The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-08 00:00:00

THE QUEEN V. GASH

This was atiother indictment against the same
person, in which the same counsel appeared. This
was a more grave charge, one of perjury, againSt
Mr. Gabb. The facts of the case were briefly these.
In April last year a woman named, Eliza Taylor
died a few days after her confinement. It was
alleged that her death was caused by want of atten-
tion on the part of Mr. Gabb, who was assistant
to the medical offieer ,of the union. A complaint
was made, and Mr. Greaves, one of the poor-law
inspectors, was sent down by the Poor-law Board
to*take evidence on the case. At that inquiry Mr.
Gabb produced his kook, in which was made an
entry that be attended the deceased woman on
Thursday, the 2d April. He also made an affi-
davit, stating that his visit was made between ten
and eleven o'clock in the morning, when no person
was in the home but a litvle girl; and Mr. Gabb's

servant-lad made a statement that be had aeconi-

panied his master. This statement was alleged by
the prosedutor to be false, and the husband of the
deceased woman and her daughter were called to
prove that Mr. Gabb made no visit on the Thurs-
day. The husband of Mrs. Taylor deposed that be
was at home during the whole of the Thursday with
the exception of "about ten minutes," when he
went to a shop in the place, and that he saw no-
thing of .Mr. Gabb. Mr. Gabb would have had to
pass the shop to visit his house.
At this point his lordship stopped the case, re-
marking that the evidence was very loose as to the
time when Taylor actually was in the house, and
was not inconsistent with Mr. Gabb's statement.

All the children had not been called, so as to sho'w
which was the one who was present when the al-
leged visit was made. Besides this; his lordship
remarked, the errand•boy had corroborated his
master, and if perjury had been committed he also
was guilty. His lordship then directed the jury to
return a verdict of Not Guilty.
Verdict accordingly.

These decisions lint at rest questions which have

been for a long time in litigation at Newent.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-April 7.

(Before the Assistant-Judge.)

Emily Sarah Lewis, 21,, was indicted for stealing
a yard of Persian silk, and other articles, the pro-
perty of James Dyce Nicol, her master.
Mr. Orridge appeared for the prosecution ;. Mr.
Ribton for the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner had been for some
time lady's maid to the wife of the prosecutor, who
lives at No. 5, Hyde-park-terrace, 'Bayswater, and
the charge was that she had purloined some Honi-
ton-lace, a waistcoat piece, a yard of silk, and other
articles, and secreted a portion of them in her box,
and another portion in her wardrobe, preparatory
to taking them away with her, she being about to
leave her situation.

After a long and searching cross-examination of
Mrs. Nicol by the learned counsel for the prisoner,
the jury intimated that they had agreed to acquit,
and one of them said he hoped it would be under-
stood that the prisoner left the court without any
imputation upon her character.
William Ham, the younger, and Walter Walters,
20, were indicted for having stolen a quantity of
cigars, value 4Z. and upwards, the property of Em-
manuel Jonas and others, their masters, and Wil-
liam Ham the elder, 39, a carver and gilder, was
indicted for feloniously receiving part of such cigars,
well knowing that they had been stolen.
Mr. Campbell Sleigh and Mr. Lawrence were
counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Ribton appeared
for Ham the elder. Walters and the younger Ham
pleaded guilty. Mr. Orridge appeared for Walters.
The prosecutors were cigar manufacturers, carry-
ing on business at 77, High Holborn, and the two
younger prisoners were apprentices to them. It
appeared that they were detected in secreting
cigars about their persons before leaving the pre-
mises, and the younger Ham told Mr. Newton, the
prosecutor's manager, that if he went to his father's
workshop, 3, Dean-street, Oxford•street, they
would find cigars, which he had stolen, in a safe.
A quantity of cigars were found there, and it was
subsequently ascertained that the elder prisoner
had been disposing of cigars, which were identified
as the prosecutor's property, to a tobacconist in
Rathbone-place. The younger Ham confessed the
theft at once, but to exonerate his father said he
had asked him to dispose of the cigars, and telling
him that he had received them from a person in
the trade.

The jury, after hearing Mr. Ribton, retired, and
after a short consultation found the prisoners
guilty.
The Assistant Judge sentenced Walters to six
months' hard labour ; Ham the elder to 18 months ;
and the younger to 12 months.
Wm. Bellinger, 38, butler, and Matilda Bellin-
ger, his wife, were charged in four indictments
with having obtained goods from tradesmen by false
pretences. They pleaded guilty.
The offence was committed by forged orders pur-
porting to have been sent by Mr. Soule, a Dissent-
ing minister.
The Assistant Judge sentenced them each to 18
months' hard labour.