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

PRISON NREAICLN4.

Tnotnas Greenfield was indicted for feloniously assist-
ing 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-
prisnrinient, and was afterwards taken to the Lock-up
to await the arrival of a prison-van. While he was wait-
ing in the room Wilke,, who had been sentenced to three
mom hs' imprisonment, asked if there was anybody pre-
sent who had a light sentence, and prisoner said
he had got 21 days. Wakes 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 th•
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
proper to retract his plea of guilty to the felony, and
plead guilty to the misdemeanour, he should have no
objection.

The prisoner then withdrew his plea of guilty to the
felony.

The Learned Ju3ge sentenced the prisoner to three
roonLbs' imprisonment, but without hard labour.

UTTERING FORGED NOTES.

Luis Daumond, a Frenchman, was indicted for felo-
mon ,ly uttering a forged 101. Bank of England note,
with intent to defraud. He was also detained on three
othtr charges.

Air. Giffard appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner
wa, with-fended.

Mr. Thomas Mansell, an assistant at a hosier's shop
in Regent-street, said, on Tuesday, the 23rd February,
the pris.ner came into the shop, and asked to see some
gloves and shirts, and made a purchase which came to
21. 18g. 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 be had not ; and I then
told him I would send the articles to hie residence, if
be 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 Mansell. 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. He 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 case 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 td notes to the Bank of England said
the notes were all forged, but they were sufficiently good
to deceive a foreigner.

The prisoner, in h►s defence, did not deny the tendering
of the notes, bat said he received them from a stranger
n change for foreign money on board the steamer which
brought him to England.

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

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

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

Solomon Parker, a general dealer, was indicted with
feloniously receiving 101 blankets knowing them to have
been stolen.

Mr. Ribton defended the prisoner.
From the evidence it appeared 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 is
Hounsditch.

Witnesses proved that the blankets found in the pos-
session of the prisoner had undergone the cleansing pro-
cess to which tee blankets in Mr. Johnstone's store-
house bad been subjected, that the bundles were tied
and folded in a peculiar way, that they were tied with
a particular kind ,of str►ng, 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. Ribiou having addressed the jury for the prisoner/
called,

Judah Word, residing in Whitechapel. He said he
was in the habit of attending Government sales of stores.
had frequently bought hundreds of blankets of the
Same mark as those now produced as stolen. About sii
months ago he sold the prisoner upwards of a thousand
blankets bought at a Government sale. He bought
the blanket he sold to the prisoner, at a sale that took
place at Deptford Victualiing Yard about six months
ago. He had no doubt that amongst the number sold
to him a great many had the particular mark spoken to
by the witnesses for the prosecution. He sold the goods
to the prisoner as 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 hi
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 prisot er. 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•
cutors, 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 court was occupied the whole of the morning in
trying Miut cases, noueof which possessed the Elightest
interest.

MARKET NEW s.--(m Day.

CORN EXCHANGE.

A very limited supply of English wheat was on offer
here to-day, coastwise and by land carriage. For most
kinds we had a steady, but by no means active demand,
at fully Monday's currency.
These was a fall average supply of foreign wheat on
offer. Importers, generally, were somewhat firmer in their
demands, but the business doing was very limited, at un-
altered quotation'.
Barley moved off freely, at very full prices, and malt was
in somewhat improved request.
Oats were in short supply and steady request, at ex-
treme quotations.
Both beans and peas moved off steadily, at very full
prices.
The flour trade was firm, at extreme rates.
AlitalVALS Tuts WUK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt.
1,12 J I 760 12,980

English
Irish

Oath. Flour.
1,440 940
2,990 --

Foreign..

696 1 15,680

3,010 1650 ebkriii

BOROUi; i Al t,„
There is very little business doing in our market, and
last week's prices are barely supported.

WRITECHAPEL.
For each kind of meat we had a fair inquiry, at full
quotations :—Beef, from 33 Od to 4s Od ; mutton, 33 2d
to 4s ; la,uh, ,s 6d,, to 6s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d;
pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase.

THE CASE OF MR. HODGE —We are enabled to state
that tite Fr< nco (I..vt, has abandoned its claim
up in the Sardinian GoverniLent fur the extradition of
Mr. 'lodge, and that be will be sot at liberty immedi-
ately,