The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
MOFFATT V. HEALEY -STARTLING DISCLOSURES ,A 130131

THE TALLY SYSTEM.

This was an actic;Zjior;;;;;&3;.—lor a shawl, and bad
been adjourned, as defendant's wife swore upon the first
hearing that her husband knew nothing of the matter.
To-day the defendant said—l authorised my wife to get
two cotton dresses, for which I paid lls., but I never Pc°
her my permission to get the shawl. I give my wife 175.
per week when I am in work.

Cross-examined by the plaintiff—l know that my wife
went to Hampton Court, but I did not go with her. I did
not see her with the shawl on.

Mrs, Hallet, an elderly female, said—l introduced Mai'
Healey to plaintiff. Mrs. Healey has pawned the shawl,
and she offered me the ticket, but the article was too gaY il
colour for me.

Defendant—l know nothing of it, and Ido not want a
tally shawl,
Plaintiff—This man has been convicted of felony, and
surely my word should go as far as his.
Defendant admitted that he had been convicted.
His Honour—That makes no difference. I find here all
old woman coming forward. She introduced the defer
dant's wife to plaintiff, and it seems that she is in the
habit of buying these tickets. I should like to deal with
her.

Plaintiff—She is a respectable woman.
Mrs. Healey—l did not buy the ticket, defendant's land•
lady did.

His Honour—Then I should like to deal with her, IC
is quite as bad as receiving stolen goods. Here are women
introduced to tally shops, and they get goods without the
sanction of their husbands, pawn these goods and sell the
tickets. It is really too bad, and here we have a 1130
with 17s. per week sued for 20s. for a shawl for his Wife►
who pawns the, article and sells the ticket.
I shall find for defendant with costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY.—Several persons were brought be'
fore Mr. Tyrwhitt charged with being drunk. The offenders
were mostly natives of the Emerald Lie, and pleaded "St.
Patrick's Day" as their excuse. Where nothing but
drunkenness was charged against them they were die'
charged.

Timothy Desmond was charged with being drunk and
creating a disturbance.

He was seen by a constable trying to get into a public
house some time after it was closed, and the constable, see-
ing that he was in an advanced stage of drunkenness, told
him to go away, when he became very noisy, and OB the
constable taking him into custody he was very violent.
Defendant said the fact was that when he went out in
the evening he had not the least expectation of getting
trunk, but hq went into a publichouse and there he had
as much real Irish whisky for nothing as he could drink
for two hours, and sure enough it entirely overc..me biro,
and he supposed he went back for some more,
Mr. Tyrwhit,t fined him ss.

Margaret Driscoll, Mary Costello, and Margaret Dria'
cell, were charged with violently assaulting Mrs. Elizabeth
Crawley, of 19, Liitie Earl• street, Seven Dials.
I'he complainant said she was coming out of a baker's
shop with a loaf in her hand, when, without the slightest
provocation on her part, Mary Driscoll struck her in the
face, and Costello and Margaret Driscoll pulled her to the
ground by her hair and struck her several times, none of
them saying a word to her.
Mrs. Ellerman, the wife of a baker, in Earl-street, said

she saw the complainant pulled to the ground, and a WWl'
zity of hair pulled out.
Richard Wolf, 160 F, said he saw complainant attacked,
by the prisoners, and, with three other constables, rescue'
the complainant, and took the prisoners to the station.
Margaret Driscoll said the truth was that the young
" lady" next her (Costello) was going along, having a sham"
rock in her bonnet, when complainant's husband insulted
her. They had taken a drop, or it would not have bar
pened. It was all through that and the shamrock.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said by the defence it appeared that a matt
had offended them, and thei, like savages, they attacked a
woman who had given them no cause of offence.
Committed for 21 days each.