The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-15 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JAN. 14.
( Sittings in Banco.)
THE QUEEN V. THE LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL NAVIOA rION
COMPANY.
In this case a rule had been obtained on the last day of
last term, calling on the defendant to show cause why a
mandamus should not issue, ordering them to enrol the
title deeds of certain lands now in their possession, for-
merly the property of Joseph Scarisbrooke, Esq.
Sir F. POLLOCK new showed cause against the rule.
The Act of Parliament under which Mr. Chas. Scaris-
brooke, the applicant, called upon the defendants to enrol
the deeds in question, passed as long ago as the year
1766, and as the patties bad neglected tc call upon the
Company to enrol the deeds for 65 years, he contended
that they were barred from calling upon them to do so
Impossible
to by lapse of time. Besides it was
to enrol the deeds now, as all the parties to the transaction
were dead, and, consequently, there was no one who could
make the necessary affidavits preparatory to the enro'ment
of the deeds.
Lord DENMAN con.idered that after the lapse of sixty-
five years the Court could not call upon the defendants to
make the emolument required. The other Judges agreed
in opinion with his Lordship, and the rule was consequently
discharged.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, J.N. 14.
(Sittings in Banco.)
LEES V. BERRY.

This was an action for false imprisonment, tried before
Mr. Justice Erskine at the sittings after last Term, and a
verdict found for Ow plaintiff, damages 701. It appeared
that the plaintiff, who was a shopinan to the defendant, a
linen.draper in Paddington, having been suspected of ap-
propriating to himself divers shillings and sixpences from
his employer's till—that three shillings and two sixpences
were marked, placed in the till, and missed soon after ; and,
although not found upon him, he was taken before the
Magistrate, who dismissed the charge
Mr. Sergeant ANDRKws, on the part of the defendant,
moved to set aside the verdict on the ground of the evidence
not being properly considered by the Jury.
The Court, after some consideration, granted the rnle to
show cause.

INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT, JAN• 14

IMPORTANT APPLICATION.-IN RE JOSEPH STOCKDALE.

Mr. Coors applied at the rising of the Court for a rule,
calling on the Sheriff of Ablilesex to hold and retain the
damages of 6001. awarded against Mr. Hansard, and on
Mr. Stockdale to show cause why the money, or such sum
as the Court should think fit, should not be paid to the as-
signee to be appointed for the benefit of his creditors.
The Learned Counsel said the application was an ordi.
nary one, and made under the 89th section of the Ist and
2.1 Vic., 110, as subsequently acquired property. He
read an afidavit from Mr. Chamberlain Couch, builder, in
Great Newport-street, statii.g that Stockdale was dis-
charged under the Act in January 1831, and no assignee
had been appointed. That the Sheriff of Middlesex had
6001. in his hands, paid under a fiere facial against Mes?rs.
Hansard.
The COURT granted, as prayed, a rule nisi.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MIINSION-HOUSE.

Arthur Pincombc, No. 310, conductor of omnibus No.
5,487, which runs to and from Blackwall and the City,
appeared before the Lord Mayor before 12 o'clock yester-
day, for the purpose of handing to his Lord,hip a black
silk purse. contlining 75/. in bank notes, and 61. 14s. 6d.
in gold and silver.
The Conductor stated that after the paEseng,crs had all
left his omnibus, he found in it the purse containing the
money. and he immedia'ely repaired to the Lord Mayor,
in the hope that public ition would be given, through his
Lordship's mens, to the circumstance for the sake of the
loser.

His LORDSHIP dvs;red th,:lt the eor,ductor slicu'd
give klripa '
inf.ion to the Bank on the suhjrct, and while t.e
man was absent, in walked the owner of the properly.
She stated herself to be the widow of a vicualler, and that
she must, in taking her handkerchief out of her pocket,
have pulled out the purse along with it. She was greatly
agitated, and appeared to be most grateful upon receiving
the money. Pincombe received Irom her as a reward the
sum 'of 21.. but she had erdert'd handbills to be circulated
off: ring 51 reward to the pec son who should restore her
property to her. She declared that the money in the
purse was exactly correct.
The LORD MAYOR highly praised the conduct of the:
v, ry decent fellow who showed such anxiety about the
loser o! the money, and who did not seem to be at ali
anxious for the reward.