The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-11 00:00:00

'MIDDLES ;EX SESSIONS.
(Before t' a,3 Assistant Judge.)
terminated their labours this morn-
The grand iur7 bavin"
as.e, Abled in a body, before the Assistant
ing (Wednesdal),
pun
of being discharged in the usual manner.
Judge, for th.'
ie. sts!-oag terms, expressed for nimself and
The Foreman,
t:sesr sapprobation of being compelled to at-
.to i-cv quire into the very trifling charges pre-
tend etrhi3s Court,
peered against the vise eral prisoners committed for trial, and
presented the following 'resolution confirmatory of that opinion
The Grand Jury a re of opinion that they are quite unne-
cessary in the examinat ion of the cases that are tried before
this Court.
(Signed) " HENRY THORPE, Foreman."
A list of sixteen other '3 followed.
The Learned Assis•r.NT Ju DGE expressed his concurrence
in their view of the ce.se, s.nd said that the subject was at pre-
sent under- the consideratimi of the authorities.
Mary Ann Bland, aged 20, was indicted, charged with
stealing a purse and the sum of 53., the property of Mary
Barnes, on the 27th of August.
On the day in question the prisoner was observed by a po-
liceman to mike several attempts to pick the pockets of diffe-
rent ladies, wi.ilst looking in through the windows of various
shops in the vicinity of Leicester square. He eventually de-
tected her pick ing the pocket of the prosecutrix, who was
standing at the window of a shop in Sydney- alley, and found
the purse in herhand.
Mr. HoRRy elefended the prisoner, and urged upon the jury
the improbability there was in the statement of the policeman,
when, as he would show, that the prisoner was moving in a
respectable sphere of life, sooner,e wife of a respectable man,
who, together with the pr was engaged in the theatrical
prefession. The farm
other
the prisoner on the day in ques-
tion was sent by her mother on business to the aeighbourhood
the policeman had seen her, and had been, as well as other
ladies, looking through the shop-windows, and not out, as
stated by the policeman, with the intention of picking pockets,
.0 her circumstances were such as left her far beyond a neces-
sity to resort to such mean! of obtaining a living. And the
very day she was taken she and her husband were to have
been on their way to Dublin, to fulfil an engagement which
they had entered into at a theatre in that city; and had re-
cently concluded an engagement at one of the provincial
theatres, where they had been performing with considerable
lace ess.
An. Hall, the prisoner's mother, was then called to prove
the counsel's statement ; she deposed that her daughter had
been ,for some time engaged with her husband, Mr. Henry
Bland, in theatricals. Witness had sent her out on the day in
questicm on some business. Witness herself was a dress-
maker„ %siding in Windmill-street, Haymarket.
The jury found her Guilty.
The prisoner burst into a flood of tears, and earnestly be-
sought Isis Lordship not to transport her.
The ;lupus having read her a severe lecture, cautioned her
u to her future conduct; for if she appeared in that dock
again he would certainly send her out of the country. The
sentence of the Court was, that she be imprisoned for six
months, mu! be kept to hard labour.
Mr. Blitivd, the prisoner's husband, then entered the wit-
ness box, and requested his Lordship's permission to have an
interview w ills his wife as he was about to proceed to Birming-
ham in then turning.
The Learn ed Assistant-Judge granted the application.
Dennis Denny, 23, pleaded Guilty to an indictment, charg-
ing him with assaulting Charles Nicholas and others.
The prisoner had been a very disorderly character, and fre-
quent" convicted for similar offences. The present charge, it
will be remembers d by our readers, occurred a short time since
in Gray's :Inn-lane'; it was a most ferocious assault, and the
prisoner had offered considerable resistance before he could be
secured.
The CouRT sentenced him to twelve months' hops isonment
and hard labour.
Margaret Collins, 41, was indicted for stealing 60 yards of
diaper, value 403., the property of Wm. Early and otters.
Mr. O'Brien defended the prisoner.
A witness was called to prove the charge, but in crossexami-
nation by the Learned Counsel, he failed in proving the exist-
same of a third partner, the goods having been laid in the indict-
ment as the property of Early and others.
Acre. O'BRIEN then submitted to the Co
rti that the pri-
-
soner must be discharged upon the non-formlty in tn
dict ment.—The prisoner was consequently discharged.

SURREY SESSIONS.
Yosterday George Paul Fitt was indicted for defrauding
Lase Thomas Pearman'of sums amounting to 21. 12s. 6d.,
under various pretences, he at the same time acting as attorney
to tha t person.
Froi n the evidence of the prosecutor and his wife it appeared
that th eir son had been in the county gaol for some weeks pre-
vious tot he last Surrey assizes, on a felonious charge, and that
wishing to' have professional assistance on his behalf, they em-
ployed the defendant to act, and supplied him with money to
retain Mr. Charnock, the barrister. This occurred a few
weeks prey.'ous to the assizes. On a subsequent occasion he
proceeded to the prosecutor's residence at. Thames Ditton, and
informed hint that the charge against his son had assumed a
more serious .aspect than had been at first anticipated, and that,
in conseqnen co, Mr. Charnock had desired him to say that he
would require another Counsel to assist in conducting the de-
fence, as he csould not possibly talk and write against three,
who had been retained for the prosecution. The latter words
the defendant particularly ascribed to the Learned Counsel
mentioned. Owing to such representation the defendant
received the sum of two guineas, though at the time the
prosecutor and hie wife were suffering from great distress.
On another occasion the defendant said that he would require
the sum of 103. 6d. for drawing up a petition to a society
which be said was established for the purpose of assisting poor
prisoners, and which he was confident would award the sum of
101. on presentation of the said petition by Mr. Charnock. He
obtained the sum of 10s. 6d. under such pretence, and on
seeing the prosecutor and his wife a few days afterwards in-
formed them that the application was successful, and that he
would :receive the 101. at the termination of the trial. The
prosecu tor, however, soon found that there had been no troth
whatever in any of the defendant's statements.
Mr. elharnock, who sat in the barristers' box, was sworn,
and stated that he received a brief on the occasion of the last
Surrey essions on behalf of the prosecutor's son, with the
sum of on e guinea marked on it. He found that the bill sent
before the grand jury was ignored, and the matter ended so.
The brief Tossed through his clerk. He had no recollection of
ever seeing the defendant then at the bar at all on the subject ;
he certainly never told him that three counsel were engaged for
the prosecution, and that he would require another gentleman
to assist him ; and he (Mr. Charnock) did not believe that any
such society existed in the county as the one referred to.
The defendant addressed a few remarks to the jury, and as-
sured them that he bad acted properly throughout the trans-
action.
Some witnesses were examined, who gave him a good cha-
racter for honesty, &c.
The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty, and
The CHAIRMAN, in passing sentence, observed that, after
receiving the proper sum for conducting the defence of the
proscutor's son, the defendant thought proper, by gross misre-
presentations, to exact other amounts, which he was informed
were actually the proceeds of the sale of the poor man's very
bed. In justice to the class to which the prosecutor belonged,
as well as to the public in general, he would pass the commen-
surate sentence of twelve months' imprisonment in Brixton
House of Correction, with hard labour.
James Douglas Gordon and Robert Owen Walton were in-
dicted for obtaining two half-sovereigns from a Mrs. Jane Cal-
vert, of Ockley, Surrey, by means of false pretences.
The case came on for hearing the previous day, when a ver-
dict of Not Guilty was returned on the indictment preferred,
owing to some legal omission.
A second bill was sent before the grand jury, and a new in-
dictment preferred; but on the case coming on for hearing this
morning,
Mr. CHARNOCK, on the part of the prisoners, submitted
that the indictment was similar to the one preferred on the
previous day, and, consequerrly, that no further proceedings
could be legally adopted against the prisoners.
Mr. WALLINGER. was heard on the part of the prosecution,
and a discussion, which last d several hours, en•ned.
The COURT, however, overruled the objection.
It appeared that in August last, the prisoner Walton went
to the house of Mrs. Calvert, and being then dressed in livery,
represented .himself to be the servant of the Hon. and Rev.
J. E. Boscawon, and produced a letter, directed to Mrs.
Calvert, which recommended a supposed object of charity to
her consideration, and which was written as if coming from
Alm Boscawon. By means of this letter the prisoner Walton
obtained two half-sovereigns. On being taken into custody,
the livery was found in Gordon's possession, and he had else
been seen in \\Talton's company.
The Prisoners were found Guilty, and were each scntenced
to six months' imprisonment, with bard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
THE EXTENSIVE DEPREDATIONS By PORTERS ON THEIR
Este Love CS.— Edward Brazier and Joseph Hincks, porters,
late in the employ of Messrs. Fincham and Potts, wholesale
grocers, of Mart;nls-lane, Cannon-street ; and Robert Way-
wood, late in the employ of Messrs. Miller and Lococic, whole-
sale grocers, of Queen-street-place; and John Williams, a
retail grocer and tea-dealer of Whitmore-road, Hoxton, all of
wham were remanded from last Saturday, were all brought up
for re-examination before the Lord Mayor.
The three first-named prisoners were charged with having
jointly robbed Messrs. Fincham and Potts of a parcel contain-
ing about 161 b. of tea, and one of about 111 u. Williams was
charged with receiving the same, knowing it to be stolen.
All four prisoners were formerly in the employ of Messrs.
Finuham, &raft it would appear from the partial confessions of
some of the prisoners, that extensive and systematic plunder
has long been carried on, but it is only within these three weeks
that the deficiency of an unaccountable nature in the stock of
Messrs. Fincham induced the latter gentleman to consult Mr.
Inspector Waller, of the Cdv police force, who directed
Russell and Cumbs, two of the detective, to keep a
width on the premises ; but it was not till Friday last that
they succeeded in discovering Williams in the act of placing
' the stolen property in a cart, which, with smaller parcels not
identified. as also the horse and cart, were taken possession of,
and the four 1 ris Priers captured and conveyed to the police-
sta ion.
Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, appeared on this occasion for the
prosecution ; Mr. Humphreys, as solicitor for Brazier, Mr.
Hobler for Hincks, and Mr. Pelham, for Williams.
• The whole of the evidence was read over which was taken
on the former occasion. The chief additional evidence was
given by Mr. John Potts, of the firm of Fincham and Potts.
'}'hat gentleman stated that himself, Mr. Locock, and Mr.
Young, the solicitor, went on the previous day to Giltspur-
street Compter, where Way wood, without any inducement
being held out to him, confessed that about half-past seven
o'clock on the morning of Friday last he called upon Hincks at
Mesoes Fincham's warehouse, and asked him ( Hincks) to
" put a little up," who accordingly weighed up the large bag
of about sixteen pounds weight, which was first put in a canvas
big, and conveyed by Waywood to his own house, and there
transferred into a large paper bag belonging to his employers,
'Messrs. Miller and Co. (This was theparcel which the
effi,ers saw Williams bring enclosed in a blue bag from the
direction of Waywood's house, and place into his (William's)
cart, where it was afterwards seized.)
After the ease had lasted several hours, the Lord Mayor re-
mandesl the whole of the prisoners till Friday.
n
Previous to the above cases being gone into, a man
tniel Cunningham was put to the bar with the above- named
aed
Th
John Trilliams, the former charged on suspicion of stealing
a ,veral flasks of salad oil belonging to his employers, A
Pritchard, of Smithfield, and Williams was charged as the"r.
eres
re-
ceiver.
The wi`o of Waywood, a prisoner in the above case, having
cominunita'ed that Cunningham had brought the oil to her
house, from whence Williams had taken it away, the officers
made a further search at Williams's shop, and found eight flasks
of oil corresponding in number with those described, for which
no invoice could be produced.
A clerk from Mews. Pritchard's attended to identify the
oil, but could not do so satisfactorily.
The Lotto Maxon. accordingly said, that although he felt
no moral doubt on the subj,er, there was not sufficient evi-
dence to warrant the detention of Cunningham, who was con-
serprently discharged, Williams being detained on the former
charge.