The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-14 00:00:00

LAW INT

—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
RE WILLIAMS-^DEED OF ARRANGEMENT.

LORD MAYO/VS COURT.
(Before the Recorder and a Common Jury.)
NOVEL MODE OF SETTLING A TAILORS OVERCHARGES

LOWENTHAL V. PERRY.

This was an action to recover damages for assault and
slander. Defendant denied the slander, pleading that he
was first assaulted by the plaintiff.
Mr. Howard was counsel for plaintiff, Mr. Grey repre-
senting defendant.
According to plaintiff's evidence it appeared that he is a
tailor, and made a waistcoat for defendant, who is a gentle-
man of property. As it was of superfine blackcloth he
charged 145., which was paid. Some time after this, de-
fendant went into a publichouse, where defendant and a
mutual friend named Mathews were drinking gia and
water. Mathews spoke to plaintiff, when plaintiff called
out "Keep your own company, and do not speak to that
Jew." Defendant then advanced upon plaintiff, and said

"You infernal thief, what do you mean by charging me
14s. for the waistcoat. You are a swindler." He then
assaulted plaintiff, and hurt his throat.
To answer this, defendant denied that he had used the
language imputed to him, and deposed that he had been
firer assaulted by the plaintiff, who had seized him by the
collar. Whatever defendant did was in self defence, and
not as an assault upon plaintiff, who .was alleged to Save
been violent.

His Lordship summed up the evidence, and the jury re
warded plaintiff Z 5 damages.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE FORA VIOLENT ASSAULT
ON A FEMALE.—William Diet; described as a photo-
grapher, of Richmond-street, Soho, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting a woman named
Hambuecher.

The complainant, who gave her evidence through Mr.
Albert, the interpreter, said that for the past eight months
she had lived with the prisoner at No. 12, Richmond-street,
Soho. The prisoner compelled her to go into the streets to
get money, and if she did not succeed in doing so he was in
the habit of beating her. In order to avoid his ill-usage
yesterday she left the house and went to a friend's, but in
consequence of his going there and making a great disturb.
ance, she was obliged to leave. She walked about
the streets for an hour, and during the whole time
the prisoner followed her, insulting and annoying her.
She told him to leave her, as she could not keep him any
longer; and, as he would not, she pushed him. Upon this
the prisoner struck her several violent blows on the arm and
head, knocking her down. A constable then came up, and
she gave the prisoner in charge.

In answer to the prisoner, the complainant sail he forced
her to go on the streets, That she did not keep an open
razor to cut his throat, but that he kept pistols to shoot
her, and that she had not killed or wounded a sweetheart in
Germany,

A young man, named Parrel, proved seeing the prisoner
strike the female a terrific blow, which felled her to the
ground.

James Adams, 135 C, said he noticed the female push
the prisoner, and the prisoner then struck her a severe blow,
and she fell and was insensible for a few moments.

Prisoner entered into a long defence, in the (course of
which he said that he had received a medal of merit from
the King of Prussia, and that he had become acquainted
with the female in Cologne, and came to this country with
her, and cohabited with her. Last night she knocked his
hat off, and having the Prussian law in his mind, which
allows a person when struck to return the blow, he struck
her.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he considered the prisoner a base fel-
low for sending the female on the streets, and a coward for
striking her. As for what prisoner said about the Prus-
sian law—
Mr, Albert said it was not the case.

Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for two months,
with hard labour.

WESTMINSTER.

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT UPON A MAN AND HIS WIFE,

Henry Wright was charged with assaulting Richard Buck-
land, of 31, Medway-street, and also with assaulting his
wife.

Complainant said that at 9 o'clock last night he was
with his wife walking through St. George's-road, Pimlico,
when the defendant came up and asked him for a shilling
that he owed him, and upon his replying that he could not
then pay him as he had only 10d., the defendant struck
him two violent b!ows on the face with a can ; after this
he also struck the complainant's wife.

Mr. Selfe—How Lang have you owed him the thi,
lag? •

Complainant—l borrowed it of him about three weeks
ago.

Defendant—l never lent the man a shilling in my life,

e came up amd gave me a smack in the mouth without

any reason.

Henrietta Buckland said she was with her husband, and
had an infant in her arms. Defendant abruptly came up
and demanded a shilling of her husband, and on his offering
to give him 10d., which was all that he had, defendant
struck him several times with a beer can in the face. She
interposed, when the defendant also gave her a blow with
the can.

Mr. Selfe—Had you the child in your arms then I'

Mrs. Buckland—Jl had.

Defendant—l never lent him a shilling. I lent it to
another man to buy a chain ho had to sell. He ran up
against me last night, or I should not have known him,and
then he gave me a backhanded blow across the mouth.

Police-constable 288 B—Complainant came to the station
with her face cave red with blood, and I took the man,
Defendant was fined 20s. or 10 days.

THAMES.

A MOST DESPERATE LOVER.—Thomas Hanson, a
solemn-looking man, about 25 years of ago, the manager
of a common lodging-house, in Gower's-walk, White-
chapel, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with de-
molishing the shutters of the parlour window of Mrs.
Ann 'Webb, a widow, No. 7, Gower's-row.

The complainant, a laundres3, said the prisoner had
been paying his addresses to her daughter, but owing to
his dissipated habits her daughter rejected his advances,
and determined not to marry him or have any thingmore
to do with him.

Mr. Paget—A very wise resolve on the part of a
young woman.

Mrs. Webb continued. Mr. Hanson came on Saturday
night after I and my daughter had gone to bed. He de-
manded an interview with her. He was refused admix.
sion, and then kicked loudly at the door and tried to break
it down. He failed, and then procured a shovel and broke
in the shutters, and would have entered the house if he had
not been prevented by the police. The shutters could not
be repaired. They were completely broken in, and-an en-

tirely new pair were required.
Lets Webb, a quiet and interesting looking girl, like her
mother in deep mourning, confirmed her mother's statement,
and said she was fast asleep when the prisoner began to
kick at the door. She looked out of the window and saw
people dragging him away. Sbe then came down stairs
and opened the door, and on peeping out she saw him with
a shovel leaving the adjoining house. She closed the door
again, and went up stairs and called for the police. The
prisoner had threatened her, and said he was determined to
be hung for her.

Mr. Paget—Oh no, ho won't, unless you are foolish
enough to marry him.

Witness—l will not do that. I have given him up in
consequence of his drunken habits.

Mr. Paget—l am very glad to hear that. A drunken
husband is very bad. Nothing can be worse.

Enos Barnatt, a police-constable, No. 56 11, said he saw
the prisoner in Evans-walk at half-past 10 o'clock on
Saturday night, and he was in a furious passion and sur-
rounded by a disorderly meb. He took the prisener into
custody, and he acted in a very turbulent manner, and said
he only wanted to see the young woman.

Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 10, the
price of new shutters, and a fine of 20s in addition, or be
imprieuned for 14 days.

PITAEN'S STRIKES.—The pitmen employed at
Seghill Colliery, in the Northumberland Steam
Coalfields, struck work for an advance on Thursday. The
Steam Coal Owners' Asscciation have hold two meetings
recently to consider the demands made by pitmen, when
after a good deal of deliberation it was determined to resist
unreasonable demands that might be made on collieries in
the trade, and "a call" was made upon the whole of the
pits in the association, which will raise a large sum of
money ; and it was resolved to support them with those
collieries that might be stopped through the unreasonable
demands of the men. The sth of April is about the time
when the yearly and monthly bonds will be entered into
by the pitmen of the North, and it is anticipated that
there will be a good deal of agitation in some districts
about terms.

His Honour gave judgment to-day on the question of a
deed of arrangement for the benefit of the creditors under
the 187th section. The proceedings in bankruptcy had
been staid in order that a compromise might be effected, by
three-fourths of the creditors in number and value, and it
had been duly executed, and the Court had been asked to
confirm it, and no creditor appeared to offer any
opposition. His Honour, however, said the Court must
be satisfied that the terms of the deed were reasonable and
equitable, and calculated to benefit the general body of the
creditors. The only way in which the Court would come
to a conclusion was by looking at the deed itself, and in,
this case take it to intend what it professed, and assume
that it was equitable, and for the general body of the cr,3-
ditors, and the deed would be confirmed. He had much
doubt, and he hoped that before long the Jaw would be laid
down mote clearly by the Lord Chancellor.