The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-27 00:00:00

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CRIMINAL COU.RT.—(THIS DAY.)
Thoere..t.r. roaro9
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(Bet 11: OLD CoUR7'.
LDERSON end Mr. Baron MARTIN.)
Ann'artnlNe.s)
s
tf2l i'..oud edition of the calendar contains the
firat sditiliar3"er'r being 21 more than appeared in the
ATTE-4,013'
Zthen' TO PROCURE ABORTION.-ji.h
IA • Qr°3l a respectably-attired middle-aced man, "
Ibed
indie, 3 a surgeon, surrendered to take his trial on aln.
elite ranat4(e)rnttiremharging him with having attempted to Pr'
ebiLtlei_er.ralo'ne it; c
9,Th prisoner had been rernandA from
and as the prosecutrix did not appear,
re occasions or to-day, he was again put
1111;te on the understanding that he would be dischargede
seßsionProsecutrix did not turn up before the close of the
R AT MURDER.-The trial cf Miss Kittson,
her cinzrged with having attempted to murder
'ma
4r, a s,tddler iu the City, was fixed for Friday.
Xild-',JallY.This case, in which Mr. Sobieske
Itu", proctor in In land, it charged with p:rjury,
Postponed till to-morrow.
kb ".--iirchibald Louden agrd 20, described as a
tot ,a° usiribrz
ruenr,,f David Cooper, aged 19, also described
were indicted for feloniously setting fire
Spa'-elt of straw, the property of William Doubleday
titiothtr
die '
:f"ARKSON staled the casts for the prosecution,
Th-'"waids called
ebortotise:atisawr.vey, who deposed that he was a police-
:"'"'e. On the cv fling of the sth of this month he
hi_ 111 the Village of Langton, and about eight o'clock
g o as called to a fire which broke out in a
the .u'ld near II ,unslow belonging to Mr. Doubleday,
• Prosee ' the spot he found that
Itror. hastening to
Nem' tick was on fire, and he, with Sergeant Scott, re:d-
igest afte information which induced them to go and
the Prisoners, who lived in Langton. The
.s
aotiwhic- the.. _
yds wore corresponded with the footmarks in thed
„,breadirre the fire occurred, not only in length an
There bat in the size and impression of the nail marks.
Ilholit",(1,0 been a bonfire in the field the same night,.
ecar,i;u° Yards from the rick, but the wind blew in a
Cro Y direction to the straw stack.
kthe P3B3."aruined by Mr. BALLANTINE (who &fended
• firri;°4er)-He measured the distance between the
•us be and the straw-Mack with a thirty-yard tape.
l'fliettt'i?erl there were a good many people in the field
°parbon fire was lighted, and he saw the pri-
to
the `",eagst them. He saw the prisoners come up
roreei ",eit after it was in flames, and they appeared to
after thr'ta the direction of their own houses. It was
with -1,4 he arrested them and compared their shoes
Le foot prints in the field.
iiteclttrY Ann Gowls, examined by Mr. CLARKSON-She
of Or to Mr. Doubleday's field, and on the even-
the err the sth she saw the prisoners loitering about
eltbesti,t? tick or going towards it. There was no fire
hair' ock then.- When she saw them it was about
Pitit R
kuu -"en, and she was going in the direction of
4,lteelitiBo-w' but the prisoners were coming from the
me hack
Langton and going towards the stack. When
4414 -,76 hack from Hounslow to the field she saw them
/Pets -hear to the stack going towards Hounslow. They
(~t) fire-bear
fifty yards from the stack then. There was
"1 l)-413, but a few minutes afterwards she came out
toe,p' 'oubleday's (her master's) yard, and saw the pa-
!j
.e°,4ljug from the rick and going in the direction
`4iiillat„'''')". About ten minutes after eight, or forty
sae h-3 after she had last seen the prisoners, the fire
urnieg furiousl
hop cfilra''xiiniried by Mr. BALLANTINE-She SAW the
trick, '''`l3at she did not know how far it was from the
04,6 r She had been told it was about 253 yards. The
Ser: ,'"OS was lighted about eight o'clock.
Siyt :,'Etat Scottie corroborated the evidence of the
he 'eb.-tn"a• He had measured the distance between
Fireworksrl--d the, bonfire. It was only about 100 yards.
]air, were
were fired off all round the rick.
• 4ee's7,44r°n ALDERSON thought the evidence destroyed
"war"wrtiet-, No malice was attributed to the prisoner, and
',:tote evident the fire was the result of the foolery
heooofire.
kr j,lllr:i were of his Lordship's opinion.
°at
,rarott ALDERSON was sorry the poor men at the
reepicitio been so lent, detained in custody, but they
their 'ellte the bar without the slightest stain upon
,b,oeharacters.
prisoners were then discharged.
as"'"t-Tvq,,„,
". TO rRCCURE ABORTION.-Mr. Edwards,
o,4l)petuge°', was again placed at the bar, and no one
davit tthr'g to prosecute he was allowed to make an a -
oUt of a!" be had used no means to get the prosecutrix
tillitterhe Way, and the jury returned a verdict of Ao-
-Iki. p
%0;d th4llltYs who appeared for Mr. Edwards, in-
e Court that the prosecution was originally
top, "all by the Medical Protection Society, which was
-elutlet, thesecretary having absconded. Mr.
.0 am..
.as
avoi4d‘' advised by the officers. of that society
Sting 0, the consequences of this pros( cation by
lwa ban e country, but being conscious of
thiins
tiue 2,eeet', eer he indignantly refused even to enter a
;11 thu'io7:{!")a, and medical men of the highest standing
;;° his% -8-'ssion were in attendance to bear testimony
e reetubility and hitherto unimpeachable repute-
-1 11 e
chlireecl. Gull then ordered Mr. Edwards to be dis•

NEW_ COURT.
jan e , (Before the RECORDR.)f
Of _ ou,d was indicted for stealintr, ro the house
ptiraarY 13a11, lodging-house keeper,sunfdWrymoolwich, two
of of trowsers, two waistcoats. and other pieces
tl,4oarlog apparel, together with 308. in money.
titi:!..al the evidence it appeared that on the day in
snr,:ion the prisoner
.came to the house of Mrs. Ball and
,0):,,,ed a bked-ro _aywthich she occupied that night.
o'cloe next d not having come down tatters,
• Ball went up to awake her, and found her sitting
tthe room fully dressed. She said she was unable to
31 for the room, and it was arranged that she should
k„te a bundle which she had with her while she wert
114 fetched the money. After she had been absent some
Mrs.t me
D apparelD belonging to herself, which had
e" Wearing a Previously placed in • a set of drawers in the room
11
leh the prisoner had occupied. On examining the
Itir We"
It was found that their locks had been forced.
Ihntrestion was given to the police, and the prisoner
tot aPPrehended. On being searched a shift and petti-
tits t bet
unglng to the prose cutrix were found on her,
"
shift ben folded up as a bundleg.
meiary returned a verdict of Guilty.
intenee deferred.
ttelYriLAßY. Henry Winkletop, John Webb, and John
btu ye
3 were indicted for a burglary in the
11,04 hef a Person named Wilkie, in Spring-place, Wands-
riead, and stealing therefrom property to the
it of between 31. and 41.
41(41 aPPeared that on the night of the 2d of theda presentvarey
ot th the prosecutor's house was entered, and
away.it
pliProlaPerty, sheets and other things, were taken
threet Pert morning of the 3d the discovered the
:Wande-
Ws--esoners sitting on a heap of sand in the
got h-t9491t and directly they saw the police they
41:1d ran away, a policeman in plain
t°o tuelothe6,ilniloWing; them, but could not overtaked them.which
n
et It'ne took to thc station house, but rep acedg
the tiimt' 6ePing watch. Between eight and nine °c', clt
andVe„ Prisoners came to the sand-bank, when Webb
Petty tioeumP anied by Winkletop, took off the pro-
were then followed by the police,
and
Pos,,aa.itirlaately into custody with the property in their
The".
Pr"leeutor identified the property, found on the
i.S as
Ills
130e'u said he. had found the property in the sand
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ttilh(ll t4ther two prisoners denied any knowledge of
c'ttiv %FY, and said they had been casually passing
The ya,iter Webb had found the property.
The ,cteoRDER ummed up, and,
t°4 Jury found Webb and Wells Guilty of thet
a,tid Winkletop with receiving the proper
t-e othWing it to isk, stolen, and also with harbouring
I,i' two prisoners.
141Prit .4teoaDEß sentenced Webb to eighteen months'
It'Pria°lll3"ot Ilnd hard labour; Wells to twelve months'sx
111%t1-I°,!lr4ot and hard labour, and Winkletop to
" imprisonment and hard labour.

4ppt
IVI-bre4TION FOR A WRIT OF PRzEII,I.U.
ti At AGAINST LORD J. RUSSEL' e
tilc ye.terday Nir.Benjawin ilis, som
b °dui% c accretary to the Society. fur Bettering the
re th °I the Agricultural Labouring Poor, attended
t°}ll°*l g'%44thafY aiderman of this court to ,makek the
-lelbsnr-i"Rula; lication:—He wished to
tee" it 44,°41 John'Russell, as a Minister, who nhad
ei4vire,ged by the nation at large for abandoning
P,ce,7,,,,• tights of the people, and for being. guiltyanyof
one
/vi illou"tre' could be proceeded against. by_
1°4,4Y, tbc, rfeviously. obtaining the sarttou
er,),„ "ace being especially againstptohte rightshe-r ao-f
Sir
tic% a"" Llurie said he could not make the justice-
he vc,;lLehicie for the agitation of political subjects.
4
er •stti tied to be saii,.fied upon a point of political
steel
,`)113 a police-court was not the proper place to
k
uttory: wills said that similar questions had been answered
her; ccu. the bench, and he simply wanted to know
tit and how the proceedings for obtaining the
•(4 Pr • initiated?
Sir eclat/etre should be
tlaeb r Laurie said he should not venture to answer
I,llct.abli,e'tion; but if his legal adviser at his elbow
ot to volunteer any legal advice upon the met-
% 4,ern 4
Li:tight do ao; but as long as he (Sir Peter) teas
tive:f""ch, no answer to such an inquiry should be
Th from it.
f
ill 5 e chi ef clerk remained perfc-ctly silent, and Mr
folded up his papers and left the court.
TR

11°4rj4; "nOUS FXPLoSION OF GAS.—At an early
4'llnit's morning the- inhabitants in Pall• mall had their
b,roken 10 a rather alarming and extraordinary
r"vll:::w_hr er'
.:-:,_l3;l.gsoumpe unexplained cause the gas in one of the
.ePort, t le" run along Pall• mall blew up with a tremendous
the street, and spreading confusion in
Jtlrtesd'i ect ion. Great dame has been done to several
Joint the Street the premises occupied by the Lonucn
liilZ(l2haviknnk, and' others in that immediate neighbour-
s l,, 8 car.ceiy one whole pane of glass in their win-
b'Peiu tcue baukirw-house seemed to have
if its
most
-44 13Q: 811Gek, an nit looks this morning as if its windows
iPerseveringl lted with ston,:s all night. The
tiot the accident at Pe
a mystery. It ILA
athsriot v7trilsaesa;tainine-.4 NvhePtrheysernatnryemonaeinhsas h en injured, but,
nged
witil the morning, and before the street became
lon of Pedestrians it is to be hoped that the demo-
Clcit .the windows .
°llieleci. is all the damage worthy of being