The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-26 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday, Mr. Stockdale, the publisher of Har-1
riette Wilson's Memoirs, and the lady by whom he I
was accompanied when he appeared, in the course
of last week, to answer a charge of assault, came be-
fore Sir R. BIRDIE, for the purpose of obtaining a
summons, calling upon Mr. George Delmar, solicitor,
of Norfolk-street, in the Strand, to show cause why
he withheld or disposed of a certain bond, whereby
the female applicant was deprived of an annuity
of 5001.

Sir R. BIRNIE had no power to grant a summons
to compel a solicitor to give up documents. An ap-
plication for that purpose must be made to the
Court of King's Bench.
Mr. Stockdale was under the impression that a
Magistrate could interfere to compel the restitution
of papers deposited for safe custody. He had also
to apply for a summons against Colonel Bailey, of
31, Manchester-square, to compel that gentleman to.
restore a draft in favour of the lady who was
present, and who had received part of the amount,
whereby her claim to the entire was
.acknowledged.
Sir R. BIRNIR had no power to interfere, and re-
ferred Mr. Stockdale to his attorney.
Mr. Stockdale then adverted to the reports in the
newspapers of the assault case to which he had
lately been a party, and observed, that the report
published in the Times vas the most correct of any
he had seen, with the single exception, that the
lady on whose behalf he appeared was described as
the widow of an officer, whereas her husband was
still living.
The lady here came forward, and produced to Sir
R. Birnie her marriage certificate.
Mr. Stockdale then made some observations re-
specting the solicitor whom he had named ; but as
that gentleman was not present to reply to them,
we of course abstain► from giving then publicity.—
Mr. Stockdale soon after withdrew, accompanied by
the lady.

Ephraim Bond, alias Cohen, a smartly-dressed
young man, was brought forward, in custody of
Ledbitter, upon the double charge of felony and as-
sault. The charge of felony was preferred by Mrs.
Macbeth, of Norfolk-street, Strand, and that of as-
sault was made by her son, William John Macbeth,
an attorney residing in the same street.
It appeared that on Saturday last the defendant
came to the house of Mrs. Macbeth, and entering
her bed-room, behaved with so much violence, that
she was obliged to send for her son, who resided in
the adjoining house. The son came, and after a
short altercation, was knocked down by the defend-
ant, who soon after left the room. A gold chain
and eye-glass, which lay upon a chest of drawers,
were then missed ; and a little girl who was in Mrs.
Macbeth's room when the assault took place, de-
po►ed, that she saw the defendant reach his hand
towards the drawers, and immediately after she
missed both the chain and glass. A police con-
stable was soon after called in, but refused to take
the defendant into custody, es he did not see the
assault committed, and nothing was said to him of
the other charge, although the defendant remained
in the house, and near the premises, for some time
after the affair took place. He then drove off in his
gig, which was waiting for him at the door, and
both warrants were subsequently applied for and
obtained at Bow street. A vast deal of abuse and
recrimination was exchanged between the parties, in
the course of w hick the charge of felony was en-
deavoured to be fixed upon the defendant, but
Sir R. BIRNIE declared, that there was no evi-
dence to warrant him in entertaining the charge. It
appeared that the articles were lost in a lodging-
house, and it would be too much, in the absence of
direct proof, to fix the charge upon the defendant.
He then directed that the charge of assault should
be gone into.
Mr. C. Phillips, on beisalf of the defendant,
should offer no defence to that charge, to which his
client put in the required bail, and the parties left
the office.
Mr. Rowbottom, of the " Finish," and other
sporting characters, were present, and retired with
the parties.