The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-05 00:00:00

BOW- STREET.
The Court was cro:vde,l the greater part of yester.
day with shopkeepers from the parishes of St. ( cement
Danes and St. Mary-le-Strand, who were summoned
by :he Churchwardens for Sunday trading. On a for-
mer occasion similar complaints were made against se-
veral of them by Mr. Mason, the senior churchwarden
of St. Cement Danes, but upon their promising not to
repeat the offence, the cases were not proceeded with ;
and as the promise wa; only partially kept it was con-
sidered necessary to have the question finally decided by
the Magistrates.
The first person called upon to show cause why he
exercised his worldly calling on the 29th September
was Mr. Joseph White, a tobacconist, residing in Clare-
street, Care Market. •
Mr. Mason said that it being intimated to him that
the defendant was determined to keep open his shop on
the Sab'eath day, he sent to apprize him of the steps
which were about to be taken, which he disregarded.
Mr. Ronalds, the solicitor, appeared for the defence.
John Edwards, who read from a memorandum, stated
tl at about half-past four o'clock he went to the defend-
ant's house.
Mr. HALL inquired if the notes he was reading from
had been written by nim ? Witness said they were not,
buc he dictated them to the beadle. He bought an
%rice of tobacco from a lady inside the counter, for
which he paid 4d.
Mr. HALL asked if the shop was open ? Witness
said s
the shop was open, and the person who served him
7 inside the counter, in the ordinary way of doing
business.
Mr. HALL
inquired if he knew the shop belonged to
the defendant
White" Witness replied that the name of
was over the. door, but he did not knew the
defendant, and
he believed
ttahned
that the person who had
served him was his wife,
he could not say if he was
standirg at the door at
In answer to questions by time.
the solicitor, the witness
said that he had laid the infoprmattedion by the direction of
Mr. 3lason, by whom he exec
paid, but the
amount of compensation he left to f ttthohatbegentleman.
Mr. HALL asked Mr. Mason
e
messages
.e dason said he
pecuniary interest in the matter? mr witness had any
theand assisting
was under his control in going
in ringing the bells. Considering thattgesPROLIFIC TREE.—An apricot tree which mea
shopkeepers sures only seven inches in the thickest part of the stem
would not serve the beadles, to whom they Were known, or trunk, belonging to Mr. John Bakev:ell of Castle
he was employed on the present occasion.
Donis ton has this year produced the following al-
Terry, the beadle, proved that he knew the d most unprecedented quantity of fruit :—First getting
ant, and the shop mentioned by the last witness was (by way of thinning), 29 dozen ; second ditto, 19
kept by him.
the fifth and last (when ripe),
Mr. Ronalds submitted that as it had been proved dozen ; third ditto, 6i dozen ; fourth ditto, 7 dozen ;
goods were not served by the defendant, he could not 2Si dozen.—Total, 95
dozen.—All of which were of the most beautiful de-
be considered responsible ; for, as a penal statute should sperreispetrion, and with few exceptions were used for tarts,
be construed strictly, and in which there was no men-
tion made of " permitting or suffering,"
DETERMINED the person ":
&c.—Derby Reporter.
morning, ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—
acting as the agent or servant became liable to the con- Yesterday
sequence, he considered that the Magistrate ought to dressed woman g, about half-past eight, a decently-
s observed hurrying along the banks
show every leniency to the defendant, as the Act was of the City-roadcanal,p, incoherently exclaiming, " Oh,
passed so far back as the reign of Charles 11., since my God! oh, mwa
On arriving near the bridge
which bakers and butchers were permitted to work on in Britannia-fields Ged •
s she 15
Sundays, and mackerel was allowed to be sold. Even before she was rescued by
in, and had twice sunk
one of the towing-men who
being go t
in out
plunging
r ug
again.gled
so late as the last Session an Act had been passed allow- attend the fly-boats
•
mg publicans to sell gin and tobacco after the hours of violently, and ultimately on
succeeded
Divine Service ; and there being no evidence to prove Police constable No. 101 M happening to come up,
that the defendant pursued his worldly calling on the ' she was removed under his custody. The cause which
Lord's Day, the case might be dismissed, led to this rash act was not poverty,
(
as the buyer was Cot to be visited. particularly. ,
with any punishment. were found on her person. as four •
sovereigns