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and
25. 6d., and ai on twenty previous occasions he had
given similar „esof fire, the presumption was
that he had set fire to the pt., raises fur the saltu ot these
gra+ uitit s.
Several witnesses were caller], whose evidence bore out
the statement of the Learned Counsel.
nilesiesse s,
Mr. PAYNE contended, on behalf of the prisoner, that,
t
therettm b
as
o:iintentiono intention to injure the owner 1 the pre-
f object of the prisoner being to get the
given
ihe turncocle and the fire brigade, there
Was no proof of incendtaxisin under the statute, which re-
quired there should be some intent aoninst the person
nooseW Property was destroyed. He also contended that
evidence heel been adduced which could positively fix
the prisoner as the person who set fire to the building.
Th •
ere might be a stront, case of suspicion against him;
but he had not been seen nearer the building than fifteen
yards, even if the evidence of the footmarks were ad-
113,tted; mud it was possible that half adi zen parties
ght have been engaged in the transaction, so extremely
inconclusive was the evidence.
Mr.
.Justice EaLE having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict if Guilty.
There was another indictment :against the prisoner,
. but as the evidence in support if it was not complete,
Ur Ballantine agreeil to a verdict of acquittal.
The sentence of the Court upon the prisoner was de-
ferred.

.NE 11' COURT.
(Btfore the liEcotama and Mr. Alderman FINNIS )
THE CASE OF EM MA SANDERSON.—Among the pi-
sdetithrOaaUrnrieu d i
a With
so era
who appeared in the dock at the sittiug of the
for arraignment was kmma Sanderson, who is
iotthl. the wilful murder of her infant child by
The prisoner, who was supported in the
t ock by her husband, appeared in a most weak and dis-
ressing state, and totally unconscious of what was going
on about her.
Mr. Aillurdo, the surgeon of Newgate, and other me-
enti gentle. men, gave evidence to the effect that the pH-
`r "5 insane, and totally incapable of pleading t o
the indictment.
Under these circumstances she was not called upon
I),Y the Court to plead, but ordered to be imprisoned
during her Majesty's pleasure.
IS her readers will doubtless recollect that the prisoner
wife of a most respectable man who is th 4 fore-
-141,1111 of a large boot and shoe warehouse in the City.
children
nrisoner and her husband lived most happily
e
togetherch in Napier-street, Hoxton; she had had three
by him, and the one she had strangled, who
" about six weeks old, had some mark upon it which
distressed her greatly, and she had been often heard to
dait would be hooted out of the parish. One
Y she sent the servant out, and upon her return she
found the child with a cord round its throat, dead upon
the bed, and the prisoner attempting to strangle herself.
iSarah _Davis, 37, a widow, pleaded Guilty to an in-
snd dctnient charging her with stealing a shirt, one gown,
other
mer,
aarsttiecrl,es, the property of Charles Benson Jack-
and was sentenced to six months' impri-
onment and hard labour.
Henrywith Wilson, 17, and John Feary, 16, were indicted
stealing a coat, a pccket-book, and a 10/. Bank of
ju_gland tn•te, the property of Thomas Gardner, and
c.letes
- ebb, 29, and William Graston, 26, were indicted
with feloniously receiving the coat, note, and pocket-
utk, well knowing them to be stolen.
The jury convicted all the prisoners, and
The RECORDER sentenced Feary, Wilson, and Gras-
!?ll to Six months'
imprisonment and hard labour, and
Webb to seven years' transportation.

THIRD COURT.
.;) (Before the Common-Sergeant BuLLoca.)
'APE.—Robert Sheiks, a youth 17 years of age, was
indicted fora rape on the person of Elizabeth Munday,
a child between 11 and 12 years. The facts are totally
"fit for publication.
The jury Acquitt:d the prisoner.

MANSION-HOUSE—(THIS DAY.)
T, THE LATE DARING ROBBERL—An old vagrant,
k--.ain i
ed Junes Brown, described as 50 years of age, well
eewn n the metropolis as a " sneaks„ was placed at the
bar before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, on the charge of being
I,concerned in the extraordinary robbery of the General
ust-oftiee letters at the corner of Gracechurch-street
Monday morning.
Mr. Peacock, the solicitor to the General Post-office,
attended to prosecute.
I!!Mr. Inspector Fosberry, of the City police, stated that
a little after six o'clock last night he was in
'lshcPsgate-street, when the prisoner addressed him and
`fated that ho wished to give himself into custody,
leasesas the person who stole the blue bag, containing
r, on Monday morning, at the shop of Messrs.
Maine and Reed, at the corner of Leadenhall•street. He
saw the bag lying on the sill of the door. It was an
oldish-looking bag, and he crossed over the road to it.
Re passed the door two or three times, and thinking
It contained old boots and shoes, and seeing nobody in
charge of it, he took it up and crossed over to the London
Tavern, down Threadneedle-Street into Broad-street,
down behind the back of the Bank into Moorgate-
atreet, and along to the Finsbury-circus. Ho had
part of an old black bag, which he put over
it. He then went into Long-alley, into a court
there, and then into a privy, when he opened
the bag, and he found it contained letters. He
opened a few of them, and found that souse of them
contained halves of notes. One had 22 postage stamps
in it, and another some mustard. Finding what they
contained he became alarmed, wrapped them up in the
black bag, and wandered about all day. In the City-
'St cad he picked up a stone, which he put in the bag, and
night to went to London-bridge and threw it into the
tIVQC. At two o'clock this morning witness went with
the Prisoner to the bridge, and he pointed out the second
reheeerse be
s en the right (west) side of the bridge as the spot
Ithrew the bag over. Prisoner added, " After
threw it over I asked a man who was passing
over
the
)1144 bridge to take me into custody for com-
Io
At
a robbery, but the man refused, and went
110 e station-house At the the prisoner was searched.
*8.3 asked what he bad about him, and he pulled
from his„ pocket the half of a 101. note, No. 74,168, date
knwebruary, 1848. Prisoner said that he did not
;°W that he had it about him, but there were so
cease from one of the letters. Twopence was found
"Pea him.
„Mr. Alderman GlBBS—Where have you been living?
tt‘y do you get your livelihood? Prisoner—l do nothing.
dlr. Alderman Ginus—Well, what answer have you
r:t3tr.the charge. Prisoner (coolly)—I have got nothing
Alderman GIBBS—Then you are remanded till Thurs-
day next.
no

W-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
11,/31 aged man, respectably dressed, was placed at the
ka-tte before with robbing
Mr. Hall, charged on suspicion
ssrs. Hoares the bankers, of Fleet-street, of a gallon
Of sperm oil.
'
th roto the evidence of several witnesses it appeared
last" the prisoner was seen very drunk in "Broad-street
ieabl
evening, carrying a large bottle, which a police-con-
Ze thought contained unadulterated spirit. He con-
oqueutly stopped him, and examined the bottle, which
lit id that ed upwards of a gallon of pure sperm oil. He
the lamp-trimmer at Messrs. bares had given
61° "iu3. The story appearing to be an unlikely one,
;AA:tecl at the
!ins removed to the station. Upon inquiries being
bank, the lamp-trimmer denied that he had
to arligiven him any oil, but, on the contrary, had refused.e
pas; him to loiter about the premises for some time
shirt Re had been a hanger-on at the batik for the last
Pas-a.itY Years, being engaged to run messages, clean the
Recess Res, and such like trifling matters. He had at times
‘,ll to the oil-room, and a key was found upon him
kelch °Ptned the oil-room door. The under lamp-trim-
-Bbor distiactly denied ever having given him any oil, but
this there seemed to hang a doubt.
dout: HALL said that the lamp-trimmer would, no
toLth,'' now discover that there had been a very rapid
loo:',.luPtion of oil; and he also believed that the pri-
it give`as telling the truth when he said that he had had
w,;i to him by those in command of the oil. He
the ankhowever, remand him, in order to ascertain what
thought about the matter.
Monday°° prisoner said nothing, and was remanded to
next.
SP

ORTIN G INTELLIGENCE.
Ersou EPSOM SPRING MEETING.
are the trriv ' " EbNESDAY NIGHT.—The following
3 to six o'clock:—
tpso FOR THE FLIT RACES.
east in Trial Stakes—Knight of Gwynne, Borneo,
han* and br c by Sir Hercules out of Dark Susan.
Vell;`,"'Year-old Stakes—Edward of York, ch c by
a,el3,—ue Robinson, of Lady Geraldine, lanthe, Buckhound,
T,„
Great Metropolitan Stakes—Black Eagle, Baby,
)4,'lssa, Snowstorm, Quiver, Ellerslie, Backbiter, Eva,
pecituiseer Ada Mary, Puffy, Lammermoor, Sir Gilbert,
ill DOQ, Juggler, Lepidus, Damark, Sister to
and Cheerful,
Valentine.
Stakes—Salute, Heroine, Sam Hood, Radui-
VI% y
Franciscan, eh c by Gladiator out of Khorassan's
Vice, Peasant Girl.
tlitrey Hunt Stakes—Clairvoyance, ch g by Epirus,
to 137D'Egville, the Juggler, Christians, Master Mur-
Nipper, 41iss Diligence, Peasant Girl.
everal others expected.
STEEPLECHASES, &C.
to The Great Metropolitan Steeplechase—British Yeo-
,:n, Sir Peter Laurie, Proceed, Fugitive, Rachel, Thur-
w.rt°ll) Leo, The Thrush, Skim, and Molly.
4k,ristocratic Steeplechiue—Leo and b g by Laurel.
le he Surrey Hutt Steeplechase—Zunga, Molly, and
ruit.
liThhne Scramble Steeplechase—Morris Da!ey, Outcast,
et-'rt Lacy, Cerberus. A great many others en route.
' LATEST BETTING.

to 4 METROPOLITAN UANDICAP.
10 t agst Cheerful
12 t°„ll4st Itsb y
t!agbt Ada Mar 25 to 1 agst Snowstorm
16 - 1 a 30 to 1 agst Ellerslie
30 to 1 agst Eva
16 4 1 y
to agst Mounseer 30 to 1 agst Lepidus
IG 1 agst Black Eagle 30 to 1 agst Lammermoor
25 to 1 agst Backbiter
1 agat Sir Gilbert 33 to 1 agst Juggler
33 to 1 agst Sis. to Pillage