The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-12 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAIN. 11.
THE KING V. CHARLES CARUS WILSON.
Mr. R. V. RICHARDS moved for a rule to show cause
why a criminal information should not be granted against
the defendant, at the instance of Mr. Sneyd, a magistrate
of the county of Stafford, and of the division within which
the town of Leek was situated. The defendant had been
guilty of publishing two libels, grossly reflecting on the con-
duct and character of Mr. Sneyd as a magistrate..—Rule
granted.
THE KING V. THE STAFFORDSHIRE JUSTICES.
Lord DENMAN delivered the judgment of the Court in
this case. This was a question upon a return to a man-
damus directed to the Justices of Staffordshire, commanding
' them to allow certain persons, rate-payers of the county, to
inspect rates allowed and passed at the sessions, and which
were now, with the vouchers, deposited with the Clerk of
the Peace for the county. The return set forth several
objections as to the -right of the applicants to have the in-
spection of these books. The Court, on the whole, decided
that the return was sufficient.—Rule for a peremptory man-
damus discharged.

SHAW V. ROBERTS.
Lord DENMAN also delivered the judgment of the Court
in this case. This was an action on a policy of insurance
against fire. The policy was effected on a malt-kiln. It
appeared at the trial that the plaintiff had consented to re-
ceive on a particular occasion a quantity of bark from a boat
which had been accidentally sunk in the river, and to dry it
in the kiln. The bark had caught fire, and the loss oc-
curred. This change of employment of the kiln was stated
to be a violation of the policy. The Jury returned a ver-
dict stating that the drying of bark was more hazardous
than the drying of malt, and it was contended that the
plaintiff was, consequently, not entitled to recover. The
Court, however, thought that this momentary varying of
the general employment of the kiln, in order to perform an
act of kindness, which was done bona fide, was not such
a change as required to be notified to the insurers, and that
an accident happening therefrom would not vitiate the po-
licy. The rule for entering a verdict for the plaintiff must,
therefore, be made absolute.

COURT OF COIII,IION PLEAS, JAY. 11.
This being the first day of Term, the Judges as usual
proceeded in state to Westminster Hall.
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY V. TUBB.

Sergeant WILDE stated that this was an action, brought
by the creditors of an intestate against the surety in an ad-
ministration-bond for not having exhibited an inventory.
Oyer and a copy of the bond had been demanded by the
defendant, and a summons subsequently taken out to stay
proceedings until the demand of oyer had been complied
with. The Learned Sergeant, feeling some difficulty as to
the mode of shaping the present motion, it was postponed,
at the suggestion of the Court, until to-morrow.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JAN. 11.
The Barons of this Court (with the exception of Mr.
Baron Alderson, who will be engaged in chambers this term)
took their seats upon the bench shortly after one o'clock.
The Court was then opened in the usual form, and some
cases of justification of bail taken.
Mr. CURWOOD moved for judgment against the casual
ejector. The service was not the same as usual, being
upon the secretary of a canal company under an Act of
Parliament.—Motion granted.

ARCHES' COURT, Jam. 11.
WRIGIIT V. ELWOOD.

The suit for nullity of marriage, by reason of a former
marriage, is promoted by Mr. James Dennis Wright
against Amelia, otherwise Emily, Elwood, calling herself
Wright. The libel on behalf of Mr. Wright was now of-
fered for admission, in which it is pleaded that the afore-
said lady was married to Mr. Elwood in 1821 ; that the
ceremony was solemnized in Ireland by a Clergyman of
the United Church of England and Ireland ; that it was
entered in the registry of the parish, which is, however,
now in a mutilated state, and the leaf containing the ac-
count of the marriage entirely torn out ; that the parties
cohabited till 1823, when Mrs. Elwood separated from her
husband, and became acquainted with Mr. Wright, to
whom she asserted that she was a spinster and minor, and
that before their marriage could be effected they must gain
the consent of her guardians ; that they therefore agreed
that banns should be published, and that she should adopt
the name of Emma ; and that they were thus married, her
former husband still living. The suit is now brought to
render that marriage null and void.
The Learned JUDGE, as the case was of importance to
the public, as to the construction of the Marriage Law,
should refer back the allegation for full proof of all facts
pleaded.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Some days ago a man, named Anderson, was brought
before the LORD MAYOR, charged with having stolen a
fowl in Leadenhall-market. Th man admitted that he
had committed the robbery, but drew such a picture of
misery in palliation of the offence, and produced his wife
and four children in corroboration of it with such effect,
that Mr. Gill, the person plundered, at once gave up all
idea of prosecuting, and some of the bystanders con.
tributed to the relief of the family upon the spot. The
Lord Mayor wrote upon the occasion to Mr. Gregory, the
treasurer of the parish of Christchurch, Spitalfields, in which
the prisoner resided, on the subject of giving employment
to the unfortunate man, who had assured his Lordship that
he had repeatedly applied to the parish authorities for relief
or work, but without effect. It was with some degree of
surprise that his Lordship received information from Mr.
Gregory, that Anderson had grossly misrepresented the facts
as to the application, and he directed that the parties should
attend at the Justice-room on Tuesday.
Mr. Brusbfield, one of the churchwardens, accompanied
by Mr. Gregory, accordingly attended, as did Anderson and
his wife and children. _

Mr. Brushfield stated that Anderson had never applied
to the parish officers at all, and that his wife had never ap-
plied but once, and that was at the house of one of the over-
seers who was out of town. So far were the parish officers
culpable. He complained of the principle acted upon as
most dangerous, for if a man stole a fowl and was not only
forgiven but rewarded for it, merely upon his own state-
ment, be might next steal a goose, or something of more
value ; and it was singular that on the very day the circum-
stance occurred at the Mansion-house, a case somewhat si-
milar, and distinguished by a similar principle occurred at
Lambeth-street police-office.

The LORD MAYOR said it was true that there were per-
sons occasionally present who felt for the distresses of
others ; and it was true that he did not attempt to check
the disposition to relieve them, inasmuch as he considered
that to encourage the tendency to the principle was one of
the highest glories of the human character. He, however,
might have been told an exaggerated story. There might
have been misrepresentation, but that there was distress he
had not the most remote doubt. He felt, too, when Mr.
Gill revolted from the idea of prosecuting, that he was not
imperatively called upin to commit the accused to Newgate
for trial.
The LORD MAYOR (to Anderson)—You told me when
you was brought before me, that you bad frequently applied
to the parish for relief, is that the case ? Anderson—lt is
not, my Lord • I never applied.
The LORD iIAYOR—Why did you tell me a falsehood on
the occasion ? Anderson—l was so flurried, I did not well
know what I said.
Mr. Williamson, a retired pawnbroker, who had kept a
shop in the neighbourhood, had been a great friend to An-
derson, who was clever at his business as a fishmonger, and
might have supported his family well, but had acted in such
a manner as drove away all his friends. The wife was cer-
tainly an industrious woman.
Mr. Brushfield did not attend to show that the people
were not in poverty, but to show that he and the other
officers of the parish were not aware :of the situation of
the family, and that the accusation against the parish was
totally false.
The LORD MAYOR--YOU have done quite right, and I
am delighted to find that you take such pains to inquire
into the condition of your poor.
Here the matter dropped.

MANCHESTER, JAN. B.—Cotton spinning here is
exceedingly brisk ; the demand for exportation, considering
the season of the year, being quite unprecedented, and at
fair remunerating prices.