Ribton defended Busby.
James Butler, 20, a known thief, was convicted of steal-
ing a purse containing ss. from the person of Mary Ann
Norman, in the City-road, and was sentenced to 12 months'
hard labour.