The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ROUSE OF LORDS, Ju 2.
Their Lordships sat to-day, assisted by the Judges; to
hear writs of error.

DIRTWHISILE V. VARDILL.
The arguments in this case, which were part heard yes
terday, were resumed and concluded to•day.—Judgrnen
postponed.

SECONDARIES COURT, JULY 2.
CARLISLE V. HUTCH AND OTHERS.
Thit; was a writ of inquiry to assess damages for the
publication of a libel in Felix Farley's Bristol Journal, of
which the defendants are the registered proprietors. The
defendants suffered judgment to go by default.
Mr. Crowder and Mr. Grey appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Butt for the defendants. The libel complained off,
appeared in the above-mentioned newspaper of the 29th
December last, in the shape of editorial comments on the
case of "The Queen v. Sarah Verrier," which was a pro-
secution for perjury at the instance of the Hon. F. H.
Berkeley, P. for Bristol, and upon the trial of which,
the plaintiff in this case was a witness for the prosecution.
The defendants in the publication of their paper, which
contained the article complained of, imputed to the plain-
tiff and other witnesses for the prosecution, (who also
brought actions against the defendants which are mentioned
below) that they had been guilty of wilful perjury in the
evidence given by them on the trial of Mrs. Verrier.
Mr. CROWDER having addressed the Jury at some length,
commenting on the injurious tendency of the libel upon
the character of the plaintiff, who was a person in an ex-
tensive way of business, as a wholesale and retail haber-
dasher in Bristol, and who was also one of the Charity
Trustees of that City, dwelt upon the malicious mo-
tives which were apparent throughout the libel.
Mr. BUTT, on the nart of the defendants, tendered the
most unqualified apolOgy, and said that they had already
made an amende in a subsequent number of the paper.
The SECONDARY briefly summed up, and the Jury, after
a very short consultation, gave a verdict for 400/. damages.
GEORGE LADY SAUNDERS, ESQ. V. THE SAME.

HARMAN VISGER, ESQ. V. THE SAME.
Writs of inquiry were also executed in these cases, which
were actions founded on the same article, as that which
was the subject-matter of the first-mentioned case. The
Jury awarded Mr. Saunders 1501. damages, and Mr.
Visger 1751.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(YESTERDAY.)

THE GOLD•DUST ROBBERY.

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Mr. Justice LITTLEPALE then proceeded to sum up the
evidence, and observed that the evidence of accomplices
ought always to be received with caution, and was not en-
titled to much credit, unless it was corroborated in every
particular by credible witnesses. This case rested mainly
on the testimony of two accomplices, Moss and Solomons.
Both these persons admitted that they had previously made
false statements. It was for the Jury to determine to
what degree of credit the testimony of such persons
was entitled where it was not corroborated by that
of other witnesses. Solomons' evidence certainly was
corroborated by that of his children ; but it should
be recollected that they must be naturally anxious to
screen their father as much as possible. After a few more
observations of a similar character, the Learned Judge pro-
ceeded to read his notes of the evidence. Having gone
through the evidence his Lordship proceeded to ex-
amine in what particulars the testimony of Moss
and Solomons was confirmed. With regard to
Lewin Caspar, Moss's testimony was corroborated by those
persons who had seen them in company together before
the robbery ; and with regard to Ellis Caspar, the only
corroborative testimony was his having been seen at Moss's
door on the Sunday previously, and the wood, ashes, and
sealing-wax being found in the grate on the morning after
the evening when Jane Bradley had seen him at Moss's
house. With regard to Moses, the testimony of Solo-
mons as to Moses having been at his house was
confirmed by the testimony of his son and of Dean.
As respected Mrs. Abrahams, the testimony of Moss was
not confirmed, but the testimony of Solomons was con-
firmed by that of his son, as to her presence at his house,
and the son bringing the notes and money and giving them
to his father in her presence, who gave them to Mrs.
Abrahams. The evidence of John Dean confirmed the
evidence of Henry Solomons, as to her giving him certain
lumps of gold to be placed in the crucible and melted.
There was besides this the general evidence of the case to
which they must likewise pay attention. The Counsel for Moses had contended that there was no proof of his having
received the gold dust, but that must be a matter entirely
ofopri
ntiiroen h
consideration saicciteerda tmioenreolfy the
a s agent Jury for his daughter, could, who, if they were of
not convict him as a receiver. If they were of opinion
that Moss did not know he was committing a theft, then
Lewin Caspar must be acquitted, as he was the thief, and
not an accessory before the fact—but if they were of opi-
nion that Moss knew he was committing a robbery, al-
though he might not know he was stealing gold dust,
Lewin Caspar could not be considered as a principal. The
case had received a long and patient consideration from
the Jury, and it was now for them to determine whether
the prisoners were guilty or not guilty. His Lordship
concluded his charge, which had occupied more than seven
hours in the delivery, at a quarter to seven o'clock.
The Jury having retired to consider of their verdict,
Mr. CLAR.KSON made an application to the Judge relative
to the expenses of the prosecution, more particularly with
regard to Lea and Roe, who had been particularly active.
The JUDGE ordered the Jury to be recalled, in order to
direct them to take into their consideration whether any
of the witnesses were likely to be influenced by the reward
which had been offered. At the conclusion of the charge
Mrs. Abrahams burst into an hysterical flood of tears,
threw herself upon the neck of her father, and fainted in
the dock.
The Jury having again retired, Mr. CLARKSON renewed
his application, and also asked as to the discharge of So-
lomons and Moss, who were in custody of the goaler of
Coldbath-fields.
Mr. Justice LITMEDALE said he had no power to order
their discharge. With regard to the expenses, he was of
opinion that a lib eral allowance should be made to Lea
and
ng the e Roe,xpense or co and I;is tot/acmesunsel. allowed to Mr. Hartly, includ-
i
Mr. CLARKSON said, that it was the desire of the pro-
secutors that Merss and Solomons should be discharged on
caenlled uptering
on. into 'their own recognizances to appear when
Mr. Justine LITTLEDALE.—They must be transferred to
custodyat.
of the keeper of Newgate, and discharged by
pthe
rociamon
The Jury returned in to Court at five minutes after
eight, ar id brought in a v erdict of—Guilty against all the
prisoner s, but recomme.nrled Alice Abrahams to mercy,
believin g she was acting -under the influence of her father.
On t he delivery of th,e verdict Mrs. Abrahams went off
into afa of hysterics, at .d was carried out of the Dock in
that st ate.
Mr. Serjeant Boate., es hoped his Lordship would reserve
the points which he he .d mentioned on Saturday.
_Mr. Justice LITTLJ .DALE had done so.
Ilia LORDSHIP, in discharging the Jury, complimented
them on the great pa tience they had displayed throughout
this investigation, arrhich had extended over a period of
eight entire days, and expreesed his regret at the great
personal inconvenitixece thee must have suffered in conse-
quence of this long deter'don from their homes.
'rile Court was ti teh • adjourned to Monday next.
All the prisoner
seemed anxious
and restless during
the whole of the dr
tears. When cal ,
into the dock to hear the verdict they
were all greatly ail,
cted. The son of Moses, after the verdict had been delivered, .hook his father by the hand
Verdi t and the elder Caspar frequently shed
ofhissnle t r Mrs Abra-
the dreadful s,
e unfortunate sis e , .
ham: t. paroxysm of grief at

It appears, tin t Moss and Solemons were committed as
prim !plats, and . not as witnesses for the Crown, therefore
the i Judge had r lo power to discharge them.
therefore rent tin in
,the
T ho Grand J ,ury h
--aving been discharged some days since
they cannot ;1 )0 discharged by proclamation; they will
b. mil-fields Prig
on,
and aPPI.S7 for a writ of Habeas Corpus
in order to obts in their disOiarge.
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mho established the fact, the N.lag!s-

MISPLACE; 3 SYMPATHY. A few days ago,
as a party of the
a degerter throw Seventy-second Regiment were escorting
:11 Auchterarder on the route to Glasgow,
a number of the
hood collected r • inhabitants of that town and neighbour-
ound them, evidently with the intention of
rescuing him ; and as he was on the watch, he burst into
the crowd. 1
, :
he escort endeavoured to follow : in so
doing, one of
,hem was knocked down, and the other laid
hold of—whit 3li way was for the delinquent to make
off and escape , mi
lest their pri
disgrace as
,6' ,Itis, two innocent men were ill-treated,
nor, valid], in a military view, is as great a
~
1:1 congt, quent punishment.
could htdal them, besides being subject to
military Ir
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