The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-28 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. REgister Winslow.)
IN RE CHARLES JOYCE AND CO.

These bankrupts, whose business operations has been of
a most extended character, were merchants and under-
writers, of 61, Moorgato-street, and to-day was appointed
for the last examination and order of discharge. The
debts are £666,176, with a deficiency of £156,553. The
case was not concluded when this report left, but it was
understood that the orders would be granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.
BOW-STREET.

ROBBERY or POSTAGE-STAMPS.—A decent-looking ser-
vant girl, who said her name was Mary Ann Allen, but
who has hitherto been known as. Mary Ann M'Auliffe, was
brought up on remand, charged with stealing postage-
stamps to the.value of £25.

The prisoner was formerly a domestic servant in the
family of Mr. Mills, ironmonger, Great Russell-street,
Bloomsbury. Mt. Mills keeps the Post-office Receiving-
house there, and had a stock of postage-stamps in his shop
for the purpose of supplying- customers. In January last
she absconded, and after she had left, £25 worth of postage
stamps were missed. Information was given to the
police, and inquiries instituted. In February she was traced
to Kanturk, in Ireland, whore she had offered £l6 worth of
the stamps to the post-master in change for money. The
postmaster, suspecting that she had not come by them
honestly, detained them, and gave information to the
police. She then stated that she had been living in Lon-
don, at Middleton-street, Somers-town, and that she
bought the stamps at the Post-office in Judd-street. She
made some application to the postmaster for the delivery
of the stamps and threatened legal proceedings, but, with-
out attempting to carry out that threat, she suddenly dis-
appeared, just in time to escape from apprehension by a
police-constable who had been sent from London to take
her in custody on this charge. A few days back she was
further traced to Notting-hill, where she was in service
under the name of Mary Ann Allen.
Mr. Garforth,' Inspector of the E Division, said that,
since the last examination, he had communicated with Mr.
Peacock, the solicitor to the Post-office, to ascertain
whether the department would take up the prosecution.
Mr. Peacock had replied that'they would not. They did
not consider that it was a case in any' way affecting the
Post-office.

Sir Thomas Henry said he had quite anticipated that
the Post-office authorities would take that view of the
case. He presumed, however, that leave of absence would
be given to the Postmaster at Kanturk in order that he
might attend.
Mr. Garforth understood that if a summons were issued
requiring the attendance of the postmaster no difficulty
would be thrown in the way of attendance.

The constable, who had been to Kanturk in search of the
prisoner, said it would be advisable to call one of the local
police to whom she had made a statement that the stamps
were given to her by her mistress.
She was remanded to give time for the attendance of
these two witnesses.

Some timo back the prisoner's brother was apprehended
on the charge of having in his possession £2 worth of
postage stamps, which he had been offering for sale at
Camden-town. It was then suspected that he had received
them from his sister, and that they were part of the £25
worth, but in the absence of sufficient evidence he was
discharged.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ANNOYING LADY JANET IVALROND.— Paul Robert, a col-
lector, residing at No. 2, Trevor-square, Knightsbridge,
was charged before Mr. Knox with behaving in a disorderly
manner at the door of the house No. 36, Green-street,
Grosvenor-square, and causing a crowd of persons to
assemble.

Miss Harriet Walrond, daughter of Lady Janet Walrond,
said that about three o'clock yesterday afternoon the de-
fendant came to the door of the house No. 36, Green-street,
Grosvenor-square, where she resided with her mother, and
made a great noise, saying he would have his money. lie
rang the bell and knocked violently at the door, and caused
a crowd of boys to assemble.
The defendant asked whether he was not told to come
to the house.

Miss Walrond said that was not the ease, and that not
one penny was owing to him.

Lady Janet Wulrond said the defendant knocked vio-
lently at the door, and the attention of several persons was
attracted to the house. Ho came to the house twice, and
the first time she took no notice of it.

In answer to the defendant, Lady Walrond said she had
a husband, and that she was not in the habit of getting
into debt and pleading her coverture every time.
Scott, 171 D, proved the disturbance and taking defen •
dant into custody.
The defendant, in reply to Mr. Knox, said ho hack. no
questions to ask. He was in the employ of a well-known
cheesemonger's firm at Knightsbridge, and Lady Walrond
was indebted .£1 for goods, and he went for the money.
Her ladyship was in the habit of getting into debt and then
leaving, and it was difficult to get at her, and when they
did she pleaded.her coverture.

Mr. Knox said that even if theite was any sum of money
owing the defendant, he had no right to' make a disturb-
ance in the public streets. The defendant had his remedy
in the County Court. He would have to find one bail in
£lO to keep the peace for six months.

THAMES.
PAINFUL CASE.—John Richard Stroud, aged 40, an en-
gineer, who appeared to be labouring under delirium tre-
mens, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with
attempting to stab a , police constable, and also with
attempting to strangle his wife.
Joseph Moles, a police-constable, No. 327 K, stated
that at a quarter past two o'clock- he was in the Mile End
road, and the prisoner came towards him with an open
knife in his hand and attempted to stab him. He seized
the prisoner's arm, and prevented his doing so. Tho
prisoner then made an attempt to plunge the knife into his
own body, and ho had much difficulty in saving him. The
prisoner was not sober, and appeared to be very much ex-
cited. He was obliged to get several others to assist him
in securing the prisoner. On the way to the station-house
the prisoner muttered something about his wife, and what
he had done to her.

Robert Went, of 2, Westover-street, Stepney, confirmed
the evidence of Moles.

Eliza Stroud, a very respectable woman, who seemed
much care-worn, and was very much dejected, said she
was living with her family at 7, Salisbury-row, Lock's-
fields, Walworth. The prisoner was her husband, and she
had been married to him twenty years. On Tuesday
morning last, after ho had been at work all night, he came
home and attempted to strangle her on her bed. Ho put
his two thumbs on her neck, and pressed them against her
windpipe. She screamed as well as she was able, and had
great difficulty in malting herself beard. Her son and
daughter heard a strange noise from her throat, and rescued
her. She sent for a police-constable and ho refusbd to
take the charge. The prisoner was then at home.
In answer to questions by the magistrate, the witness
said her husband had never ill-used her or been guilty of
any violence before. He was not in his right mind. He
would not have hurt her if he had been in his proper
senses. He had been out of work. This week he had a
job. He said he came home to do the job—to strangle
her. He had been .drinking, and that was the cause of
this.

The prisoner made no defence, and Mr. Partridge com-
mitted him for trial at the Central Criminal Court.

WESTMINSTER.

CHARGE AGAINST A YOUTH FOR ROBBING HIS BROTHER.
—A youth, named Charles Martin, was charged before
Mr. Selfe with robbing his brother, with whom he resided
at 13, Charles-street, Chelsea.
It appeared that the prisoner, who is about ten years of
age, left his home shortly after tho prosecutor went out to
pursue his daily avocation. Some time subsequently it
was discovered that the prosecutOPs box, which was in
the bed-room, had been broken open, and that a coat, an
Albert chain, a gold pen, &c., had been taken. Tho pri-
soner was suspected, as on a former occasion he had robbed
his father of £9. A younger brother of the prisoner in the
afternoon met him (the prisoner) accidentally in Hyde-
park, and took him home. A policeman was sent for,
when he was conveyed to the station.
In answer to Mr. Selfe the prosecutor said that the
prisoner wished to be sent to a Reformatory, and that, the
prisoner observed, was the reason he assigned for robbing
him. Prosecutor had recovered all the property and the
money, with the exception of what he had spent.
Mr. Selfe asked what be did with the ?

Prosecutor stated that he went down with a person who
induced him to commit the robbery, and that ho gave the
money to a person at Hull to purchase a fishing smack.
Another brother, who appeared much distressed, gave
evidence against the prisoner in support of the charge.
Peacock, a detective of tho B division, B 348, produced
e property found on the prisoner.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

SYMPATHY WITH BARNUm.--Some men in the
crowd, assembled to see Barnum's Museum on fire,
appeared glad that the prince of showmen was losing
money, and expresed themselves freely on the subject.
" That's the end of Barnum's Museum," remarked one;
"it will be in ashes in an hour." " I hope it will," said a
rough-looking chap with a grim air of satisfaction, who
evidently deemed himself one of the humbugged. " I only
wish that old Barnum himself was in there himself. I paid
a quarter to his What-is-It' once, and found it was nothing
but a d—d nigger idiot that used to sell clams down at
Peck Slip." Another fellow declared he wanted revenge
because he had gone to Barnum's great menagerie, and
seen nothing but a sick camel and a dyspeptic leopard.
This no doubt was the man who hunted up the redoubt-
able Phineas in one of the Western towns, and thus ex-
pressed himself—" If you are Mr. Barnum, I want to tell
you your show is a humbug, sir." " Did you pay your
twenty-five cents, my friend, at the show ?" " I did sir,"
(very earnestly and impressively.) "Well, then, my
friend, you have a right to think what you please."—New
York Tribune.