The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

THIS DAYS NEWS

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS

(THIS DAY )
The first September session for the year 1844 was
held this day at Hicks's Hall, Clerkenwell-green, before
Mr. Walesby, as Chairman, and a full bench of Magis-
trates.

The names of 96 prisoners appeared in the calander,
of whom 62 were charged with felony, and 34 with
various misdemeanours. Two of the charges in the list
were rather singular, one being a joint indictment
against ten women for an assault upon one man, and the
other was a similar indictment, charging six other
women with a violent attack upon another unlucky
wight of the rougher (?) sex, who had excited their ire.
The Grand Jury having been sworn, the Learned
Chairman delivered to them a brief and routine address.

A PALTRY CHARGE.--A very old man, named John
Daniel Lamber, was indicted for stealing 16 bricks, the
property of Messrs. Knight, builders.
It appeared that the prosecutors had been engaged in
repairing the wall of the Stepney churchyard, through
which ran a public path, and a few old bricks which had
been taken out of the old wall were lying scattered both
in and without the churchyard. The prisoner was pas-
sing along with his horse and cart, upon which his name
was written in large letters, when he took up three of
those broken bricks and threw them into his cart. He
was immediately given into custody by the prosecutor,
and kept in prison until this day.
A number of most respectable tradesmen and shop-
keepers gave the prisoner the highest character for
honesty and honour.
The jury, without the slightest hesitation, returned a
verdict of " Not Guilty," to the evident satisfaction of a
very crowdedcourt.
Several cases of picking pockets were disposed of, most
of which had occurred during Chiswick Fair.
William Bormeghd, aged 16, was convicted of stealing
a handkerchief, valued at 3d., from the person of Mr. T.
Day, at Chiswick.
The Learned CHAIRMAN having been informed that
the prisoner had been several times before convicted,
sentenced him to seven years' transportation, telling him
at the same time that he would be sent to Parkhurst. 1

GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.)
John and George Axtell, brothers, residing in Roll's-
buildings, Fetter-lane, of the respective ages of sixteen
and fourteen, were placed at the bar, for re-examination,
charged with having stolen from the chambers of Mr.
Edward Harvey, Barnard's Inn, Holborn, a large quan-
tity of wearing apparel, plate, and other articles. On
Wednesday last, in the absence of the complainant,
the younger prisoner who bad formerly been in
his employ as page, went to the chambers, broke
open the door, and carried away everything he could
lay hands on, the bulk of the property consisting of
books, jewellery, and plate. A gentleman of the same
inn observed him carrying the box away, and when Mr.
Harvey returned in the afternoon he was informed of the
circumstance. Mr. Harvey immediately procured the
assistance of a police-officer, and eventually the property
was traced to No. 15, Clifford's Inn, where the elder pri-
soner was engaged as clerk to the occupier. Both pri-
soners were taken into custody, and on the person of the
elder was found a valuable diamond, which the complai-
nant identified.

Sir J. KET regretted to see two lads, respectable in
appearance, in the felons' dock ; but for the ends of jus-
tice, and the protection of the public, it would be his
duty to commit them for trial.
The prisoners, who seemed to feel deeply the degrad-
ing position in which they had placed themselves, were
then removed to the lock-up cells.

UNION-HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Sykes was charged before Mr. Traill with
stealing a coral necklace from Eliza Curtis, a child four
years of age. It appeared that the child on quitting
school the preceding day, in passing along Red Lion-
street was stopped by the prisoner, who began to put
various frivolous questions to her. He availed himself
of the opportunity when he thought they were unob-
served, and in a moment he unclasped a coral necklace
from the child's neck and immediately ran away. The
prisoner escaped at the time, but on tendering the article
in pledge, the day afterwards, it was suspected he had
stolen it, and being given into custody, was subsequently
identified as having taken the necklace, by a little boy
who happened to be present when the offence was com-
mittee. _ . .

_______.
The prisoner denied the charge, and declared he had
purchased the necklace of a young man in the Red Lion
public-house, but that he could give no information as
to who or what he was. . _ _

The prisoner's father said that his son was in constant
employ ; that he believed his assertion with respect to
his having purchased the necklace ; and he declared that
it was the first time in his life that ever a key was turned
upon his son.
Mr. TRAILL said that he believed the evidence of the
little boy who witnessed the transaction ; but that he
should remand the prisoner until further inquiries were
made, as robberies of the above description were of a very
aggravated nature.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
John Mead was charged with violently assaulting
Harriet Barton, a mild-looking girl, residing in Is-
lington.
On the previous day the prosecutor was passing along
the Britannia-fields, when the prisoner threw clay over
her. Having soiled her dress very much, the girl be-
came incensed at his conduct, and remonstrated with
him in strong language. The prisoner immediately
rushed upon her, knocked her down, and when she got
up again struck her a violent blow on the left eye.
The prisoner did not deny the assault, but said he
was only " larking" in the first instance.
Mr. BINGTIA3I asked him if he would make any com-
pensation for the injury
.he had done to the young wo-
man ? Prisoner—l'll give her something.
Mr. BINGHAM-Will you give her 3/. ? Prisoner—
laced, I can't do so.

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Mr. BINGHAM—Then you must pay a fine of 51, or go
to prison for a month.—He was locked up.

We have to acknowledge the receipt of an extra-
ordinary edition of The Sun, of Wednesday, containing
a lengthened and admirable report of the proceedings in
the House of Lords on that day, and of the triumphant
issue. This, again, is but the last of many similar
favours derived from the same source, for which we, and
our Irish contemporaries generally, must feel bound to
be sincerely grateful.— Wexford Independent.
The Sun of Wednesday evening, in a late edition,
brings the gratifying news that the House of Lords
have, by a majority, reversed the judgment in the case
of O'Connell and his fellow-prisoners. Great must be
the joy among the Liberals in Ireland at this somewhat
unexpected event, and a corresponding degree of de-
spondency must have seized the virulent Orange faction.
—Aberdeen Herald.
The Sun, in a late edition, has a report of the pro-
ceedings that took place on Wednesday in the House of
Lords, occupying nearly eleven columns. The transfer
to our columns of such a mass of matter, at so late an
hour, of course is quite out of the question ; and, inte-
resting as it doubtless is in its integrity, we can do
no more than adopt the condensed account of our other
evening Contemporaries, curtailing even that consider-
ably, but, at the same time, giving quite enough to indi-
cate every point that is important to the general reader.
Welshnian.
0 CONNELL'S LIBERATION.-The Sun evening paper
of Wednesday contains the important intelligence, that
in the House of Lords the judgment of the Court of
Queen's Bench in Ireland had been reversed, Lords
Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell, voting for re-
versing the judgment, and the Lord Chancellor and
Lord Brougham for affirming it. Several lay Lords
expressed their wish to vote.—Dundee Advertiser (second
edition).

A serious accident occurred this morning, between
ten and eleven, to a Mr. Bennett, of 54, Vauxhall-walk,
while driving a friend and two ladies in a four-wheel
carriage. After passing
over Westminster-bridge from
the Surrey side, the horse, it appears, which Mr. Ben-
nett was driving, shied at something en the road, and
started off at full speed down Bridge-street ; in taking
a sudden turn from which towards the Houses of Parlia-
ment, the near wheel caught the kerb-stone, and threw
the carriage over with frightful velocity upon the newly
macadamised road. The whole party were carried away
in an insensible state to the Westminster Hospital, and
received immediate attention from the surgeon. Upon
inquiry there we learned that Mr. Bennett's collar-bone
was broken, and his body very severely bruised. The
two ladies presented an alarming appearance, being
dreadfully cut about their beads and faces, through
coming in contact with the loose stones ; it was for
some time thought that the youngest of the ladies was
dead, but we have since been informed that, although
in a dangerous state, yet she has partially recovered. The
horse was ultimately stopped without further mischief.