The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-10 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—June 9.

(Before the Assistant-Judge at Clerkenwell.)
Abdullab, 18, and Rumjan, 30, sailors, natives
of Oude, were indicted for having stolen two
watches, of the value of 91. 193., the property of
Richard Sayer Arnell. They were also indicted
for having stolen two watches and two chains, the
property of Bernard Davis.
Mr. Salter appeared for the prosecution.
The prosecutor, Mr. Arn-11, was a watchmaker
and jeweller, carrying on business at 98, Edgware-
road, and it appeared that on May 10th the pri-
soners, who were in Asiatic costume, called at his
shop, and said they wanted two watches for a gen-
tleman, and that they came from the Prince of
Ou.le's. Two watches were packed up and handed
to Rumjan, who went away, leaving Abdallah in
the shop. In about half an hour Rumjan returned,
and said he had not been able to show the watches
to the Prince, as he had gone out, but he had left
them with the Princess. Abdallah put his signa-
ture to a memorandum, and both went away, Mr.
Arnell, of course, being under the impression that
they really were connected with the Oude family.
Subsequently Abdallah, Ramjan being in his com-
pany, pawned one of the watches at Mr. Gill's, 8,
Hampstead-road ; the other was pawned, at Ram-
jan's request, by a person with whom he lodged in
Ewer-street, Gravel-lane. In the other case, they
obtained two watches in precisely the same man-
ner from Mr. Davis, 430, Euston-road. Abdallah
told Mr. Davis that he was interpreter and reader
to the Prince of Oude.

Nawab Mehdee Koollie Khan Bahadoor, great
grand-son of Nadir Shah, and secretary to the
Prince of Oude, 15, Warwick-road West, examined
through Mirza Ally Akbar Khan Bahadoor, inter-
preter, proved that neither of the prisonera be-
longed to the Prince's establishment, but they came
over to this country as menials in the retinue of
the Prince of Oude, who died some months back.
They had no authority to say they were connected
with any of the family.
The Assistant Judge told the jury that the priso-
ners were guilty, if they intended to get possession
of the watches by a trick, and to deprive the owners
of them.

The Jury found them guilty.
The Assistant Judge sentenced each to six
months' hard labour in Coldbath-fields.
Geo. Wise, 19, was indicted for feloniously em-
bezzling threw sums of money he had received on
account of Ebenezer T. Jobbins, his master.
Mr. Metcalfe was counsel for the prosecution,
and Mr. Ribton for the prisoner.
The prosecutor was a baker, at Kilburn, and the
prisoner was in his employment, and had to carry
bread to customers and receive money. In several
instances he had appropriated sums he had received
for his master to himself, and there were three
charges in the indictment, having occurred within
six months.

The Assistant Judge held that the evidence in
support of the third count did not amount to legal
proof, and withdrew that count from the considera-
tion of the jury. In summing up, his lordship
called the attention of the jury to the evidence
bearing upon the third count with reference to the
two first counts.

Mr. Ribton submitted that such evidence ought
to be altogether excluded, the particular charge to
which it related having been struck out of the in-
dictment.

The Assistant-Judge said he was satisfied that
the evidence could properly be put before the jury.
Mr. Kibton wished that the point might be re-
served for the Court of Criminal Appeal.
The Assistant Judge could not accede to that, as
he had no doubt at all that the point was not an
arguable one, and the matter was one entirely within
the discreticia of the Court.

Mr. Rbton said that no doubt it was so, but the
law was very anomalous on the subject. Ifthe mat-
ter in dispute was a bill of exchange, he ee--crld go
to the full Court and apply for a ntw trial on the
ground of misdirection, but in a case of this
kind, it depended upon the mere will of the presid-
ing judge whether he would allow a point to be
reserved. He knew of a case in which Mr. Baron
Platt positively refused to reserve a point, and a
sentence of death was passed. The Home Office,
however, caus©d the point to be stated, and it was
successful, and the prisoner was thereby saved from
being hanged. An improvement of the law in this
respect was greatly needed.

The Assistant-Judge said he must perform his
duty as the law required, as it was now. He could
not, using his discretion, reserve the point.
The prisoner was found guilty on the two counts,
and was sentenced to six months' hard labour.
Charles Brewer, 27, and Robert Clarke, 42, were
indicted for stealing six trusses of hay, the property
of William Pullin, of Highgate, their master, and
Thomas Malton, a carman, having a stable at the
Boston Arms, J unction-road, Kentish Town, was
indicted for receiving the same feloniously.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh clefendod
Clarke, Mr. H. Brown was for Malton, and Mr. F.
H. Lewis appeared for Brewer.

The jury.a.cquitted Clarke and Malton, and found
Brewer guilty. He was sentenced to eight months'
hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE._ June 9.

GUILDITALL.—Jonathan Mirehouse, a well-
dressed young man, was placed at the bar, before
Alderman Mechi, charged with being found in the
unlawful possession of a gold chronometer, value
481., and a gold guard chain, value 121., which had
been obtained of Messrs. Parkinson andFrodsham,
of Change-alley, Corehill, by fraudulent means.
It appeared from the evidence that a detective
officer, named Green, having gone to the warehouse
where the accused was employed, after some con-
versat'on received from him the watch in question,
which was one of several alleged to have been ob-
tained from various jewellers under fradulent pre-
tences, by a man named Rawson, now in Newgate
on the charge. The accused further admitted
that Rawson was his brother, and that he had re
ceived the watch and chain for him to take care of.
After some further evidence,
The prisoner was remanded.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —ATTEMPTED SUI-
- —Eliza Lloyd was brought before Mr. Bing-
ham, charged with having attempted to drown
herself in the Serpentine.
Geore Clark, 12, Brunswick-street, clerk, said he
was in Hyde-park on Tuesday about 12 o'clock in
the day, when he saw something floating in the
Serpentine. He immediately went into the water,
and ascertaining that it was a woman on the point
of drowning, he, with assistance, got her our, but
not without opposition on her part, and cries of
"Let me die, let me die."
It appeared that the prisoner was a servant out
of place. She had, within a few weeks, lost two
good situations, one in Conduit-street the other in
Princes-street,

The prisoner having expressed contrition for her
conduct,

Mr. Bingham decided on remanding the prisoner
till Saturday, when she would be delivered into the
care of her friends.

DANGEROUS CONDITION OF THE CELL DRAINS.
The business of the court was yesterday for some
time suspended, owing to the dreadful stench aris-
ing from the drains connected with the cells on the
basement. It was necessary to throw open all the
windows and doors in order to ventilate the court,
and of course this process could only go on while
public business was suspended. The same thing
has occurred from time to time during the last two
or three years ; and though the dangerous and insuf-
ferable nuisance has been frequently brought under
the notice of the proper authorities, nothing has been
done to remedy it beyond a little useless patchwork
alteration. The drain, it appears,is of brick, and is said
to be below the level of the main sewers, which
prevents the soil from running olf. During the
present hot weather, besides the nuisance of the
stink, there is the danger of an infectious disease
manifesting itself.

a protection, and left the court evidently disap-
pointed that the act did not protect her.

GREENWICH. —CONVICTION OF A POLICE-
CONSTABLE FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY. Thomas
Hawkes, police-constable 140 AI, was charged be-
fore Mr. Seeker, bypirection of the Commissioners
of Police, with neglect of duty.
Edmund Lyle, maser mariner, of 4, Elizabeth-
terrace, Rotherhithe, said—On Wednesday, the
2nd inst., wishing to give a woman, named Ann
Swanson (since convicted, and sentenced to two
months' imprisonment) iu charge, for robbing me
of certain articles of wearing apparel, and not see-
ing a policeman, I went to the station-house, and
there saw Sergeant Cooper, 20 M, who sent the
defendant with me to my house, where the woman
was working. On the way the defendant asked
me why I had not got the man on the beat to take
the-charge. I told him I had riot seen a constable,
or I should not have walked to the station. We
then went to the house, and on entering the
kitchen I called the woman and told her I intended
giving her into custody for robbing me, and told
the defendant to take her away. The defendant
remarked, " Come on, old woman, you must go
with me." The woman replied that she would
when she got her bonnet on, and went into the
back kitchen apparently for that purpose. The
defendant then said he would go out and see if he
could find a constable on the beat, and left the
house, returning about five minutes afterwards
with police-constable 300 M. Whilst defendant
was away I went and fastened the front door,
thinking the woman might attempt to escape, and
on going to the back kitchen to see where
she was, I found her in the water-closet, where
I have every reason to believe she. contrived
to get rid of pawnbrokers' duplicates relating to
the stolen property. The woman was taken to the
station by the other constable, and on the way there
the defendant remarked to me that he was on the
sick list, and that it wasno part of his duty to take
the charge.

The defendant said lie bad bee❑ told by his super-
intendant to change his clothing on the day in
question, and that he did not think he was doing
wrong in getting another constable, only being
absent a minute.

Mr. Superintendent Brandon here remarked
that the defendant had not received any special
order to change his clothing as stated, the order
being f_x the men generally.
Mr. Seeker said that the defendant, having been
sent to do a particular duty, he ought to have
carried it out.

Mr. Superintendent Brandon, in reply to a ques-
tion, said the defendant had been eight years in
the firce ; and when confronted with the .corn-
phinant, he denied ever having seen the woman
before he brought the constable, in consequence of
which the present charge had been preferred.
Mr. Seeker said the charge preferred against the
defendant was one of the heaviest that could be
brought against a police-constable, whose duty it
was to take such hold as the law allowed of persons
given into custody, and to keep them safe until
brought before the proper authorities. The con-
duct of the defendant had, in his opinion, been
most culpable, and had, he thought, led to what
the complainant stated, the making away with
that which would have at once shown where the
stolen property was to be found. So wilful a dis-
regard of duty could not have been committed, as
the defendant had reiterated, innocently, and he
(the magistrate) thought it almost unnecessary to
mark his sense of such conduct by inflicting the
full penalty of 101 , or three months' imprisonment.
He should, however, impose a fine of 205., and in
default of payment to be imprisoned one month.
The defendant, who repeatedly asked his worship
not to inflict a penalty, as that would lead to his
dismissal from the force, was then removed iu