The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-31 00:00:00

WOOL.

The English wool trade is still far from :active. As re-
gards, prices, however, very little change has taken place,

LA ili INTELLIGENCE,—(This Day.)

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Joyce.)

THE MORALITY OF PUBLIC SALES.-CRAWLEY V. TAYLOR.

This was an action to recover £l6 for rent, and defendant
pleaded a set-off for purchasing wines at public sales.
Mr. Pook, for the plaintiff, said that both the parties are
wine merchants.

Mr. Buchanan, for the defendant, said he would admit
plaintiff's case, and proceed at once to prove his set-off.
Defendant said he had purchased various lots at public
sales for plaintiff, and in fact that person had once actually
consented to arbitrate the case.

Mr. Pook (in reference to one item)—Now, sir, was not
that a " Knock-out."

Defendant—l bought a large quantity.
Mr. Pook—You know what I mean. Did not you and
three or four other wine merchants combine together?

Defendant—No. I bought for one house.
Mr. Pook—Did you not agree that they should not bid
against you, and was there not a " knock out ?"

Defendant—The goods were put up a second time. We
do not call it a " knock out," but a second sale.

It was then discovered that the item in question had been
omitted from one account, which defendant explained, and
his Honour recommended Mr. Buchanan to withdraw his
plea of set-off, and bring an action for the amount.
Mr. Buchanan adapted this course upon his Honour's
suggestion, and the vordict passed for plaintiff, with coats.

POLICE INTELLIf:rgENCE.—(This Day.)

BOW STREET.

WATCH ROBBERY.—A middle-aged woman, named
Elizabeth Buckland, was brought up on remand, charged
with stealing a gold watch, valued at £3O, from the person
of Mr. Williamson.

From the evidence it appeared that on Friday last a
crowd was attracted in St. Andrew street by one of the
horses attached to an omnibus getting its leg entangled in
the harness. The prosecutor and a tradesman named
Hughes, of Great White Lion-street, were amongst the
crowd, when the prisoner deliberately put her hand up to
Hughes's waistcoat pocket to ascertain whether he had a
watch. Ho was perfectly surprised at the coolness of the
act, when the prisoner told him to get out of
the way in order to allow her to pass. She
then proceeded towards Mr. Williamson, who
wore a very massive Albert chain, and taking her position
at his back passed her hand round to his pocket and suc-
ceeded in getting away his watch. He then made his loss
known, when Hughes observed that it must have been the
woman who " sounded" him, and she was then taken into
custody by police-constable 175 F. The watch of course
was not recovered.

The prisoner said she hoped his worship would deal with
the case as leniently as he could, although she was perfectly
innocent of stealing the watch.
Police-sergeant, 4 G, informed the magistrate that the
prisoner was a very old and practised offender. He was
present at the Central Court in March, 1857, when she was
sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for maliciously
cutting and wounding; and another constable knew her to
have been sentenced to ten years' transportation for watch
stealing.

Mr. Henry asked if that constable was in attendance ?
The sergeant said he had since that time quitted the force,
but he could have him in attendance on another occasion.

Prisoner—lt's very hard my bad character should be
brought up against me. If I did wrong some time ago I have
paid the penalty and undergone the sentence I was awarded.
You might as well deal summarily with this case, your
worship. I don't want to go to trial. I assure you I never
took the watch.

Mr. Henry—That is a question for the jury to decide.
The prosecutor says you did, and the constable knows you
to be a very bad character.

Prisoner--I am perfectly innocent of the charge.
The witnesses were then bound over, and the prisoner
was fully committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

JEWELLERY ROBBERY BY A FENCING MASTER.—
Auguste Robert, of 5, Nassau-street, Middlesex Hospital,
a fencing master, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
stealing at 31, Percy-street, Tottenham court-road, a nar-
row case, containing 14 ladies' gold chains, 9 Albert chains
some diamonds and rubies, &c.. of the value of £B2, the
property of Mr. Eugenie Thewrier.

It appears that the prisoner was in the habit of going to
the house of the prosecutor, who is a jeweller, to give les-
sons in fencing; and on Friday last he called for that pur-
pose and gave a lesson, there being in an adjoining room at
the time the morocco case containing 23 chains, &c., and
while the prosecutor's back was turned, the prisoner left the
room, and then, after making some frivolous excuse, left
the house. As soon as he was gone the property was
missed, and the case was put into the bands of Lambert,
68 E, who went to Southampton on Saturday afternoon,
and at half-past ten, the same night, succeeded in appre-
hending the prisoner while making some purchases at the
shop of Mr. Miller, outfitter, Canute-road, Southampton.
Lambert, on taking the prisoner into custody, searched him,
and found a portion of the property of the prosecutors on
him, but the other portion Lambert found to have been
sold by the prisoner to Mr. Emmanuel, jeweller, High-
street, Southampton, who at once geve up the property.
The prisoner was then brought to London.
Mr. Thewrier having identified the articles produced as
his property,

The prisoner was committed for trial.
Mr. Albert interpreted the evidence.

THAMES.

EXTRAORDINARY AND ROMANTIO AFFAIR. - Ann
Fraser, a very prepossessing young lady,who appeared much
affected and labouring under great agitation, was brought
before Mr. Woolrych, charged with attempting to commit
self-destruction.

It appeared from the evidence of Police-sergeant Thomas
Arnold, No. 32 K, that last night about 9 o'clock the pri-
soner was in conversation with her lover, Mr. Fearnley,
jun., the son of Mr. Fearnley, solicitor, of Broad-street,
Ratcliff, and some words took place. The young lady
accused her inamorata with being the worse for liquor, and
said that he ought to be ashamed of himself. Mr. Fearnley
denied the soft impeachment, on which the young lady said
she would drown herself. Her lover said " Do, if
you are foolish enough," Unfortunately at that moment
they were on the bridge over the Regent's-canal in the
Mile-end-road, and she jumped upon the parapet and
plunged into the water. Her lever immediately plunged
into the water after her, and after she had once gone
down he dived after her, brought her up and gallantly sup-
ported her in his arms and swam towards the bank. He
was soon assisted, and both were saved and taken to the
Gunmakers' Arms.

Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, said he appeared on behalf
of Mr. Fearnley, the son of a very old and respectable soli-
citor, and the young lady. They had formed an attach-
ment to each other. The act of the young lady was com-
mitted in a moment of bxoitement, and she was very sorry
for what she had done.
Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner until Wednesday.