The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-06 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. O.

The September General Sessions commenced this
morning at the Guildhall, Westminster, before Mr.
Bodkin, Assistant-Judge; Mr. Creasy and Mr.
Payne, Deputies ; and the following magistrates
were present':—Mr. Gould, Mr. White, Mr. Dun-
nington Fletcher, Mr. Bashford,'Mr. Bectham, Mr.
A. Harwood. Mr. A. Ballantine, and Mr. Bird.
The calendar con tains the names of 111 prisoners,
of whom 99 are charged with felony, and 112 with
misdemeanour.
The learned Assistant-Judge, in his charge to the
grand jury, called their attention to the state of the
calendar, and observed that it was with much sa-
tisfaction he could inform them, that though the
number of prisoners were unusually large this ses-
sion, it was not attributable to any increase of
crime, but to the fact of a longer period than usual
having elapsed since the last session. lie would
avail himself of that oppertunily to say, and it
afforded him a great deal of pleasure to be able to
mention the fact to the grand jury of Middlesex,
that he had perused the depositions in all the cases
which would come under their consideration, and
not one had reference in any way to the differences
at present existing, unfortunately, between the
employers and toe employed in one of the most im-
portant brancbts of labour in this metropolis. It
might have been expected, not unreasonably, that in
so large a r-',tlendar at this critical juncture, when
many ti-lousands of workmen and labourers were
thro,:m.out of employment, there might have been
elkarges traceable to the strike, but there was not
one, which was a circumstance redounding
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credit of all ; and he trusted that he should 'ble
to repeat the same observation so long iv a
or
tunate dispute remained unsettled. the unf
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The grand jury then retire-: to their
Henry Thompson plead room.
,-.- guilty to a charge of
picking- the pocket of a. 'female in an omnibus.
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Assktant-brlge said, havirr, perused
the
depositions, it was quite clear to his
mind, although
the prisoner was not recognised by the officers,
that he was a person who had practised this sort of
r robbery not for the first time in this instance. It
appeared that he got into an omnibus and sat by
the side of the proseentix, whose pocket he dexter-
ously cut with instralnents, and stole her purse;
fortunately he was '..ietected. As the officers did not
know him, the tnobability was that he had but re-
cently conic t
cated th _Condon, in fact, his appearance indi-
a`., and, in order to allow of inquiries being
made 'about him, the sentence would he deferred
tP.:I. the next session, when/if anything
i was ascer-
tained of his being previously engaged n this sort
of thing, a sentence of penal servitude could cm-
thinly be passed upon him. The public entrusted
themselves in these conveyances, and must be pro-
tected from being plundered by pickpockets. In
all such cases a severe example would be mado ;
none but well experienced thieves attempted, to
pick pockets in omnibuses.
Sentence deferred.

Wm. Harris, 22, was indicted for stealing a prin-
ter's composino•'' -stick, value 6s. 6d., the property of
Joseph Carter Wood and others, the treasurer and
trustees of the Reformatory Institution in Smith-
street, Westmin;ter, of which he was an inmate.
He was found Guilty; and
The Assistant-Judge, after severely aimonishing
him for robbing so valuable an institution, the ad-
vantages of which he was receiving, sentenced him
to three months' hard labour.

Wm. Box, 63, wood-turner, was indicted for
stealing 36 pieces of willow timber, the property
of Thos. Gardner.

Mr. Metcalf was for the prosecution. The prisoner
defended himself, and exhibited a good deal of in-
genuity and cunning.
It appeared that some timber was consigned to
the prisoner from Swaffbatn, and while it lay at the
Eastern Counties Railway he sold it to the prose-
cutor for £l5 17s. 6d. He induced him to allow it
to remain in his name, and then went and sold it in
portions to other persons. The prisoner endeavoured
to make oat that if responsible at all, it was civilly,
not criminally, as when he sold the wood it was
still in his name: as the consignee, although he had
previously sold it, or agreed to sell it to Gardner.
The learned Assistant Judge told the jury that if
they were of opinion that, there was an absolute
sale to Gardner, the stibsequent •dealing with the
wood by, the prisoner, and, his puttin,g the proceeds
into his own packet, amounted to larceny. if the
prisoner were the bailee of the timber, his disposing; •a it would make him liable to this clittrge under
the recent act.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the As=
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sistant-Judge sentenced him to six months' hard
labour. _ _ -

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, (Before Mr. Creasy.)
Henry Holyland; and Thomas Enrrnerson,
labourers, were indicted foutealing 70 lbs.of sugar,
the property of the East and West India pg,tk.
Coravany. - , . .
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.The prisoners - were in the employmen