The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-09 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM AND BOSTON DIRECT RAILWAY.

To-day was appointed for the last examinatioiitnder
the fiat issued for winding up the affairs of this company,
but the accounts not being yet prepared the case was
adjourned.

SECONDARIES.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.)
CRIS!. CON.—WOODGATE V. ALLEN.

The plaintiff in this action is a law stationer in
Coleman-street, and the defendant is a news scent in
Goswell-street-road. The action was brought to recover
compensation for criminal conversation with the plain-
tiff's wife.
The defendant having suffered judgment to go by de-
fault, the present was an inquiry to assess damages.
Mr. TuossAs appeared for the plaintiff, and said
that the defendant having suffered judgment to
go by default, had admitted the allegations
contained in the declaration, and it would,
therefore, be unnecessary to call witnesses to prove
the facts, and as the plaintiff did not seek for heavy
damages, in consequence of the defendant (who is a near
relation by marriage) being in humble circumstances,
it would be only necessary to show that until Mrs.
Woudgate formed her improper intimacy with the de-
fendant, she and the plaintiff had lived on happy terms.
The plaintiff's wife had a child by him, but since this
occurrence a separation had taken place, and Mrs. Wood-
gate had taken away the child, the loss of whose society
was very painful to plaintiff's feelings.
Mrs. Jane Taylor was called to prove that the plaintiff
and his wife were married about four years ago, and
lived apparently happy together till the intimacy took
place between Mrs. Woodgate and the defendant. Mrs.
Woodgate left her husband's house with the defendant.
The Learned SECONDARY said that the jury bad only
to consider what amount of damages the plaintiff was
entitled to. The Learned Counsel had told them that
the defendant was in humble circumstances, and that
the plaintiff did not seek for heavy damages.
The jury gave a verdict for 201.
PARRY V. COCKBURN.
This was an action brought to recover the sum of
331. ss. 6d., for the insertion of advertisements in the
Shipping and Mercantile Gazette and the Journal of
Commerce. The defendant is a stationer in Aldgate.
Mr. J. Stone, clerk to the plaintiff's attorney was
called, and proved that a letter was written to defendant
for the amount of advertisemeTs, which were for the
cure of ringworm, and for beautifying the complexion of
the fair sex. Defendant answered the letter, stating
that it was not convenient to settle the account, but
would give a bill at two months, hut did not.
The jury gave a verdict for the full amount claimed.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before the COMMON-SERGEANT.)
FORGING A CIIEQUE.—Junies Jenkins, aged 28, a milk-
man, and Frederick Williamson, aged 32, a painter, ware
indicted for uttering a forged cheque tin Messrs. Ran..
sum, the banker:, of Pall-mall, purporting to be signed
by Mr. Charles Kinnear, with intent to defraud Mr.
Benjamin Prew, a clothier, carrying on business in
Ibd bore.
Mr. Brairee appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Bal.
!amine for Williamson, and Mr. Charnock fur Jenkins.
It appeared that the prisoners came into the shop of
Mr. Prow, and the one having purchased a coat and a
pair of trous, rs, and the other simply a pair of trousers,
they tendered in pa) merit the cheque in question. Mr.
prcw, however, declined to part with the things,
which came to four pounds, or to cash the cheque,
until he had sent it to the batik. Ile sent his
.hopman with it, but us it was found to have been
aged, payment w.s ((Icon! se refused. W
aodi ess at 31, f_; ray.' Inn lane, which was found to
fictitious. The prisoners shortly atter cain9 to for
the change, but they were banded over to the police.

gave statirg- that he was a milkman
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Mr. ,hekson, a kin Messrs. Ii uhou.'s, proved Mr.
Prow's shovman presenting the cheque and refusing
payment. Mr. Kinnear kept an account at the back,
but. his signature was forged.
Mr. lioini;ar stated that he kept an account at the
bank, aa,d that his signature to the cheque was forged.
The signature was not at all like his. The cheque pro-
duced and seven others had been abstrac•ed from his
cheque. bo,,k. He did not know either of the prisoners.
Mr. BALLANTINE declined to offer any observations to
the jury on behslf of his client.

Mr. .HARNOCK said Jenkins was a respectable man,
ard that he had carried on business in Church-street,
Chelsea, for several years. The prisoner Williamson
owed him some money, and he accompanied him to the
shop and bought the trousi rs in the hope of receiving
them, and some money in discharge of the debt.
Several witnesses gave Jenkins a good character, and
described him as a respectabl+. tradesman.
The jury found Williamson Guilty, and Acquitted
Jen ki s.

Williamson and a man named Benjamin French, aged
40, and described as a carpenter, were then indicted for
Niuniously forging an order for the payment of 171. 65.,
with intent to defraud Mr. Christopher Marsh, a
carpenter.

It appeared that the prisoners went to the shop of the
prosecutor, and after purchasing some deals, tendered
cheque in payment. The prosecutor, however, preferred
to have one in the name of the person actually dealing
with him. Williamson said he had no form with
him, but at the request of the prosecutor he wrote
cheque for 171. Gs. on a blank sheet of paper, and signed
the name of " James E. Green " to it. The cheque was
of course refused payment, as no person of that name
kept an account at the bank. A person named Green
kept an account, but he spelt his name differently.
Williamson, it appeared, had gone by the name of John
Arthur Clifton. French was taken into custody at the
shop of Mr. Kinnear, N 0.16, Gerard street, Soho, whose
name was forged in the last case. French was present
when Williamson signed the cheque.
Williamson was found Guilty, and French Acquitted.
Both prisoners were then indicted for feloniously ut-
tering a forged order on Messrs. Ransom, for the pay-
ment of 121. 175., with intent to defraud Mr. Henry
Dearlove, a timber dealer, in the Commercial-road, well
knowing the same to be forged.
The case was almost similar to the last. The evidence
was also similar.

Williamson said he had been the victim of some deep-
laid scheme, which he had been, as yet, unable to un-
ravel.

The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced Williamson to be
transported for seven years.
DEFRAUDING THE ST. MARTIN'S ►SAVINGS' BANK.---
Esther Raggett, a married woman, aged 39, and Joseph
Raggett, 14, her son, were indicted for feloniously
uttering a forged order for the payment of 20/, with
intent to defraud Nicholas Lord Bexley, and others,
trustees of the St. Martin's Savings' Bank.
Mr. DOANE appeared for the prosecution. It appeared
that the female prisoner had managed, by false represen-
tations at the bank with respect to her husband, whom she
stated to be in a dying state, to obtain the payment of
the 201. which he had been enabled to save from his
earnings as a labourer, which she squandered in extra'
vagance. He did not, however, intend to offer any evl"
dente against the prisoners, as the husband of the female
did not wish the case carried further. He trusted this
lenity would be a warning to the female prisoner and to
others.

The prisoners were then found Not Guilty, and dis-
charged.

(Before the RECORDER.)
The trial of Alexander Wilbeam, and another, who are
chargt,d with feloniously uttering a forged bill of ex-
change for 5001., with intent to defraud Mr. Richard
Fuller, was postponed until next Monday.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BuLLocs..)
The earlier portion of the morning was passed in
hearing and determining Mint cases, which contain 110
features to interest the general reader.
Some trifling cases of larceny having also been die'
posed of,

Francis William Schultze, a respectably-attired young
man, who was tried some sessions ago for having em-
bezzled a sum of money (about 7001.) from the Universal
Life Assurance Company, Pall-mall East, but whose
sentence was respited, was brought up this morning,
Mr. BODKIN, for the prosecution, expressed the wish
of the directors of the Universal Life Assurance Com'
pany that the extreme penalty which the law awarded
should not be exacted. The greater amount of the
money taken had been recovered, the relations of the
prisoner were highly respectable and connected with the
company, and he had himself expressed the utmost colt'
trition for this his first crime.

Mr. CLARKSON, for the prisoner, trusted that in con'
sequence of the observations of his Learned Friend (Mr.
Bodkin) this case would be held one which eminentli
called for the merciful prerogative of the Crown.
The Learned JUDGE, after enforcing upon the prisoner
the culpability of the crime of which he bad been guilo
sentenced him to seven years' transportation, at the
same time adding that the case, with the recommends:
tion to mercy, would be forwarded to the Ministers of
the Crown.

EMBEZZLING PARISH FUNDS.—John George,
aged 68, was charged with staling 801. Os. Id., the
monies of the guardians of the poor in the parish of S.
James's, Clerkenwell.
Mr. Bodkin attended for the prosecution; Mr. Parnell
for the defence. e, grocer.

The Learned COUNSEL, in stating the case, said that
the prisoner had been an inmate of the workhouse, and
being rather in able-bodied man, had been made useful,
and one of his duties was to take sums of money to the
Bank of England. Up to the day of this transaction,
his conduct had been found honest and praisl:
worthy, but having been on this occasion sent with
with a cheque to get cashed. He was instructed to got
notes, but instead he received gold, and never returneat
Some time on the day following he was discovered,
with very little of the money left, and was therefore
taken to the Clerkenwell station-house, and subsequently
committed for trial. These were the facts of the carer
which he would prove by his witnesses. The Learned
Counsel then called
Mr. John Harnett, master of the workhouse, std.('
that the prisoner had been an inmate for about three
years, and was employed as messenger, for which he
received extra rations. He was occasionally told to g°
to the bank and receive money for cheques. On the
morning of the 24th Febuary he was told to go to the
bank and to receive 801. Os. Id. He never returned
and when discovered, on the next day, in a public-house
at Acton, he had only a sovereign and some shillinge
upon him. He was given into custody.
Richard Moss, 195 G, was present when the prisoner
was taken into custody. The prisoner said, " It's gone;
they'll never find it ; it's all down the leg of my tro,
sers. Pm an old man, and will soon be dead, and it 044
do got dto those who have it : let them subscribe
farthing a piece and chat will make it up."
Samuel Dennis, of the Bank of England, proved having
cashed the cheque.
Mr. PARNELL contended that the prisoner was not the
servant of the guardians, or of Mr. Harnett, the mote!'
or or Nfr. Bayliss, and other guardians (as laid in the
indictment) within the meaning of the act. The Learned
Counsel cited cases in support of his position.
Mr. BODKIN replied
The Learned JUDGE decided that the objection Wits
untenable.
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Mr. PARNELL then aldressed the jury, and suggested
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the great probability that the prisoner, finding that P"
had lost the proceeds of the checque, was afraid to return,
and had therefore fled from London. They were
titled to believe this in the absence of any proof s9f
to what had been done with this considerable sum °
rn,,ney.
The Learned JUDGE summed up, and the jury returned
a verdict of Guilty, but recommended him to the mend'
ful consideration of the Court.
Sentence deferred.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The Court sat by adjourntnent this morning et
o'clock, at the Guildhall, Westminster, for the isP_°d:
d
of cases of felony and misdemeanour within the
tion of that district. Mr. Witham presided
man.
John Leach, a lad about fifteen years of age, was in.
dieted for stealing a loaf of bread.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he committed
the offence under the influence of pressing hunger. lie
had been deserted by his father. as chair
CIIAIRMA.N said this was ono of those painfu!
cases where want too often induced crime. The disposal
of poor children like the prisoner was, he was glad tA°
say, now occupying the attention of the Legislature, 613"
he hoped they would not overlook in their deliberation°
the adoption of some means for punishing parents wl3°'
like those of the prisoner, turned their offsprings out 1
the world with no resource to stave off starvation
thieving. Ile should only sentence the prisoner S°
fourteen dnys' confinement.
Mary Webb was indicted for an assault upon an ell
Chelsea pensioner, named Joseph Atkinson, upwards °
ninety years of age.
It appeared that the prisoner lived with the prose'
cutor's son, and upon the old man entering the roots
where they all resided, the prisoner rushed upon birf:
and struck him several blows with a candlestick on t","
side of the head. The landlord found him on the 11011'
ill a pool of blood.
The prisoner was found Guilty ; and sentenced 10
three months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
This case terminated the business of the session.

MARLBRO'-STREET--(THIS DAN)
James hichard Smythe, a person bearing the apPoirci
mice of a eutleman,lt was brought up to-day, charged
with annoying the persons riding out in Hyde-park.
InspeCtor Beckersoia, of the A division, said a 00:
plaint had been lodged at Scotland-yard yesterday raor%
tug that a gentleman had been annoying, for nearLe
month past, the ladies and gentlemen riding out in Po
pain, in consequence of which he went there about Be
yesterday atternoon to observe what passed. The o:4i
fendant was pointed out to him as the person complain
of; he leant on the rail by the side of the Serpentio,7
close to the carriage-way, and as the carriages passed mf
thrust at the carriage windows with his cane. In one °,
the carriages witness saw a lady fall back, as if wing
from the cane, but the defendant on that spat at the ellfti
riage and swore "Go on you b-." He contitulu
this conduct from a quarter-past five till six o'eloc,
making a rude noise, when witness took him Inv"
cust,,(l).
Mr. IiARDWICK Who is ,he defendant ; is there ant
thing known of Inns ?
The defendant—l deny making any thrust at ta