The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-24 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—June 23.

(Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant Judge.)

A REFORMED TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN. hel
Thomas Madden, 22, Richard Anderson, 32, Michael
Coglan, 25, and Bridget Tully, 24, were indicted '')r
having stolen a watch, value 61 , the proxerty of 11°114
Bailey.
On the night of the illuminations in honour oft!'
Queen's birthday, the prosecutor was at the opera-b°ll4-b;
and as he was leaving he was jostled by a mob 10.'0
colonnade, and some one stole his wstch from his 1111 h,
hand waistcoat pocket. A person tapped him on 110
shoulder, and asked him if he had lost anything, "dinar
at once missed his watch. A policeman saw the
prisoners in company with another person, and suspect
ing them ho watched their proceedings. He stated Ob-is
he saw Tully standing near the prosecutor, and place be,
hand in front of him, hastily withdraw it, and pas' °,°;ier
thing to Madden, who handed it to Coglan. The isw
got away, and was not taken until the next day. ge
A young man named Harrington was calltd• t
deposed—l live at No. 6, Poole's-buildings, WTI;
pleasant, Gray's-inn-lane, and am employed roc
supernumerary at the Princess's Theatre. lam °c,;l4
sionally a house painter. I was convicted at the -a
Bailey six years ago last month, and was seaenic",
to seven years' transportation, and I have ha7b,
ticket.of-leave three years next October. On t
evening in question I was in the Ha market;
when I saw the prisoners, and knowing Coglan t°
a ticket-of-leaver, like myself, I watched them. I 3„/
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them attempt to get a watch from a gentleman's P°°esf
but they did not succeed. Two of them got in front
the prosecutor, and two behind, well covering him, Allf
wedging him in. Madden tried to get his watch. n.
was close lo them at that moment, and heard the /Ili,.
man say, "Let me get at it." That was said in a
per, but I heard it. Madden got aside, and the svoreat
got her hand round to the gentleman's pockets, and g°,
the watch off the swivel of the chain. She got s 0 bee
thing in her hand when she withdrew it, which 011
handed to Madden, and from him it went to Cog 11;
A policeman was close by. I asked the gentleman 014
had lost anything. He said his watch. I then laid h°o
of Tully and another woman, who was one of the 101
well, but who got away. ft
CrossAamined—l don't consider myself much °'
fool. Once I was much the other way, perhaps, butyl
am now reformed. I am a repentant ticket-of-le" h
man now. I know a policeman by his look, althoo
he wears plain clothes. The policeman in this case visi
in plain clothes, bat I knew he was a policeman., op
have given evidence in two other cases. I was trial'
the 12th of May, 1851.
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Coglan—This is all malice; him and me were Owe
ing together, in 1853, in Portsmouth Dockyard.
had some words and a fight, for which we were palate
This is through that.
Witness—That's wrong ; we were at Wakefield Off:,
we went to Portsmouth, but we did not work I°,ht
same yard. I had no words with him and never /.0116,0,
and was only punished once, and that was for WW-
I know Madden as well as the others.
The jury found all four guilty.
A former conviction was then proved against ss ,-,°.tbd
The Assistant-Judge deferred the sentence for
present, there being another case against Coglan.