The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-16 00:00:00

LAW INT.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Brougham).
IN RE WILLIAM HOWARD GLOVER.
This bankrupt was described-as of 52, Adelaide-road,
composer and publisher of music, and contributor to a daily
newspaper, and to-day was appointed for the first meeting.
The debts already on the file amount to £760, and amongst
the creditors are Messrs Chappell, musicsellers, of Bond-
street ; Frederick Chatterton, Drury-lane Theatre ; D.
Davidson, music publisher, Regent-street ; A. F. Godfrey,
bandmaster, Coldstream Guards ; D. Godfrey, bandmaster,
Grenadier Guards ; Charles Halle, St. James's Hall ;
Madame Schumann, pianist, and various musicians of her
Majesty's Theatre and elsewhere. The cause of the bank-
ruptcy is said to be " failure of a series of concerts given
in the years 1864 and 1865, at Drury-lane Theatre and St.
James's Hall. This was a second petition, the first hav-
ing been dismissed in consequence of some informality.
It was anticipated that eventually some arrangements
would be made with the creditors.

CRIAIINAL COURT.--This Day.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)

Frederick Osborn, musician, whose trial was postponed
from last session, was this morning indicted for stealing
20 oz. of gold, the property of James Redmond, and also
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for feloniously wounding police-constables Thomas Evans
and Ambrose Sutton, with intent to prevent his lawful
apprehension.

Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted, and Mr. Harris defended.
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The prisoner, it may be remembered, were of a gang of
scoundrels, who watch the jeweller and gold-case maker's
errand boys ad they come home from Goldsmith's-hall or
the flattening mills, and plundered them of whatever
article they may have in their possession. In prisoner's case
prosecutor was a gold watch-case maker, living in Rahere-
street, Clerkenwell, and the robbing took place a fortnight
before Christmas, The prisoner was not taken at the
time, but on the 20th of June policemen Evans and Sutton
were on duty in Went -worth-street, Whitechapel, and they
saw him, and on their attempting to take him into custody
he drew a knife and wounded the constables very seyeiely
and made off. On the 20th of June, hearing the prisoner
was in custody at Birmingham, tho constables went down
and took him into custody, and he was positively identified
by the boys robbed as the man who had taken their mas-
ter's property.

Inspector Bryant said the prisoner was a ticket-of.leave
man when he committed the robbery. He was one of the
most desperate thieves he ever knew, and formed part of a
gang of men who were habitually robbing the boys under
the circumstances stated.

The Common Serjeant sentenced him to 14 years' penal
servitude:

The Common Sorjeant ordered the two constablds a re-
ward of £3 each for their praiseworthy conduct during the
capture of the prisoner.

OLD COURT. •
(Before the Recorder.)
The trial of the Frenchman Lafaucade, for wilful and
corrupt porjury, was resumed this morning.
The case will last the entire day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THONVING A BOY INTO A TUB OF WATER.—Richard
Kennersley, a labouring man, was charged before Mr.
Knox with assaulting a little boy about seven years of age,
named Edwin Checkley, by throwing him into a tub of
water.

A young man named Price, residing in Brewer-street,
Golden-square, proved seeing a number of boys splashing
one another with water from a tub of water used in mixing
lime, the road being under repair. The prisoner walked
up to the complainant and threw him into the tub, and left
him to get out the best way he could.

The boy said that while standing by the tub the pri•
soner caught hold of hint and threw him into the tub of
water.

The prisoner said the boys were not only splashing each
other, but every one who passed.

The witness Price said tho prisoner for some time had
stood laughing at tho boys.
Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 10s. or seven days.