The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-27 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE--This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Hazlitt.)

IN RE

A SCENE.

This morning a learned counsel (Mr. Bicker-Caarteen)
appealed to the Registrar to take a private sitting. This
being declined, the counsel proceeded to urge that the
Registrar ought to do the work, as he was well paid for it.
Upon this the Registrar desired the learned counsel not to
make improper remarks. _ _ .

Mr. Caarteen requested the Registrar not to couple his
name with any such observations, and added, " You have
not treated me like a gentleman, Mr. Hazlitt, since I have
been in this room, and you ought to know it."
The Registrar—l do not want to hear your observations.
Mr. Caarteen—l would say it here or in any other room
in this building.
The Registrar—There, that will do ; you are stopping
all the business.
The matter then dropped.

SHERIFFS' COURT
(Before Mr. Gibbons.)

VICIOUS HORSES AND THE PUBLIC.—GILL V. HAYWOOD.
This was an action to recover damages sustained by the
plaintiff through the vicious conduct of a horse belonging
to the defendant, a coal merchant of Rotherhithe.
Plaintiff stated that he was going along the street upon
a certain day, and he passed defendant's horse, which was
in a cart. The horse snapped at plaintiff, tore his clothes,
and inflicted certain injuries upon him for which he now
claimed compensation.
His Honour asked defendant what he had to say to this?
Defendant could assure the Court that he did not know
his horse had a predilection for biting people.
Plaintiff—But I can assure your honour that when I
called upon defendant he offered me compensation.
His Honour—Then you should have taken it.
Plaintiff—lt was not the amount I claimed. Surely if
defendant's horse injures me I can recover damages.
His Honour—The law says you cannot unless you can
show that the animal was vicious within the knowledge
of its owner. Thus, when a dog bites a person the injured
party must show the court that the owner had, what is
called in law scienta, before he can recover damages. That
law must also be applied to other animals, and unless you
can show me that the defendant knew his horse was ad-
dicted to biting you cannot recover.
Plaintiff—That is very hard._ -

His Honour—l cannot help it : you can get the Legis-
lature to alter the law, but lam bound by it. You must
be nonsuited.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MANSION-HOUSE.

ROBBERY BY A PORTER.—William Crocrombe, a porter
lately in the service of Messrs. Miray and Co., clock manu-
facturers, of New Erle-street, Cannon-street, was placed
before Mr. Alderman Carter, charged with robbing his
employers. _ _

Mr. Ernest Murray said the prisoner had been in his
service for two years and nine months. He had been miss-
ing clocks for the last two years; and on taking stock six
clocks were found to be missing. To prevent this stock
was taken again a few days ago, and some property was
again missing. He spoke to the clerks and others em-
ployed, and they each suggested that their homes should
be searched. The prisoner was present, and he gave his
address 8, Shaftesbury-place, Aldersgate-street, and
there found 23 boxes of matches which had been
missing since 1863. He was then given into custody,
and while he was being conveyed to the station-house he
said he had taken away the other goods and pawned them, iu
order to oblige a friend. The prisoner was then taken back
to New Earle-street, and there he took 13 pawnbroker's
duplicates from under the staircase, all of which related to
the property of which he had been robbed. It consisted of
carriage-clocks, time-pieces, and bronze statuettes.
Henry Chase, assistant to Messrs. Smith and Dymond,
Newgate-street, pawnbrokers, produced some of the
articles pawned by the prisoner. One was a bronze figure
for 7s. ; another was a time-piece, 4s. ; another bronze
figure for 3s. ; and an ornament in the same metal for 12s.
Alderman Carter (looking at the ornament pledged for
7s.)—You only lent 7s. on this ? Why it is worth at least
£2. If you did not know the value of the property, you
ought to have done so. It is a very censurable proceeding
the receiving in pledge so many articles of the same de-
scription from a person like the prisoner without making
some inquiry as to how he came possessed of the property.
The bronze articles were castings for the ornamentation
of mantel clocks.

Witness—The prisoner gave the namo " John Davis."
Alderman Carter—But the articles he was pledging were
of a very valuable character.
Hancock, the police constable who took the prisoner into
custody, said he had since confessed to him that he had
stolen some other clocks, the manufacturing price of one
of which was £ll. This he had sold to a pawnbroker in
the neighbourhood for 30s.
Alderman Carter said he should remand the prisoner,
and he afterwards directed that summonses might be issued
against the pawnbrokers who had purchased anything of
the prisoner to appear at the Mansion-house and produce
it that day week.