The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-06 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. PUCKLE and a full Bench of Magistrates.)
SHOPLIFTING DETECTED BY REFLECTION.—Thursday Mrs.
Isabella Kidd, a well-dressed young female, the wife of a
mechanic employed at the factory of Messrs. Maudslay and
Co., was arraigned on an indictment eharging her with
stealing a shawl of the value of 1/. 2s. 6d., the property of
Messrs. White and Greenwell, drapers, &c., in the Blaek-
friars-road.

MT; Gruard, held, a :brief for the, prosecution, and Ur.
Chernock defended the.prispner., ,
`From.the evidenee ii„appeareA that on s,i,iturdaY last, the
prisoner entered the
,shop of the prosecutors' and requested
to be shown 'some, shmils. A parcel, of shaWle were placed
before her On"the counter, but, after over themi she
requested to be ishoWn aoine•'nibie. 'While iirOdhring the'
second Parcel, -the Sholiirian perceived, 'by,llto reffebtldff
portion oT the looking-glas#,• Whith is placed irt different
parts of the shop, the prisoner draw a shawl off the counter,
so that it dropped into something which she had outside.
He however took her the shawls as if nothing had happened,
but at the same time communicated to Mr. Greenwell the fact
of the prisoner having stolen a shawl. The shopman sub-
sequently observed that one of the shawls which he had
brought to her was gone, upon which she replied it was quite
impossible, but the shawl so missing-was found partly stuffed
into the basket, and covered over by the shawl she wore at
the time.

These facts were dearly proved by William Elleby, the
shopman, and William Foster, the "shop-walker," and the
defence set up was, that the shawl had accidentally fallen
from the counter into the prisoner's basket. This, however,
was flatly denied by Elleby, the shopman, who distinctly
said he saw the prisoner deliberately draw the shawl off
the counter while his back was turned to her, and when
it, perhaps, never struck her he could observe her actions
in the lass.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and
The CHAIRMAN sentenced her to two months' solitary con-
finement at Brixton House of Correction.
OBTAINING MONEY ON A WORTHLESS BANIC-NOTE.—.-
John Shaw Young, aged 28, and George Birkett, were charged
with obtaining five guineas by false pretences upon a bank-
note, the alleged owners of which, as a banking firm, had
net been in existence for thirty-five years. Mr. William
Peebles, the landlord of the Orange Tree public-house, in
Richmond, deposed that on the 28th of September last the
prisoners came to his house, and having had refreshments
amounting to ls. 4d. they sent the note in question to the
bar for change, and to have the amount of what they had had
deducted. Witness did not like the note, and questioned
prisoner Young about it. Young then said he was a boot
and shoemaker at Brentford, that he took the note in the
way of his business, and that it was as good as could be.
Witness, however, declined changing it, on which the pri-
soner Young sent his (Mr. Peebles's) servant out to look for
change for the note, and he got it of Mrs. Lynes, at the
Blue Anchor public-Souse. The change was given to the
prisoners, who paid their bill out of it ; but, having conside-
rable misgivings as to the transaction, Mr. Peebles sent to
Mrs. Lynes for the note, and it being the general opinion
of several gentlemen at his house that it was not a genuine
one, ;he gave the prisoners-into custody. 41. of the money
was found upon the prisoner Young, who acknowledged he
had given 10s. to Birkett, and ss. was also found on the
latter prisoner. The other parts of the case were fully
established, and it was satisfactorily shown that:the banking
firm of Messrs. Roble, Clarkson, and Knight, of Kingston,
had not been in existence for five-and-thirty years.
Mr. CHARNOCE took an objection to the form of the indict-
ment, for not setting out the precise pieces of coin which had
been obtained on the alleged fictitious document, and quoted
the Chairman as an authority upon the point.
The COURT overruled the objection.
- The jury ultimately found the prisoner Young Guilty, and
Acquitted Birkett; and the Court sentenced the former to
nine months' hard labour at Brixton House of Correction.

FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, Dile. 3, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend
John Peel, M.A., the deanery of the cathedral church of
Worcester, the same being void by the resignation of the
Right Reverend Father in God George, Bishop of Rochester,
late Dean of the said cathedral church.

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Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—William Alley ne
Lord Burghley to be Major, vice Hyde, deceased, Nov. 26.
DICLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Francis Robinson, cowkeeper, Princess-street, Chelsea.
BANKRUPTS.

John Spong, coal-merchant, Ockham, Surrey, to surrender
Dec. 16, at half-past one, and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Jordeson, St.
Mary-at• hill, London.
-John Charles Edwards, bill broker, Conduit street, Dec.
19, at half-past one, and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assigee, Abchurch-lane, City;
Godden, John street, Bedford-row.
James M'Dermott, victualler, Gray's Inn-•lane, Dec. 16,
at eleven, and Jan. 13, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Binkruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ;
Hunt, Barnard's Inn, London. _ _ _

Eugene Le Roy, wine merchant, Portland-place, Dec. 10.,
at half-past eleven, and January 14, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official' assignee, Basingltall-street ;
Lewis, Wilmington-square.
John Elliott, coal merchant, Bristol, Dec. 19, and Jan. 16,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official
assignee; Hassell, Bristol.
Joseph Mann, grocer, Warwick, Dec. 15 and Jan. 19, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore,
official 'assignee, Birmingham ; Nicks, Warwick ; Smith,
Birmingham

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the
produce of the British possessions in America, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 2,
1845, is 365. 7d. per cwt.
(Dividends, &c., in our next.)

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,
cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 29th day 01
November, 1845.