The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVE:NINO, JUNE 7, 1865.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)

A CITY MERCHANT AND A CITY TRADESMAN DISPUTING FOR
128. GD.—DEAN AND CO. V. TARRACK.
This was an action to recover 3.1.8. 6d. for a fender and
fire-irons, plaintiffs being the ironmongers of King Wil-
liam-street, and defendant a merchant of 47, Mark-lane.
Plaintiffs' clerk deposed to the sale and delivery of the
goods.
Defendant—And I paid for them at the time.
Plaintiffs' Clerk—That I deny, or it would have been
entered in the books. No such entry appears in our books,
and I can prove that to your honour.
His Honour—You cannot use your own books as evi-
dence in your favour, because there is nothing to prevent
you putting anything you like in them.
Plaintiffs' Clerk—We should not do that. If defendant
paid for these things he would have a receipt for them.
Defendant—l have not got any receipt, but when I paid
the money plaintiffs' man put the money in his pocket.
Plaintiffs' clerk—The defendant must have had a receipt.
His Honour—That does not follow. I never take
receipts. _ .

Plaintiffs' clerk—But will not your Honour look at the
cash-book, in which the amount must have been entered
had it boon paid ?

His Honour—He says you put it in your pocket.
Plaintiffs' clerk—Then it would soon have been checked
against me.
His Honour—l can hardly believe that a City merchant
would come here and dispute a claim of lls. 6d. if he had
not paid it. As there is one firm swearing against another,
I shall send the case to a jury.

POLICE INTELLIGENCES—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT ON A CLERGYMAN.—John Penny,
a porter, residing in Porter-street, Soho, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting the Rev. George Pigot, the
clergyman attending the Newport-Market Refuge.
The complainant said that ho was passing along Market-
street, Newport-market, last night about nine o'clock,
when he saw a large crowd assembled, and the defendant
and another man fighting together. He persuaded the de-
fendant to desist and go home, when he turned upon him
and gave him a violent blow on the back of the head and
another in the side, and in falling ho hurt his leg.
The defendant said he might have pushed up against
the complainant, but he did not remember it, having been
out drinking all day. He had no recollection of being in
any disturbance.
M'Mahon, 165 C, said on taking the defendant into cus-
tody he denied the assault.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 40s. or a month. .

BATHING IN THE SERPENTINE DURING THE PROHIBITED
HOURS.—Samuel Barwell, a baker, residing at 14, James-
street, Notting-hill, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with bathing in the Serpentine during the prohibited
hours.

Police-constable, 63 A, said that at half-past seven yes-
terday evening he saw the defendant go into tho Serpen-
tine to bathe. He told the defendant that the hour for the
commencement of bathing was eight o'clock, and that
he must come out. The defendant refused to do so, and
swam towards the north side, telling him in an impudent
tone to follow him. The defendant, on getting on the
north side, where it is forbidden for the bathers to go,
dressed himself, and he then took him into custody.
The defendant said there was such a noise from the per-.
sondwaiting to bathe that he could not hear what the con-
stable said.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the defendant had gono into the
water before the proper time, and the regulations must be
enforced. The defendant would have to pay a fine of
2e. O.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

made speeches which indicated a hankering for a £5, and a
reluctance to accept a£6 borough franchise. But no sooner
was a Reform Bill brought in by Lord Palmerston' s Govern-
ment than Mr. Black spoke in the most vehen lent way
against lowering the franchise at all, and when the bill was
withdrawn his speech, supposed to be indicative of 'a sen-
timents of the city of Edinburgh, was cited as ono o. f the
reasons for that step. He had opposed Mr. Baines' bill, and
had in doing so made a very violent speech against the vt.'rY
principle of reform, so much so that Mr. Disraeli's speech
was far more a Liberal speech than Ir. Black's. Mr.
M'Laren went on to speak of the local support which he
himself had obtained for the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
measures when opposed by the Conservatives, as showing
that ho had been a warmer supporter of the present Go-
vernment than Mr. Black, who had taken no such trouble,
and said that the Lord Advocate, if Government were sin-
cere in their desire for reform, should prefer him to Mr.
Black as a colleague. He concluded by saying, in refer-
ence to the alleged probability of the present movement
letting in a Tory member, that in the first place the other
side would really be responsible, and in the second place
that the change would probably do them no harm, while it
would show the Whigs that they were not to la rd it over
the citizens as they had done for so many years-
Several questions were put to the candidates, %Ind a mo-
tion of confidence in them was unanimously carried.
The sitting members have called a meeting for ttis after-
noon.