The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-18 00:00:00

ITILDFORD ELECTION.

POLLING.—TIIIS DAY,
ONE O'CLOCK.
Garth (Conservative) 321
Pocock (Liberal) 293

Central Criminal Court—Yesterday.

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OLD COURT.
The following appeared in our Third Edition of yester.
day c'rening

THE CHARGES AGAINST MOSES MOSES.
John Blake and Moses Moses•were indicted, the former
for stealing two saddles, the property of Edward Harris
and others, his masters, and the latter with feloniously
receiving the same well knowing them to have been stolen.
There were other indictments against the prisoner for
stealing and receiving a quantity of combs, and against
Moses for receiving two pigs of white metal, the property
of her Majesty the Queen.
The prisoner Moses Moses, it will be recollected, was a
general dealer, carrying on business at Black Horse-yard,
Houndsditch, and in the month of November the prisoner
gave notice to the polic3 tint In had been robbed of a
quantity of cloth. The police inspected the premises, in
the course of which they discovered underneath a large
heap of rags a great quantity of jewellery and various things,
which induced them to entertain the suspicion that the man
Moses was the receiver of stolen goods. They prosecuted
the search with the greatest diligence, and the saddles,
which formed the ground of the present indictment, wore
found. The property had originally been placed in cases
for shipment abroad, and were confided to Messrs. Harris for
conveyance to the East India Docks, Blake being engaged
as driver of the cart. On the saddles being discovered by
the officers, Blake's employer told him of the circumstance,
and asked him whether he had given any person a lift on
the road, or whether he had left his cart at all, but as the
prisoner took time to think about the matter he was taken
into custody before his employer had received an answer.
A number of witnesses were called, who were employed at
the Docks, who proved the reception from the prisoner of
certain cases for Bombay, and they were all in good condi-
tion. They were received on August 16 and despatched
therefrom on the 23d, to all appearance in the same state
as when they left the premises of Messrs. Harris.

Mr. Montague Williams, for the prisoner Blake, ad
dressed the jury, and urged upon them the consideration
of the point whether it was impossible .that during the
week the cases were lying at the docks the cases could
have been opened and the property stolen ; or whether
during the time they were in the packer's office they had
not been tampered with. The evidence of the witnesses from
the docks said that the goods were received in an appa-
rently secure condition, and. therefore he thought they
would be of opinion that the evidence did not justify their
convicting the man of felony.
Mr. Ribton addressed the jury for Moses.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both pri-
soners.

There wore a number of other indictments against
Moses for being in possession of a largo quantity of jewel-
lery. Mr. Metcalf said if it was given up to the owners he
should not proceed with the other indictments.
Mr. Gough, for the assignees of Moses, who since his
apprehension had been declared a bankrupt, opposed the
giving up any more of the property than was properly
identified in court.

Mr. Metcalf said that would compPl him to go on.with
the other cases. The property found on the promises of
Moses amounted to over £2,000 in value.
The Recorder said he had no power to order the resto-
ration of the property without a conviction, unless all per-
sons consented. He should like to know the date of the
prisoner Moses's former conviction.
Constable Blake said it was in March, 1854, when he
was sentenced to 14 years' penal servitude. Ho was after-
wards released on a ticket-of-leave in 1860.

The Recorder—What ! at the end of six years ?

Blako said that was so.

The other indictments with respect to the jewellery
were then gone into, and verdicts of guilty returned in
each case.

The Recorder, in passing sentence, told Moses he ap-
peared to be a systematic receiver of stolen goods. He
had had one severe sentence, but on his release he at once
went back to his old pursuits. The sentence of the Court
in the present instance would be that he be kept in penal
servitude for 20 years, and the prisoner Blake be sentenced
to seven years' penal servitude.