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London, England, 1836-04-13 00:00:00

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. CULLTJM—JUDGMENT.
The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment this morning in
this case, which was an information filed by the Attorney-Ge-
neral at the relation of a Mr. Francis King Eagle and Mr.
James Scott against the trustees of certain lands belonging to
the Guildhall Charity of Bury St. Edmunds. The infor-
mation prayed that the property of the Charity might be as-
certained; that the alienation of the lands made by the trus-
tees of the Charity might be declared to be void ; that the
leases granted might be declared to be improperly granted,
and therefore void, and that a reference might be made
to the Master to approve of a scheme for the future
regulation of the Charity. The information stated
that the administration of the Charity, by the trus-
tees, had given great dissatisfaction to the inhabitants of
the town' of Bury, that the course they had adopted
was most improvident, and likely materially to injure the in-
terests of the charity; that several public meetings of the
inhabitants of the town had been held, at which it was agreed
that certain information as to the Charity property should be
required from the trustees ; but that, upon application to
them, they had refused to give the desired information. His
Lordship, however, put all these statements out of his con-
sideration, and looked only to the facts and the evidence in
support of them. Now, the main charge in the infor-
mation related to the alienation to a person named Cox-
edge, of certain common lands belonging to the town
of Bury St. Edmunds. Now, in that alienation it was clear
that neither party had attended properly to the provisions of
the Act ; but there was not in the evidence on behalf of the
relators or the information any allegation that the trustees had
concerted to favour certain individuals in the alienation they
had made of certain lands. His Lordship, upon looking at
the whole of the evidence, was clearly of opinion that it pre-
ponderated in favour of the defendants. The principal com-
plaint on behalf of the relators had not been made out, nei-
ther had it been made out that the conduct of the trustees had
been either improvident or improper. Such being the case,
the main points having failed, his Lordship had hesi-
tated as to whether he should make any decree, or
whether he was not bound to dismiss the information.
However, after considering the case most attentively, he had
come to the opinion that he should save expense to the parties
by making a decree. In doing so he could not but remark,
that there were circumstances in the case, notwithstanding the
respectability of the relators, that made him think that in the
course that had been adopted there was something more than
the benefit of the Charity in view. The decree his Lordship

would make was to dismiss with costs so much of the informa.

tion as prayed a declaration that the alienation to Coxedge
was void, and also that part of the information which prayed
that the leases which had been granted might also be
declared to be void. His Lordship would then direct
a reference to the Master to inquire what property was
in possession of the defendants belonging to the Charity ;
also a reference for a scheme for the future management
of the trust estate, regard being had to the indenture of
1810 ; also, a reference to appoint new trustees, to act in
conjunction with the defendants—and as to the: costs of that
part of the information which was not dismissed, his Lord-
ship would give none to the relators up to the present time.
The costs of the defendants, as to the parts dismissed, they
were to have out of the estate. The other costs of the defen-
dants. and the subsequent costs of the relators, must be re-
served.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

NEW COURT.

The. RECORDER took his Seat this morning at half-past
eleven o'clock, for the purpose of sentencing the prisoners con-
victed at the present session.
The following is a list of the convictions :
To BE IMPRISONED ONE AND HARD LABOUR.—James
Arrand, Richard Lamb, James Timms, and Anne King.
To BE ImralsoNno Two MONTHS. —Emma Smith, George
Crosley, Thomas Swain, Hugh Morris, Mary Kennedy, Joshua
Harris, William Bolton, William Franklin, William Payne;
and Daniel Mullins to be once privately whipped.
To BE IMPRISONED FOURTEEN DAYS.—Thomas Shackleford
and Richard Hodge.
To nn ImprasoNto SIX WEEKS.—Mary Fitzgerald.
To BE IMPRISONED FOR THREE MONTHS WITH HARD LA-
BOUR.—Francis Scott, George Crompton, Evan Thomas, David
M'Grath, and John Jones, jun., and Wm. Tibbs, in addition,
to be once privately whipped; Elizabeth Broadhead, Joseph
Murray; James Harrington, Thomas Edwards, Margaret
Queenay, Margaret Smith, James Wilson, Sarah Sinith, Maria
Rushworth, Wm. M'Norton, John Doust, Thomas Smith,
Mary Wilson, Harrell Little, and James Daly to be once
whipped; William Jones, Henry Hooper, David Evans, Joseph
Johnston, Henry Smith, and John Reeve.
To BE IMPRISONED SIX MONTHS WITH HARD LABOUR
David Donaldson, George Chapman, Anne Topling, John Ed-
wards. Mary Anne Barry, Anne Clarke, Jane Simpson, Ri-
chard Forrester, Robert Farrant, Frederick Blackwell, Samuel
Woolaway, Joseph Coleman, Oliver Lodge, Thomas:Mason or
Heffernan, John Hall, Mary Murphy, Wm. Gray, Henry
North, George Hoskins, George Johnston, John Bird, George
Wood, William Fenner, John Smith, George Harris.

To BE IMPRISONED NINE MONTIIS.— Henry Gardener and
Robert Pix.

TO BE IMPRISONED TWELVE MONTHS, AND KEPT TO HARD
LABOUR.-William Watson, Jesse Jones, Thomas Martin,
Samuel Tight, George Frost otherwise Webster, Henry
Brewer, Anne Barrett, George Browne, Thomas M'Donnell,
Anne Williams, Mary Hartnel, William Tustin, Edward Me-
mory, Mary Allen, William Googe, William Ward, Robert
Lindsay; and William French, in addition to pay a fine of 501.
To BE IMPRISONED FOR Two YEARS, AND KEPT TO HARD
LABOUR.—William Patey, George Houston, Andrew Holmes,
David Bunning, and Benjamin Pass.
To BE TRANSPORTED FOR SEVEN YEARS.—Edward Dibdin,
Charles Schick, William Clarke, John Jones, senior, Joseph
Widowson, David Baker, Henry Mould, Mary Cuttle, Chas.
Seely, Thomas Stack, John Temple, Thomas Eldwith,
Meadows, John Johnston, John Keeper, Thomas Layton, or
Richards, William Hewit, Gustavus Htillenburg, John Pearse,
Sophia Stubbs, George Carter, John Williams, Wm. Priest,
John Canaway, Thomas Grantham, Thomas Ramsden, John
Smith, Bridget M'Donnell, John Ayling, James Newton, Ben.
Chalice, Thomas Crossen, Richard Ramsden, Thomas
Hastings, William Fenninger, James Wilson, John Loyd,
Thomas C. Lamb, Charles Lucas, Anne Jones, William W.
Dunlop, Charles Bull, William Cooper, Thomas Greene,
James Clarke, Edward Gordon, Frances Yates, Rosina
Holiday, Lawrence ,Hanson, Thomas Pearson, James Griffiths,
John Callaghan, Mary Davis, George Nowlan, James Lee,
James Duncan, William Higginson,Elizabeth Smith, Catherine
Read.
To BE TRANSPORTED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS.—Abraham
Jenkinson, William Pressick, John Williams, Ellen Mears,
Mary Anne Halfpenny, Thomas Browne.
TO BE TRANSPORTED FOR LlFE.—Eliza Smith, James D.
White, Ethiard Irving, William Saunderson, John Davis,
George Ravenhill, John Nevin, John M. Drew, Jan'e Drew,
Mary Gough or Thomas, John Clarke.
SENTENCE or DEATH—James Paradise, Samuel Capel,
Thomas Belcher, John Young, Edward Brown, Charles Kip-
ling, George Page Berry Cartwright, Richard Absalom, Wm.
Absalom, Edward Fife, John Smith, Daniel Hone, and John
Higgins.
Previous to the termination of the proceedings, the RE-
CORDER expressed his regret that the accommodation of the
Gaol was not sufficient to classify the prisoners and keep them
separate. He hoped a representation on this subject Would be
made to the proper quarter.