The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-11 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.)

HART V. REILT.

This action was brought to recover the sum of 51., being the
difference in the accounts between the plaintiff, a plumber and
glazier, and the defendant, the proprietor of certain houses in
Grosvenor-street. The Learned Judge suggested that a case
of such a trifling nature might be referred, but the parties could
not agree, and the plaintiff's case had not concluded at the
time of our going to press.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice PARKE and Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE

HORSE STEALING.--Joseph Enever, 29, a turner, and John
Lee, 35, a hawker, were indicted, the former for stealing a
mare, the property of Francis Henry Beall, and the latter for
receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen.
Mr. PRENDERGAST stated the case to the Jury, and Mr. C.
PHILLIPS with Mr. DOANE appeared for the defence.
It appeared that the mare was given in charge to a Mr.
Warren, in order to have it turned out to grass in Epping
Forest, where it was safe on the morning of the 16th of March.
The next day it was missed, and was not seen again until the
7th of April, when it was in the possession of a policeman,
who found it in the stable of Enever, who, it was discovered,
had dealings with the other prisoner. The mare was placed
in the forest under the care of a little boy, who saw the
prisoner Enever go up to her, and having put a halter
upon her, rode her away. He called out to the prisoner,
and told him the mare did not belong to him, but he
paid no attention to him, and rode away faster. She
was subsequently discovered in Weymouth Mews, Bethnal
Green, where the prisoners jointly held a stable. The po-
liceman made the discovery, in consequence of a woman, who
was making a disturbance, and who was given in charge by
the prisoner Lee. When she was given into custody, she
said, " As you serve me out I shall serve you out, go and
bring the stolen horse out of the stable." When the police-
man apprehended Lee he found some receipts for the rent of
the stable, the key of which was afterwards discovered in the
cellar athe house in which EneVer lived. Both the prisoners
took the !table from a person named Fletcher, saying that they
wanted to put a horse into it, and they were several times seen
at work in it.

Mr. DOANE addressed the Jury on behalf of Enever, and
contended that the boy who was in care of the mare made a
mistake as to his identity.
Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury on the part of Lee.
Mr. Justice PARK summed up ; and the Jury, after a short
deliberation, acquitted Lee, but found Enever Guilty.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
FOWL STEALING.—Richard Roe, 35, was indicted for un-
lawfully receiving a number of fowls from some evil-disposed
persons on Finchley-common, the property of Joseph Free-
man, well knowing them to have been stolen. The fowls were
found on the premises of the, prisoner, after being recently
plucked, and one of them was cooked and partly eaten. The
prisoner in his defence said that two men (one of whom is in
custody) requested permission to leave them at his house until
they would call for them in the evening.---Guilty.
George Newman, 63, a plasterer, was indicted for stealing
40 yards of calico, the property of James Crickett. The ca-
lico was hanging at the prosecutor's shop-door in Whitechapel,
and the prisoner deliberately took it down, put it under his
coat, and was walking away, when he was detected. The
prisoner put in a written defence, which stated that he had
been in affluent circumstances, and that he committed the
crime with the hope that he would be sent out of the country.
—Guilty.