The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-17 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES
AND SESSIONAL RESULTS.

On Thursday the session unexpectedly terminated,
when several prisoners were brought up to receive
judgment, and others to have their instanter sentences
revised.

Subjoined are the principal adjudications.
The undernamed were sentenced to be transported
beyond the seas for the following periods:—
For Life—A. Neale' Charles Donovan, H. Stan-
hope Winkworth alias Stanton.
For Fifteen Years—John Arnold.
For Ten Years—W. Ryleston, Deborah Hawkins,
W. Allen, and Robert Allen.
For Seven Years—Elizabeth Avery alias Avern, J.
Harrington, B. Bailey, T. Branan, J. M‘Alister
(boy's ship), J. Baker, R. Mahoney, Hannah Hop-
kins, Ann Lowe, E. Dykes, W. Hughes, Peter
Hughes, J. Davison, Wm. Jones (after six months'
labour in the House of Correction), J. Highmarsh,
Cr. Oles, W. Wells, T. Holmes, and P. Adamson.

IMPRISONMENT AID LABOUR.
The following convicts were sentenced to various
terms of imprisonment, with the adjunct of hard
labour in the Houses of Correction for the Counties
in which their offences were alleged to have been
committed, viz.,—
For Three Years—J. Garner.
For Two Years—Henry Belstead, J. M'Hardy,
M. Flynn (without labour), and B. H. Nelson.
For One: Year—llenry Keen, W. Kelly, Mary,
Ann Duncan, Mary Ann Dunn, and W. H. Burrowes.
For Nine Months —Elizabeth Kirby, J. Fenton,
and William Hall. _ _ _

For Six Months—J. Coleman, J. Chater, J. Jack-
son, W. Smith, F. Webber, J. Tillett, R. Mountain
T. Rason, W. Davy, E. Taylor, J. Brown, Emmeline
Sheppard, Eliza Smith, J. Murphy, T. Westley (and
privately whipped), Johanna Bryant, S. Skearsley, C.
Harris, J. Smith, J. Ayliffe, J. Pope, and J. Sullivan.
For Four Months—J. Walker, W. Wilkinson,
Wm. Sharp, Geo. Lees, J. Lade, Geo. Spencer, and
J. Lawler.

For Three Months—J. Currie, Mary Lock, T.
Sharp, J. Lock, T. M'Grath, J. Bush, T. Rippon,
M. Porter, G. Pincott, W. Burdell, Ann Corsan, G.
Ruffell, Elizabeth Baker, Barnaby Smith, W. Tan-
tony, J. Palmer, P. Driscoll, J. Wilson, and J.
Howard.

L" or Two Months--Geo. Gay, J. Bully, S. T. Fry,
J. Pluckrise, W. Knight, and W. Goodrick. ,
Several prisoners were sentenced to minor terms of
hard labour, many acquitted, and others discharged
by proclamation. The Court adjourned to the 2d of
January.

MIDDLESEX COURT OF RE-
- QUESTS.

NONE SO DEAF AS THOSE WHO WON'T HEAR.---
COMMISSIONER.—Mr. Peters, do you owe the Sum
of 1/. 18s. 9d., claimed by Mr. Nicholson? Mr.
Peters.—l've done business with Nicholson this ten
years.—(Laughter.)
COMMISSIONER.—Do you owe the money, Sir?
Mr. Peters.—Tolerably well, Sir, with my glasses
and a little eye-snuff.
COMMISSIONER4—I don't ask how you can see, Sir—
(elevating his voice)—Can you hear me, Mr. Peters?
Can you hear me? Mr. Peters (angrily)—Sir, I
can see as well as you can ; and, give me leave to say,
I don't understand what—(the roars of laughter here
fairly drowned the old gentleman's voice)—
CommissioNEa. (warmly)—Sir, ,I shall make you
understand directly. I ask you once more, Sir, do

you owe Mr. Nicholson the sum of 11. 18s. od. ?
Peters—Yes, sir, I've known Mr. Nicholson these
ten years—(Renewedlaughter)—and, though I say it,
I've b;en more than a father to him.
[The question was now written down and submitted
to the optics of Mr. Peters by the officer of the Court.]
Mr. Peters—l don't think it is so much ; but I can-
not swear to it.

COMMISSIONER—HOW will you pay it ? Mr. Peters
—I don't do business with Nicholson now, Sir.
After some further attempts on the part of the
Commissioner to make himself understood, an order
was made out for payment at 4s. per month. As the
document was handed to Mr. Peters, the officer said,
in his usual manner—" You can go, Sir." " Thank
you, Sir," said old Peters ; " Good morning."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CLERKEN WELL.

Mr. Wm. Palfitt, Secretary to the Friendly Bro-
thers' Society, Hatton-garden, was charged with un-
lawfully withholding the benefits accruing from the
Society to John Dilly, one of its members.
The circumstances of the case were rather singular.
The complainant deposed that he entered the Society
in the June of the present year. He was then suffer-
ing from a pulmonary affection. He called upon
Doctor Raymond Levy Haynes to substantiate this
fact. This gentleman came forward and did so, al-
leging that Dilly was then suffering from spitting of
blood. After being three months a member the
benefits of the Society begin to accrue. During these
three months, that is, from June to Septeuiber, the
complainant constantly paid in his instalments, and a
week after the expiration of that time he was again
seized with his old disease so violently as to be ren-
dered incapable of earning his bread. He applied to
the Committee for relief, but they refused to afford
him any on the ground that he was unsound at the
time he became a member.

The Secretary disputed the fact, but the com-
plainant affirmed that every member of the Com-
mittee knew very well he was not sound when he was
admitted.

Secretary—lf we did you should not have become
a member.

Mr. CoslnE—Yes; you might allow him to be-
come a member for the purpose of obtaining his
money, presuming from his infirmity that he would
die very soon. If the complainant can establish the
fact of your knowledge of his disease, or of any
member of the Committee, I will decide against you.
The complainant promised to obtain a witness to
prove the fact of the knowledge of members of the
Committee of his infirmity at the time he entered the
Society, and the parties left the office.
MARLBOI?OUGH•STREET.

John Avery, a Sornersetshire drover, was charged
with the following acts of cruelty to a bullock:—
Police constable, No. 82p of the F division, stated,