The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-07 00:00:00

PRISON BREARINO.

Thomas Greenfield was indicted for feloniously assist.
in 4 a man named Wilkes to escape from the Holloway
Prison.

Mr. Bodkin said the facts of the case were rather
singular. The prisoner, it appeared, a short time ago
was sentenced at the Mansion-house to 21 days' im-
prisonment, and was afterwards taken to the Lock-up
to await the arrival of a prison-van. While he was wait-
ing in the room Wilkes, who bad been sentenced to three
months' imprisonment, asksd if there was anybody pre-
sent who bad a light sentence, and prisoner said
he had got 21 days. Wilkes then said if he would
take his place and answer to his name when the van
arrived to convey them to the City Prison at Holloway
he would give him a sovereign and his suit of clothes.
The bargain was concluded, and on the van arriving the
prisoner answered to the name of Wilkes; the result
being that Wilkes, who had been sentenced to three
months, only underwent 21 days, and the prisoner,
who had been sentenced to the shorter term, remained
in prison for three months. If the prisoner thought
propr to retract his plea of guiby to the felony, and
plead guilty to the misdemeanour, he should have no
objection.

Tile prisoner then withdrew Lis plea of guilty to the
felony.

The Learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to three
months' imprisonment, but without hard labour,

UTTERING FORGED NOTES.

Louis Daumond, a Frenchman, was indicted for felo-
niou-ly uvering a forged 10/. Bank of England note,
with intent to defraud. He was also detained on three
other charges.

Mr. GiffArd appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner
was undefended.

Mr. Thomas Mansell, an assistant at a hosier's shop
in Regent-street, said, on Tuesday, the 23rd February,
the prisoner came into the shop, and asked to see some
gloves and shirts, and made a purchase which eame to
2/. 18=. 9d. He tendered a 51. Bank of England cheque
in payment. This was taken to the cashier, who, after
some hesitation, refused to change it. I asked if he had
any smaller change, he said he had not ; and I then
told him I would send the articles to his residence, if
he gave me his address. He then said he lived at the
Queen's Hotel, opposite the General Post-office, and his
name was Delaine.

Clark, the ca,hier at the establishment, corroborated
the evidence of Alansell. The note was a forged one.
Mrs. Thompson, residing in Finsbury-place, said the
prisoner came to her house and took apartments. She
asked him for a deposit, and he said he would leave a
week's rent, 9s. Ho gave her a five pound note, for
which he received the change, and then left the house.
The note turned out to be a forgery.

Another cage was then proceeded with. A forged
five pound note having b3en tendered at the shop of a
jeweller in payment for a gold watch chain,
The Inspector f notes to the Bank of England said
the notes were all forged, Lnt they were sufficiently good
to deceive a foreigner.

The prisoner, in his defence, did not deny the tendering
of the notes, but said he received them from a stranger
n change for foreign money on board the steamer which
brought him to Begland,

Mr. Justice Crompton having summed up the evi-
dence,

Thejury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner
was senttnced to five years' penal servitude.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

Solomon Parker, a general dealer, was indleted with
fel,,niously receiving 101 blmakete knowing them to have
been stolen.

Mr. Ribton defended the prieoner.

From the evidence it appsared that some months ago
Mr. Johnson lost a large quantity of blankets, and the
day following the robbery the property was found in the
possession of the prisoner, who was a general dealer in
Hounsditch.

Witnesses proved that the blankets found in the pos-
gest-ion of the prisoner had undergone the cleansing pro-
cess to which the blankets in Mr. Johnstone's store-
house bad heal subjected, that the bundles were tied
and folded in a peculiar way, that they were tied with
a particular kind (,f string, and that amongst the pro-
perty stolen was one dirty blanket which had a red
stripe, and one blanket of this description was found in
the possession of the prisoner.

Mr. Ribtou haviug addressed the jury for the prisoner;

Judah Wonlf, residing in Whitechape). He said he
was in the habit of attending Government sales of stores.
He had frequently bought hundreds of blankets of the
same mark as those now produced as stolen. About six
months ago he sold the prisoner upwards of a thousand
blankets bought tet a Government sale. He bought
the blanket he sold to the prisoner, at a sale that took
place at Deptford Victualling Yard about six months
ago. He had no doubt that amongst the number sold
to him a great many bad the particular mark spoken to
by the witnesses for the prosecution. He sold the goods
to the prisoner ai he bought them. The Government
never washed the blankets before they sold them. He
had often bought clean new blankets amongst those sold.
Joseph Myers, a licensed victualler and dealer in Go-
vernment stores, said he knew the prisoner to be a
dealer in blankets. He had seen the prisoner attending
Government sales, and purchase blankets like those he ,
was now charged with receiving as stolen property.
The Recorder, in summing up, said it was a curious
fact that the property was lost on the 22d or 23d of
Feb., and on the latter date it was found in the posses-
sion of the prisoner. But he gave an untrue account of
the way he became possessed of them, and it would,
therefore, be for the jury to say whether the property
was the same as that stolen. It was also very extra•
ordinary that precisely the same number of blankets
stolen should be found, directly after the robbery, in his
possession, and that string, like that used by the prose.
tutors, should be found near the property.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty of receiving the
property, knowing them to have been stolen.
The Rec rder sentenced the prisoner to twelve
months' imprisonment with hard labour.

THIRD COURT.
(Bd,re the Common Sergeant.)

The crurt was occupied the whole of the morning in
trying Mint cases, none of which possessed the slightest
interest,

MARKgT NEWB.—(. Day.

CORN EXcii INGE.

A very limited supply of English wheat was on offar
hero to-day, coastwise and by land carriage. For most
kinds wo had a steady, but by no means active demand,
at fully Monday's currency.
Time was a fall averago supply of foreign wheat on
offer. Importers, generally, were somewhat firmer in their
demands, but tho business doing Was very limited, at un-
altered quotations.
Barley moved off freely, at very full prices, and malt was
in s
rohvoertt i request.supplyand steady request, at ex-
treme
O
quotati,ns.
Both beans and peas moved off steadily, at very full
rtse w
wereht in i)s
prices.
The flour trade was firm, at extreme rates.
ARRIVALS TUIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt.
1,120 I 760 2,980

E
Irish

Oats. I Flour
1,440 910
2,990 1 __3,010 550 21cP.
-- bris

Fore .....

690 I 15,680

BOROUGH
There is very little business doing in our markot, end
last week's prices are barely suppot

WHITEOHAPEL.
For each kind of
.meat, We bad a fair inquiry, at full
from 38 01 to 4s 0,1 ; mutton, 33 2d
56.6 d to Cs 6,1; veal, 48 Od to is 10d ;
pork, 33 4d to 4s 4d per 81b8 by the carcase.
to 4a 4 . tBB. 66°11ria:na—b13, eef'

TUE CASE OF MR. 110DGEL—We are enabled to state
that the Frtneb Government has abandoned its claim
tivai the Sardinian Government for the extradition of
Mr. Hodge, and that he will be net at liberty immedi-
ately.