The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-06 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Before Mr. Justice Erie and a Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF ALEXANDER
AVGEACHY ALLRTNE V. COTLE.—NEW TRIAL.
This was an indictment for perjury, arising out of a
late prosecution and conviction for conspiracy against
the Alleynes and D'Arcy, to defraud Capt. Kennedy of
7,3001. That an American mare belonging to Holder
Alleyne, known as " Fanny Jeuks," but named by him
" Pigeon," would trot a certain number of miles within
a given time, but that the mare becoming lame,
and consequently uriabl • ^ trot the match, Cap-
tain Kennedy was indut vr the false pretences
of Alexander MeGeachy tie, at the instance
of his brother, to pay over the -hole amount of
the wager to Holder Alleyne. The two ..' 'leynes and
D'Arcy were tried in December, 1851, befinre •.• •
Campbell and a special Middlesex jury, and founa
guilty, and sentenced Alexander M'Geaohy Alleyne to
six months', Holder Alleyne to 12 months', and D'Arcy
to two years' imprisonment in the Middlesex House of
Correction. D'Arcy had since died. The Alleynes
afterwards brought a writ of error to set aside the sen-
tence, and their being no joinder to the writ it was
allowed, and it was subsequently set aside on the
ground of collusion. The Alleynes afterwards indicted
Captain Kennedy, Mr. Newton, his solicitor, and the
defendant Coyle, for conspiracy to defraud them of
5,500/. ; indicting the latter separately for perjury,
which last charge was tried in February last before
Lord Campbell. The defendant was found guilty, and
sentenced by his lordship to two years' imprisonment in
the Middlesex House of Correction, and in consequence
of that conviction tLe Alleynes were pardoned. At the
following term the defendant applied to set aside the
verdict, on the ground of the absence of a material wit-
ness, which was granted, and the case came on to-day
for re-hearing.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Kemp, Q.C., and Mr.
Huddlestone appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
James, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins for the defendant.
The alleged perjury, on the part of the defendant, was
his swearing that Alexander M'Geacby Alleyne was
present at a conversation between Coyle and Holder
Alleyne, at the Plough Hotel, Cheltenham.
The trial, in all probability, will occupy the whole of
to-day and a portion of to-morrow, when we shall pub.
lish an outline of the evidence and the result.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(Tins Day.)

THAMES.

ROBBERY OF LEAD BY A WORKMAN.—Trillium Young,
a journeyman bricklayer, in the employ of Mr. James
Thomas Heather, builder, of Brown's-lane, Spitalfields,
was brought before Mr. Ingham charged with stealing
25 lbs. of lead, the property of his employer.
Police-constable George Winder, No. 38 K, stated
that he saw the prisoner in a marine store-shop in Pop-
lar, New Town, last night. There was a quantity of
lead in a scale, and the shopkeeper was weighing it, and
about to pay for it, when witness stepped in and stopped
the transaction, and took the prisoner into custody. He
'mid his name was Dickenson, and that he was a brick-
layer, and that the landlord of the Wellington knew him
well He went to the Wellington in Canning-town, and
saw the landlord, who said tip. prisoner's name was
Young. Mr. Heather, the pri-oner's toaster, was in the
put,l:c•house attending a net ting, and said that the lead
was his property.

Mr. fleattit-r, the prisoner's master, said the lead was
eta e from a building• in the coarse of erection in Can-
ning-town, near the Barking-road railway station. He
last saw the lead ,ix weeks a;10.
The prisoner, in defence, said his master gave him
the :ead for some extra services performed by him.
Mr. Heather der.ie i that he gave the prisoner the
lea i, but the latter p rsisting in the assertion, and that
he could bring a witness tl prove the truth of his de-
fence, the magistrate remanded him until to-morrow,
and directed the police-constable who had charge of the
ease t ) direct the witness mentioned by the prisoner to
attend the Court to-morrow.
MARKET NEWS.—(This Day).

CORN EXCHANGt.
GENET:AL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN
For the week ended Dec. 6, 1855, made up from the Returns of tb e
Inspectors in the di tTereat Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
WIIEAT. BARLEY. OATS. ATE. I BEANS. PEAS.
83t Id 42i 31 28s iOl 53s Od 53s 31 I 82s f d