At the Sorry Sessions, on Monday, Mr. Frederick Nicholas Somers
Thomas was tried on a charge of stealing property belonging to it Mrs. Cundy, who lived in Camberwell, and whom he had attended in the capacity of a surgeon. This was the ease brought before Parliament by Mr. Wakley ; and the prisoner was again tried, at the instance of the Attorney-General,—considerable doubts as to the justice of the former conviction having been raised, chiefly by the statement of a Mr. Cooke, who professed to have taken the property Thomas was accused of steal- ing. It appeared from tine evidence of Richard Stafford, Cooke and others, that Thomas had possessed himself of property belonging to Mrs. Candy, Cooke's sister, which he claimed under her will. The will, however, was not deemed valid at Doctors' Commons, and Thomas's legal right to the property could not be made out. The evidence of actual guilt, however, seems not to have been conclusive ; and the cha- racter of the witnesses for the prosecution was not the best. Mr. Cooke, who petitioned the House of Commons in Thomas's finvour, did not appear for him on the trial. The prisoner was again convicted; and was sentenced, on Thursday, to seven years' transportation.
The Magistrates of the Precincts and Liberties of the Tower of Lon- don assembled on Tuesday at the Court-house, Wellelose Square, to hold the usual quarterly session ; when Mr. Burnell, the Chairman, in- formed the persons who attended to be sworn in as jurors, that there was no business before the Court. This was the eighth maiden session; for the Tower Precincts and Liberties are included within the jurisdic- tion. of the Central Criminal Court, and there is no good reason why the form of Tower Sessions should be kept up.
At the Guildhall, on Thursday, Ellen Miles, eleven years of age, was charged with passing a counterfeit ball-crown to a shopkeeper in Russell Street. Mr. richt, Inspector front the Mint, said this child was one of three sisters, whose mother was dead, all notorious " at- terers." Ellen Miles had been in custody thirty times, and was only discharged on Thursday last. She had been convicted at the Old Bailey ; and if convicted again, would be liable to transportation. Iler fhthet said he could not control her, and it might be an act of merey to transport her. Alderman La bison, however, discharged her with a warning.
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