The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-22 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The sit' ings of the court for the December Gene-
ral Session were resumed yesterday morning at the
Guildhall, Westminster, before Mr. Pashley, Q. C ,
Assistant-Judge, and a bench of mal,istrates, by
adjournment from Clerkenwell. There were 48 eases
for trial ; 41 of felony, and 7 of misdemeanour.
'th3es, surgeon, was.
isums of 41. 3s.
n dGi
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toerdg efoNr ahtahvainnicre l Hoembezzledskin gs
and 51., received by him on account of Win. Henry
Gardner, his master. He pleaded guilty.
Mr. Sleigh and Mr. F. IL Lewis were for the
prosecution. Mr. Metcalfe was instructed on be-
half of the prisoner.
It was stated to the court by Mr. Lewis, in the
absence of Mr. Sleigh, that the prisoner had been
in the service of the prosecutor, a surgeon of exten-
sive practice, about two years and a half, and he
had embezzled money, amounting altogether to near
upon 3001., the frauds extending over a period of
two years. He had been in the habit of sending
letters requesting payments and intercepting the
answers returned by the patients. A betting book
was found upon him when he was given into custody.
Mr. Metcalfe challenged the production of any
such book, and said all the sums the prisoner was
charged with having embezzled were 41. 3s. and 51,,
and the whole amount that could have been placed
in the indictment was much less than had been
stated. The prisoner was a highly respectable man,
a licentiate of the Apothecaries' Company, and had
been medical officer to the Bath Hospital. He had
been in practice at Bath, but he gave it up, and
entered upon a brewery speculation, which proved
unfortunate. He came to London and took the
situation of assistant to the prosecutor, at the salary
of 801. per year at first, but latterly the pay had
been increased to 1001. a-year. The prosecutor had
two practices, ene of which, at Bayswater, was en-
tirely under the prisoner's control, and he had to
attend upon first-class patients, to keep up the po-
sition of a gentleman, find lodgings, and support
his family, uponsosmallan income. He complained
that the prosecutor had bean harsh to the prisoner,
who had been a good servant to him, as was evi-
denced by the fact that he sat up with one patient,
an admiral, 20 nights, for which the prosecutor
charged at the rate of two guinea' per night, while
he gave the prisoner not a penny for thi: extra ser-
vice. The prisoner was rather closely pushed by
creditors, and certainly did make use of the prose-
cutor's money, but he did so under the expectation
of receiving a sum of 5001., in which he was unfor-
tunately disappointed. In a legal point of vie ,v the
prisoner had been guilty of the offence of embezzle-
ment, but he (Mr. Metcalfe) thought he had not
been dealt with by the prosecutor in that liberal
spirit his positron would have justified.
The prosecutor was put into the witness-box to
answer several questions put by the court as to the
amounts, and he wished to contradict some parts
of what prisoner's counsel had stated. He did give
the prisoner something for his extra services, and
the greater part of the nights be sat up he was at a
billiard table.

The Assistant-Judge thought that bad no direct
bearing ou the case. He would consider what sen
tence to pass.

Wilihm Hilton, 65, pleaded guilty of having at-
tempted to defraud the Right Hon. Lord Paninure
of 3s. Gd. The prisoner went to his lordship's re-i-
-dence in Cheshatn-place with a parcel which he s,id
had just arrived by railway, and demanded 3s. 6i.
for the carriage. The valet took the parcel to his
lordship, who opened it and fou•id it contained but
an old hat. The prisoner ran away on seeing the
valet return. He threw another old hat dawn the
area of au adjoining house. The court sentenced
hint to three months' hardlabour.

POLICE INTELLIG.&VCE.—Dac. 21.

MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor, upon

leaving the bench on Saturday, said—l feel that I
way state in this room that I have received several
communications upon the subject of the approaching
holidays in consequence of the fact that th's year
Christmas-day will fall upon a Friday, and suggest-
ing that the Saturday also should be kept as a
public holiday. This would
_give Friday, Satur-
day, and Sunday, and it would, lam convinced,
be a boon and a blessing to thousands in this great
city, whol under ordinary circumstances, have few
opportunities of gettiog such holiday, or in fact
any holiday at all. I understand that several
most extensive houses in the city have decided
upon clt sing their warehouses upon the Saturday ;
and if any arrangement can be made by which the
plan can be carried alit generally—that is, where-
ever the sue3essive days can bo allowed without
great inconvenience to the prin, ipals, it will, as I
said before, be of ei,sential service to thousands. If
this'can be accomplished, I would also further sug-
gest that employers, in giving this holiday to their
men, should not stop their pay for the Saturday.
Of course, there may be some who will not have it
in their power to adopt this suggestion, but it is an
eccas'on which oc,:tirs only once in seven years ;
and I am sure that if persons who can do so with-
out injury or inconvenience will take the hint their
men will requite them well by increased diligence
in purs ping their labours on their return in the fol-
lowing week. Ido not at all wish to be supposed
as dictating from this chair to the public upon the
justified in offering
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tirely without effect.
Apl lause, which WAS 'With difficulty checked by
the officers of the court, followed the observations
made by his Lordship.
brought up in the
custodylie
nryofFGlienotrgwe as yesterday
Webb, the detective officer, upon
a warrant charging him with having embezzled
money belonging to his employers Messrs. Grind-
lay, the proprietors of the Home employers,
The prisoner was committed for trial at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court. _

Mr. Kilby, the brother of Mr. F. Kilby, who
wa,s on the 17th inst., charged by Mr. Francis
Worrell Stevens, stockbroker, of 3, Royal Exchange,
with having attempted to zob him of several bun-
drAs of pounds, appeared before the Lord Mayor
in very deep affliction.
It will be recollected that the Lord Mayor, after
having questioned the accuser very closely on tho
day of examination, dismissed the case, assuring
Mr. Kilby that he would leave the court without
the slightest taint upon his character.
Tho applicant of yesterday said that his unhappy
brother became dreadfully prostrated on returning
home at the idea of baying been locked up iu a
statiot upon such a charge, and notwithstanding
every effort to cheer him, grew worse and worse,
and on Sunday morning put an end to his existence
by cutting his throat.
The Lord Mayor said he greatly regretted so
deplorable an event. He had supposed that the
result of the examination as published in the news-
papers would have had the effect of at least allevia-
ting the pain of baying been charged with the
offence.

Mr. Kilby intimated that he would in all pro-
bability petition the Court of Aldermen on the
subject, and left the justice-room in great agitation,
and much compassionated by all who were present.

BOW-STREET.—Mr. William Pitt Bowler,
formerly adjutant and paymaster of the Done4al
Artillery Militia, was brought before Mr. Jardine,
force, on. ft warrant charging him with having
in custody of Inspector W
embezzled 1,233/. hicher, of the detective
of the public money.
The defendant was remanded for further inreati-
ption.

CLERKENWELL.—WiIIiam Jennings, a young
fellow described on the police sheet as a labourer,
residing at 54, Red lion-street, St. Pancras, was
cha,ge.i with barglariougy bre tking and entering
the dwelling house No. 54, Red Lion-street, and
stealing therefrom one gold watch, eight women's
dresses, 7/. 16:4. 142 d., one silver snuffbox, and a
Baker and Georgina Baker, waitnesses.
quantity of other apparel,
It appeared that that morning, Police-sergeant
the property of Agnes
Brown, 10 E, was
pasting near the prosecuttix's
residence, when he ascertained that an entry had
hem. made into the house. The robbery of the
above articles was then found out, and from the
active inquiries that had been made by the police-
sergeant he entertained a suspicion that the pri-
soner was the man, and upon his
proceeding to
21 Alhi.rt mews, lioxt, ii, he discovered the pii-
souer in a hay-loft there. When Sergeant Brown
inquited of the pdioher abQut the matter he clewed