The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-15 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY).

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
:Sittings at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice and
a Special Jury.)
FLEMING V. SIR CHAS. FOX AND ANOTHER.

This was an action to recover the sum of 2801., for
work and labour done.

The defendants pleaded non.liability.
Mr. Macauley and Mr. Worledge appeared for the
plaintiff ; and Mr. Bramwell, Mr. Prentis, and Mr.
Pollock were for the defendant 3.

The plaintiff in the case is a solicitor, and the defend-
ants are Sir Charles Fox, the well-known railway con-
tractor, and Mr. E. W. Cobb, a Parliamentary agent.
The case for the plaintiff was that Sir Chas. Fox and
Mr. Cobb were the promoters of a line of railway, one of
the West Kent branches,- called the Maidstone and Sy-
denham Nilway. and tie4ley had employed the plain-
tiff to prep' u!xecebfant-1116#01),ek for the line.
The case Iva), zing goef vaien we went to Pzess. .
A Second CO' Itity obser i T -"at this saS
of the connitittee entirely on.-: rtsided:cri
Justiei Fria, who beneficial t n)-tming-trying a
mg' spout the deli he T xioods.
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COUP— hat EXCHEQUER,.
(Sittings at Giiildhal'lLßefore the Lord Chief Baron
and ;:`6lllnruon Jury.)
SUNDERLAND EL.1.43.- GLASS-COMPANY V. DAVIS.
This was an action „recover the amount of goods
sold and delivered by the plaintiffs to the defendant, who
is a dealer in glbsl,:residing in London. The defendant
pleaded that he wenot indebted.
Mr. Robinson appeared for the plintiffs, the defend-
ant. being ,undefended.
'"lt appeared from the evidence that in the month
July, 1853, the plaintiffs received a letter asking tfiti
to send him a list of their prices, which were according y
forwarded. The defendant subsequently gave various
orders for goods to the amount of 97/. lie. 6d., which
were accordingly transmitted to hint by the London and
North-Western Railway, and the invoices' by post.
When the difficulty arose as to the payment of tte ac-
count, in consequence of the defendant ignoring the
receipt of the goods, the invoices were demanded from
him, which, however,_ he never returned.

The Lord Chief Baron said, under, them. circumstances,
__,3 41-.4. *b. defendant had had the
goods, and the jury accordingly t0u....,...—_. ,-, , _
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plaintiff for thßealmoow ANDtith u claoirmeEdß.
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V.
B_IRK-4s'.

The plaintiff in this case is a wholesale grocer in East-
cheap, and the defendant a retail tradesman in the same
line of business at Sheffield, and the action was brought
for the recovery of 451. 3s. 2d. for goods sold and de-
livered. The defendant pleaded that he was not in-
debted.
Evidence of the orders for and delivery of the goods
having been given, it was proved that, on a repeated
application to the defendant for payment, the latter
wrote to say that owing to pecuniary embarrassments he
had placed his affairs in the hands of his solicitor.
The Lord Chief Baron directed the jury to find a ver-
dict for the amount claimed, which was accordingly
done, his lordship intimating that execution might
I be levied in four days if necessary.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

"—IN RE JOHN DAVIES.
"laIILK, SUGAR, AND WATER

This insolvent, a milkman, applied for his final order.
A laughable scene occurred. The case had been ad-
journed to give up a milk-walk to an agent fur the cre-
ditors, but no steps bad been taken to effect that object.
In answer to Mr. Commissioner Phillips the insolvent
said the profits were very small, and added, that all he
go'; out of the milk was fourteen pence a gallon.
The insolvent hesitated. Ps—What else do you get !
Mr.mr Cceomiummiissssiio:ne:
Ps—Why don't you speak ?
What do you mean by keeping
us here all day
The insolvent said he got something out of the seater.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips—Out of the water, man !
What do you mean !
Insolvent—The water we puts into it. (Laughter.)
Mr. Commissioner Phillips—And what's your profit
on the water, my friend !
Insolvent—It is threepence a-quart, sir. (Loud
laughter.)
Mr. Commissioner Phillips—How is that !
Insolvent—You see the water costs us nothing, and
we charge threepence a-quart for it. (Roars of laughter.)
Mr. Commissioner Phillips. _Well, what quantity of
water do you put in ?
Insolvent—Why, two quarts to a gallon of milk. (Cor.
tinned laughter.)
Mr.
be obliged to you. It is what they long suspected.
The insolvent said he was bound to tell the troth.
Commissioner Commissioner
Mr.
Certainly ; what else do
you put in ?
Insolvent—A. little salt.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips—And what else ?
Insolvent—A little sugar. (Renewed laughter.)
Mr. Commissioner Phillips said the insolvent had done
a great service to the public in showing what was sold
for milk.
lie granted his final order.

Charles King was ag,dn placed at the bar this morn-
ing.
Mr. Bodkin informed the magistrate that this morn-
ing he intended to place the man O'Shea in the box, in
order to complete the case against the prisoner he had
opened on Thursday last.
O'Shea was then called, and said he had been brought
from the Penitentiary, where be was at present confined
for felony. He identified the carpet bag as his property.
At his lodgings in Church-street he had lost two books,
and the gold ring at his lodgings in Queen-street. He
had also lost three pair of trousers and five waistcoats,
one of which was produced and identified, as was
also several other articles, the contents of the
carpet bag. Ile had also lost nine pounds,
a five-pound note, three sovereigns, and a
pound in silver. The money was in a paper in the
carpet bag, in which also were some pawnbrokers'
tickets ; one for a silver watch, pawned for 255., at a
shop in Edmund-street, Golden-square. There was also
a ticket for a gold watch, and another for a gold chain.
The gold watch he was tried for stealing belonged
to the Honourable Mr. Stanley, of Buckingham
Palace. lie also identified some rings which were
taken possession of by the prisoner King at the Vine-
street station. King never gave any account to him of
the property he had taken.
Prisoner—When I took you into custody did you tell
any one at the station about the money
O'Shea—No, I told you at the station-house, when
you were searching me, that there was money in the
carpet bag. Next day I asked you at the Marlborough-
street Police-court to take care of the money for me till

came out of prison.
Prisoner—Did you make the statement in the open

court ?
O'Shea—No. I told you privately. King then told
me there was no money in the bag.
Prisoner—Was there any other person in the room
O'Shea—Mr. Lee—The witness here again charged
King with stealing his money from the carpet bag.
Mr. "Bodkin—Where was the carpet-bag when yon
were taken into custody ?
O'Shea—The bag was in a drawer in the back bed-room.
He was taken into custody about half-past six, about
three minutes before he was taken into custody he saw
his bag safe. He remembered this from the fact that he
went to it and took out the ticket of the gold watch,
which he gave to the prisoner, the money was then safe.
King took him to Vine-street station, and also took the
keys of the room and carpet bag. He told Vanini to go
to King and get his property restored, but he (Vanini)
did not got it. The witness then stated whore he bought
the rings ; he also said he had parcha:.‘ed a gold pen,
which he also had lost.
King—Did not I empty the bag in your presence !

O'Shea—No.
King—What place did you make this statement about
the money at the station•house ! Was it in the court ?
O'Shea—No, you carte to me outside the cell. You
came there about half-past nine.
_ _

Mr. Hall—What trade are you O'Shea—a clerk ?
Prisoner—At Marlborough-street Police-office he said
he was a chiropodist.
Mathew Johnson, a private in the Ist Life Guards,
str.-,ed ho remembered the last witness being 'given into
custody for the robbery of Dr. George. King gave him,
after the trial, three rings and some clothing. One of
the rings he had from the prisoner did not belong to
Dr. George, and he was ordered to return it to King.
He returned it to Inspector Lester. When King was
examined at O'Shea's trial he never told him he had
property belonging to the prisoner _After the trial King
wrote to him for
.the ring. _• ior three days after
King came to the ba ~•zs, ...and he told him
all the things belonge to Dr. George, but the
ring he delivered to the Inv' ctdr. King did not tell
him that he should have to account for the ring. Wit-
ness told King he would .search for the ring, as he had
mislaid' ie.
Priseiiigi ...Was anybody present when I came to see
you at tlitirl.,:wr.,-ks ?
Witness saw he did not recollect.

•.The prisoner here looked round the court, and, point-
ing to`A Person in the crowd, said, " 'Was not that per-
toniiresent at the conversation ?"

Witness—l believe not.
The person alluded to said, in answer to King, that
he was present.
The Prisoner—When you were going to the trial of
O'Shea did I not tell you I had sonic trousers and waist-
coats which I thought belonged to Dr. George'
Witness—Yes.
Mr. Bodkin said this evidence completed the case of
O'Shea, aril ho hoped the magistrate would, to save
trouble, bind the witnesses over to appear at the ces-

'ho wished to say

I. prisoner Li

Mr. Hall then anc..<._
anything.
Prisoner.—Nothing at present.
Mr. Bodkin said he should now open another case.
In the early part of last spring, a bazaar, for charitable
distribution, was held at a chapel in Kentish-town, where
Reeves picked the pockets of two women, "and that he
would also produce evidence to prove that king was in
waiting near the place to receive the proceeds of the
robbeey. The evidence would go. to show that there
was no doubt of the participation and identity of King.
The boy Reeves was then examined, and stated that
he remembered a bazaar being held at Camden-town;
underneath a chapel. Ho went there a little before
one and went into the bazaar with King. There was
another person present. King remained in the bazaar
about a quarter of an hoar. While he was in
the bazaar he remembered picking the pocket
of a lady ; there was money in the purse. He also
picked the pocket of another lady of a pocket-book and
a pair of scissors. The purse he gave to another person,
and the pocket-book he gave to King. King, when he
gave him the pocket-book, was standing a little higher
up in the room in the chapel. When they left the bazaar
they went towards the Mother Red Cap. In a street
near Hampstead-road the proceeds were divided between
King, himself, and another. The pocket-book was thrown
down a closet in a public-house, and the purse was put
down a grating in the street. Previous to going to the
bazaar we met King at the Fountain, in Seven Dials.
After dividing the plunder, King left us near Morning-
ton-crescent. We met again at the Fountain in the
evening. It was almost two years ago since the Fancy
Sale took place.
Prisoner—Are you quite sure we all went in together'?
Reeves—Yes ; you know we did.
Prisoner—Did I go in first or you ?
Reeves—You came in alongside of us.
Mr. Bodkin—Mr. Burnaby take that question—" Did
I go in first or you."
Reeves—Before we went into the chapel you spoke to
some policemen.
Isabella Greaves, stated that she lived at 15, Rutlind-
street, Hampstead-road. She remembered a fancy fair
being held at a chapel on 22d of April. It lasted two
days, and was for the benefit of the funds of the chapel.
It was the only one held that simmer. The first day
of the Fair she lost a purse (a porte-monnaie), she missed
her purse about half-past two. She noticed three per-
sons particulary, looking at the stall she was presiding
at. Immediately the three persons left she missed In r
purse. The persons she spoke of were young men,
not boys. The purse contained half-a-crown. She had
not seen her purse since, she had quite forgotten all
about the purse.
Mr. Hall—Are you sure the persons you noticed were
young men, not boys!
Witness—She was sure they were not boys.
By Mr. Bodkin—Was it not possible for a person to
get under the counter?
Witness—There was a circular counter. There was
nothing to prevent any person getting underneath it.
Elizabeth Johnson resided at 2, Upper Fitzroy-place,
Kentish-town—Remembered going to the fancy fair at
the chapel at about one o'clock, she remained tnere the
whole of the forenoon. On her return home she found
she had lost her pocket-book. It contained a few cards,
a pair of scissors, and some sticking plaister. She
noticed some youths present at the fancy fair.
William Gosling S 339—Remembered a fancy fair
being held at Camden-town in 1853, and also hear-
ing of some ladies being robbed ; it happened on the
22d of April about two o'clock. He knew the pri-
soner, he saw him on the day in question at
the corner of Stanhope-street and Rutland-street,
about 40 yards from the chapel. He was in plain
clothes- He had
,been spoken to by a boy on the
day this happened, a little before lie saw King. It was
the boy Reeves. He bad no doubt that Reeves was
the boy. After King had left, be went down Rutland-
street,when a lady came and pointed King out to
and said she would give him into cust oqy forikonldoc
at her door and insulting he'
.id
he was a police constable, and slowed(linged his
„Charles King, 39,
warrant card, with the name
C division," on it. He told the lady, as he bad not wit-
nessed the occurrence he could not take him into cus-
tody, lie was a constable. The next day he saw
King s
again, when he asked him whether he had seen
the lady, and he also ased him hether he would make
it all right with her not to report him, as his superinten-
dent did not know lie was so far from home. He told
him he had been to the house to ask some questions.
Prisoner—Did I not tell you that the lady would not
give me an answer, and that she did not want any
pocket-book.
Witness—You told me two persons came into the
area, but neither of them would give you any answer.
Prisoner—Did I not tell you I told her I was a police-
constable, and I wanted to make some inquiries about a
pocket-book.
Witness—No.
Eliza Griffiths said she resided at No, 10, Rutland-