The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-23 00:00:00

THE WINDHAM CASE—(This Day).

This morning Mr. Coleridge addressed the jury on behalf
of Mrs. Windham. The learned gentleman commented
strongly on the observations of Mr. Chambers, in his open-
ing speech, relative to his (Mr. Coleridge's) client. The
learned counsel for the petitioners bad thought fit to enter
at some length into the circumstances attending the mar-
riage of Mr. Windham, and he had expected that before
the evidence for the petitioners had been brought to a close
witnesses would have been called to support the assertions
of counsel, but such had not been the case, and the jury
were left to act merely upon the remarks made by the I
learned gentleman. The object of the petitioners
was clear and apparent; it was to get rid of a
marriage which it was not to their interest to acknowledge,
and which stood in the way of the property at Felbrigg
ever coming into their possession. In order to invalidate
the marriage the petitioners had fixed the let of August as
the time from which the jury were to date I%lr. Windham's
lunacy ; but he felt convinced that the result of the inquiry
would be that the jury would be of opinion that, before and
after that time, Mr. Windham was a person of sound mind
and well able to take care of himself and his property.
[The learned gentleman was addressing the court when
we went to press.]

LA TV INTELLIGENCE.—(2his Day.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.

(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley.'

HOARE V. OSBORNE.

The contention in this cause arises on the construction
of the will of the late Mrs. Freeman. Her estate consisted
of three parts. First, she had a real estate in Lancashire
for life. Secondly, she had £11,335 3 per Cent. Consols.
She was entitled to six annuities for her own life, amount-
ing altogether to £4,210. She was also entitled to a moiety of
real and personal estate from the estate of her late brother.
And third, she was also entitled to certain personal chattels,
such as ornaments,:trinkets, paraphernalias, household fur-
niture, and affects, which she possessed under her
marriage settlement. By her marriage settlement
the two first •named portions of her property were
vested in trustees for the trusts .of the settlement.
As to the third portion, Mrs. Freeman reserved an abso-
lute power of appointment, and this portion has now beeome
the subject of dispute between the two parties. She had no
issue. At the time of her marriage she had two cousins, George
and William Osborne. By her will in 1855 she executed
her power of appointment over this portion of her property
in favour of herself for life, her husband, Mr. Freeman, on
her death, also for life, and Mr. Hoare (the plaintiff)
Mr. Meredith, Mr. Poole, and the two defendants, George
and William Osborne in reversion. Mr. Poole died, and his
share accrued to the survivors.

His Honour made a declaration in terms of the ap-
pointment, and directed the question to be argued
whether Mr. Hoare was entitled to any por-
tion of her estate in respect that he was an
the
einwgtrustee estate,
alegacy
and not entitled, under
any portion of her pro-
perty, and ordered Mr. Freeman to pay the defendants'
costs of their examination, as costs in the cause.
Wills Act, to on
take her
as

POLICE .INTELLIGENCE.—(2118 Day.)

MARLBOROUG LI-STREET.

ASSAULT IN A POLICE STATION.---AliguStiße Fitzgerald,
a gentlemanly-looking man, residing at 31, Lansdown-
road, Nottiag-hill, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
assaulting police-constable Leighton at the police station.
The defendant was brought to the station the previous
day charged with being drunk, and when brought to the
court was discharged. In the afternoon he again got drunk,
and on being brought to the station and being led to the
cell he seized the constable by the hair of his head and
struck him a severe blow with his fist, and tried to bite him.
Defendant said he bad nothing to say in answer to the
charge, and was fined 20s. or 14 days.
A GOLD WATCH IN BARLEY-COURT.—Two young
women, living in Barley-courf-, Coal-yard, Drury-lane, a
court which was stated by the constable, Appleby, 39 F, to
be the worst place in the locality, and who gave their names
as Burke and Smith, were charged with being in possession
of a valuable gold watch, supposed to be stolen.
The girls were seen minutely examining the watch
(maker's name " Le Plastiner, Chancery •lane") by Appleby,
through the door of the King's Head public-house, Broad-
candrtbelieving, from the fact that they
they could not have come by
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in t.
Bailrelse'sy.,on, that
it honestly, went in and took them into custody on their
not satisfactorily accounting for its possession—one of the
girls stating that it was her husband's, the other that her
"friend" had given it to her.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoners for a week, so that,
if possible, the owner of the watch might be found.
ROBBERY AT A LODGING-ROUSE.—Frederick Eyles, a
young man, was charged with robbing his employer, Mr.
Browning, lodging-house keeper, of 36, Duke-street, St.
James's.

It appears that the prisoner was a waiter at Mr. Brown-
ing's, and in consequence of Mr. Browning for some time
past having missed money from a desk in his bedroom, as
much as £l2 since Friday last, he marked two sovereigns
last night, and consulted the police. The money was placed
in the desk, which was locked, and some time after it was
found abstracted from the desk, and on the prisoner being
searched a marked sovereign was found in his possession. A
bank note for £5 was also found in his box, and a savings
bank book with sumsito the amount of £3O. Prisoner had
since admitted he had taken several sums of money from
the desk, and Mr. Browning stated that his loss was about
£5O altogether. It further appeared that prisoner had offered
to give up the whsle of the property found on him.
The prisoner was remanded.