The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—SEPT. 28.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE G. FRANKS.
The bankrupt, a surgeon and apothecary, of Black-
friars•road, applied for his certificate. His unsecured
debts were, 1,9291. ; liabilities, 1,2891. ; the assets
were put down at 5701 ; property held by creditors,
4291. The bankrupt represented himself as having a
capital of 1,1701. on the Ist of January, 1850 ; his
profits in the intervening period had been 4,483/. ; trade
expenses, 1,4921. ; expenses of advertising a medicine
of which he was the proprietor, 1,799/. ; domestic and
personal expenses, 2,6831. ; losses, 7741.
Mr. Lawrance, in support of the bankrupt's applica-
tion, stated that no opposition was offered by the as-
signees or by any creditor. It was probable the lia-
bilities would not be proved against the estate. The
books were unusually well kept for a professional man ;
and the balance-sheet was fully vouched. The large
amount expended for advertising had been necessary in
consequence of a spurious imitation of an article in
which, the bankrupt had dealt. The capital and the
prof ts equalled the expenditure ; but the failure had
ber,n brought about by an unfortunate speculation in a
(v.b company, which the bankrupt had joined, and had
'oecome liable for their debts. He hoped to receive a
first-class certificate.

His Honour said the bankruptcy had not arisen
wholly from unavoidable circumstances. When he joined
the cab company he must have known that he rendered
himself liable for all their debts ; he had besides put his
name to bills on their account amounting to 1,2891. The
court would, however, grant an immediate certificate of
the second class.

Mr. Lawrance applied for a return of the fees paid
by the bankrupt, which was granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE. Edward Jones and John
James were charged before the Lord Mayor with having
uttered bad money. The defence made by one of the
prisoners caused some surprise.
Samuel Wood, a porter, who resided in Chapel-street,
Islington, said, "I sometimes assist the waiter at the
White Swan public-house in Upper Thames-street, and
was in that house on Saturday night, 17th inst., at
about eleven o'clock ; the prisoners came in together,
and James called for a pint of beer. I was then assist-
ing the waiter, and I took in the pint of beer, and James
paid me for it with a shilling, which I took to the bar
and got changed there. I then returned and gave the
change to James. Soon afterwards the same man called
for half-a-quartern of gin, which.l brought, and at their
desire put it into the beer, and Jones handed me a
shilling to pay for it. I took the shilling to the bar as
before, and gave it to the bar-maid, who said it was
bad, and handed it to the landlord, who agreed in
opinion with her, and sent for a policeman, into whose
hands the prisoners were delivered.
Mr. Saunders, the owner of the White Swan, said—l
changed the first shilling which Wood brought to the
bar in payment of the pint of beer, and I put the
shilling into the till. Soon afterwards. Wood came out
again, asked for half-a-quartern of gin, and gave the
barmaid a shilling, which she at once said was bad,
and handed it to me. She then went to the till, and
took out the shilling which I had put in. There was no
other shilling in the till, and she saw that the only
shilling there was a counterfeit.
The barmaid confirmed the evidence of the publican.
r The policeman who took the prisoners into custody
said that ho found in Jones's possession 4s. 4id. and in
James's a half-crown, a sixpence, and fourpence in
copper, all good money.
The Lord Mayor asked whether any of the officers
knew either of the prisoners ?
They were not recognised.
The Lord Mayor—Do the prisoners wish to say any-
thing.
Jones—l have nothing to say.
James--I have something to say, your lordship. I
don't believe in my own mind that either of the shillings
we gave was bad. I went into the public house on the
Saturday night, and I called for a pint of beer, gave a
shilling in payment, and had my change. Soon after
this young man said to me, " Would you like a drop of
gin in the beer ?" I said, " I don't mind," and so he
called for the gin and paid a shilling to the man who
brought it in. They then went out, called a policeman,
and gave us into custody. I am given to understand
that there is a practice, both of barmen and waiters, to
keep counterfeit coin in their possession, and when a
stranger goes in and has anything to drink, and pays for
it, then they change the coin, and when they are found
out by the master they say it is a stranger in the parlour
or the tap-room that has given the bad money. lam
told that's the practice, my lord.
The Lord Mayor said that he would send the case for
the decision of a jury, but he would accept good bail
for the prisoners. They were then committed for
trial.

Kensington, sub-district of Saint John Paddington,
at 15, Elms-place, on 17th September, the widow of a
cabinet maker, aged 62 years, "Asiatic cholera (24
hours)." The registrar, Mr. C. Holloway, adds :—"Her
health has been generally very good. Her son states
that opposite No. 6 is an open cesspool, from which
there is a great stench. This is a second death that has
occurred in this house from cholera, and the fourth in
this place. Several other persons are lying ill." In
Saint Mary's Hospital, from 9, Elms-place, on 17th
September, the daughter of a carpenter, aged 9 years,
" cholera (11 hours)."
Marylebone, sub-district, The Rectory, in the Work-
house, from 6, Pritchard's-place, on the 19th September,
a gardener, aged 41 years, "disease of the brain, cholera
(22 hours)." The Registrar, Mr. E. Joseph, adds :
"This patient had been in the parish infirmary for six
weeks from disease of the brain ; on Sunday last he ap-
peared well up to 6 o'clock p.m., when diarrhoea came
on first of a bilious, then of a watery character, followed,
by vomiting, a succession of fits, urgent cramp, cold-
ness of the surface, with a blue appearance about the
extremities. He died 22 hours after the first seizure.
No other cases have occurred there, and the two cases
from York-court, already reported, are convalescent.
It, the sub-district of All Souls, at the Middlesex
Hospital, from 15, Church street, Saint Giles, on the
19th September, the widow of a painter, aged 52 years,
" cholera nia.ligna (11 hours)."
Islington, west sub-district, in the London Fever
Hospital, from George-street, New-road, on 17th Sep-
tember, a female servant, aged 17 years, " malignant
cholera. In hospital 40 minutes." The medical atten-
dant reports :—" Collapse ; skin blue ; perfect conscious-
ness ; vomiting and purging ; pulseless at wrist ; was at
work on the previous day (admitted a free patient)."
Hackney,, west sub-district, at 2, Orchard-street,
Kingsland, on 21st September, a labourer, aged 38 years,
" cholera Asiatica (18 hours) ; no premonitory symp-
toms. In the south sub-district, at 15, Goring-street,
on 14th September, a commercial traveller, aged 59
years, "cholera Asiatica (62 hours)."
East London, sub-district of Cripplegate, at 17, White-
street, on 21st September, the wife of a cordwainer, aged
29 years, " diarrhoea (10 hours), Asiatic cholera (20
hours)."
Stepney, sub-district of Mile-end Old Town, 'upper
part, at 16, Charles-street, on 23d September, the wife
of a mariner, aged 45 years, " cholera (19 hours)." The
registrar, Mr. T. Baddeley, observes :—" The •deceased
was tne wife of a mariner, who left her for the purpose
of joining his ship the night before she was attacked; the
informant states that the deceased was of the most in-
temperate habits, selling every particle of furniture for
the purpose of obtaining drink, and when her apartment
was entered it presented the most wretched appearance,
scarcely an article of furniture being therein."
Whitechapel Church sub-district, in the London Hos-
pital, from the London Docks, on 20th September, a
mariner, aged 40 years, "cholera." In the Mile-end
New Town sub-district, at ,341, Booth-street, on 18th
September, a hawker, aged 57 years, "diarrhoea (2 days),
cholera Asiatica (20 hours)."
St. George's-in-the-East, sub-district of St. John's, at
1, Salter's-alley, on the 19th of September, the daughter
of a coal-porter, aged 9 yeare " English cholera (4
days)." The medical officer of this sub-district observes
that " this case had been attended by another medical
Man up to Monday, who informed me the child was
very blue about the face when he first saw her. I at-
tended her 4 hours before death, and the case then pre-
sented a strong resemblance to severe cholera. The
house at times had very bad smells from a drain in the
yard."
St. Saviour's, Southwark, at 56, Ewer-street, 3 deaths
are registered from cholera, namely, on the 16th Sep-
tember, the daughter of a labourer, aged 3 years, "cho-
lera (9 hours)." In the same house, on the 19th Sep-
tember, the son of a labourer, aged 7 months, " cholera
(9 hours)." And in the same house, on the 20th Sept.,
the son of a labourer, aged 3 years, " cholera (4 days)."
The registrar, Mr. F. Parr, adds :—" This house is
situated in one of the worst streets in the district, the
houses being old, dilapidated, and dirty, inhabited by
labourers and costermongers."
St. George, Southwark, Borough-road, sub-district,
at 7, Gun-street, Friar-street, on 21st September, the
wife of a stonemason, aged 62 years, " diarrhoea (19
hours), Asiatic cholera (15 hours)." The registrar, Mr.
H. C. Elliott, states :—" This death occurred very near
the spot to whiCfi reference was made in last week's
return, and I much fear this case may be regarded as
another melancholy instance in which a disregard of the
premonitory symptoms is followed by fatal results : the
informant stated that deceased was in good health up
to the attack of diarrhoea, which she allowed to go on
between 7 and 9 hours before application was made for
medical assistance."
In the Kent-road sub-district, at 3, Hayward's-place,
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Zulu Kafire, at present exhibiting at the
registrar,"yeTarshe
in a respectablesituated— "Th iisnd death thhealtiv occurredlo.
Gallery, Knightsbridge, appeared to answer /*charge- of
in the Old Kent-road The deceased (the mother
disorderly conduct.
!prep) had been •
Some difficulty arose as to the mode of making the ac- cality
.
cused acquainted with the evidence against him, whicha for some time in a weak state of
St.. Mary, Newington, sub-district of St. Peter, Wal-
was ultimately effected by a double interpretation, 1
1 hofea7ltcbh.
gentleman turning the English into Dutch, and a Kafir
at '2 Alliance-cot on 17th September the
years, " Asiatic cholera,
who understood the latter acquainting the defendant , worth, , Alliance-cottages,
diarrhcea (10 days
with what was said, and vice versa when it came to his wife of a cellarman, aged 23
premonitory , collapse (12 hours)."
turn to speak.
Mr. Charles Henry Caldecott, son of a merchant at Lambeth, sub-district of Waterloo, 2,1 part, at 22,
Port Natal, said that his father brought the Zulus to this Agnes-street, on 19th September, the wife of an army
accoutrement maker, aged 30 years,
" Asiatic cholera,
Deceased was taken ill between 9 and 10
country with him, and left them in his charge. On
~iuo.,,
Tuesday afternoon, defendant and four others went out ' (1 x horns)."
without complainant's leave into the park. He sent for ' o'cloc ;,1- and cramps came on 2 hours after. In the sub.
them but they refused to return, until a policeman, who : district of Lambeth Church, Ist part at 2, Vauxhall-
was sent for them, brought them back. When they ar-
cholera (36 hours)." The registrai.,
square, on 23rd September, a labourer, aged 44 years,
rived at the door of the exhibition they would not go in " diarrhoea (4 days),
n tan t with an attack of diarrbma
but stood about the, door, and when defendant was ' Mr. T. Greathead, adds :—" This man was at work in a
spoken to he was very impertinent, and would not stone-yard on the 21sti
listen to what he said. As a great number of persons lie became worse on Jr; 0.).€1.,,, when medical aid was
attracted by their appearance, gathered round the door, calied in, and died on the 23a . ,
complainant and some friends tried to .
push theta in and Wandsworth, ,
ber, the son of a close the door, as their remaining outside caused a great station, Nine-elms, on 16th Septem
,
hours)." In the
-district, at the emigrant
la-
annoyance to the neighbourhood. Defendant then told 1 bourer, aged one year, " cholera (72
complainant (in Kafir) to look out and lifting Iris 1 sub-district. of Clapham, at St. Ann's House, Old Town,
fist told him he would strike him. 'Complainant turfed ie lon 20th September, a female servant, aged 50
adds:
induce them to be calm and
The registrar, Mr. J. Frost, .
go in, whedefendant came 1 "cholera (5 days)."
close up to him and struck him on the shoulder with I —" St. Ann's House is an asylum for female servantste3.
his hands. It was done in a very threatening way, but ' out of plade ; there are between 40 and 50 inmates.
years,
did not hurt him. Defendant then drew his hand across The deceased was taken ill on the evening of Monday,
his face. Three or four of complainant's friends got be- the 13th inst.., when she was attacked with vomiting
fore defendant and prevented him, or he would have and purging, but made no mention of her ailment, took
struck him again. Defendant and his party then went no medicine and sought no relief until the morning of
lip stairs into the gallery and armed themselves with Friday, the 71.6tb, when the medical attendant folind her .
1

Jan Thoroughgood was charged before Alderman
Salomons with having beaten his wife, torn a large
quantity of hair from her head, so as to leave the poor
young creature half bald, and threatened to destroy her
altogether.
Louisa Thoroughgood, who appeared to be about 20
years old, and had her baby in her arms, said—l ant
obliged to come here for protection front my husband,
who says he means to kill me. We have been married
three years, and I have been obliged to leave him three
times and go into service, on account of his cruel vio-
lence ; but he never let me rest till he got me back again.
He gave me a black eye a week before my confinement,
and when my baby was at the breast he dragged the
hair from my head. The complainant here raised her
bonnet, and exposed her head, at the appearance of
which the alderman was evidently shocked. Indeed,
the contrast between the thick glossy curls of one half,
and the plucked bareness of the other half of the skull,
was such as to raise a strong feeling of indignation
against the brute at the bar.
Alderman Salornaes—You say he has frequently
beaten you. Have you ever complained of him before ?
Complainant—Never, my lord, and I would not com-
plain of him now, but he solemnly swore he would mur-
der me, and then I thought I could not delay any longer.
The defendant—l say the charge is false.
Alderman Saloma.ns—What do you say about tearing
the hair from your wife's head ?
The defendant—The hair ? why she attacked me while
I was sitting in a chair, and her hair got entangled, and
with her own violence she pulled it out. Why, I have
the marks of her scratches. I merely defended myself.
Complainant—l did scratch his face when he was
dragging my hair away by the roots. I don't wish to
hurt him, God knows, and I will say that there is not a
better husband when it is what I call right with him ;
but that is now only from Sunday till Monday morning.
Alderman Salomans—What do you mean by what
you call right with him ? Does he get drunk ?
Complainant—I don't know how it is, but he gets be-
side himself. His employer is a wine merchant, and I
believe he is in the habit of taking more than lie ought.
The defendant—The fact is she has been pecking at
me ever since this new law against cruel husbands has
come out, and she said she would never be quiet till I
had a taste.
Alderman Salomans—The object of the law is to punish
delinquency, and to make that punishment a lesson to
others. It is not very likely that a young woman would
drag the hair out of her head because her husband was
treating her in a brutal manner. This is a most serious
offence, and must be treated accordingly.
'• The defendant was then sent to the house of correction
to hard labour for the space of three months as an ex-
ample to other scalping drunkards.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Timothy Ryan, an athletic
Irish labourer, was brought upfor final examination,
charged with a murderous assault upon police-constable
Archer, G 222, whereby his life had been seriously en-
dangered.
The complainant, who had been in the hospital for
nearly tre
three weeks, and still exhibited extreme suffering and debility
from the effects of the injuries he had re-
ceived, stated that about two o'clock in the morning of
the 9th inst. his aettention was attracted by a violent
disturbance at tlicoriner of Old-street, where he found
the prisoner engaged:who required
n a desperate struggle with ano-
ther constable
his assistance to convey
him to the station-honse,
and he was
Suddenly
to force him
Witness accordingly seized
him by the arm,
away, when the prisoner tripped up his heels
and threw him on the pa.„,,,
ilitz; Witness, however,
managed to retain his hold of
prisoner
had no sooner
recovered his feet than the
flung him upon
his back, and planting his feet upotig:'l,l
theB (na lowereh 'com-
menced part
of his person. Witness became perfectly !)le and
was conveyed on a stretcher to St. Bartholoineesi
pital, where he remained for several days in a w s Hos-
pital, pre-
carious condition.
The prisoner said he was very drunk at the time, and
did not recollect anything about it.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said that the summary powers with
which he was invested were wholly inadequate to deal
with sach an outrage, and ho should order the prisoner
to be committed for trial.