21 JANUARY 1955, Page 18

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THE Old Bailey Sessions closed on Wednesday. Sixteen persons have been sentenced to trans- portation for life; fourteen to transportation for fourteen years; sixty-four to transportation for seven years; seven to be whipped; and forty-six to ihiprisonment in the House of Correction for different periods. . . Charlesk Joseph Perry, alias Wilbraham, was indicted for slaying his son, an infant, by throwing an Italian iron. It appeared that the mother of the child and he had quarrelled, and that the iron was meant for her. He was sentenced to one year's hard labour in the House of Correction.