The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-09 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)

IN RE CUDDEN.-NOVEL APPLICATION.

In this matter Mr. Reod applied for leave to expunge a
proof of 3251., made by a creditor named Bulkley, for
money alleged to have been lent to the bankrupt. The
proof had been allowed, but was now opposed by the

assignees.
His Honour—Does any one appear for the creditor ?
Mr. Howell said he appeared for the creditor, and did
not oppose the application.
Mr. Reed said he believed it was after all only a question
of costs, and his Honour directed the order to be drawn up
as agreed to.

IN RE BANKS.-'

." MEN OF STRAW."

This bankrupt was described as an architect, of Lewisham.
It appeared Mr. Banks had accepted accommodation bills for
another bankrupt to the extent of over 400!. There was
uo opposition to the order of discharge now applied for, and
an attorney who appeared for the bankrupt explained the
matter of the bills by stating that in the first instance he
did owe the drawer £6O, and had been gradually led on to
the much larger amount.
His Honour said that nothing could well be more mis-
chievous than the system of accommodation paper. Bills
were sent flying about in all directions, and when inquiries
were made it was found that the parties making them were
" men of straw." In this case there was not one farthing
assets, and the bankrupt did not pass at all creditably, but
in the absence of opposition the order of discharge would
be granted.

IN RE IVILLIAMS.-AN APPEAL TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

The bankrupt was described as a gentleman, not being a
trader, of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Mr. Lewis (Harrison and
Lewis), said that in this case an appeal against the adjudi-
cation in bankruptcy was now pending in the House of
Lords, and therefore he did not now propose to go into the
matter to-day.
His Honour allowed the case to stand over.

It appeared that Mr. Williams is a contributory to the
Professional Life Assurance Company, now in course of
winding up in the Roll's Court.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL CUIIRT--This Day.

The January sessions commenced this morning.

The Common Sergeant, on charging the grand jury,
mentioned the principal cases contained in the calendar.
Two deaths had been occasioned by the furious manner in
which public vehicles were driven about the streets, and
the drivers would be placed before them to answer certain
indictments which had been preferred against them. It was
desirable that some regulation should be made to protect
the public from so great a danger. There was the charge
of murder against a person named Kohl, committed in the
marshes at Plaistow ; also the charge against an Italian,
for the murder of Michael Harrington, and several other
serious offences, but he did not anticipate that the facts
connected with them would occasion them any difficulty.
The Grand Jury then retired to their room, and in a
short time after the trials commenced.

LOBBEILY OF STORES ON TILE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.

Edward Fuller, assistant storekeeper in the employ of
the South Western Railway Company, and Thomas Smith,
labourer, were indicted for stealing a large quantity of
stores, the property of the South Western Railway Com-
pany. _ _ . . .

The prisoner, it appeared, filled a situation of trust
and confidence under Mr. Beattie, and in that position he
was enabled to purloin and convey to his farm in the
country all manner of articles, such as paint, turpentine,
white lead, oil cans, brass fittings, &c. The value of pro-
perty found at the prisoner's house was over £l5O. Smith
had merely acted as a servant to Fuller.

The jury acquitted Smith, but found Fuller guilty.
Mr. Metcalfe, in mitigation of punishment, said the pri-
soner had given certain information to the company which
would enable them to put a stop. to many bad practices
which now existed.

Mr. Ribton said the information amounted merely to a
number of assertions against several persons, without the
slightest proof.
The Recorder said he would defer passing sentence until
he had. read a certain correspondence which the prisoner
had had with several officers of the company.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
CONVICTION OF A DEALER IN COUNTERFEIT COIN.

John Clarke, a young man aged 25, was indicted for
having in his possession 43 pieces of counterfeit coin, with
intent feloniously to utter the same, well knowing them to
be false and counterfeit.

The prisoner, it appeared, had been for some time
suspected of dealing in counterfeit coin, but the greatest
difficulty was experienced in effecting his capture. In
December last, however, Mr. Brennan, the officer to the
Royal Mint, met the prisoner in the street, and asked him
if he had any counterfeit coin in his possession. The pri-
soner made no reply, and after the officer had repeated his
question, he put his hand into his (prisoner's) pocket, and
took therefrom a purse, in which no less than 43 pieces of
counterfeit coin, consisting of half-crowns and shillings, all
executed in a remarkably fine manner. The prisoner was
therefore taken into custody, and on being searched at the
station-house, a number of pieces of paper, with a name
and address written thereon, at which counterfeit coin
could be obtained were found.

The jury found the prisoner guilty.
'fifig:tfonunon Sergeant asked whether anything w4a's
known about the prisoner.
Mr. Brennan said he had known the prisoner for about
15 or 18 months as a dealer in counterfeit coin, in
co-partnership with a person named Watson, who had been
formally convicted and sentenced to five years' penal ser-
vitude. They had for some time carried on the trade of
dealing in counterfeit coin, and although the fact was known
the greatest difficulty had been encountered in effecting
their capture in consequence of the exertions of their asso-
ciatesto prevent their apprehension. Nothing coulcl..be more
difficult than to effect the capture of the middle-man—the
one who took the coin from the maker and disposed of it
to the utterer, and he would defy any person to watch
the prisoner 100 yards in the streets of London
without bad success. It had only been since a
number of the prisoner's confederates had been convicted
that they had been enabled to secure the prisoner.
The prisoner said it was untrue to say he had been
known for a year and a half as connected with coiners.
He had been in London but 12 months. A year ago he
was engaged driving the post-office mail cart, between
Farnborough and Aldershott.
Mr. Brennan—You have been long enough in London to
give me a great deal of trouble. My lord, we have, after
much trouble, captured the prisoner Trainer, and he is
now under remand.

They haVe been most active in disposing of their
counterfeit money, which, owing to the excellent manner
in which it was got up, was readily bought by evil-dis-
posed persons.
The Common Sergeant said it matters little whether

tho prisoner had been 12 or 18 months in London.
The offence of which he had been convicted was
a very serious one, and he had some difficulty in
making up his mind not to sentence him to penal servi-
tude. However, as he had not been previously convicted,
he should not do so, but he should send him to prison for a
considerable time. If, however, the imprisonment should
not have the effect of deterring him from his evil course, he
might depend upon it his next sentence would be either
seven or ten years' penal servitude. He sentenced the pri-
soner to 18 months' hard labour.

The Irish People has discovered in the workhouse
df Carlow an old man, named James Lawless, who
fought in the Rebellion of '9B, at the battles of Enniscorthy,
New Ross, Ilacketstown, Swords, Trim, and the Boyne, and
passed through all that period with very trifling injuries,
Lawless was born in 1761, and is now therefore, over 103
years old, but is yet in possession of all his faculties. The
announcement of his position has produced a fund for his
maintenance outside the workhouse.

FEARFUL ENCOUNTER WITH A TIGER.—One day
lately a royal tiger having made its appearance close
to the village of Puggydial in the Kurnool district, while
Col. Cotton was inspecting the distribution channels in the
Nagalore division, the colonel, accompanied by Mr. Cotton
and his two assistants, Mr. Johnston and Mr. Chas. Cotton
advanced upon the beast. Mr. W. Cotton fired one shot,
which took effect—when the tiger ran off. The natives,
who had assembled in force, dispersed in pursuit—but Mr.
Cotton's party, now left alone, soon after saw some people
running through a cholam field in alarm, some of whom
climbed up a stack of newly-cut corn, where they were as-
sailed by a tiger, and two of them pulled down. Mr. Cotton
and his two companions immediately went to the rescue,
and Mr. Cotton attempted to fire, but his rifle missing fire,
the tiger sprung upon Mr. Johnston, who had also fired a
shot, and seizing him by the back wounded him fearfully.
Mr. Cotton then attacked the tiger with the butt end of his
gun until it broke, and the tiger, leaving Mr. Johnston,
seized Mr. Cotton by the arm, snapping it and inflicting
some grievous wounds. Mr. Chas. Cotton, a youth recently
arrived from England, then advanced with a revolver, and
while the tiger held his brother by the arm, lodged five
balls in the animal's head, which enabled the two sufferers
to get away. The tiger crept into the stack of cholam,
from which he was soon after brought out dead. Mr. Win.
Cotton was carried into Kurnool, a distance of about 25
miles, where he was attended by Dr. Kees, who found both
bones broken a little below the elbow, and !several deep
wounds inflicted by the tiger's teeth ; until these are in a
better state the arm cannot be fully set, but by the last
accounts (27th ult.) the patient was doing well. Mr. John-
ston, whose wounds it is feared are of a more dangerous
character, was unable to be moved. Of the two natives,
one had been brought into Kurnool in a better state than
was anticipated, the other was on his way. The first two
balls from the revolver penetrated the skull. Mr. Charles
Cotton then fired the remaining three into the tiger's
mouth, which induced him to loose his hold and made him
reel back.—. Madras Times, Dec. 2.