The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-27 00:00:00

dOLNSHIRE.

The receipts and working expenses since the close
of the last half-year's working contrast unfavour-
ably with those for the corresponding period of
1856. The entire working charges for the fortnight
ending Nov. 15 (exclusive of the Manchester, South
Junction, and Altrincham line) show an excess of
1,1891. The total expenditure of the past 6 mouths'
working has been 102,7691. ; presenting an in-
crease over the corresponding period of 1856, of
12,954/. The receipts on the company's canals for
the month of October exhibit a falling-off of about
4001., and upon the three months a decrease of
nearly 5001. ; and the expenditure for the same
period presents an increase of 2,3001. With respect
to the receipts of the South Junction line, there is
an increase of 4,8471., while the increase of expen-
diture has been 1,0021.

CEN IR L CRIMINAL COURT—Nov. 26.

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Baron
•

Watson. )

,
James Bagley, 23, and J ohn Embleton, 43, were
charged with forging a Post-office order for 2/.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk conducted the prose-
cution ; Mr. Ribton defouded Bagley ; Enableton
was undefended.

Mr. Ribton made a very ingenious address to
the jury on behalf of the prisoner Bagley, and he
urged that there was nothing to show that the story
he told was not the truth, and that some person
who had either found or stolen the letter contain-
ing the money-order had employed him to get it
cashed. He at the same time observed that 'a
postman was a very likely person who would be
employed for such a purpose.
The other prisoner said that he had merely pre-
sented the order at the Pust-office, and that he was
not aware of there being anything wrong in the
transaction.

The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against
both prisoners, and Bagley was sentenced to four
years' penal servitude, and Embleton to be impri-
soned and kept to hard labour for 18 months.
Mark Nicholas Powles, 20, was charged with
felony, under a statute passed in the reign of his
late Majesty William IV., in having unlawfully
entered into a recognizance of bail in the name of
another party, without the authority of that party.
The jury, after a short deliberation, found the
prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to be kept
to hard labour for fifteen months.

John Grace Leveridge, 26, was charged with
stealing an order for 311. 2s. 2d., the property of
William Oldham.

Mr. Ribton conducted, the prosecution; the pri-
soner was defended by Mr. Sleigh.
This case occupied the Court for a considerable
time, owing to the line of defence that was adopted,
but the facts were in a very small compass. The
prosecutor is a wine merchant, carrying on busi-
ness in London-street, Fenchurch-street, and ,the
prisoner had been in his service for nine years, and
wasamployed in a very confidential manner. Ac-
cording to the evidence of the prosecut or, about the
4th of November he gave the prisoner a cheque for
311. 2s. 2d. to pay the duty on a butt of wine that
he had sold to the Earl of Leicester, and about the
same time he also gave the prisoner a blank cheque,
which he was to have filled •up for the sum of 31.
for a week's petty cash, but it appeared, that
instead of doing so, he inserted the sum of
961. 2s. 2d. on the cheque, and obtained that
amount from the bankers ; and he also cashed
the cheque for 311. 2s. 2d., and afterwards obtained
gold for the notes at the Bank of England, and it
did not appear to be denied that the ptistmer had
appropriated the residue of this money to his own

The jury retired, and after being absent about
half-an-hour gave a verdict of not guilty.
There was another charge.againSt the prisoner of
forging the.cheque for 961. 2s. 2d., which Mr. Rib-
ton intimated his intention to proceed with.

NEW COURT.
[Before the Recorder.]
John White, gunmaker, was indicted for stealing
51., the moneys of Thomas Frost.
Mr. Platt prosecuted, and Mr. Langford defended.
The prosecutor, an eldetly countryman, carrying
on business as a miller at Halsted, in Essex, said,
that upon the 16th of November he was in Wel
lington-street, near London-bridze, when he asked
some one whom he met if he could tell him where a
boiler maker was to be found ; the man said he
would take him to his brother, who followed that
trade. The man first asked him if he would have
some beer, and the prosecutor assenting, they all
went to a public-house, where the prisoner and
another man joined them ; one of the party then
said that he had some money left him, and was up
in town to receive it. A lock was then produced,
and the man who first spoke to prosecutor offered
to bet that it could not be picked. Another one
pressed the prosecutor to bet, but he refused. He
was then taunted about not ;having any money,
upon which he was incautious enough to produce
the sum named, which the prisoner took up and
went away with, but was soon after taken into
custody.
.... . . .

Mr.-Langford, in a speech of some length, con-
tended that the money had been lost fairly in a bet
made by the.prosecutor.
The jury, however, entertaining a different
opinion; of the transaction, found the prisoner
guilty, and he was sentenced to 12 months' im-
prisonment.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
William Moody, 29, soldier, was indicted for
robbery with violence upon Joseph Fleck, and
stealing from him a watch and chain.
Mr. Gent prosecuted.

The prosecutor, a German, living in Pembroke-
place, Vauxhall, was upon the night of the 30th
of October proceeding along Victoria-street, West-
minster, when he was stopped by the prisoner and
another man. He was almost immediately knocked
down with great violence, and the prisoner fell
upon him. He raised an outcry, and prisoner then
got up, ani tearing the watch and guard from pro-
secutor's neck, both men ran off.

The police said that hearing the prosecutor they
went in that direction, and saw the prisoner run-
ning away from the spot. They followed him into
Blue Anchor-yard, and took him into custody.
Upon being taken into custody he said he had
run up that place to escape the observation of a
picket which had just turned out. There being,
nothing found upon him at the station the con-
stables went back to the spot where they had ap-
prehended him, and there among some rubbish
found the prosecutor's watch and chain.

The jury found the prisoner guilty.—
An officer of the Guards, to whose regiment the
prisoner-belonged, said he had been specially sent
to inform the Courttbat the prisoner bore a very
bad character in the regiment. He had been tried
several times when in the Crimea, but never con-
victed.

The Court sentenced him to four year' penal
servitude.
Thomas Eastley, Si, soldier, was indicted for
stealing a canvas tent, waggon cover, and three
blankets, the property of our Lady the Queen.
Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr. Brooke, de-
fended.

It appeared that a police-constable met the pri-
soner upon the night of the3oth of October coming
from the barracks at Woolwich with a sack upoa
his shoulder. He (the officer) stopped him, and,
opening the sack, found the articles in question,
which were quite new, and apparently had been
just taken from the stores, and had the Govern-
ment mark upon them.
_ _

Mr. Brooke, for the prisoner, urged in mitiga-
tion the -my high character which he bad_ borne,
and the tact that his pension would be lost.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Mr. Bodkin requested that sentence might be
deferred to afford the prisoner an opportunity of
giving information to the authorities, as it was
evident a system of plunder was now going on.
Sentence porApotted.
Francis Allen, 35, tailor, and James Coward,
22, labourer, were indicted for ste din°. 52.) copes
of the London Journal, the property of William
Mark Clark.
Mr. Metcalfe and.
Mr. W. Cooper, Mr. Mr. Poland prosecuted ; and
J. P. -DJyleand M • Ribton
defended. . r I.

_ .
The facts have been- very recently reported. The
prosecutor is the publisher in Warwick-lane and
upon the 24th of October both prisoners had been
to his office. As Eoon as they left, a quantity of
copies of the above work were missed, and almost

- Afterwards traced to the shop of Allen, in
directly.
Bath-street. ,
'. Newgate-street.
The jur f •'und them both guilty, and Coward
y
' ''ore convicted, was sentenced to 18,
having been be,
12 Da onths' imprisonment.
and Allen to
AIIDDIEsfi SESSIONS, Nov. 26.

The November Genera.: Sessions of the Peace for
the county of Middlesex con2menced this morning
at Clerkenwell, before Mr. Bliss, Q. C., Attorney-
General for the Duchy of Lancaster, presiding for
the Assistarec:Judge, and a bench of magistrates.
There were 53 cases of felony and 9 of misde-
meanour for trial.

Mr. Bliss in his charge to the grand jury observed
that the learnvd Assistant-Judge had, he was glad
to say, so far recovered from his late serious and
severe illness that there were hopes of his being
soon able to resume his duties.

Alfred Jones was indicted for stealing the sum of
3/. in the dwelling-house of William Lowman. He
pleaded " Guilty."
Mr. Bliss said he had read the depositions, and
from the evidence it appeared that the prisoner,
who was a paper-hanger by trade, had been em-
ployed in that way of business at the prosecutor's
house, and while so engaged had taken advantage
of an opportunity, necessarily afforded him, to steal
from one of the rooms a small box in which there
were 3/. There was a most aggravating circum-
stance in the case. The prisoner, after emptying
the box of the money it contained, placed it in the
trunk of one of the servants, to avert suspicion from
himself and to throw it upon an innocent individual.
That was a very base and subtle act, for which,
however, he had made some atonement, for by
pleading guilty he had removed all doubt as to the
guilty person. The sentence was that be be kept
to hard labour for six calendar months.

The prisoner wished the Court to understand that
he protested against the assumption that he placed
the cashbox in the servant's trunk with the idea
attributed to him. The trunk was empty, and he
placed the box in it, so that it should not be found.
Charles Pemberton, 20, was indicted for stealing
three saws, the property of Henry Fairbank, an
engineer in Old-street, St. Luke's.
The prisoner was acquitted on this charge, and
he was then tried for feloniously receiving part cf a
pump made of gun-metal, weighing 441 b., which
Stafford Smith, 18, engineer, pleaded guilty to
stealing. The latter prisoner wa4 one of the same
prosecutor's apprentices, and the cylinder of a pump
being missed from the premises inquiries were set
on foot, and ultimately it was ascertained that it had
been sold by the prisoners, acting together, at a
marine storedealer's, 67, Friar's-mount, Bethnal-
green. They got 4d. per pound for it, but the pro-
secutor said it was worth Bd. even for old metal.
The marin storedealer gave it up to the prosecutor
the day after it was inquired for.
The jury found Pemberton guilty in this case, and
The Court sentenced him to eight months', and
Smith to six months' hard labour.

Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Orridge for the prisoner Pemberton.
John Frooms, 19, was indicted for stealing six
bottles of wine, value 1/. 10s., the property of
Robert Lowden.

Mr. Dighy appeared for the prosecution ; Mr.
lorry for the prisoner.
The prosecutor was a carrier between London,
Southall-green and Norwood, and it appeared
from his evidence that on the morning of the 25th
of October, soon after 12 o'clock, as he was passing
the Duke of Northumberland's residence at Isle-
worth, he observed the shadow of men at the tail-
board of his cart. He immediately jumped down,
and the men ran away. On examining two wine
flats which were packed behind the cart he found
that one of them had been broken open and five
boti les of port and one of sherry, w&ich a short
time before he had seen safe, been taken out.
Though he bad but a momentary glance at the men,
be gave a description of their appearance, the light
of the moon being full upon them. A good deal of
circumstantial evidence was given to prove the pri-
solar was one of the parties concerned.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
Abraham Fawkes, 24, journeyman butcher, was
in&cted for feloniously embezzling several sums of
money re3ei7e'l by him on account of George Sut-
ton, his master, from customers. He was found
guilty and sentenced to six months' hard labour.

- Caleb Smith, 28, and Thomas Herbert, 34, were
indicted for unlawfully attempting to obtain one
sovereign from William Boatock, with intent to
defraud.

Wiliam Bost)ck, the prosecutor, stated that he
was the keeper of the Sir Walter Scott beershop in
Brunswick-street, Hackney-road, and on the 31st
of October the prisoners came to him and asked if
he would purchase any tobacco cheap ; he said he
would, and' Smith showed him about a quarter of
a pound, as ,a sample of a quantity—about 501 b.—
whiel he said he would sell at 2s. per pound, as he
had. obtained it "on the eross"—leading witness
to infer therefrom that it was either stolen by him,
or was the proceeds of a rabery committed by
some other person. Smith offered him 121 b. for a
sovereign, or the whole for 31. He agreed to take
a 121 b. packet, and told them to wait in the bar a
short Moue. lln n nut out and informed two police
officers, whom he stationed near Shoreditch church.'
He then went back home, when the prisoners asked
him to lend them a bag to fetch the tobacco, and
ho arranged to meet them at Shoreditch church.
In about half an hour they appeared at the ap-
pointed place, Herbert carrying the bag. Witness
asked them if they bad Dt the tobacco, to which
Smith replied that it was all right, and requested
that the money might be handed over befOre he
parted with the tobacco. Witness asked them to
step over the way to a tobacconist, but they re•
fused, and asked that they might have the money
then and there. On crossing the way the police
took them into custody, and the bag, on being exa-
mined, was found to contain a small quantity of
tobacco only, the great bulk of it being sawdust.
The prisoners did not deny the offence, but beg-
ged for mercy on the ground that they had never
done wrong before.

Tha jury found them guilty, and Smith was
proved to have be©n convicted on a former occa-
sion of defrauding detective officers by pretending
to be able Lo give a clue to the parties concerned in
the robbery of the Queen's plate. Smith was sen-
tenced to three and Herbert to one month's hard
labour.

(Before Mr. Creasy.)
Eugene Riordan, 23, miller, was indicted for
stealing half an ounce of gold, the property of John
Bacon. •

Mr. Taylor prosecuted ; Mr. T. Atkinson ap-
peared for the prisoner.
The prosecutor is a gold watchcase manufacturer,
carrying on business at 5, Charles-street, City-road,
and on Oat. 15 he sent the sweepings of his shop to
a mill in Great Sutton-street, Clcrkenwell, to be
ground, for the purpose of extracting the valuable
metal therefrom. He sent a boy to the mill, named
John Castroe, to see the process of grinding and
while so engaged he saw the prisoner (who was em-
ployed to grind the sweepings) repeatedly put some-
thing into his pocket. Upon this he left the place,
and went and informed his master of what he had
seen. The master, immediately returned to the
mill, and charged the prisoner with having stolen
some pieces of gold. He denied that he had done
so, and produced from his pocket a piece of copper.
The prosecutor persisted in saying that he had some
gold, upon which he took out of his pocket several
grains, and slid that was all ; but on a policeman
making his appearance he threw some more pieces
on the floor. These the prosecutor picked up
and kept, with the grains the prisoner had before
given to him. When the policeman searched
the prisoner he found some pieces of metal wrapped
up in paper in his trousers pocket, and also some
grains.of gold in his waistcoat pocket. He was then
given into custody for having stolen the gold.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson addressed the jury for the
prisoner, contending that there was no proof of the
identity of the pieces of metal as ever having be-
longed to the prosecutor, and altogether the case
was too loose for the jury to act upon. As there
was considerable doubt in it, they were in common
justice bound to give the prisoner the benefit of it,
and acquit him of this charge. •
Mr, Creasy summed up, and
The jury found the prisoner guilty. .
Sentence was deferred fur inquiries to be made
as to the character of the prisoner.
Wm. Frost, 27, plane-maker, was indicted for
stealing in the dwelling-house of Edward Cox.
The prosecutor resided at No. 3, Pembroke-
wharf, Caledonian-road, and the prisoner was his
nephew. He had lived with him ever since he was
a child, but five weeks. before
,the commission of
the robbery he had been forbidden from again en-
tering his house. On Monday, the 9th November,
in consequence of a communication made to him by
his wife, he went upstairs and found that a box in
his bedroom had ben broken open, and 561. in,
gold and silver hail Leen take n from it. The pri-
soner knew that lie kept his.money there. The j
money was q uite safe in the box on the day previous.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Mr. Creasy sail he weuld take time to consider
what sentence he would pass upon the prisoner.
John Ricluno id, 60, ropemsker' was indicted for
unlawfully attempting to commit the crime of self-
murder by cutting his thrJat with a knife. He
pleaded guilty.
_ _ _

It appeared that in 1843 the prisoner was tried
at the Old Bailey for attempting to murder his
wife by cutting her throat, and was sentenced to
15 years' trans,}ortation. In 1855 he was liberated
on a ticket of leave, receiving a gratuity, and he
wont back to his wife and children, and behaved
wolifor- some time, but at length he broko into Ma

of violerice towards them, and in the end turned his
aga,:nst himself. One day he was found lying
on a sofa at the house of a brother-in-law with hi:.
throat cut. This charge was preferred to xestrain
him from further violence.

Mr. Bliss, before whom the prisoner was tried,
severely admonished him upon the enormity of his
conduct, and sentenced him to one month's im-
prisonment, and to give security for his good be-
haviour for 12 monts.