The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-09 00:00:00

BAIL COURT-WEDNESDAY.

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The admission or attorneys during the Present Term has
been very numerous ; between thirty and forty were ad-
mitted this morning. Previously to their taking the usual
oaths,
Mr. Justice COLERIDGE addressed them on the nature
of the duties they were about to be called upon to perform-
IN THE MATTER OF THE CORPORATION OF LUDLOW.
Mr. MAULE said this was an application on the part. of
Cot poration of Ludlow, to change the attorney in an action-
brought to try the question of right to cert^.'m lands.
Rule nisi granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday a great deal of curiosity was excited by the
investigation into a case in which a young man named .loliu
Bullock was charged with having defrauded two elderly
ladies of nearly 1,000/. in transactions connected with the
purchase of Spanish Bonds on the Stock Exchange.
The City Solicitor attended by order of the Court of
Aldermen, with directions to prosecute, if in his judgment
there were grounds for prosecution ; and Mr. HuaiPiilll
appeared for the prisoner.
The City Solicitor, having compendiously stated the
nature of the charges of frau& said that it the prisoner
could not be proved to have committed the imputed offence
it was the intention of the City authorities to proceed against
him, for having acted as a broker without being dul,y autho-
rised by the Court of Aldermen. The two ce,mplainants
had been ruined by the conduct pursued by the prisoner ;
and the Court of Aldermen determined to afford all the
protection they could to the public, by pwaishino• those who
dared to act as sworn brokers without being qualified.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, a lady on the verge of sixty,
stated that she and her sister resided at No. 29, Wal-
brook, and were in the habit of employing the prisoner
jointly to sell stock for them, having for a consideral;le
time employed his father for the same purpose. They -were
very particular upon all occasions in desiring the prisoner to
buy safe stock, and to run no risk ; and if he. bought
Spanish, not to let it remain so that it would be. necessary
to pay instalments. To follow these directions he faith-
fully promised. On the 6th of May, 1835,1,1 e called up?"
them, and said that he had purchased. 1,020/. Spanish
Scrip for them, and on the 7th and llt'n of May he state"'
that he made similar purchases. Thr4 paid him the money
each time for the Stock ; but received for the two first
purchases neither the Scrip n'ar other authority, to prove
that any transactions of the kind had taken place. The
excuses he made were that he had come out upon one oc-
casion in a hurry ac,d forgot to bring the Scrip, and upe°
another that be tad deposited the Scrip at Curtis and R°'
harts', and at Ladbroke's banking-house for convenience
sake, that he might the more conveniently pay off the in-
stalments. At last he gave them a paper, the copy of
which was, " 7th May, bought 1,0201. Spanish Scrip, at
37k," and another to the same effect. The first sum theY
gave him to pay for the Spanish Stock was 3771. odd, but
the whole sum amounted to upwards of 1,100/., and a(L"
cording to an accountant whom they had employed lo
examine the accounts subsequently, their loss exceeded
900/.
Sir PETER LAURIE asked whether the complainants had
relied upon the mere statement of the prisoner in a matter
in which so much property was involved ?
The witness said that they had told him of their
to meet the instalments, but he replied that he would tale
care of the instalments, and that as he was in the habi t !!f
accommodating others with money, he should find na dif-
ficulty in obtaining accommodation himself in the same:NOY'
He desired them not to make themselves uncomfortable'
and assured them that after the panic they would realize
the sum they had laid out, and make a pretty profit. On
the 25th of June he called upon them to contribr,te to the
instalments ; he said he had got the necessary str.n, with the
exception of 25/., and witness handed over thpt sum to lion'
and on the 3d of August she gave him 1534. more to pa/
more instalments. On the same or the next day he brought
back 102/., saying that he had sold 2,040/. Spanish Scrip
on the 31st of July, to pay up all the instalments. They
asked him how he came to do so in opposition to their di-
rections ; but he replied that he could not help it, and thus
they were deprived of their property.
The City Solicitor could prove that the prisoner kept n°
account at Ladbroke's or Roberts's, and that no Spanish
Scrip was purchased by the prisoner for the complainant-40-
Mr. Humphries (to the witness)—Pray were you nut r?
divide the pretty profits of the speculation with the pris°°e'
Witness—We were.
Mr. Thomas Lander, clerk at Curtis ;'.nd Robarts'°
Bank, said that the prisoner wa:s not at all 'known to him'
and had not deposited any Sr,anish Scrip at the house-
Mr. Kennedy, a clerk at Ladbrokes, stated that the Prime
soner kept no account, at that house, and had left no Sp'
nish Scrip there.
Sir PETER LAURIE could not help taking the oPPrtli
nity to cautir,n the public against embarking their property
in the nurnrzrous and unprincipled speculations whisk nti
aboundel Multitudes had been already destroyedaw
veno:iring, and by and by it would be seen to whit afri.
fl.ll extent the public were injured to the aggrandisement
a few.
The complainants assured the Alderman that 01
would not have made a public complaint in this ease he
they had not been reduced to the greatest distress by t
circumstance.
The prisoner, who had, it was stated, in all forme' r trans
g:
actions with the complainants, and with all other pers°nod
acted in an honourable manner, was then discharged, %t
upon leaving the bar was informed by the City Solicitor
styor
a prosecution should be instituted against him for llitojurt,
acted as a sworn broker, without the sanction of the
of Aldermen.

HATTON-GARDEN. ?la
Yesterday Henry Addison and William Harvey.
Henry,. and William Daley, Kelly, and Jones, were re-r;
anuned, charged with having committed robberies. 10She
the pretence of taking 'ready-furnished lodgings. r
office was crowded to excess by individuals ready to pte'e
charges.
but they
The prisoners denied the whole of the charges,
were committed upon them, and eventually taken by Wa
dington to the House of Correction.
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YLMAREBONE. in
JACK AND THE CABMAN.—A red-faced, je:4lCi
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is
son of Neptune, who gave his name as Jack R,ibilison• II to
brought
up in custody on the charge of havir,,, refuse'
pay the legal fare for the time of the cabriolet No. 735, Al
pt
Jack, on being asked why he objected to pay comPitrl-1,
his demand, placed his arms a-kimbo, and sa-isaid," MY 1.4°1-b'
Lord and Gentlemen, the plain truth of the -matter,
out any gammon or nonsense at all is this bee 'at
came over in the Spartan from New York, • and landed 0
Bristol, when I directly brought myself to an anchOl,
a-top of a stage, and got into London 'ves-terdaY. fit'
I happened, somehow or other, to be steering along ?nate,
cliff jhighway, where I had just spolse with a 'hip if
when up comes this land lubbe': and ay.:a to
wanted a ride, so I set sail in hi: craft, and told Ilare
cut on like lightning to Tottenham -court-road. 13,11 t,
I got into my berth, I says, says-- Now, Inate, 1",or taco
!:
price of my passage ?' and he !i.greed to land fl d
bob, with the understanding, nr.y Lord, that on the roan /
was to stand grog for us bol.h, which I did • and wile
got out I offered the Vault, but he wo4dn't have I_,
and said he should charge for time instead of distanooeo
Avast, there, my lad,' says I, I shan't pay it, 5,? you
may do your best and be d—d ;' and with that he ea,"s ked
fellow (pointing to a policeman), who I" a"
me up in a little square crib worse than the, black-hole ;
Calcutta. This, my Lord (making a profound bow, 4114
scraping his foot on the floor in true sailo,:-like style), I
the whole truth, and no gammon whatsome 3ever."
Jack Robinson was discharged.

THUNDER _ _..._._.—........:_.
Friday 1356
about • ' STORM.—At Stamford.. on
heavY
half-past two, the town was visited With a very as
thunder storm, attended with rain ind hail ms large as red
and beans. The peals of thunder resemble:a the disclia,riiitic.,,
guns, and shook the very earth. The lig' ntning was a •
i!i_i..
grand, the peals of thunder which..follovve d being momenta y
in S
The electric fluid struck the I.Afant Si hoot by runnuiiif.n_ ,
north and south direction along, the wef ,t side of the b . titta
one.of the windows was smasF.ed to alt )ms. and the leaaa,
ern off,
strange to say,
up itt all forms ; the corner of the window sill was t tr. ; „t
as well as the corner of tte brickworl .-. at the gable endo. %...
iikroa.. About the same time a Ono eking
employedaceident bills
none of the childre n were in the loacct__!ca
to William Roberts, a stone-masom,ivhe was is
of
Smi'al, builder, of Stamford, in repairing the
assistingparat in
the high houses in St. Mary's-s ,tireet. He was he lost
hen
lifting a largo piece of lead lir on the scaffold,
was killed on the spot. lie hr al a leg, a thigh, a ,". of
hi shalanee, and falling to the p,Tound, a distance woarnfo.rty_ farm
broken, and the back part of h'is head was beaten l'
uritb tw°
a valuable servant, and has left a wife pregnaaunt,an _
small children, to lament the ,loss of A good hug d
Lincoln Gazelle. d father.

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