The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-25 00:00:00

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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

The February sessions of the Central Criminal Court
commenced—this Morning, at the Old Bailey, before the
Lord Mayor, Recorder, Aldernien, and Sheriffs.
The calendar contains the names of 73 persons for trial,
03 being males and 10 females.
The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said although
the number of prisoners awaiting trial was not larger than
usual, the offences with which some of them were charged
were very serious. There was 's. charge of fraudulent bank-
ruptcy against a person named Gandell, and also
a charge 'of stealing a large quantity , of• tallow
made againat Robert Fraser North, who formerly carried
on the trade Of a Russia broker in the City. Another
serious indictment was that preferred against Richard
Corrie Bache, Who 'was charged with embezzling nearly
£7,000. It was of the highest importance to the commer-
cial world that the whole d these charges should be
thoroughly investigated, and the, duty of the grand
jury would be to determine, after the hearing of the whole
evidence, whether there was sufficient evidence, to
,enable
them to return true bills in all the cases he had referred to.
The offence of uttering counterfeit coin he regretted to find
still continued, but by caution he thought it might in a
great degree be prevented. He did not anticipate any diffi-
culty would arise in the execution of their duty, but if it
did the Court would most readily render every assistance.
The grand jury then retired to their room.
_ , BIOTINyAY ROBBERY.

Two•Meri, named Corder and Buckley, were indicted for
stealing a watch from the person of a foreigner, on the 12th
February.
From the evidence it appeared, that the proiecutor was a
captain of a foreign *vessel, and on the eyening-inquestion,
about half past six o'clock, he was in Old Gravel-lane,
when he was violently attacked by three men and
robbed of , his watch. He was unable to identify
any of the persons pOsitively as the parties 'by whom he
was attacked, but he believed that one at least of the pri-
soners was the per Son who seized hini by the. throat while
the otheri stele his watch. The police apprehendeboth
priioners together, and 'Corder Was, Seen in the. neighbour-
hoodlialf anloni before the robbery was effected.
The jury iound the pirsonerCoider guilty ancfc,cquitted
Bucklesi..
roimei convictions having been pEoved against Corder,
theiteCoraer"senitteiteed-hitio to four years' penal.eeryjinde:

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stud s4ohni itoborts,:twA roughi
,pe*terfut-looking fellows,
were cliarged, before Mr. Beadon, with being found in the
balcony of .the home of Lord ,81i310,1 lktP.,',No. 23, St.
James's-place, for tho purpose
,q Oopgallting,* felony.
The court was much,erovded dnring the ?hearing of tie

Francis Charteris Lord Elcho, eo;onel q# .the. Scottish
Volunteers, of 23, St. James's-place, said-r.-In consevenee
of something that happened, on the night,gf Thursday
last, on Saturday night, instead of- going home by
St. James's=street, I went , by St. ,Jathes's-park.
Nething,i attracted , inu Attergian,,,Dkut, . I saw. a
woman, -,tita.nditag; near, jwitse as if watching. This
was about 8 o'clock. ilaving been let in I walked up to
the drawing-yoem, where I remained about five minues,
and then Lady Elcho having gone to her bed-room, Lwent
up to the nursery to speak to the nursery-maid respecting
an attempt to enter the premises on the Thursday, and
while doing so Lady Elcho called me down,' and having
listened at the bed-room window, I distinctly heard same
persons attempting to enter the premises by the window.
Lady Elcho went dawn and alarmed the servants, and one
went into the garden to prevent any escape from below. I
remained at the window. Great force appekred to be used
at the 'window in the attempt, to open it. Two
raeryservants in the -neighbourhood, ,then Game into the
room, and I gave 'charge of the window to them,- and went
down into the garden. I called out to the-men, and told
them that it was no use attempting to escape as the place
was surrounded. The next I saw was the window Open
and the men on the balcony. The police then came, and
they were taken into custody. I have since seen marks on
the window which correspond with animplethent, I believe,
called a" jemmy." One of the prisonerki asked to be for-
given. The window is a verandah window.
James Newnham, 96 C, said—l was called to the house
of Lord Elcho, being told there were burglarp theie. I
went into the garden and saw two men on the balcony. On
going up stairs the servants told me the prisoners were the
two men. 1 searched the prisoners but found nothing on
;them.

Michael Giffard, 60 A, said I was called on Saturday
night to Lord Elcho's, and found the two prisoners there.
The last witness took Roberts, and I took Thomas into cus-
tody. On searching Thomas I found on him a piece of
brass chain and a knife. Yesterday (Sunday) morning I
found in the west garden two " jemmies," and on com-
paring the marks on the windows, &c., I find they corre-
' spond. Underneath the balcony some lucifers and a piece
of taper were also found.
The prisoners, who bear very bad characters—Thomas
being only lately released from four years' penal servitude—
were then remanded for a week.