The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-06 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SZSSIOIVS, Sept. 5.

(Before Mr. Waateley, Q.C.)
George Long, a respectable-looking middle-aged
man, surrendered to take his trial on an indictment
in which he was charged with stealing a truss of
hay, the property of Charles Smeeton.

Mr. Abram Prosecuted; the prisoner was de-
fended by Mr. Ribton. .
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The prosecutor is a hay-grower at Harrow, and
he agreed with the prisoner, who kept a horse and
cart, to take loads of hay from his rick yard. The
charge was that by a trial in loading his cart the
prisoner took a truss of hay more than he accounted
for.

Mr. Ribton addressed tie jury, and the prisoner,l
who received a very goolcharacter, was found Not
Guilty.
Joseph Hagan, Hugh Tirpin, and James Thomas,
three young men, were indicted for assaulting Wil-
liamthe execution of their dtty, to prevent the lawful
Seymour, 187 B, aril John Fever, 255 A, in
apprehension of William Jones.
Mr. Rosher prosecute) • Mr. Horry defended
Thomas ; and Mr. Pater lefended Turpin.
On the 18th of August a soldier named Jones
was taken into custody at a refreshment house in
Middle-row, Knightsbridge-green, for creating a
disturbance and committing a series of assaults, and
while he was being tabu to the station the defen-
dants tried to rescue hit, and called out to the sol-
dier to kick the -of the shins. They pelted
the officers with stones, and one struck 255 A on
the head.

The evidence was contradictory, witnesses being
called for the defence. Mr. Pater and Mr. Horry
examined them at length.
The jury found Turpin and Thomas guilty, with
a strong recommendation to mercy, and acquitted
Hagan.
His lordship said the jury, in his opinion, had
taken a very proper view of the case, and sentenced
Turpin and Thomas each to a month's hard labour.
The soldier was tried on Tuesday for assault and
Richard Williams, a marine-store dealer, was in-
dictedsentencfeodr
feloniouslytol4daya, imprisonment.
receiving 5 cwt. of rags, the
property of William Bowman, rag merchant, 42,
Dempsey-street, Stepney, which had been stolen
from his premises.
Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted ; Mr. Ribton defended.
The prisoner had been dealing with rags which
were said to be part of the stolen property.
The prisoner said he bought them of a man in
his own shop, and that he had himself collected part
of what was identified as the prosecutor's.
The jury found the prisoner not guilty.

SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
Samuel Newnham, 19, was indicted for unlaw-
fuly assaulting John Kirkman and inflicting upon
him grievous bodily harm.
Mr. Abram prosecuted.
The prosecutor stated that on the 23d of August
he was a passenger by' one of the iron boats to
Battersea pier, and on the steamer being made fast,
the captain ordered the gangway behind the paddle
box to be cleared for the passengers to land. He
was standing fcre of the paddle-box, and as the
boat was close to the pier, he tried to land from
there. The defendant, who was one of the com-
pany's servants, told him he could not go on to the
pier that way, bat he said he would. The defen-
dant then pushed him back, but he jumped on to
the pier and gave up his ticket to the collector. The
defendant the landing stage, and
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and went on, and when he had
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said something
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him and struck him several times on the head with
some crockery ware which he was carrying in a
handkerchief, like e slings and his temple was cut
open. He struck ii return as well as he could. He
bled a dreat deal, and, with the assistance of some
gentlemen who witnessed the transaction, was taken
metre the wound was dressed, or he
to a surgeon's,
must have bled to death. The prisoner ran away.
The prisoner sat]. he told the prosecutor to go
back as he tried to get ashore at the wrong end of
the paddlebox, velereupon he threatened to push
i
him into the water He asked him what would he
thenptk him by the throat, and shoved
dle-box, nearly choking him.
himd ? and
under he
the
He then struck
hire on the head with a bundle con-
taining
tee prosecutor was corroborated
by that of Mr. Geoge Daners, a clerk in the War-
office, who was
evidencehis dinner
The of a
pssenger by the same boat, and
and he said the floe of blood from the cut on the
temple was like thEflow of water from a filter tap.
He stopped it as evil as he could with his thumb,
and took him into esurgeon's.
The defence was hat the prosecutor bad violated
the published regilations of the company in
attempting to get oi the pier in the way he did,
and that he first esaulted the defendant, and
threatened to shove iim into the river. A notice in
the following terms was put in :—"Caution.—Seve-
ral persons having ten injured by getting out of
the boats before the have been made secure to the
pier, and by gettinginto the boats after they have
moved off, passenger are warned and earnestly en-
treated not to attern)t to land before the boats are
well secured to thepier, nor to attempt to get on
board after the boat have begun to move off from
the pier. They are Dither cautioned not to sit upon
the rails of the boat, nor to place their arms out-
side."
The jury found te defendant Guilty of a com-
mon assault, and he was sentenced to two months'
imprisonment.
Charles Clark, a boy 13 years of age, was indicted
for unlawfully assenting and stabbing another boy,
named Charles Heati, 12 years of age, with a knife.
Mr. Horry prosecuted; Mr. Cooper appeared for
the defendant.
Charles Heath, 'he prosecutor, stated that he
lived at 4, Cheirch-s,reet, Chelsea, with his parents,
and his father wo:•ked on a sand barge. On the
night of the 22d of august his mother and his aunt
were talking in th 4 street, and he was with them.
The defendant well up to them to listen to their
conversation, when he (witness) told him to go
away, upon 'which he became very saucy. The
witness's mother rent away, and as he was twilit]."
round by a baker shop, the defendant ran up tob
him and struck Inn with a knife under the arm.
He then ran into ashop, and threw down the knife.
Witness went to a doctor's and had his wound
dressed, and afterwards had to go to the hospital.
He did not know tee defendant. He never touched
him, but simply told him to go away.
Several other witnesses were examined, and it
appeared from the evidence of the surgeon that the
wound was half an inch in width and an inch deep.
It was not dangerous as it was, but would have
been exceedingly se had the point of the knife pene-
trated an artery close to which it passed.
Mr. Cooper addressed the jury, urging all he
could on behalf of the defendant, who, he said,
would be well taken care of for the future.

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The jury found the defendant Guilty.
The learned Juige, after a very kind and suitable
admonition, sentenced him to imprisonment for one
week, and direLlcd that he should be under the
especial attention of the chaplain during that period.
The case ( f Elward Mortimer, charged with an
assault in Hunprford-market, was by consent of
counsel—Mr. Best for the prosecution, and Mr.
Cooper for the detence—postponed until next ses-
sion.

John Moorhouse, clerk, surrendered to take his
trial on several charges of embezzlement. _

Mr. Tindal Atkinson prosecuted ; filo prisoner
was defended by Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. F. N.
'Lewis.
The prisoner, it appeared, was a traveller and
collector in the employment of Winshurst's Patent
Metal Foil and Sheet Metal Company, who carry

on business at Bow, and it was his duty to receive
moneys and pay them over, and account as he re-
' ceived them. Several defalcations were alleged
against him, but after along investigation, the jury,
having retired for some time to consider their ver-
dict, found the prisoner not guilty.