The Sun. — 1828-02-04 (London, England)

CAUTION TO SERVANTS.  HERTFORDSHIRE SESSIONS.  On Monday last the General Quarter Sessions for this county commenced at the Shire-hall, before the Right Hon. Lord DACRE (Chairman.) George Whitehurch and Elizabeth Jones were indicted for stealing some pork, minced meat, apples, wine, and a hare, and other articles, the property of Levi Ames, Esq., at Lamer-park, near Wheathampstead, in this county. The male prisoner was head butler, and the female housekeeper and :cook, in the prosecutor's establishment. _ _  ..... _ The indictment was framed tinder a recent Act of Parliament, passed (among other objects) for inflicting more severe punishments upon servants convicted of robbing their employers than were heretofore authorised. It is, we believe, the first instance in this county in which this part of the Statute has been brought into operation. The prisoners said nothing in their defence; but an attempt was made, through their Counsel, Mr. Ryland, to impute to the other servants a malignant feeling towards Whitchurch, on the ground that he had been too careful of his master's strong. beer. On the part of Whitchurch, very high testimony of character was given by a branch of the family of Lady Plnmer, in whose service he had previously lived. The Noble Chairman (Lord DACRE) remarked upon this in his charge to the Jury, suggesting, that however powerful this appeared, its consideration was the province of the Bench rather than of the jury. Upon the return of the verdict of Guilty against both of the delinquents, but with a particular re. commendation to mercy, the Noble CHAIRMAN impressively addressed the prisoners upon the enormity of the offence of servants conspiring to defraud and rob their employers. Ills Lordship concluded by saying, that the Judgment of the Court, formed with scarcely a dissenting opinion, was, that the prisoners should be transported for 14 years. The prisoners, .who. were both very respectably dressed, burst into tears on the sentence being pronounced, and a female friend of the prisoner Jones fainted, and was carried out of Court.  , • A short time ago three female servants, belonging to P. G. SxENE, Esq., Pitlour, accidentally partook of some coloured confectionaries used in garnishing dessert dishes. In a very few minutes all of theta were seized with sickness, pain at the stomach, dimness of sight, symptoms a colouringiC and vomiting. The quantity taken was exceedinglY small —not a tea-spoonful each. Appropriate measures were taken for their relief lan ingredientdfromth ue was sup. posed that the pernicious matter was verdigris, the confects being chiefly of a green colour.—Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. THE LATE MURDER IN MARL BOROUGHfuII account of this dreadful occurrence will be found in our fourth page ; and' in addition, ',re have now to state, that the butler, RICHARD GILLHAM, has himself been taken into custody on suspicion, and, together with his wife, undergone several examinations before the Mayor, G. H. TuawAL, Esq. The investigation was continued till a late hour last night, and the prisoner was afterwards conveyed to gaol, but none of the evidence has transpired. The remains of the unfortunate young woman Who has thus met withAnich a dreadfOl and-Premature end; were on Wednesday morning interred in Walcott burial ground, a vast` concourse of elions attending the funeral. i We have just learni that a large quant4 of goods which supposed not to have come honestly into the Ir --. found at his, private.lodg.  . ale prisoner's possession, nave been La _ ings, bt up to this hour, they have' 'not been m'o'rn to. The sus ected party is of most respectable appearance, genteely !dressed in a. dark-brown chat, light waistcoat, and white cotton stockings. A Clergyman has Psi been' sent for, and hone to the prisop.—Baths Herakh