The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-07 00:00:00

MIDD.

The September general sessions of the peace, for
the county of Middlesex, commenced yesterday at
Clerkenwell, before Mr. Creasy (presiding for the
Assistant-judge); and Mr. Payne ; and the follow-
ing magistrates were present :—Mr. Pownall, chair-
man of the county, Mr. Alderman Rose, Mr- Gould,
Capt. Morley, and Mr. Halsey.
Mr. Creasy, in the course •of a short charge to
the grand jury, observed that the calendar was
heavier than usual, there being 73 prisoners for
trial ; but of the cases which he had examined,
there was one only to which he thought it might
be necessary to call their attention. It was one in
which two persons were charged with having
created a disturbance in a place where a number of
persons had assembled for the purposes of religious
worship, in a form and manner peculiar to them-
selves. There were several statutes applicable
to a charge of this description, , the detail or
technicalities of which he need not go into, but
he thought it right to tell the grand jury that
if upon . the evidence which might be laid
before them they were of opinion that the persons
who were disturbed by the persons charged were
assembled bona fide for religious worship, it would
be their duty to find the bill, and to submit the
case to a further and complete investigation. The
law provided a punishment for interference with
persons assembled for worshipping the Almighty in
accordance with certain requirements of the law,
and if these persons to whose case he was alluding
had interfered with a legally constituted assem-
blage, they, certainly were liable to the penalty the
law authorised for such misconduct.
John Ganning, 22, stated to have been a con-
stable both in the Metropolitan and City police
forces, was indicted for having stolen 56 brushes,
value £9, the property of William Barnett, and
another, his masters.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson was for the prosecution ;
Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prisoner.
The prosecutors were mother and son, carrying on
business as brush manufacturers at 36, Percival-
street, Clerkenwell ; and the prisoner had been in
their service since January last as coachman and
carman, and had means of access to her property
kept in stock. On Aug. 13 a quantity of brushes
were misted from a case in one of the warehouses,
and on the 17th the prisoner was found offering
some of the identical goods stolen for sale to a
tradesman in Piccadilly, who, suspecting they had
not been honestly come by, very properly took
measures which led to the prisoner being taken
into custody. The prisoner at first asked £5 for
what he offered for sale, and afterwards accepted
£2 165., gave a false name, and a false account of
where the brushes came from.
Mr. Metcalfe made an address to the jury.
The jury, being unable to agree in the box, re-
tired, and eventually found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Creasy sentenced him to eight months' hard
labour.
Joseph Gates, 21, army accoutrement maker, was
indicted for having stolen 45 coats, and other arti-
cles of considerable value, the property of Laurence
Phillips, his master.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced
to 10 months' hard labour.
Mr. F. H. Lewis was for the prosecution.
Walter Cur ell, 20, baker, was convicted of em-
bezzling several small sums received by him for
and on account of John Thompson, his master.
The prisoner was sentenced to eight months'
hard labour.
A great -number of cases of larceny and robbery
from the person were disposed of.
(Before .Mr. Payne.)
James Harley, a very respectable looking young
man, was indicted for embezzling the sum of 25.,
which he had received on account of Edmund John
Beale and another, seedsnaen, of High Holborn, his
employers ; and also for stealing a watch, pin, &c.,
the property of the same. He pleaded guilty.
Mr. Sleigh, for the defence, said it was a very
painful case, the prisoner, who was only 19 years
of age, having hitherto borne an unexceptionable
character, and being the son of an old and valued
servant of a nobleman of high rank. Unfortunately
he had abandoned himself to the society of bad
women, the consequence of which was that he had,
no doubt, helped himself to his master's money and
property to provide himself with the means to carry
on such a course of life.
A brother of the prisoner was called, and lie
stated that at the expiration of any sentence the
court might pass, the prisoner's parents would take
charge of him, and see that he was sent abroad, far
out of the reach of the associates through whom he
had been brought to this degradation.
Mr. Payne said, giving full effect to this, and to
a recommendation to mercy by the prosecutor,
and also in the hope that a short term of imprison-
ment would be a punishment sufficient to deter
him from evil courses for the future, wherever it
might be his fate to be sent to on leaving prison,
the court would only sentence hint to three months'
hard labour.
Mr. Wray was for the prosecution.
Daniel Sullivan, 30, was charged with assaultim
Hugh Andrews, a metropolitan police constable, iu
the execution of his duty. The jury found the
prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to 14 days'
imprisonment,
James Lindergreen, 18, was indicted for em-
bezzling several sums of money received by him
for and on account of Francis Mead Hudson, his
employer lie pleaded guilty.
The prisoner was a porter in the service of a
cheesemonger, No. -1, Church-street, Hackney.
Having embezzled several sums of money received
from customers he absconded, and was taken into
custody at Canterbury, where he had enlisted into
a regiment of Hussars, the uniform of which he was
now wearing. The prisoner, when apprehended,
offered to make good the deficiency in his accounts,
and the prosecutor strongly recommended him to
mercy. .
' < Flced one of the prison. officers, who
had :,01{11-2r,,-;Tilether the prisoner would Le
received back into the service, and, on being
answered in the affirmative, he said. he should sen-
tence him to a very slight term of imprisonment.
That term would. be one month.
William Harrison and William Thompson, 22
and 31, were indicted for stealing a coat and other
articles, value £3 10s., the property of William
Elmes.
Harrison was acquitted. Thompson was con-
vieted, and sentenced to six months hard labour.
William Simmonds, 26, and. Frederick Turner,
32, were indicted for stealing two titlers of sugar,
the property of Charles Rich and Dawse and
another, and were convicted. Simmonds was sen-
tenced to six months', and Turner, a well-known
.thief, to four years' penal servitude. •
James de Blumesseni 31, sailor, pleaded guilty to
a charge of feloniously obtaining by false pretences
from Richard Terry a pair of boots, and other
articles and the spin of 55., with intent to defraud.
Mr.ltibton appeared. for the prosecution, in-
structed by Mr. Vaughan.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and it was stated
that there were about a. dozen other cases against
him of defrauding seamen's outfitters at the East-

end.

He was sentenced to 12 months' hard labour.

John Jacobs, 19, and Henry Rutter, 18 (Johnson
in the calendar) were convicted of attempting to
pick pockets.
Jacobs was sentenced to twelve, and Rutter to
eight months' hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 6.

MANSION-ROUST,.

A stylishly dressed woman, about 25 years of
age, a native of Darmstadt, who gave the name of
Mary Patten, was brought before the Lord Mayor,
charged with having attempted to pass a flash £lO
note, with intent to defraud Mr. D. Lonsdale, a
draper, at 31, Aldgate High-street.
The note, which was headed " Bank of Engrav-
ing," did not at all resemble a genuine £lO Bank
of England. nose.
W. Adcock said—l am assistant to the prosecu-
tor. The prisoner came to our shop to-day and
selected a shawl, the price of which was £1 16s. 6d.,
and offered me the note produced in payment. I
showed it to the prosecutor, who spoke to her re-
specting it, when she said it was a £lO note. He
then gave her into custody.
The Lord Mayor (to the prisoner, who spoke
English imperfectly)—How long have you been in
London ?
Prisoner—About four weeks.
The Lord Mayor—No one would ever take this
for a genuine £lO note. Where do you live ?
Prisoner—At No. 6, Great St. Helen's.
Officer—Her landlord, with whom she has been
staying the last four or five days, is here.
The Lord Mayor—Does he know anything of
her ?
Landlord—Nothing further than letting her the
lodgings.
Officer—She had paid a previous visit to the shop
of the prosecutor that morning, and she afterwards
called at another draper's in the Minories. She
made purchases at both places: I have the bills to
prove it.
The Lord Mayor—Where did you get this note
from ?
Prisoner—A gentleman gave it to m for api e-
sent.

The Lord Mayor—When ?
Prisoner—About• three weeks ago.
The Lord Mayor—Did he come o'•cr to this coun-
try with you ?
Prisoner—No, he gave it to me in London.
The Lord Mayor—Had you been living with him?
Prisoner—Yes.
Landlord—She took lodgings at mT house five or