The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-13 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

William Martin, a young man of respectable appear-
ance, was indicted for embezzling various sums, while
clerk to Messrs. Drew and Co., druggists, of Great
Trinity-lane.
The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended
him to mercy on account of his previous good character.
The Court sentenced the prisoner to six months' impri-
sonment.

Thomas Wilson, Thomas Russell, and John cook, were
indicted for feloniously breaking into the warehouse of
David Bradley, and stealing therein a quantity of copper
coin, cigars, tobacco, and other articles, his proporty, from
his premises, in St. Olave, Hart-street, on the 11th of
April last.

The prisoners made no defence. Verdict—Guilty.
Elizabeth Blacklock, aged seventeen, was indicted for
stealing a cloak and two books, of the value of 355., the
property of Henry William King, her roaster.
The prisoner made no defence. Verdict—Guilty.
The Learned RECORDER immediately sentenced her to
be imprisoned for six calendar months in the House of
Correction.

At this stage of the proceedings of the Court, a respect-
able-lookinggentleman ascended the witness-box, and begged
to ask the Court if be might not be excused from attend-
ing the Petit Jury, as he had been frequently summoned
upon and attended as a Grand Juror ; and coui;l, more-
over, prove that he was a " merchant" of the City of Lon-
don, and he was informed that the being so would exone-
rate him from serving as a Petit Juror.
The Learned JUDGE informed the applicant that he bad
received very erroneous advice, for the Court would always
be glad to have the assistance of merchants of the City of
London.

Thomas Edmunds was indicted for stealing, on the Bth
of May, in the parish of St. James, Westminster, from
Benjamin Francis Dalton Wilson, a captain in the army, a
purse, containing four notes of the Bank of England, for
.5/. each, four sovereigns, one half sovereign, and six shil-
lings in silver, his property and monies.—Verdict, Guilty.
Sarah Potter, aged 29, was indicted for stealing from
the person of John Allum, on the 14th of April, in the pa-
rish of Christchurch, Surrey, seventeen sovereigns and
twenty-eight shillings in silver, his monies.
The prosecutor was servant to a farmer a few miles north
of London, who sent him with two loads of hay to sell at
Whitechapel market on the 14th of April. Having sold
the hay he was directed by his master to go to a neigh-
bouring public-house and get change for a check, which was
given to him in seventeen sovereigns, and the remainder in
silver in copper. Being anxious to get silver for the copper
he met the prisoner, who offered to treat him to a glass of
gin, which he accepted. He then proceeded on his way
towards home, when he saw the prisoner, accompanied by
some other women and three men, following his waggon.
They came up to him at the Frying Pan public-house, in
Brick-lane. They asked him for something to drink, and
he gave them some beer. Immediately after that the pri-
soner put her hand in his pocket and forcibly drew out his
canvass purse, containing the sovereigns in question. He
never lost sight of her after he was robbed until he gave
her into custody.—Verdict, Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE then sentenced her to transporta-
tion beyond the seas for fourteen years, adding that there
could not be a doubt of her guilt, although the money was
not found upon her.