The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-29 00:00:00

pursued the prisoner, who ran away, and was not
overtaken by the witness until he reached Dean-street,
where witness took him into custody and delivered
him over to a policeman.
• The prosecutor and several other witnesses corro-
borated the evidence of the last witness.
Mr. EALLANTINE addressed the Jury for the pri-
soner, and called several witnesses, who gave him a
good character.
The Jury without any hesitation found the pri-
soner Guilty, and
The COURT sentenced him to 15 years' transporta-
tion, observing that he had attempted to impose upon
ths Court by the witnesses he had called.
EXTENDED SENTENCE.—IN THE MATTER OF Ros-
HET LEN NON, ALIAS THE COMPTE DE BAS.—OH Thurs-
day the above-named individual was convicted of in-
citing Louisa Grange to commit a felony, and of
harbouring and maintaining her after the fact, and
the Court then sentenced him to seven years' trans-
portation, and the female to ten years. Yesterday
the male prisoner was again put to the bar ; he was,
attired as on Thursday, and wore a gold ring on the
outside of his white kid gloves.
The COMMON SERGEANT, on the convict being
placed at the bar, stated to him that he had on Thurs-
day passed upon him the sentence of seven years'
transportion, he had, however, found by reference to
the Act of Parliament that as he had been found guilty
of inciting a person to steal goods in a dwelling-house
of more than the value of 101., the Court was bound
to award ten years' transportation, and the prisoner
must therefore consider that to be his sentence.

The prisoner appeared thunderstruck, as he evi-
dently came to the bar confident that his sentence was
about to be mitigated and not increased.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The busines3 before the Court yesterday was chiefly
the trying of persons accused of keeping disorderly
houses in the parish of Marylebone. In one of these,
which occupied more than two hours, the Learned
Chairman, in his address to the Jury, said that it was
not enough to prove that women of bad reputation
resided in a house, or that men and women were seen
going into it at late hours of the night, to constitute
it a disorderly house, and as such subject to indict-
ment. In the present case there was no proof that
the house of the defendant was a nuisance to the
neighbourhood, but the evidence was in fact altogether
to the contrary. It was quite possible in those cases
to be overwise, and he thought that it would be as
well not to interfere with those people whilst
they abstained from committing any act against pub-
lic decency and public order.
The Jury without hesitation acquitted the pri-
soner, who was a middle-aged man, of what is called
respectable appearance, and named John Futter.
Mr. ADOLPHUS then attempted to address the Jury
respectinc, the hardship so respectable a man had en-
dured, in being prosecuted on such a charge.
The CHAIRMAN—Nonsense • if I could give a
Scotch verdict, I would say, " Not proven." The less
we say of the case the better. The fellow is ac-
quitted ; but if I met him in the street, I should be
very shy of him.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSZON-HOUSE.
Messrs. Barrand and Welch, of Whitefriars Wharf,
coal merchants, appeared upon summonses to answer
the complaints of the Lightermen's Protection So-
ciety, whose officer charged th:.m that, being the
owners of a vessel called the Hockley, No. 1,637,
they carried, or caused to be carried, for hire, or
other than on their own account, certain goals, con-
trary to the statute, they not being freemen, or ap-
prentices to a freeman, or to the widow of a freeman
of the Watermen'is Company, whereby they had for-
feited any sum not exceeding 101.
Mr. Wire, who appeared for the Lightermen's
Protection Society, stated that the object of the So-
ciety was not to go in the first instance for a large
penalty, but to enforce the observance of the Act of
Parliament, which had been, in a great number of
cases, violated by some through carelessness, and by
others through, no doubt, intention. The gentlemen
summoned in the present case pleaded guilty, and,
therefore, the Society would be satisfied with nominal
damages and the payment of the expenses incurred.
The same defendants pleaded guilty to another
charge relating to another vessel, of which they are
owners, called the Dawson, No. 163.
In both cases nominal fines were inflicted.
Messrs. Carrington and Smith, of Milbank, also
pleaded guilty- to a charge under similar circum-
stances„ by the Lightermen's Protection Society. A
nominal penalty was inflicted, and the expenses or-
dered to be paid.
Charles alias Thomas Lee, the mock wine-merchant,
of No. 14, Cooper's-row, Tower-hill, was brought
before Alderman GIBBS, for another examination.
Child, the constable who apprehended the prisoner,
said that a great number of tradespeople were anxious
to come forward and state the particulars of the man-
ner in which the prisoner and his partner Mr. Gould
had plundered them, but in consequence of a mistake
which had been made as to the day appointed for the
examination, few or none were in attendance.
A Solicitor stated that he appeared on behalf of a
great number of tradesmen to request that the Alder-
man would remand the prisoner till Wednesday next,
when no doubt multitudes would come forward.
Many of the defrauded tradesmen were, he perfectly
well knew, duped into the condition of creditors by the
fellow at the bar, but he had every reason to believe
that in several cases, undiSguised robbery had been
committed by the wine merchant.
The prisoner's Attorney here interfered, and de-
clared that there was no ground for remanding the
prisoner, as not one of the cases complained of involved
anything like felony.
'The Solicitor for the tradespeople said he had no
doubt of being able to prove, early in the weak, that
the wine merchant 2 office in Cooper's-row was a place
in which wholesale robberies had been committed to a
very great extent.
The Solicitor for the prisoner—These are mere as-
sertions which you have no right to Make.
Mr. Hobler—No right to make ! Are we to be
very delicate in our language in speaking of such
thieves ? Here is a fellow who has been plundering
every tradesman he could meet. Even the poor car-
penter who set his office in order has been robbed by
him ; and still we must be most cautious of what we
say about him !
The Solicitor for the tradesmen—l mean to prove
all I say. The prisoner and his partner took the
house for the purpose of committing plunder, and they
got rid of every article the moment it was sent home
to them.
Mr. Charles Stocken, stationer, of the Quadrant,
stated that he had been defrauded by the prisoner of
books to the amount of 6/. or 71.
Alderman GIBBS—You had not sent them to him
on credit. Mr. Stocken—No. My servant took
them to Cooper's-row, and was to receive the
money upon delivery, but I understand the prisoner
contrived to slip them away, and neither books nor
money have been seen since.
Alderman Ginas—ls your servant here ? Mr.
Stocken—No. He left me three or four months ago,
and I do not really know where to find him.
Mr. Hobler —lt would be very desirable to have him
here, as such a case may answer.
Mr. J. W. Little, starch-maker, of Holborn, said
the prisoner called upon him and ordered halfa ton of
starch, to No. 14, Cooper's-row. Witness did not
execute the order, which was rather a remarkable one.
The prisoner called again, and witness subsequently
sent to him a hundred weight of starch.
Alderman GIBBS—Did .you ask him for any refe-
rence
ildieerhreadanaGconlingiihaodusyeeiun Cooper's
rence ? Mr. Little—No. I thought it was sufficient
further- r o w*
dealing
with hhn ? Mr. Little-41e afterwardsany sent his man
for more starch, and I
,sent him 56 pounds weight
more. I repeatedly called at his. counting-house, but
I never could see him.
Alderman GIBBS—You have given
him credit, it is
evident.
Mr. Little—He was to have paid one over the other.
James Hutchings said he fitted up the counting-
house for the prisoners, but not a farthing had he re-
ceived for it.
Alderman GIBBS regretted to say that the case of
the carpenter, who had thus thrown away his labour,
was merely one of debt.
The Solicitor for the prisoner—There is not a sin-
gle case against him. These tradesmen have all given
him credit.
Alderman GIBBS—I consider there is quite enough
to justify me in remanding the prisoner until the
tradesmen have time to produce the necessary. evidence.
' The prisoner was then remanded till Wednesday.
GUILDHALL.
Richard White, a drayman, in the employment of
Messrs. Calvert, was placed at the bar, on the charge
of causing the death of a -fine chid, named Mary
Morris, aged 9 years, yesterday afternoon in Far-
ringdon-street.
It appeared from the evidence that the child on its
way to school was jammed between the wheel of the
dray and one of the iron street pillars, and had its
head actually smashed to pieces.
Sir P. LAURIE said the prisoner at the bar might
be blameless, but this he must say of the body to
which he belonged, that they were the most reckless
in London, as the weight of their horses and strong
carts made them fearless of collisions. He should
order hi:n back to Newgate until the result of the
Coroner's inquest should be known.
A gentleman from Messrs. Calverts' brewery spoke
highly of the prisoner, and offered to bail him.
Sir PETER said he never would accept bail in cases
where death was caused in the streets by the drivers
of vehicles. He never did, nor ever would, accept bail.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Maria Drahe was charged with having stolen a
silver watch and a watch-stan' from the house of
Mrs. Myers, of Tysson-place, Kingsland-road, on the