The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-17 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIO NS,—oct, 16.

(Before, Mr. dies, Q .C., at
stir.) Guilclhal!, Wcst•

minster.)

At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr.
Maudr., thy deputy-clerk of the peace for the county,
stated that Colonel Vaugha,), the clerk of the peace
for the City and Liberty of Westminster, had re-
signed that office, and the resit nation had been
accepted by the Lord-Lieutenant. The The right which
the Middlesex Criminal Justice Act had conferred
upon Colonel Vaughan, as clerk of the peace for
the city of Westminster, of executing the office of
clerk of the peace s the county, when the sessions
were held in Westminster, had ceased in conse-
quence of his resignation, and the whole of the
duties had devolved upon Mr. Heaton Ellis, the
clerk of the peace for the county, whose represen-
tative he (Mr. Maude) was.

This statement was ordered to be entered upon
the minutls of the court.

John Cox was indicted for embezzling the sum
of 1/. received by him on account of his InAster.
Mr. W. J. Payno prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh ap-
peared for the prisoner.

The prosecutor was Mr. Raisell, a piano-forte
manufacturer in Brook-strest, New-road, and the
ch irge against the prisoner was that he received
161. from a lady named Atherton, on account of a
piano, and represented that he had received but
151. The receipt for the 16/. in his own handwrit-
ing', was produced.
The jury found him guilty, and Mr. Bliss sen-
touced him to Fix months' hard labour.
Thos. Chandler was indicted for stealing a quan-
tity of oats, the property of Michael Robinson.
Mr. Hawthorn prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh de-
fend e 1.

The question in this case was, whether the pri-
soner—who was in the service of the prosecutor, a
farmer, at Heston—secreted a sack of oats in his
waggon with the intention of stealing .or for the
purpose of feeding his hones.
Mr. S!eigh addressed th 3 jury in support of the
later view of the matter, and
The prisoner was acquitted.
Mark Spain, a journeyman butcher, was indicted
for stealing a piece of meat, value ls., the property
of his master, a butcher named named Broom-
bridge, and John Roberts, a coffee-stall keeper, was
indict,ed for receiving the same feloniously.
Mr. Talfourd Salter prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton ap-
peared for Mr. Roberts, instructed by Mr. Gillam.
The evidence made out the case against Spain,
but failed as to Roberts, who was acquitted. Spain
was convicted, and sentenced to two months' hard
labour.

(Before Mr. Creasy.)
riZOTHEL PBOSBCUTIONS.
William White was indicted for keeping a brothel,
63, Charlotte-street ; Matilda Birch, the same, 42,
Upper Norton-street; Marie Deveilchien, the same,
15, Norton-street ; Frederick Harrington, the
same, 16, Norton-street ; Rose Raoul, the same,
58, Upper Norton-street (this person was convicted
on a former occasion, and was now brought up for
judgment) ; and William Preston, the same, 60,
Charlotte-street, Portland-place. Upon conviction
they were sentenced as follows :—Preston (who was
also brought up for judgment, under recognisance,
for a former conviction) to four months, White
to two months, Raoul to five months, Matilda
Birch to one month, Reveilchien to one month, and
Harrington to two months' hard labour.
Abraham Harris and Ann Harris also pleaded
guilty to keepingasimilar house in Leicester-street,
LAcester-square. They entered into recognisances
to appear for judgment on the 2d December.
_ _

Mr. Metcalfe, instructed by Mr. Randall, on be-
halt of the authorities of Matylebone, prosecuted
(instructed in the case by Messrs. Allen) ; Mr.
Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Cooper, instructed by
Mr. Humphreys, appeared for the Harrisos ; Mr.
Sleigh, by Mr. Lewis, for Preston.
Robert Wilby, Robert Woodman and Neal Wood-
man were indicted for assaulting Joseph Thomp-
son, an officer of the sheriff of Middlesex, in the
execution of his duty.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Poland prosecuted ; Mr.
Tindal Atkinson, instructed by Mr. Wakeling, for
the defendants.

There was a cross indictment in this cise, in
which the prosecutor of the other was charged with
an assault upAs the defendants. The facts shortly
ware these :

Thompson went with a sheriff's warrant to arrest
Wilby, who kept the Mother Shipton public-house
in the Prince of Wales'-road, Camden-town. He
stated that he went in, when Wilby, whom he had
previously known, and had seen outside the house
just before he went in, was leaving the bar parlour
by a side door, although Mrs. Wilby and the
younger Woodman, her brother, bad said he was
in the country. He produced his warrant, and
followed Wilby—when he was obstructed by the
Woodmans, and some females—he was struck, and
his coat torn to rags. He, however, captured
Wilby at a house, a short distance off ; but he was
again assaulted, and Wilby got away, but was
afterwards taken on an escape warrant, and had
since become a bankrupt. For the defence it was
ail'ged that Thompson, in the first instance, ar-
rested the defendant Woodman, in mistake for
Wilby, although Thompson swore he bad previously
known him personally—that he was really the
aggressor—and used ♦iolent and threatening lan-
guage. This Thompson had denied in cross-erami-
nation. After a long investigation, in which evi-
dence was given on both sides, the defendants in
both indictments were acquitted.