The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-28 00:00:00

rHE7SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY IiNENiNG, MARCH 28, 186 a,

SHARE MARKETS—This day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day. )

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.)
IN RE JOHN RICE.-A HARD CASE.
This bankrupt was described as a dairyman, and to
day ho applied fsr his release.

Mr. Robertson Griffiths, on behalf of the bankrupt, said
there were circumstances of peculiar hardship in the case.
The bankrupt had been arrested by the Consolidated Life
Assurance Company for a debt of £33, and was detained
in custody by them. Ho was taken into custody on March
13, and during the time he was in prison he heard that his
wife, to whom he had been married 50 years, was dying.
He asked permission of the detaining creditor to go and
see his wife, but was refused, and sho died while he
was under arrest. The Court would be informed that the
bankrupt was surety for his son to the Consolidated Life
Office, and that the debt was not one actually contracted
by himself.
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His Honour directed that tho bankrupt should ba re•
leased forthwith.

IN RE SOPHIA AGG.-A FEMME SOLE.

This bankrupt was a married woman, separated from
her husband, and she traded in the city of London as a
femme sole. Her debts amount to £1,532, including liabi-
lities on bills £742. The assets show—good debts, £l9O ;
doubtful, £103; and deficiency, £1,240. An application
was made to-day by the trade assignee for cash, goods, and
deficiency accounts.

Mr. Robertson Griffiths (instructed by Mr. Merryman)
opposed the application, but his Honour directed that the
accounts should bo filed.

The case was then adjourned.

SHERRIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr and a Jury.)
IMPORTANT QUESTION.-BLACKBROW V. NASH.

This was an action which has created considerable in-
terest amongst the fish salesmen at Billingsgate market,
and to-day the court was crowded with persons who
brought into it an " ancient and fish-like smell."
Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff, who is a fish
smoker and curer ; and Mr. Beard represented defendant,
who is a salesman of the market.

Mr. Buchanan called his client, who deposed that in
November last he bought of defendant five baskets of had-
docks, at 245. per basket. He took them home, and began
to take the heads off for curing and smoking, when he
discovered that the fish formed but a small portion of the
contents of each basket. There were fish at the top, bot-
tom, and sides, but in the middle there was a pyramid of
straw, which reduCed the value of each basket to 13s. De-
fendant refused to make any allowance.
Croas-examined—l did not buy the fish "as straw." I
do not know that Scarboro' fish aro always packed in
straw.

Mr. Gearing, the clerk of Billingsgate Market, said ho
attended to-day without a subpcena, because he wished to
put a stop to a system of fraud adopted by the consigners
of fish to the London markets. He had seen the haddocks
sold to the plaintiff, and when he saw the straw he came
to the conclusion that it was nothing but a fraud.

Cross-examined—Not a fraud by a salesman, but by the
sender of the fish.

His Honour remarked that he had been trying for the
last six years to stop the system, but to no purpose, as the
salesmen would not assist him.
Evidence was then called to prove the quantity of straw
in the pads.
Mr. Beard then called the defendant, who said that Scar-
borough fish always had straw, and York none. The fish
sold to plaintiff were sold as with straw.
Mr. Buchanan—What is the name of the vendor ?
Defendant—Mr. Procter.

Mr. Beard then called witnesses to show that the fish
was described as being "fish and straw," and plaintiff
could have seen each basket before buying.
Plainntiff denied this.

His Honour said that the question for the jury was what
was the bargain between plaintiff and defendant; and the jury
would say if there was more straw in the pads than should
reasonably have been there.
The jury found for the plaintiff. Verdict for plaintiff,
with costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.