The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-27 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Nov. 26.

The November General Sessions of the Peace for
the county of Middlesex commenced this morning
at Cleikenwell, before Mr. Bliss, Q.C., Attorney-
General for the Duchy of Lancaster, presiding fur
the Assistant-Judge, and a bench of magistrates.
There were 53 cases of felony and 9 of misde-
meanour for trial.

Mr. Bliss in his charge to the grand jury observed
that the learned Assistant-Judge had, he wai glad
to say, so far recovered from his late serious and
severe illness that there were hopes of his being
soon able to resume his duties.

Alfred Jones was indicted for stealing the sum of
31. in the dwelling-house of William Lowman. He
pleaded " Guilty."
Mr. Bliss said he had road the depositions, and
from the evidence it appeared that the prisoner,
who was a paper-hanger by trade, had been em-
ployed in that way of business at the prosecutor's
house, and while so engaged had taken advantage
of an opportunity, necessarily afforded him, to steal
from one of the rooms a small box in which there
were 3/. There was a most aggravating circum-
stance in tho case. The plisonor, after emptying
the box of the money it contained, placed it in the
trunk of one of the servants, to avert suspicion from
himself and to throw it upon an innocent individual.
That was a very base and subtle act, for which,
however, he had made some atonement, for by
pleading guilty he had removed all doubt as to the
guilty person. The sentence was that he be kept
to hard labour for six calendar months.

The prison©r wished the Court to understand that
he protested against the assumption that he placed
the cashbox in the servant's trunk with the idea
attributed to him. The trunk was empty, and he
placed the box in it, so that it should not be found.
Charles Pemberton, 20, was indicted for stealing
three saws, the property of Henry Fairbank, an
engineer in Old-street, St. Luke's.
The prisoner was acquitted on this charge, and
he was then tried for feloniously receiving part cf a
pump made of gun-metal, weighing 441 b., which
Stafford Smith, 18, engineer, pleaded guilty to
stealing. The latter prisoner wa one of the same
prosecutor's apprentices, and the cylinder of a pump
being missed from the premises inquiries were set
on foot, and ultimately it was ascertained that it had
been sold by the prisoners, acting together, at a
marine storedealer's, 67, Friar's-mount, Bethnal-
green. They got 4d. per pound for it, but the pro-
secutor said it was worth Bd. even for old metal.
The marin storedealer gave it up to the prosecutor
the day after it was inquired for.
The jury found Pemberton guilty in this case, and
The Court sentenced him to eight months', and
Smith to six months' hard labour.

Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Orridge for the prisoner Pemberton.
John Frooms, 19, was indicted for stealing six
bottles of wine, value 11. 10s., the property of
Robert Lowden.

The prosecutor was a carrier between London,
Southall-green and Norwood, and it appeared
from his evidence that on the morning of the 25th
of October, soo❑ after 12 o'clock, as he was passing
the Duke of Northumberland's residence at Isle-
worth, he observed the shadow of men at the tad-
board of his cart. He immediately jumped down,
and the men ran away. On examining two wine
flats which were packed behind the cart he found
that one of them had been broken open and five
bottles of port and one of sherry, which a short
time before he bad seen safe, been taken out.
Though be had but a momentary glance at the men,
he gave a description of their appearance, the light
of the moon being full upon them. A good deal of
circumstantial evidence was given to prove the pri-
soner was one of the pirties concerned.

The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
Abraham Fawlies, 24, journeyman butcher, was
indicted for feloniously embezzling several sums of
money received by him on account of George Sut-
ton, his master, from customers. He was found
guilty and sentenced to six months' hard labour.
Caleb Smith, 28, and Thomas Herbert, 34, wore
indicted for unlawfully a.tempting to obtain one
sovereign from William Bo3took, with intent to
defraud.

Wiliam Bostnck, the prosecutor, stated that he
was the keeper of the Sir Walter Scott beershop in
Brunswick-street, Hackney-road, and on the 31st
of October the prisoners came to him and asked if
he would purchase any tobacco cheap ; be said he
would, and Smith showed him about a quart-r of
a pound as a sample of a quantity—about 501 b.—
which he said he would sell at 2s. per pound, as he
bad obtained it "on the cross"—leading witness
to infer therefrom that it was either stolen by him,
or wag the prnreeds of a robbery committed by
some other person. Smith offered him 121 b. for a
sovereign, or the whole for 31. He agreed to take
a 121 b. packet, and told them to wait in the bar a
short time. He went out and informed two police
officers, whom he stationed near Shoreditch church.
He then went bsck home, when the prisoners asked
him to lend them a bag to fetch the tobacco, and
he arranged to meet them at Shoreditch church.
In about half an hour• they appeared at the ap-
pointed place, Herbert carrying the bag. Witness
asked them if they bad gut the tobacco, to which
Smith replied that it was' all right, and requested
that the money might be handed over before he
parted with the tobacco. Witness asked them to
step over the way to a tobacconist, but they re.
fused, and asked that they might have the money
then and there. On crossing the way the police
took them into custody, and the bag, on being exa-
mined, was found to contain a small quantity of
tobacco only, the great bulk of it being sawdust.
The pri-oners did not deny the offence, but beg-
ged for mercy on the ground that they had never
done wrong before.

The jury found them guilty, and Smith was
proved to have been convicted on a former occa-
sion of defrauding detective officers by pretending
to be able to give a clue to the parties concerned in
the robbery of the Queen's plate. Smith wds sen-
tenced to three and Herbert to one month's hard
labour.

(Before Mr. Creasy.)
Eugene Riordan, 23, millrr, was indicted for
stealing half an ounce of gold, the property of John
Bacon.

The prosecutor is a gold watchcase manufacturer,
carrying on business at 5, Charles-street, City-road,
and
in Great
15 he sent the sweepings of his shop to
a mill Great Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, to be
ground, for the purpose of extracting the valuable
metal therefrom. He sent a boy to the mill, named
John Castro°, to see the process of grinding and
while so engaged he saw the prisoner (who was em-
ployed to grind the sweepings) repeatedly put some-
thing into his pocket. Upon this he left the plac-,
and went and informed his master of what he lit.d
pen. The master immediately returned to the
mill, and charged the prisoner with having stolen
some pieces of gold. He denied that he had done
so, and produced from his pocket a piece of copper.
The prosecutor persisted in saying that he hid some
gold, upon whisk he took out of his pocket several
grains, and said that was all ; but on a policeman
making his appearance he threw some more pieces
on tho floor. These the prosecutor picked up
and kept, with the grains the prisoner had before
given to him. When the policeman searched
the prisoner he found some pieces of metal wrapped
up in paper in his trousers pocket, and also some
grains of gold in his waistcoat pocket. He was then
given into custody for having stolen the gold.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson addressed the jury for the
prisoner, contending that there was no proof of the
identity of the pieces of metal as ever having be-
longed to the prosecutor, and altogether the case
was- too loose for the jury to act upon. As there
was considerable doubt in it, they were in common
justice bound to give the prisoner the benefit of it,
and acquit him of this charge.
Mr, Creasy summed up, and
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Sentence was deferred for inquiries to be made
as to the character, of the prisoner.

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