The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-08 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, April 7'.

(Before Mr. Pashley, C., Assistant Judge.)
Thomas Jones, 23, was indicted for having stolen
a gold watch, value 101., the property of James
She, from his person. He was also charged with
having assaulted two police-constables iu the exe-
tion of their duty. To the latter he pleaded guilty.
Mr. Horry prosecuted. Toe prisoner was not
defended.

The prosecutor deposed—l am a clerk in her Ma-
jesty's Customs, and reside at No. 2, Queen's. ter-
race, St.-John's-wood. On Thursday, the 17th of
last September, I was a passenger by the 8 o'clock
train from Fenchurch-street to Chalk-farm. I was
in a second-class carriage. There were several per-
sons in the same compartment with me. A man,
whom I now have no doubt whatever was the pri-
soner, sat opposite to me. He asked a girl who was
in the carriage to change seats with him, and that
brought him just opposite to me. The train, after
at Bow, proceeded as usual. The prisoner
stopping
seemed restless, and kicked my feet several times.
From his strange and peculiar manner I thought
he was intoxicated. He sat with his arm leaning
over the carriage-door. The train was going at full
speed When we got to what is called Sir George
Duckett 's Cana!-bridge, he snatched my watch,
which I was wearing in my waistcoat pocket. He
tore it away from the chain, part of which was left,
struck me a blow, and in a moment he opened the
door and sprung out of the carriage. It was the
work of but an instant. Is tw him fill. I said,
,‘ Good God, the man has stolen my watch and
I made my loss known at the Hack-
ney jumped out."Stati;as I could not call out and stop the
train before. At first, when I saw the prisoner
after be was taken, I was not sure ho was the
man, but his whiskers have grown again
—they had been shaved off—and now I am
sure. Still, I thought he resembled the man.
He bad the same coat on then, and I remarked red
lining in the sleeves.
The psi {over, in his defence, said he was not the
man who did this. Th-re was a mistake as to his
identity.
The Jury immediately found him guilty.
The Assistant-Judge, after cAnmeu- ing on the
audacity of the offence, the prisoner's reckless
daring, and his course of crime, sentenced him to
be kept in penal servitude for five years.
On leaving the dock the prisoner smashed his hat,
and told the officers that, as he had got his sentence,
he did not mind them knowing that he was a
ticket-of-leave
_man.
The assault with which he was charged was com-
mitt d upon the police officers in the case, at the
police court.
Rot erg Oxford, 21, was found guilty of stealing
a watch, value 41., the property of Frederick Gni-
neat:lran, from his person. He was a well-known
thief. The Court sentenced him to four yeara' penal
servitude.

Finney Rlmain, 24, was also found guilty of a
watch robbery, after several previous convictions,
and was sentenced to five Sears' penal servitude.
Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecutor ; Mr. Gent ap-
peared for the pris,ner.

(Bef .re Mr. Creasy.)
Eliza Hall, 37, and Eliza Turner, 37, were in-
dicted for stealing a watch and guard-chain, value
81., the property of George Stanley,
from his person.
Mr. ll.iley pro.-ezuted ; the prisoners were de-
fended by Mr. F. H. Lewis.
The prosecutor, an ink manufacturer, accompa-
nied a WOMln to a house of ill-fame, in Chair court,
Strand, andas he was leaving his watch was snatched
by Turner. It was given by Hall, who went by
the name of Orell, to a girl, who hid it in her
stocking. She returned it 0 Hall, who promised
her 10s.

Both prisoners were found Guilty, an .I sentoncod
to six months' hard labour.

James Chapman and William Chandler, police-
constables, of the H were indicted for un-
lawfully assaulting Puilip
Mr. Horry pros-_outd ; Mr. Metcalf defended
the prisoners, instruc:ed by Mr. C. Young.
It appeared from the evident ) of the prosecutor,
a clothier, living at No. 2, C: own-street, Soho,
that on the 4th of March, between five and six
o'clock in the evening, he was passing al ongFashion-
street, Spi'alfields, with a parcel of clothes under
his arm, when he was accosted by both the defen-
dants, one going before him and the other walking
behind. They asked him what he had got ; and
he said he had got some things which he was taking
to his laundress to be wastied. Chandler then
said "he was only telling lies, for he had stolen
them from a cart in Whitechapel." He toll him
to be cautious what he said about him, or he
would report him. He was seized by the necker-
chief and very roughly handled. He told them