The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-14 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-July 13.

(Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant-Judge.)
George Picton, alias Samuel Shepherd, was in-
dicted for keeping a brothel, 41, Charlotte-street,
Portland-place, and John Bennett, the like, 40,
Charlotte•street, Portland-place. These were prose-
cutions instituted by the parish of Marylebone.
The defendants pleaded guilty, and entered into
recofruisances to appear for judgment next session.
Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the parish, Mr. Rib-
ton for the defendants.

Samuel Bromley, 21, was indicted for stealing a
gold watch and chain, value £25, the property of
Tebbatt Cannington, from the person of Lucretia
Cannington, and a gold watch, chain, and seals,
value £7O, the property of Mary Clifton, from her
person.
Mr. Dickie prosecuted. Prisoner was defended
by Mr. Ribton-
A widow named Clifton, who 'resides at 135,
George-road, Bermondsey, was walking in White-
chapel, near George-yard, at midday, when a man
rushed at her and snatched from her a gold watch,
chain, and seals, which she was wearing. He then
darted down a court, and she after him, calling out
she would give £5 to any one who would stop
him, but he quickly disappeared, like a rabbit in
a warren. She would not swear that the prisoner
was the man, but that point was cleared up by the
evidence of a cabman, who knew the prisoner, and
-saw him commit the robbery, another man being
with him, who tried to prevent the prosecutrix fol-
lowing. The other case was much similar. The
prosecutrix was a lady residing at Nottingham, and
on the 14th of June she was near this same George-
yard, when the prisoner rushed at her and tore
away her watch from her neck, and darted off down
a maze of courts and alleys, and got away with his
plunder. Mrs. Cannington was certain as to the
prisoner's identity, but in addition the potman at a
publichouse near the spot deposed to seeing him
commit the theft, in complicity with three other
young men, and a woman, who likewise was a wit-
ness of the transaction, had been threatened with
personal violence for giving her evidence before
the magistrate by some of the gang which the pri-
soner belonged to. The prisoner was apprehended
from a description given of him to the police and he
was committed on both charges.
The jury found him guilty. Several former con-
victions were proved against him; his last sentence
was 18 months.
The Assistant-Judge after remarking upon the
daring and atrocious manner in which these robbe-
ries were committed in open day, said it was the
duty of the Court to make a severe example, for
the protection of the public, and sentenced the
the prisoner to be kept in penal servitude during
the term of 10 years.
George Flowers, 17, was brought up for judgment
on Tuesday. He was convicted at the former sittings
of stealing some bacon and cheese, the property of
his master, a cheesemonger and butterman, at Not-
ting-hill. The case against him was that he had
taken goods from his master's shop, and entered
them in the books as having been ordered by and
subsequently delivered to custo ners, who, when the
bills were sent in, complained seriously to the shop-
keeper of being charged for things they had never
received. The prisoner persisted that they were
delivered, but subsequently offered to make up the
amount, and then threatened to bring an action.
three respectable ladies deposed that they had
neither, ordered ...nor had the articles in question.
Prisoner had b,!,,en most respectably brought up.
The Assistant-Judge, after .expressing a hope
that he would do all he could to regain his character,
sentenced him to two months' imprisonment, one
week to be solitary.

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