The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-17 00:00:00

CF,NTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

Sarah Simons, 19, was indicted far t!ellin a purse,
containing spree silver, the property or Math Byron.
Mr. Wooll,tt we.s r the defence.

It appeared that the prosecux, who is an actress,
was riding in an crirtilous on the eay nulled in the in-
dictment, when the prisoner took her seat by her, and
soon afterwards she felt her hand in her pocket, She
was too much frightened at thc moment to give any alarm,
but when she recovered herself she geve the prisoner in
charge to the conductor, and the purse was found upon
the floor of the omnibus close to the prisoner.
The jury retured a verdict of Guilt-
-; but as it ap-
peared that the prisoner was not known as the associate
of thieves, and had never before been in custody, she
was only sentenced to ba kept to hard labour for four
months, the Learned Recorder et the same time inform-
ing her, however, that if she ever appeared there again
upon a charge of felony she would certainly be trans-
portPd,
Mr. Ballantine, who was instructed for the prosecution
in an indictment preferred by the BA-on Von Sturez
azainst William Sobieski Kildahl for perjury, ap-
plied te the Court to postpone the trial te the next
session. The application was founded upon affidavits
stating that the Baron and his Lady, who were both ma-
terial witnesses, were seriously ill, and in quite an unfit
state to attend and give their evidence. Medical certi-
ficates to the same effect were also put in.
Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the defeniant, said,
he was not in a condition to resist such an application,
but before the postponement was finally decided upon
he should be glad to have an opportunity for some in-
quiries to be made.
The RECDRDER, thought that this was a reasonable
suggestion, and be . therefore directed that the trial
should at present only stand over till Wednesday.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
Patrick Reedie, aged 29, tailor, was indicted for a
burglary committed in June, 1849, and stealing pro-
perty of the value of 1201.
Mr. Cooper prosecuted, and Mr. O'Brien defended.
The facts of the case were these :—On the morning of
the 51h of June the premises of Mr. Weare, a linendraper
in the London-road, were broken into, and a quantity of
broadcloth, silk handkerchiefs, and linen. were stolen.
On the same evening four men were seen driving
a cab in the vicinity of the prosecutor's
house, and who, upon seeing the police, made cif,
the prisoner escaping altogether for the time. Upon
the police opening the cab they found the whole of the
property.
Police-constable Barry, 455 A, proved apprehending
the prisoner a short time back at Salford, near Manches-
ter, where it appeared he had been living for a long time,
wof king at his trade as a tailor.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Police-constable Rovoque, of the L divisicn, proved a
former conviction against the prisoner in April, 1848,
when he bad twelve months' imprisonment for a street
robtery.
The COMMON-SERGEANT sentenced him to ten year►'
transportation. _ _ _

A few other cases disposed of during the day were e
a wholly unimportant character.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

Yesterday John Doherty, who WAS remanded from
last Thursday, was again brought up for further exa-
mination before Sir Peter Laurie charged with uttering a
forged cheque
m for 72/. purporting to be signed by" Wm.
Harrison, one of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue,
with intent to defraud Messrs. Gosling and Sharpe, ban-
kers, Fleet-street.

Mr. Mations, of the firm of Bush and Mullens, solicl

tors to the Society for the Protection of Bankers, Mer
chants, and others from fraud and forgery, attended for the
prosecution, and stated that he had made icquirik s as to
the truth of the statement first made by the prisoner on
being taken into custody, and found them perf.ctly cor-
rect, even in the most minute particular. Under these
circumstances, and believing that prisoner was only a
tool of a third party, he attended fur the purpose of re-
questing the prisoner's discharge.
Sir P. LAURIE said that before discharging the pri-
soner he should like to have some evidence to justify
him in coming to that conclusion.
Mr. Charles Augustus Hall, of S'. John's-wood, was
then called, and stated that he had known the prisoner
for some considerable time, and hod always found him
a very trustworthy person. Prisoner had been in the
employ of witness's brother, who was an auctioneer and
kept a register for servants, in Upper George-street,
Portman-square, up to the time,he was taken into custody.
On that day he showed the cheque to witness, who ad-
vised him to give information at the police-station' which
he accordingly did; but circumstances afterwards in-
duced him to present it for payment.
Sir PETER LAURIE said he was satisfied that prisoner
bad been placed in his present position in consequence
of his too readily crediting a stranger's tale. Taking
everything into consideration, he would therefore dis-
charge him.
The prisoner was then discbarg. d.
Alfred Johnson was charged with being disorderly in
the East London Union,
James Clift, one of the officers of that establishment,
said that the prisoner was a constant apvlicant for relief,
and that although be had been in tho house belonging
to the union several days, he bad refused to do the
work allotted to him. He became so violent that it aas
deemed requisite to send for an officer, but in the mean-
time he assaulted witness and every one who attempted
to interfere with his amusements.

Sir PETER LAURIE thought there must be some mis•
management in the union to give rise t such conduct.
It seemed strange to him that there should be so many
complaints from the City unions every time he occupied
the bench at this court, while in Marylebnre pariah,
where they had about 1,400 paupers in the house, they
seldom had a complaint of any kind.
The Chief Clerk here informed the Alderman that the
unions in the City were literally besieged by shoals of
the most violent and desperate Irish, who had located
themselves in various parts of the City.
Sir P. LAURIE said he would give the prisoner an op-
portunity of trying a new punishment, and send him for
one month to the House of Correction, with hard labour
at the crank.
CAUTION TO PUBLISHERS.—James Gilbert, bookseller
and publisher, of 49, Paternoster-row, was summoned
before the sitting alderman of this court to answer an
information laid against him by Antonio Panizzi, Esq.,
on behalf of the trustees of the British Museum, " for
that he on the 25th of October in the present year did
publish, or caused to be published, a certain map called
Gilbert's New Map of the World,' and that although
more than one calendar month had elapsed since the
publication of the said map, he (James Gilbert) had un-
lawfully neglected to deliver a printed copy of the said
map at the British Museum, whereby he had rendered
himself liable to a flue of 51."
Mr. Hodges appeared in the absence of Mr. Bodkin,
who was originally instructed, to provente.
The Learned COUNSEL, in opening the case, said, as
he was instructed, the case was one cf acme public im-
portance. By an Act passed in the s:h and 6th Viet.,
entitled, " An Act to Amend the Laws of Copyright,"
it was provided that a copy of esery new publication
should be sent to the trustees of the British Museum,
and in the event of non-compliance with this provision
of the Act, the defaulter should be subject to a penalty
of not mere than 51. in addition to the price of the pub-
lication, and all costs attending the recovery of the
same. He was not, however, instructed to press for the
fall penalty in this particular ea=t, but in consequence ,
of the great difficulty experienced by the trustees of the
itnhegLektettinrgeferred to in the information,
mtny publishers to comply
wßirtihtistlahaMt
puasretumoi
they had found it necessary to mke an example, and the
present proceedings were accordingly imtituted against
the defendant.

A witness was then called, who pri,ved the purehase
of a copy of the map in question at Mr. Gil! crt.'s, Pater-
noster-row, end further stated that he particularly
asked for " Gilbert's New Map of the World." The
cupy he produced stv,sgiven to him, and he paid 31. fcr
it, that being the publidTig pric, marked on it.
Mr. John Collier Knight said he held an appoint-
ment in the print room, under the trustees of the British
Museum. He regularly kept a register of all the books
and publications which were forwarded by publishers to
the print room. lie always gave a re.itipt in return,
and if defendant had sent a copy of the map he (de-
fendant) would be able to producr, a receipt for the same.
There was no entry in the register of any such copy
having been delivered at the Museum. If it had been
sent the books would have shown it.

Deceridant contended thst the map produced was not
a new publication, but only a re-issue, as the map had
been published about 18 years ago, and was then his
property; but that since that period he bad sold his in-
terest in it to the engraver, and he was only publishing
it fora third party. In the first instance a copy was sent
to the British Museum.

Mr. Alderman HumrarrtY said that the defence set
did not refute the charge, as the very insertion if that
small word " now" rendered the re•issue a new publi-
cation, and he would therefore convict him in the miti-
gated penalty of 10s. and costs, together with 35., the
price paid in the first instance for the map.

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The money was immediately paid into court.
Mr. Alderman fluiurum begged to acknowledge the
receipt of the fallowing letter and donation, addreaed to
him :—" I inclose you a draft for five guineas, to be em-
ployed in purchasing clothes and comforts for the ill-
used Jane Wilbred. (Signed) JOHN COLLETT, late M.P.
for Athletic." He had also received 2.3. 6d. from A. 8.,
to be applied to the same purpose.
BOW-STREET. _ _ _

ROBBERY BY ArOsT3ll7.;.—Yesterday John Stevens,
a letter-carrier employ, d at the post office of Woodford,
;n Essex, was brought before Mr. Hail, charged with
stealing a letter containing one half sovereign, a shil-
ling, r.rl a sixpence, the property of the Postmaster-
General.

Mr. Peacock, jun., attended to prosecute.
It appfaked from the evidence, that in conse (pence of
numerous compinints being made of money I,3tters not
arriving at their ec..tinati6n in the neighbourhood of
Woutkcrd, Mr. Sculthorv, one of the presidents of the
London district office, recoived instructions to take such
stops as would test the honesty of the perms employed
thc:e, and for that purpose ineleied, en the 13(h, the
coins in guLstion, which he had previously marked, in a

letter adiiirsed to Mr. Lewis Pord, be left at the
Sald,ineed Stag, Loughton.road, Escx, until called
t,sr, tidivered it to ?,I.r. Cole, an inspector of letter-
carrier by whom it 7' as posted. On Saturday laq they
proceeded-with Peak, the cow:table, to the post-office of
Woodford, where the prisoner a(tteitt...,d having assisted
in sorting the letters, but denied having seen ttTe mi .sing
letter, althoup,h the direction . was in his eclivery; and
upon being searched the marked money was found upon
hith 'Concealed in a tobacco•pouch, which he said he had
picker up three days before on going -his rounds. ,The
prisoner had Ailed the same situation. for seven years;