The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

LAW INT

-This Day,

• COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE O'CONNOR,-A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OP OPINION.
_

This bankrupt was described as of Uxbridge Gardene,
Bayswater, merchant and broker, and now a prisoner for
debt. The application was for release from custody.
Mr C. Lewis opposed, and said that this was one of the
cases excepted from the 112th section of the Act, as the
bankrupt was in custody for damages for malicious arrest,
and he put in the proceedings to prove that fact.
The Bankrupt—I wish to say—
His Honour—l can't hear you. Ido not think you are
in your right senses, You have been writing a letter to toe,
which is all nonsense. This is a point of law, and I cannot
release you.

Bankrupt—Well, may I beg to ask you why you think
I am not in my right senses ?
His Honour—Reading the letter, not knowing who it
was from.

Bankrupt—My lord, all I can say is, that as to my not
being in my right mind, now I have to remark, that during
my short acquaintance with you, I am convinced that you
have exhibited more symptoms of mental aberration than
I have.

So saying he stepped down and placed himself in the
hands of his custodian, the jailor, and went back to prison.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

BOW-STREET.
George Lewis, a provincial labourer, was placed at the
bar before Mr Flower, charged with having two valuable
gold seals in his possesion, without being able to give a
proper account of them.
Mr Samuel Henry Freeman said he was manager of the
business of the late Mr Kirkman, pawnbroker, Strand. On
Wednesday last the prisoner entered_ the shop and pro-
ducing two large massive gold seals, requested a loan on
them of 30s. Witness examined the seals when he dis-
covered the royal arms, with the words "Chief Clerk of
the Supreme Court, Newfoundland," engraved on one of
them, and on the other a crest and initials. He, of course,
refused to advance any money on the property, and he
asked the prisoner if he knew to whom the seals belonged.
Ho replied he did not, as he picked them up
that day in Rotten-row, Hyde-park. Witness told
bins it was very wrong to attempt to pledge property
of that description without at first advertising them and
taking every means to discover the owner; and further,
that he (witness) should detain the property in order that
proper inquiries might be made. He asked prisoner the
address which he gave, " No. 7, Stanhope-street," and he
afterwards told him to call in again to see if the owner of
the property had been discovered. Prisoner called on
Thursday, and again last evening, when Sergeant Ackrill
happening to be in the shop, the prisoner was given into
custody.
Mr. Flower asked if the address given by the prisoner
was a correct one.
Inspector Brimbacombe said it was not. He had not
discovered the present owner of the property, but he had
found out to whom they formerly belonged.
Mr. Flower thought the owner might be discovered
when the fact of the seals having been offered to pledge be.

came known.
Inspector Brimbacombe said the seals found belonged to
a gentleman named George Washington Bustead, who
formerly held the office of chief clerk of the supreme court
of Newfoundland, but that ho resigned the office in 1829,
and then for several years afterwards was colonial secre-
tary of one of the West India colonies. He afterwards
came to England, and from there he proceeded to New
York, where it is supposed he died about 2 years ago. His
son, Gan. Richard Bustead was at the present time occu-
pying a very prominent position in American affairs.
Mr Burnaby, the ciet clerk, asked the inspector whether
he had reason to suppose the property had been stolen.
Inspector Brimbacombe replied that he had. The ad-
dress given by the prisoner was not correct.
I he prisoner adhered to the statement that he had picked
the seals up in the park.
The magistrate remanded the prisoner for a week in
order to give the police further time to make inquiry rela-
tive to the owner of the property.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SAD OCCURRENCE-CAUSING THE DEATH OF A CHILD,

—Oliver Sangmead, a tall, middle-aged, respectable look-
ing man. driver of omnibus 6,755, was charged with caus-
ing the death of a child named Willful Thomas, eighteen
months old, by driving an omnibus over it in the Totten-
ham-court-road.

The evidence showed that on the previous night, about 8
o'clock, while the accused was driving his omnibus up the
Tottenham-court-road, a child, named William Thomas,
whose parents reside in Fitzroy-court, Fitzroy-market, ran
into the road from Warner-street, right in front and not
more than three yards from the omnibus, aßcl that befo:e
the accused could possibly pull up the omnibus went over
the child's head, causing his death.

Mr Solomon, employed at Messrs. Moses and Sons, Tot-
tenham-court-road, and Mr Francis Dixon, residing near
the Morning-crescent, gave evidence showing that the
child's death was purely accidental, and that the occurrence
wag unavoidable.

Mr Knox said he could come to no other conclusion than
that it was an unavoidable accident, and the only wonder
was that there were not more cases of a similar kind con-
sidering how children run about the streets. He should
take the accused's own recognizance to appear that day
week.