The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-04 00:00:00

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

It was ex (Sittings in Banco.)
pected that the Court would have pronoun& d
Judynent iu certain cases, which have long stood over,
particularly in the case of Morgan v. thp Earl of Ale-r-
Fp" l,,vennY, but the suitors were disappuiuted, for in !mese°
the Court give judgment The CAS:I of 'Morgan v.
the Earl of Abergarenny is one of considerable interest,
not n
the -413, to the parties, tilt the legal profession at large,
question involved in it being whether th« deer in a
park Which were bequeathed as chattels by a will passrd
Pers')llalty under the trill, or were pin of the free-
,andphold therefore belonged to the heir-at-law. The
7:B° wa; originally argued before the Court about two
,;eirs ago, and af:erwartle, in consequence of the r!-
srlstruction of the Court, it was re argued, and now it
court over for judgment. Since the second argument the
0,113 has undergone a further mutation, Sir Thomas
th bet and
Mr. Sergeant Talfourd having bean elevated to
ar,ell-I,'neli by the death of Lord Chief Justice Tindal
--,'-ir• Justice Coltman.
ea" Leapt proceeded to hear the 'arguments in the
?f. Barnes and Troup, vu a motion to make a rule
u I'l' new trial absolute, but it involved no feature
of
Ptlbbe interest, the quemitm only having reference to
the fairness of the charges in an architect's bill.

SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)
(11,forb TIIOMAS PUCKLE, Esq., and a Bench of

Magistrates.)
er
k TarY 20, •Wasindicted for stealing a silk hand-
,,ehtef and tour shillings, from the person of William
uond, at
The ngs.on.
prosecutor a•atcd that on the evening of the 16th
nit
Alarr went into the Crown public-house, in the
tr, et-Place, Kingston, whero he met the prisoner, and
„ .sted her to some beee. Oa 'leaving the house the
Inelioner followed him, and,, at a little distance, she
fott_nag"d to steal his handkeruhief and money, and be-
" he could prevent her 'she. passtd the property to a
,sh
a ~ 0 ran past. He however, kept hold ot her until
meetnart came up, when he gave her into custody.
thln defence the prisoner said she went to a dance at
110 Crown, end the prosecutor asked her to dance with.
He was, however, so clumsy that be threw the
re;nole company into cmfusion by his outlandish
,Laieuvres.—(Lau4atcr.) She advised him to leave
itie room, and when they got to the bar the prosecutor
1811_,ed her to go a little way with him. She consented,
171 n because she would not go down a dark lane with
Itn, he gave her into custody.
The jury found her Guilty, and the Court si-nteneed
here. t three mo4tehs'.:bard labour. at Brixton House of
malaria Clark 29, for stealing a shawl from the shop
to It le
red Wilkinson, linendraper of Lambeth, was sen-
L'e d to three months' hard labour at Britton.
th,e harles rrk,.2l, was indicted for stealing a victorine,
hc,it'ruPerty ofßobert Aldis, a lisendraper. carrying on
pr 14;18.5 in High street, Peekharn.
BQ4 'Mtn Gardiner, shopman to prosecutor, said the
°,ner entered the shop with some wadding on the
ate of the 5,h instant, and after he left he missed a
?riue, which was afterwards found on the prisoner.
(Ifeace, the prisoner said the victorina adht red to
hO:,B4ding as he was leaving ihe shop, and as soon as
4"tained the fact he returned and was given iu'o
ittle•
jury instantly AceinTed him.

- - -
A (?I'V-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
ebo middle-aged man mined William Hickey was
t,i;ea under the following circumstances:—
son,„lehnol Taylor of No. 10, George-lane, deposed that
St. di ,ulaY, June last he was at his tea in Church-lane,
gein,„"" 5, when he heard a row in the street, and on
loek4 out to see what was the matter he saw two men
I,3scd together and to all appearances fighting. Olte
%bp a tall men with a kind ot smock frock on and tt
got trhwas risoner at the bar. lie interfered and
the e man with the smock frock away to the bottom of
At" ac $ where he saw the man whose name was
th,n-lartilY Put his hand to his side under the frock, and
figgraw it oat covered with blood. While they were
to ti'sg he saw a knife in the prisoner's hand fastened
say te e„.nd of a chain or a piece of string, and heard him
bo re
alsearthy " if you do not get away from me it will
Worse for you.
Wit'''. JARDINE—What beCame of the wounded mai ?
sia:Bs"--lie was taken to the hospital.
No Jartnitts—Did you •ake him here? Witness—
ita"ir• I never heard ow' hang more of him till the
otor came (4 Ife tl e next morning!
think' JAnniNE—Was he thank? Witness—l do not
he J
was.
xte, • ARDINE—Wht has become of Macarthy ? Wit-
q!:"--1 don't know.
ne I speetorvated that ho was dead.
Wr
it; jARDINP--Have you seen Hickey since that day?
ito--N
.o not until.tbis morning.
JanorNE—Pid you know him before? Witness—
k; he lived in our neighbourhood.
jsainiNE-L-You beard nothing of it afterwards
4.,`un inspector came for you? Witness—No; a man
tii'ed Healing was -Charged, and I came forward to prove
at •
lt was not him.
'h It Was stated that the prisoner bad been non cat
bjhlus since tile day in question;
b,'"'rgeant-Major ParkiLson, of 'the East India Com-
;et 413.'6 wrier), deposed tha. the deceased was one of his
ljtirlilts, and on the 7th oft June last he saw him at the
tversity College Hospital, when be was suffering, fromb
q 8,1) in the right, side, just wider the heart. bo se-
G'.;e,,4lY he was -renioved to the barracks at Knights-
,W4gt, where, from inforreation he had received, the
The
believed he had since died.
ne prisoner was retnanded. till Friday next.