The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-14 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONb.--Feb. 13.

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(Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant-Judge.)
Thomas Cooper, 34, was brought up for judg-
ment. • He pleaded guilty on a former day of hav-
ing embezzled three sums of money which he had
received on account of Thomas Dawkins, his mas-
ter, who stated that the total amount which the
prisoner had appropriated was about 601., ranging
over nearly 200 instances of embezzlement, in al-
most all of which he had committed forgery.
A return of the conviction fur felony in 1841
was put in against the prisoner.
The prisoner said he was a mere boy when that
conviction took place, and he had ever since earned
'a living- honestly. He bad worked for one master
regard this for six years, and for another five years, all in one
firm, and had now a wife and children all • de-
pendent upon him for support.
The Assistant-Judge said he should not take into
long. ago, ai conviction, na,
verya as it
case. It was one for which but a few years ago
.consideratbiount the previous
his life would have been forfeited, and had the
magistrate sent him elsewhere to be tried for for-
'gerY, he must have been convic'ed of that crime,
seriouswso
and in all probability transported for a considerable
number of years. Under these circumstances he
could not pass a more lenient sentence than four
years' penal servitude.

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POLICE INTELLIGKA CE—Feb. 13.

MANSION-ROUSE.-- CHARo OF ROBBING AN
EMPLOXER. —Charles Everad, a journeyman in th
employ of Mr. PO ale a chronometer iaak,,,r, carry-
ing On business in Ferichurch-streirt; Was broneht
before the Lord Mayor, charged with having
robbed
his employer of property of the value of 151.
Mr. Poole, the prosecutor, having been swotn,
said.-The prisoner had been in my employment
for a. considerab'e time, and for :the 1-st two, ye its
I have missed various articles from,nly st6ck,
until yesterday I had not been able to fix the en•lt
upon any of my workmen. On Monday last pert
of a gold watch-case was brought to 11;4', which I
immediately recognised'as a portion_,of the article:
I had missed. I have acertained ttat'Ve
cage was sold at a public sale, and that it was
ple-Iged in July, 1855. I haye also asco,itain,d
that the person who pledged this a'so pledged an-
other case, part of an unfinished chr`Onometer, my
prePerty. • • •
Mr. Button, a member of the Society of Friends,
also in the service of the prosecutor, said—Yester-
day, I saw at a pawnbroker's, at Islingron, part of
a chronometer, belonging to my employer, wh'ch
was delivered to the prisoner to compb-te sever.'
months ago. If a remand be granted, I.b-lieve I
shall be able to prove that the property was pledg( d
by the prisoner's wife.

The Prisoner, who declined putting any, questions
to the witnesses, was remanded.

BOW-STREET. —ASSAITLT —Sarah Myers, who
keeps a house of ill-fame in Eagle-court, and Mary
4136 •H9rrigan, her . servant, were charged
.with
violently assaulting a gen i lent nam F. icon er.
The complainant was passing along-the Strand,
about *twelve o'clock on Thursday night,! when a
gaudily-dressed woman made a snatch at bre.;st,
he believed at his -watch chain. In pirshing her
away, he accidentally struck her in the face. She
ceased to molest him, and he went on. Presently
he turned into one of the numeroirisic,courtsl etandeirneg
.
out of the Strand, to call at a printing
He was followed into the court by the fmisoners,
whom he had not seen before. They aked. what ho
meant by striking the woman. He bale them leave
him atone, and turned to go into the office, when
they sprang upon him from behind, seized him by
the throat, and struck him about the head and face.
Before he could offer any resistance he was knocked
down, but as the potboy from a neighbouring pub-
lic-house entered the court, the prisoners made off.
Some time 'after complainant again met the pri-
sonerS in the Strand, .and gave them in charge.
Mr. Lewis, for the -defence, set up that the com-
plainant had used undue violence to the woman,
and that the prisoners were provoked by their
friend's 41-usage, and hoped that, under these cir-
cumstances, a small fine would ba considered
sufficient.

Mr. Jardine said that if she had really been ill-
wed, she would probably have appeared to say
When any respectable person was attacked as the
prosecutor had been, and an attempt made to rob
him, .he (Mr. Jardine) did not know what be was
to do but4Ash the assailant away; and if Vie latter
Was hurt it was not to be wondered at. The inter-
ference of the prisoners could only be explained by
supposing that they supplied ,the unfortunate crea-
ture with finery, and were watching to make the
most profit of their prOpePtY. They must pay 20s.
each, or be imprisoned for 14 days.
The fines were paid.

CLERKENWELL. -- ASSAULT UPON .A. WIPE
AND CHILD. —James Malley, a-dirty-lo king fellow,
described on the charge-sheet_ as a marine-store-
dealer and shoemaker, residing at-No. IA, 'Little
Ceram-street, Sk. Pancras, and who has been'seve-
raFtimes in custody for- assaults' upon women, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged
with assaulting and kicking Amelia Pattr ion, under
the folio-Wing circumstances
It appeared from the evidence of Atnelia'Pater-
son, the step-daughter of the prisoner,' a girl about
12 years of age, that the defendant had been getting
drunk for the last three or four days, and had been
her mother by kicking and striking her•
about the 'head and body. Ou Wednesday night
her father-in-law. returned home in the evening
very drunk, and after as usual, hewing her mother,
turned round and kibked her on the thigh, and
knocked her down. Although she was very much
hurt, at the solicitation of the mother defendant
was Mot given into custody. Last night, between
eight,- and nine o'clock, he again rowelled home
the worse for liquor, and knocked her mother
down. When she got uR.,/fe. 'began to beat her
mother about, and upon -hoe! -going near them, he
turned round and stritekrbir•a violent blow, and
kicked her in exactly the same place that he did the
night before. Of so brutal a nature was the ki,:lr,
that she had walked lame ever since, and was now
suffering great pain.
Prisoner--Now, then, tell me wheth- r you did
not 'Strike me first ? '
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Well, certainly„ an infant like
the witness must have hurt you very much.
The witness further r:marked that h'er father was
iu the habit of getting drunk for three or four days
together, and when he was in that sta4e he' very
much ill-used her mother.
Mr. Frederick Gougb, a fishmonger, residing
next door to the defendant, said he saw the wife
struck down, and.upon the child going to the assist-
ance of her mother the defendant turned round,
kicked her in the most violent and brutal manner,
from the effects' of which she even now walked
lame. The man was a very good.man when sober,
but when drunk was a perfect nuisance.
Prisoner—Did you 'see me strike my wife, and
did you not see the child strike me 1.
Witness—l know you behave very bully to your
wife. It was only the night before that I prevented
you from strangling her. As for the child touching
you,•-it is all fudge.
•The wife stated that she could not live with the
prisoner any longer. He beat and knocked her about
whenever be got the worse for liquor.. Had it not
-been' for the 'last witness she would .have been
strangled, 'for he got a cord, and, notwithstanding
her struggles, twisted it twice or three times round
her neck. Her husband had had six months for
assaulting her, and had been three or four times in
prison' for assaults. She had also paid nine or ten
fines for him. When he was' sober ho was a very
good husband, but he so often got.-drunk that she
would live with him no longer. _
The prisoner, in defence, sa;d be was very sorry
for what he had done,
,and honed that his worship
would look over it thie time.
'Mr. Tyrivhitt said that the cases of, assaults
upon women • and children were the most diffi-
cult that the law was intended to deal with.
The wife could not control the husband from
getting drunk, and when he . was drunk it
was proved that ho was very violent. The
wife and child must be protected from his bru'al
conduct, 'and while he was protecting them he was
doing the same for the prisoner. When the pri-
soner was drunk be might take rife, which was
very easily done. He should send the prisoner to
the House of Correction for three calendar months,
with bard labour, at the expiration of which time
he should further order him to find two good sure-
,ies to keep the peace for three calendar months.
The prisoner was then removed.

' OPERATIONS IN CANTON RiVee IN 1847.—A. corre•
spondence relative to the operations in the Canton river
in the year 1847 appeared yesterday in print. It passed
between Lord Torrington and Earl Grey, Major-General
D'Agnilar and , Major-General Smelt,
,Major-General
Smelt and, Lord F. Somerset, E trl Grey and Major-
General D'Aguilar. • The correspondence referred to an
,application for a reinforcement of hall a company of
artillery, with guns and ammunition, to be held in readi-
ness to be forwarded to Hong Kong, should circum-
istanees render it ,necessary to -undertake:any further
militaryloperations at Canton. Earl Grey, then Colonial
Secretary, replied to Major-General tl'Aguilar, in Nov., I
1847, refusing the detachment applied for, and peremp-
torily forbidding him to undertake any further offensive
operations against the Chinese without the previous
sanction of the Home Government.
THE SILK TRADE.—SiIks are continuing to rise, and
nothing, it appears, can save their going up to indefinite
prices. The reports we continually receive from some
of the leading houses in Lyons might lead us to believe
that ere long a silk dress will become almost as g; eat a
luxury as an Indian shawl; at all events, nothing short
of a most abundant crop of French and Italian silk, the 1
prospect of Which will not be ascertained Wild! next May,
can by any possibility lessen the price of glace and the 4
other finer classes of silk. China silk may, it is true, be
greatly' need by the Manchester manufacturers. Until
the Chinese have become acquainted with the mode of
wini!;.;,g from the cocOon, and also preparing the silk
after the manner of the 'French and Italians, we must
entirely depend upon the sources alluded to. Those
firms were fortunate indeed that gave their orders even
last Autumn for the supply of silks for this Spring's con-
sumption; and the facilities of getting to Lyons, which
enable the large retail dealers to journey thence, must
be a source of immense saving and advantage to the
public. We know that.Messrs..Tay, of Regent-street,
gave large orderifor black glaee silks last September, to
be supplied in 1857, and that they have actually been
offered by more than one manufacturer, and have
declined, a large sum to cancel their engagements.