The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-29 00:00:00

OLD COURT.

The second edition of the calendar exhibits an increase of 24
prisoners, the majority of them being larceny cases.

(Before the I,ORD CHIEF BARON and Mr. justice Coutatoatt

Jean Deemer, a foreigner, was indictcd for feloniously forging
and uttering a promissory note for the payment of 5,000 francs,
with intent to defraud Michael Scott and another.

Mr. Dimple said that the prisoner's trial had been, at the request
of the prosecutor, put off for the last four sessions, he alleging
that a material witness was absent in France. He understood
that his Learned Friend, Mr. Clarkson, was not now instructed to
prosecute, and under those circumstances he should crave a ver-
dict of acquittal.

Mr. CLAULSON said he had had no instructions on the subject.

The jury, by the instructions of the Lord Chief Baron, dis-
charged the prisoner.

George Wm. Reynolds was indicted for having moulds for the
purposes of coining, and counterfeit coins in his possessien.

Mr. Ellis, with Mr. Bodkin , were for the prosecution, and Mr.
Payne for the defence.
The facts of the case as they appeared in evidence were these:—
in consequence of some information received, Sergeant Tickell of
the H division went to the prisoner's house in White Bear.gar.
dens, Kingsland- road. The door was opened by the prisoner.
Witness, en searching his pockets, found three counterfeit half-
crowns, and in a room up stairs he found fourteen base shillings,
moulds, plaister of Paris, metal, pipkins, and the tither materials
for coining.
Corroborative evidence was produced.
Mr. Pet N¢ addressed the jury. He endeavoured to show that
the prisoner was not himself the coiner, the real culprit being a
lodger not in custody. The pressure of poverty had induced him
to assent to these practices, but further he was not guilty.
The Loan CHIEF BARON sumn'ed up, and the jury returned a
verdict of Guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, as it was his
first offence.

Sentence—lmprisonment for twelve months, with hard labour.
Wiliam Bassett was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding
Thomas Barrett.

Mr. Doane appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Clarkson was en.
gaged for the defence.

It appeared that, on the 7th October, the prisoner, a wharfinger
on Uxbridge-moor, came up to the prz.secutor's fence, and said,
" Nobby Barrett, I've got a knife for you—l'll cut your throat."
He then struck a blow upon the prosecutor's face with some instru-
ment, and inflicted a severe wound upon his brow and nose. The
blood flowed from it, and he was some time after under the sur-
geon's hands.

The prosecutor's wife, and the chemist who dressed the wound,
were examined in corroboration.

Mr. CLA R KSON for the defence, described the whole as a drunken
squabble, and contended that the charge of felony must fall to the
ground.

Mr. Jr.stice COLERIDGR summed up, and
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The jury found the prisoner Guilty of the common assault.
The prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, with
hard labour.

NEW COURT.
(Before the CommON SERGEANT.)
Matilda Palmer was accused and convicted of taking a diamond,
a ruby, and some money, off the person of Thomas Gardiner. The
prisoner accosted Gardiner in Old Kent-road, and put her arms
about his middle. Witness felt her hand in his pocket, and seized
her as she was about to make off, when she left her shawl in his
hands.—Sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and hard labour.