The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-27 00:00:00

Judge PALL intimated that the gentlemen must come to a
conclusion on the case as it wds then before them. _ .

At the adjournment of the Court, the jury, not having
agreed, were locked up.
At ten o'clock at night the jury again came out, and the
foreman said there was not tie least hope of Their coming to
an agreement if they remained in for a month.
Judge BALL—It is not in my power to discharge you.
Foreman—l am sure your Lordship would not wish us to
be coerced into finding a verdict.
Judge BALL—I do not wish any such thing, but the law
coerces me.
Foreman—At previous assizes I have known the judges
to discharge a jury after they had been locked up for a night.
Judge BALL—WeII, gentlemen, I am now obliged to tell
you what I was not anxious to mention sooner, that just
before the circuit the Judges met, and came to the determi-
nation that whatever the practice may have been in parti-
cular instances hitherto, they were not warranted in dis-
charging a jury, morely because that, after being in for a
considerable time, they were not then enabled to agree.
Upon looking more accurately into the law, they have come
to the determination that it was not within the power of the
Judges, merely because for a considerable time there is no
apparent prospect of a jury agreeing, that they may be dis-
charged. That decision having been come to, and acting
upon the rule so laid down, it is not within the compass of
my power to transgress the law. lam sorry to subject you
to any inconvenience, but I am bound to administer the law
under the solemn sanction of an oath.
Mr. Young, one of the jurors, stated that he was very ill
during the day, and further confinement would be dangerous.
Judge BALL—That is quite a different matter, and 1 shall
send in a medical gentleman to examine you. •
Dr. Quin than retired into the room with Mr. Young, and on
his returning, having been sworn, deposed that to keep
Mr. Young until Monday morning would be attended, most
probably, with dangerous consequences to his health.
March 23.
The jury were called out after Judge Ball had taken his
seat, and his Lordship inquired if they had agreed ?
The foreman intimated that they had not, nor was there
the least hope of their doing so.
Judge BALL observed, that very often those who were
quite as clear as to their not being able to agree, after
deliberation, were enabled to return a verdict.
The foreman—There is not the least hope here.
Judge BALL—Then, I have only to request of you to return
to your jury-box.
The foreman said, lie was • treasurer of the Savings' Bank,
and the public would be very seriously inconvenienced if he
had to remain in all day.
Judge BALL—I am very sorry for it ; but you have here a
more paramount duty to discharge, and I regret to say it is
not in my power to discharge you.
The jury intimated that they had long since agreed as to
the verdict to be given with respect to one of the prisoners.
Judge BALL said he did not see any objection to taking
their finding in the case in which they had agreed, and dis-
charging them as to the other.
Mr. Sausse remarked there could be none.
Mr. Hassard, who was present, made no observation.
The jury gave no finding as to Jeremiah Leary, but returned
a verdict of guilty against John Cooke.
The scene at this moment was very impressive, and, amid
the utmost stillness, the Clerk of the Crown asked the pri-
soner what he had to say why sentence of death and execu-
tion should not be passed against him.
The young man bent over the bar for a moment, as if con-
vulsed with grief, but then became quiet, and merely said,
" I am not guilty."
Judge BALL, addressing the prisoner, said he had been
found guilty of an offence of the deepest dye, after a long
and anxious deliberation by the jury.. He had been found
guilty of the barbarous murder of an innocent and unoffend-
ing man, and upon evidence which showed that he had ex-
ercised a degree of savage ferocity at which human nature
shuddered. Under all the circumstances no hope could be
held out to him of a remission of the penalty which the
law awarded to his offence. His companion in guilt had
already expiated his crime by an ignominious death, and for
the short time the prisoner had to live, he ought to pass it in
sueh a manner as to appear in the presence of his Maker, im-
ploring that pardon which the law denied him here. His
Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to be hanged on a
future day to be named.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MARLBOROUGH-STREET
Very considerable excitement was caused in the immediate
neighbourhood of this Court, and a vast crowd of persons
assembled in front of the office, in consequence of its being
known that the examination of a set of gamblers would take
place. It appears that the capture of them was not effected
without much tact and stratagem. Mr. Superintendent
Baker of the C division, accompanied by a strong body of
the police, proceeded last evening between eight and nine
o'clock, and, in pursuance of an order from the Commis-
sioners, effected an entrance into the house No. 16,the corner
of Leicester-place and Leicester-square, where, after much
difficulty and confusion, they succeeded iu taking into cus-
tody twenty-eight persons, amongst them the owner of the
premises, and three persons aiding and assisting him in the
conducting and management of the house. They also seized the
bank, amounting to about 111., a roulette table, hazard ditto,
535 bone counters, seven money rakes, three bank boxes,
and various other gambling implements. The house has
long been an intolerant nuisance to the neighbourhood.
John Harlowe, John Lang, Louis Bernard, a Frenchman, and
Luke Brown, were first placed at the bar; Harlowe being
charged as the owner and keeper of the house, and the others
with aiding, assisting. &c. Harlowe was defended by a gen-
tleman from the office of Mr. Flower of Hatton-gardon.
Harlowe at present stands indicted at the Middlesex Ses-
sions for a similar offence. The charges were conclusively
proved against the defendants by Mr. Horsford, the principal
officer of the Mendicity Society, who was expressly em-
ployed by the Police Commissioners on the occasion, and
who on a previous evening obtained admission into the
house in disguise, and was consequently enabled to establish
against each of the plaintiffs the particular acts which he
witnessed, while the play was proceeding, during the time
he remained in the house. Harlowe was tined 50/., or three
months' imprisonment in Westminster Bridewell and hard
labour. The others were amerced in 25/. each, or six weeks'
Imprisonment.
Some of the remaining defendants, charged with having
been found in the house without lawful excuse, were fined
405., or fourteen days' imprisonment, and the rest were
discharged.
The fine imposed on Harlowe was immediately paid, as
were also several of the others in the course of the day,
About a fourth of the whole number, not being able to mus-
ter the amount required, were sent to gaol in pursuance of
their sentence.