The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-24 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, OCT. 23.
The Learned Chief Commissioner and Mr. Commissioner
Harris sat to-day to hear applications for bail and motions
under the new Bill.
IMPORTANT OMISSION IN THE NEW LAW.
The Learned CHIEF COMMISSIONER, on taking his seat, de-
livered the opinion of the Court on the question of bail, which
power was given them for the first time under the new Act.
They were anxious to carry out the clause as far as they could,
and had looked through the law in the hope that they would
be enabled to accept bail in country cases without the pro-
posed sureties attending the Court. They did not possess the
power, and had therefore come to the determination not to ac-
cept bail unless the parties appeared. The insolvent was also
required to attend, and in cases of persons who were in coun-
try prisons and applied to be discharged on bail the several
parties must appear. On the question of amount the Court
would be guided on reference to the detainers and debts in
the schedule. No person would be discharged on giving bail
for the detainers against him. With respect to the point
raised on the last occasion as to whether the Court in opposi-
tion to bail would receive viva voce evidence or affidavits, he
had to state that the majority of the Commissioners were for
retaining the power and exercising their right to receive oral
testimony when they thought proper. The Learned Commis-
sioner
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entered at some length on the point raised.
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Mr. Cpulmisioner HARRIS remarked that the
Court could do on the question of bail would be to lx the

NEW COURT.
' William Thompson, aged 27, and Catherine Howell, 40,
were indicted for stealing a feather bed, bolster, and pillows,
and a vast quantity of other articles of bedding and furniture,
the property of J. Stock, to whom they were lodgers.
The wife of the prosecutor stated that a short time ago the
prisoners, who said they were man and wife, took a ready..
furnished room at her house, where they remained about a
week, when they locked the apartment and went away. When
the door was broken open it was found that every valuable:and
portable article had been carried away.
Several witnesses were called to prove that they had seen
the prisoners, the man in particular, frequently leave the house
laden with bundles.

The Jury found them Guilty, and the Court sentenced the
man to nine months and the woman to three months' hard
labour.

After the sentence was pronounced the Judge entreated
them to inform the poor woman what they had done with the
goods. They said they were as innocent as two children.

SURREY SESSIONS, OCT. 23.

Mary Fitzgerald, an elderly married woman, was indicted
for stealing a quantity of clothes and other property, belonging
to the sufferers at a fi e which took place a short time since in
Bennett-street, Blaekfriars.

After the case for the prosecution had been stated, three per-
sons were called, who gave the prisoner an excellent character
up to the time of this transaction. The jury found the prisoner
Guilty, and she was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

HATTON-GARDEN.

Frederick Cheuny. the driver of the cabriolet No. 491, was
brought up on a warrant by Inspector Penny, of the G divi-
sion, charged with an assault upon Mr. Hugh Thomas, of
Koppel-street, Cavendish-square.
The prisoner was ordered to put in two sureties in 501. each
to answer the charge, and to give twenty-four hours' notice of
h a bail.

Inspector Penny, of the G division, yesterday stated to the
Magistrates that he had made inquiries at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital as to the state of Catherine Donovan, who was so
violently assaulted by Dennis Donovan, her husband, with an
axe, and that she was getting on as well as could be expected,
but was still in danger. She was able to speak, and on being
asked by him (Penny) whether it was her intention to prose-
cute the prisoner in the event of her recovery, her reply was,
Arrdh, where would be the good of it ?" The inspector
added that the deep wounds on her head and arm were horrible
to witness.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A gentleman named Daniel Dry, who said he lived at
No. 2, Baker-street, Portman-square, was charged in the po-
lice sheet with having assaulted a person named Holmes.
As no one appeared to support the charge when the case
was called on, Mr. Conant inquired if any means had been
adopted to procure the absence of the complainant. The
defendant assured Mr. Conant that neither himself nor his
friends had made any overtures to compromise the case with
the complain
There being no evidence, the defendant was of course dis-
charged.

The complainant entered the office soon after this and told
the Magistrate that he could not make his appearance earlier,
for he had been so injured by the blows he had received that
he had hardly been able to regain his senses.
Mr. CONANT inquired if he wished to hare a warrant
against the party who assaulted him ? The complainant re-
plied in the. affirmative, and a warrant was granted.
On Monday and yesterday a number of persons assembled
at the office in consequence of a report that had got very
gene ally abroad that several noblemen and gentlemen were
in
.custody for a singular outrage committed at a tobacconist's
in the Haymarket on Sunday morning. The report was
that the parties in question wished to obtain some cigars.
Finding the shop shut they hired a hackney-coach and drove
the pole against the door of the shop, and thus succeeded in
forcing it open. The report further alleged that nine of the
ringleaders were taken into custody, amongst whom, was a
certain well-known Marquis. The inquirers were told that no
such case was likely to conic before the B.lich as it was not in
the police sheet, and the C division of police, in whose district
the affair was presumed to have happened, disclaimed all know-
ledge of the occurrence. One gentleman, who came to the
office, declared be attended on behalf of a sporting Baronet,
who was implicated in the transaction, as he had been re-
quested to do so by the party himself. Of course nothing of
the sort, as reported, could have occurred, as it is impossible
to suppose the Police Commissioners would have sanctioned a
compromise.