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THE SUN, LONDON. \JONI)AY, JULY 12. 1-11.

SECOND EDITION

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the means of resistance. For example, suppose them
to adopt Sir Robert's promised measures—as for t''
sake of place they would adopt any fhttigllt,---"'
upon what ground could they 4
Besides this consideration, to _eaced
has observed closely everyone who
bourne Cabinet conduct of thd
Mel-
not sornet}-1-- allow some weight is there
urgenerous in thus early calling for
? Do we not know Sir Robert Peel ?
Have we not his Government of 1835 before us
from which to anticipate the course that he will
pursue when called to the councils of his So-
vereign ? We are aware that the impatient querists
have no object but the common good ; but we
must think that they do injustice to them-
selves and to the great Conservative leader in the
line they take. We expect everything that a
reasonable Conservative can desire from Sir Robert
Peel, supported as he will be by a great majority,
and we cannot see the least justification for doubting
him ; but surely such importunity as we complain
of must be the result of a frivolous cutiosk; thiWdrthy
of prudent men, or of distfttst: What is wanted ?
Two months ago we should have been all well con-
tented with such measures as the Conservative
leader proposed or supported. Why do we ask for
more now ? To allow an increase of power to suggest
new desiret is folly in the case of an individual, but it is
utter ruin to a political party, beeantt It ig shifting of
ground from that solid foundation upon which the edifice
of power hat been raised.

DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—We are sorry to
have to announce that Mr. William Nicholson Becket, clerk
in the Sheffield New Gas Officei put tt period to hit etdstettat
late on Saturday r,tening, Or ally Oh &Way morning, by
hanging hittitelt iti the cellar of his father's house, Crookes-
moor•side. This instance of self-destruction is very mpteri-
ous and disire,sing. Mr. Becket, who was only 25 years of
age, was a young man of great ability, and of unsullied moral
and even religious character-7 Nuffield Mercury.

L ELLIGENCI.
COURT OF CHANCERY, July 10.

UNIVERSITT OF OXFORD U. LORD DI A.YOR AND DURGESSES

OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

This was an appeal from a decision of the Vice-
Chancellor. A motion was made before his Honour last
Wednesday, on behalf of the iiniferjity of oxford, for
a special injunction to restrain the Corporation of the
City of London from taking down certain houses situate
in Lad-lane under the provisions of an Act of Parlia-
ment passed in the 2crand 3d of Vietoria; for improving
the approaches to London4itidge: The lionises Ntere
underluased to, Mn tit Hil§ld'efalA rental:
Four yttit the term WON unexpired, and the Corpo-
ration of London, who had very extensive compulsory
powers under the Act for the improvement of that part
of the City, had determined upon widening . Lad-lane,
and throwing into the street sotetal feet Of the site on
which the two houses hi gilestiiilt stood: They intended
to take ia.slice off beginning with a foot anfl, a half; and
ending With SeVentecii 'bet ill thickness. The UniVer-
sity of Oxford, who are the owners of these houses, in-
sisted that the Corporation of London had only power
under the Act to take so much of the property as should
be required for the purposes of the improvement, and
. not to retain the The ViceThancellor ex-
preSsed his opipioa that the Ldriddii Wag Mit ex-
ceeding its intliority. The Act of Parliament was in-
tended to confer a power of improving that part of Lon-
don, which would also include the building of suitable
houses along the new street. Alonotp thought it a
mere speeulative motion, iiiid tensed it with costs'.
Sir C. 1% Vrttglitil and Mr;
.C.iti-ERT were heard in
support of. the appeal; and,,Mr;.lfi. BRUCE, Mr: WIGRAM,
and M. iflrtkiiii tin the . .
The tOttb CHANCELLOR, after going through the dif-
ferent sections of the Act which related to the case, said
that power was given to the Corporation of London to
widen the street, by taking down houses and buildings ;
that if it had, been the intention to permit parts Of 'antesto be taken down, the Act *ould
It
stated " goniticif'
of any ,houses and , b,uildhigst haa said that
other sections alluded to the removing of portions of
buildings, but the only part of the Act which did so was
the 18th section, that provided for the taking of a por-
tion or any property ivi*fd both parties agreed to such
an arrangement. Clearly there was no part of the Act
which
,expressly provided for a case lilte the present,
that of a party being owner of the property wishing to
prevent the Corporation from taking the whole they
might require for improvements. Ii therefore, the Act
gave the Corporation power to act as they intended to
do, the only question was, whether there was any inten-
tion on the part of the Corporation to make an improper
use of those powers. 'His Lordship was of opinion, that
if any such case had been made out, it was in the power
of the Court to prevent such powers being unfairly exer-
cised. It would be necessary to make out a very storng
case to call for the interference of the Court. The duty
of the Corporation under this Act was to, improve the
town by making a new dreet, and not only to make a
-passage through some dilapidated buildings. It was
impossible to say here. that the Corporation had not
acted with discretion ; the application must, therefore,
be refused with costs, and his Honour the Vice-Chan-
cellor's decision confirmed.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 10.
STOREY V. MOORES.

This was an action of trespass for assault and false
imprisonment. •
Mr. Sergeant 13o3teAs and Mr. CAMBERS appeared
for the plaintiff, Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD and another
gentleman for the defendant.
It appeared that the defendant kept a ham-shop in
Farringdon-street, and that on the evening of Saturday,
May 22, the plaintiff went there to buy four. or five
pounds of ham ; that he was served by the defendant
himself, and that he inquired of the defendant whether
he could send it home for him. Whereupon, according
to the statement of the plaintiff's witnesses, the de-
fendant threw down the ham in a passien'on the coun-
ter, and said, " When you come out again, you had better
bring your servant with you." The plaintiff replied, "Don't
blackguard me." Upon which the defendant, coming
from behind his counter, said in a loud and threatening tone
Blackguard you ! what do you mean by that ? You
call me a blackguard do you ? I'll give you in charge." The
plaintiff said—" I don't call you a blackguard ;" however
the defendant followed him over the threshold of the
shop into the street, where a crowd of persons
had assembled, and, taking hold of him by the W
arm, called to his shopman to fetch a constable. hen
one came he gave the plaintiff in charge for calling him
a blackguard, and the plaintiff was taken to the police
station-house and there discharged. The case set up by
the defendant was, that he civilly told the plaintiff that
he could not send home the ham he was so busy ; where-
upon the plaintiff had abused him and made a distur-
bance in his shop. He requested him to go out, and upon
the plaintiff's refusal to do so, gave him in charge for
creating a disturbance at his door.
The defendant's case rested principally on the testi-
mony of his head shopman, who created a good deal of
amusement by the manner in which he "puffed" his
master, and the extent of his master's business. He
said that his master always took so much pains to oblige
his customers—his civility made him beloved by all who
knew him. On a Saturday night he (the witness) had
hundreds of customers to serve ; and on this occasion
the disturbance lasted for ten minutes or a quarter of an
hour, in which time he would probably have taken 10/.
or 20/. _ _ _ _

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The Jury, however, stopped the Learned Counsel for
the plaintiff in his reply-, and found a verdict for the
plaintiff.—llamages 25/.'

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
CITY POLICE COMMITTEE.

Mr. Francis, the proprietor of the Adelaide Tavern,
London-bridge, appeared, on Saturday, upon two sum-
monses, for permitting persons to be drinkinr, in the tap-
room of his house, they not being travellers or pas-
sengers, during the hours of divine service.
Police Constable Russell stated that on Sunday at 10
minutes past 11 o clock, he saw several persons go into
the tap of the hotel. He went into the tap-room and
saw three personS there ; two were ticket porters, and
the other a woman, and they had a glass of gin and a
pot of beer before them.
Alderman Sir C. MAusHALL—This is a very different
case to what was represented to me by Mr. Francis. He
said the persons were foreigners, who had just landed
from the steam boat.

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Mr. Francis said he was very sorry for what had hap-
pened, but he was told the persons were masons just
come to London. Two boats had arrived, and some of
the passengers would go to the hotel, and others to the
tap, so that it was difficult to tell who were the real pas-
sengers, and consequently who to admit.
Sir C. MARSIIALL—Ticket, porters certainly had no
right to be there.
Inspector Brake said twenty people had been seen to
come out on one Sunday, and he had consequently sent
two men in plain clothes.
Sir C. MARSHALL It foreigners:arrive they ought to
have refreshment if they require it, but every one was
not to be admitted into the house.
The second summons was then gone into previous to
the decision of the Court.
Constable Lambell stated that he and anol,her consta-
ble went to the same house at half-past eleven, dressed in
private clothes. Time men and a woman were there, who
had a pot of beer hetft re them. They (the constables) had
two pints of ale and a gla is of gin-and-water.—(A laugh.)
Alderman LAINSON—That was a good start for a Sun-
day morning.—(Laughter.)
Witness continued, and said that several persons came
in before they left, which was at one o'clock. They
wanted to leave before, but the man whom they supposed
to be the landlord would not let them out, saying the
b—y police were looking out.
Alderman LAINSON—Was that Mr. Francis ? Wit-
ness—No.

Alderman LAINSON—Then why not summon the land-
lord of the tap ? Inspector—He has no license, and we
do not know who he is.

Mr. Francis saidhewas very indignant at hearing of
such conduct on the part of the person engaged in the
tap, but he would take care instantly to discharge him.
Inspector Brake—The publicans in the neighbourhood
are continually complaining of the serious loss they suffer
in this way. _ - - - -

Aldermitn KELLfsaid ho had no doubt this would
have gone on with impunity but for the vigilance of the
officers.

Mr. Francis observed that he gave the strictest injunc-
tions to his servants to use the utmost caution before
they admitted any one.
Alderman KELLY—The full penalty is 5/. in this case.
Alderman LAINSON—We may treat it, I think, as one
offence.

Alderman KELLY—WeII, we shall fine you 405., but
remember, it will be 51. next time.

The penalty was immediately paid.
• MANSIOAT-HOUSE.

A Frenchman, of very gentlemanly appearance, named
Jule Le Bettume, was charged with smuggling. . The So-
licitor for the Revenue attended for the prosecution, and
a Solicitor attended fur the prisoner, who, it was stated,
did not.underotaild a word Of the English languete.

~.....ert-MPorylli, a teienue jeer, stated that on the
fJtititl; dfl to Mfigild sPAra..re.Teet
from lionlorte which was lying et toncion-bridge wharf,
abottt ten or:ol6fdd d'cloridk in the inclining, lie observed
the deferi.dailt 4:bit iii.hitetgii , ir; .about him, and
asked hini.What he had. d6cl6&" lie had
nothing. Witness then touched defendant4S g4i15.;;

0-
marking that there was something in that spot. " Oh,".
said he, " that's merely a little thing I have for a lady,"
and witness then proceeded to search him, convinced
that he had a stock upon his person. Between his shirt
and flannel waistcoat was stiched in with much care and
Skill; a tOrthiant-of black .silk litg• versott was com-
letely surrounded with innumerable pieces of narrow
Freneh riband, not a yard of any of which had paid duty:
The defendant, when •he found that he was to be
searched; said that what he had tibia him was not for
himself but for a gentleman residing at I3rompton.
The defendant's attorney having ordered all the other
witnesses out ofcourt, asked whether the defendant ad-
dressed witness in the English language ?
he
.did, and lie answered me in
English.
The defendant's attorney.—Did not the defendant say
upon being asked whether he had not something about
his person, " I have got anything," meaning therehy
that he had something ?
Wittleses—,---No such thing. Ile wholly denied that he
had anything at all about him.- He handed me the
three ribands, which he said he had for the ladies, but
the rest we cut from different parts of his person.
The defendant's attorney said he was instructed that
his client who was a most respectable person, and not
all acquainted with smuggling, did, upon being asked
whether he had anything- about him, willingly, and
without hesitation, declare that he had, and that they
belonged to another person. He trusted the Court would
take into consideration his client's want of knowledge
of the language, and the fact that he readily admitted
the possession of the articles.
The Solicitor for the Revenue submitted that the de-
fendant must have known that he was smuggling, for the
contraband articles were wrapped round his body and
closely corded.
The Loup - MAYOR said that, as to the prisoner's
knowledge that he was smuggling, and smuggling by
wholesale too, there could be no doubt.
The defendant's solicitor then submitted that the
condemnation of the prisoner should only apply, as far
itS the fine was concerned, to the quantity of silk found
secreted upon hint, and that no penalty should be in-
flicted for that which he.carried openly.
The Magistrates condemned the silk and ribands as a
Tease. of course; and inflicted half of the full penalty for
tile Oitenee--tlz. 3L Sisq and Osts,
George Jenkins was charged with haviiig stolen silk of
the value of 25/. from Messrs. John and Frederick CoW,.
per, of St. Paul's Church-yard.
Mr. Norris, who is employed in the house of Messrs.
Cowper, stated that the prisoner called in June last, at
half-past eight in the evening, and said he wished to
locok at sette goods for Messrs. Jones of the Citproad,
from whence he (Mine, The prisoner was sent up stairs,
when he selected two pieces.
W. Wish, who is also in the employment of the pro-
secutors, stated that he saw the prisoner, whom he had
known'at Mr. Jones's in the City-road, where they were
ghillniattsj in Mr, Cowper's shop, in St. Paul's Church-
yard, selecting the godde. and asked him with whom he
was, to which he replied that he was again at Mr.
Jones's.
Hz Dix stated that it was his duty to measure the
Weds at Messes; Cowers' and Co., and he measured out
silk to the aitOtitif, iit 15/. for the prisoner, who told
him it was for Mr. Jones, and they were entered ac-
cordingly.
Egoeli cTones, of the City-road, stated that the
prisonerlFYFß his employment from October,
1839, to October, 184 d, hifl bed never been employed
by him since ; neither had .witneSS uter sent the prisoner
for the goods in question.
The prisoner said that he was an innocent malt. It
Was trite he had ordered the two pieces ; but, instead of
tali* than olio he had left them on the premises
with the intention of paying for them and taking them
away, but he had never called. There was, he knew,
an old prejudice existing against him. He had been
transported for seven years some time ago, and he had
served out the whole of his time in Bermuda, and came
home completely reformed. Those who knew the. fact,
however, entertained a spleen towards him, and he suf-
fered, in consequence, from the suspicions of his enemies.
Alderman Wilson—l suppose you liked the seven
years' transportation so well that you were resolved to
have fourteen or fifteen more ? Prisoner—No ; I as-
sure you, Sir, I did riot like it at all ; but I have suf-
fered the punishment, and I em, I declare, thoroughly
reformed.----The prisoner was remanded,

MARYLEB ONE.
William Smith, a lad about sixteen, and Henry Brag,
aged nineteen, were charged with having feloniously
entered the dwelling-house of Mr. Binstead, druggist,
30, Duke-street, Manchester-square, and taken there-
from certain royal effigies, bearing the value of 10s. and
certain others of the value of Is. each, besides a wooden
bowl full of copper.
James Keightley, a boy residing at 11, Forbes-place,
errand-boy in the employ of Mrs. Parker, 10, Edward-
street, stated that that morning, at ten minutes before
six, he met the two boys in Wimpole-street, and enter-
ing into conversation the boy Smith informed hint • that
they had been determined to have their revenge on Mr.
Binstead, and that that morning they had done so. They
said they had broken into the house and took all the
money they could. On the Thursday previous, Smith
had told him that he would do so, and had then said he
would be revenged, and have all the money he could,
Mr. Binstead, being sworn, stated that the boy Smith
had been in his service about four months, and that for
some time he had suspected him of being dishonest, but
could never get anything clear against him. On Thurs-
day last, before he was up, his young man, being on the
opposite side of the counter, saw Smith put his hand
into the till and take money therefrom; and on being
charged with it he did not deny it ; upon this he dis-
charged him. This morning, on coming down into his
shop, he found the door between the private house and
the shop broken open (the private house having been
previously gained by getting down the area, and cutting
a pane of glass out of the kitchen window,) the till and
desk were broken open also, and from the former nearly
a pound in gold, silver, and copper taken, besides 10s.
from the latter. Not many days before there had been
eighty pounds in the till. He was sure that both were
locked when he went to bed, as he always made a point
of fastening them before he went to bed.
George George, 114 D, a very intelligent and active
officer, stated that that morning having received orders
from Inspector Tedman, he took the first boy with him
to a house at 83, Dean-street, which they were in the
habit of using, and where dancing was going on. He
then posted himself at the door, and sent the boy in,
who, delaying in his return, he knocked at the door,
and Keightley returned, saying they were not in the
house. After some little hesitation he acknowledged
however, that they were, and he found Smith concealed
in a cellar, while Brag was in the kitchen. They denied
the charge, and he found no money on them, but there
were several bunches of keys, latch-keys, and skeleton
keys, about them, as well as a tin-box of lucifers, and
gold chains and other jewellery.
J. Keightley being re-examined, stated that Smith
had shown him thirteen shillings that morning, and
counted them before him.—Remanded for further inquiry.
A MANIACAL RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIAST.—Susannah
Eldred, a well-dr:ssed, but pale, wild-looking young
woman, was charged by William Lee with having as-
saulted him, and threatened his life.
It appeared from the evidence that slip had called the
complainant a white-livered humbug, and threatened to
to do for him, charging him with living by other peo-
ple's downfal.
Mr. LONG (to the defendant, who had been uttering cer-
tain mysterious expressions, interlarded with " MyGod !"
" My Saviour !" " Lord Jesus !") what have you to say?
Susannah—The Lord Jesus, who is my Saviour, and
who is looking down upon me and them, will punish
them for their falsehood ; they ought to be ashamed to
bring here one of Jesus's disciples.—(A person here
stated that she had been twice in St. Luke's.) I have,
I know I have ; but the Lord will protect me and bear
me harmless. It is a conspiracy arising from spite, be-
cause I have not paid my last quarter's rent. I deny
the whole statement.

Mr. LONG—Have you any witnesses ? Defendant
(turning up her eyes and. wringing her hands)—None.
None but my blessed God, my dear Saviour. They
will some day be arraigned before a blessed and awful
tribunal, when they will be punished for their present
conduct.
The husband of the defendant here stepped forward,
with tears in his eyes, and promised to leave the man's
house as soon as possible, and to take every care of his
wife. _ _

A reg'lar dustman; named James Barnes, alias Wide
awake Jerry whose fiery hair and potatoe-fed visage be-
trayed his Hibernian origin, was placed at the bar,
charged with having, in conjunction with another of his
fraternity, " prigged" various articles of wearing appa-
rel, the property of Roger M'Klough, pot-boy at the
Delaware Arms, Crawford-street, Marylebone.
It appeared from the evidence, that on the previous
evening the prisoner and one of his " pals" came to the
above-named house, for the purpose of carrying out the
dust having nearly filled their cart, they made a speedy
retreat, saying they would not take any more until it was
sifted ; soon after they were gone, he (the potman) dis-
covered that a bundle which ',he had placed in a cup-
board close to the dust-hole, had made a most myste-
rious exit ; the contents of it were a pair of shoes, some
shirts, an apron, some handkerchiefs, and brushes. Sus-
pecting the dustmen to be the thieves, he pursued them,
and saw the prisoner take from the cart a bundle, which
he handed to his companion, who bolted with it into a
marine store-shop in Homer-street ; having thus got rid
of the property, he made his egress, and passing through
several streets at the rate of about eight miles an hour,,
effected his escape. The prisoner was afterwards.taken
taken into custody.
The case, after some further evidence, and the denial
of the prisoner that lie had any thing to do with the
robbery, was remanded until this day.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.
THREE HOURS AFTER MARRIAGE.—Thomas Tyne
was brought before Mr. MALTBY under these singular
circumstances :—The defendant was given into custody
for being drunk and disorderly at a wedding party the
evening previous, and the charge was sustained by the
following evidence.
Policeman Fox, C 117, stated that his attention was
attracted to No. 3, Thorns-court, Duke-street, Hanover-
square, by a quarrel and the cries of murder. On going
to the house be was told that there had been a wedding
that day, and that the person who had acted on the morn-
ing as father to the bride had in the evening been found
in the petformanee of the bridegroom's duties. The con-
stable inquired if the bride was a consenting party to this
novel arrangement of matters, and not receiving a satis-
factory reply he said be could not interfere. The land-
lord of the bowie then gave the defendant into custody

fur being drunk and disorderly; when this was done, the '
faitbleE4s.bride declared she would not be separated from
tleputy husband, for she liked him better than her
I legal Spouse.
The bridegroom said that he had met with his fickle
rib not more than about four days before he comniqted
ttiatKimeny. On the evening of the wedding day he
! • •:,u, $4.4
went out some purchases, and to take places
for the honeymoon trip, le tip his wife and her friend
together. When he came home, to his great grief he
'found his bride and the defendant in a situation that no
husband could tolerate. The shock was so great that he
swooned away, and did not regain a sense of his miser-
able lot for three hours. As soon as he came to himself
he charged the defendant with attempting to seduce his
wife from him. Notwithstanding what had taken place,
such was his lore for the faithless fair, that if the pri-
soner would consent not to interfere in his family mat-
ters, he would forego the charge.
In answer to questions put by the Magistrate, the
complainant said he did not disadmit that he had
been drinking, as was quite natural on such a happy
occasion, but he certainly was not drunk. All he now
wanted Was tindivided possession of his own lawful wife,
and to prevent the defendant from decoying her away.
If the defendant would snake that promise he would for-
give him.
Mr. MALTBY put the question to the defendant, and
the defendant having given a promise to keep away from
both wife and husband, was discharged.
The wife soon afterwards made her appearance, and
on hearing what had taken place, said she would not
part with her friend, for she was not aware, when
taken to church, that she was to be married to her pre-
sent husband, and she was so much taken by surprise
that she allowed the ceremony to proceed.
. The friend is a tall young man, about twenty-eight
years of age. The wife is about twenty-five; rather
good looking, and the husband appeared to be neither
tall, young, nor good looking.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
• Henry Tomkins, toll-collector at Vauxhall-bridge,
applied to the Magistrate for an assault summons
against the " Most Noble" the Marquis of Waterford,
for " bilking" the toll, and severely whipping him when
he endeavoured to obtain it.
Complainant said that on Thursday morning, about
six o'clock, he was on duty at the gate on the Middle-
sex side of Vauxhall-bridge, when he observed a car-
riage coming from the direction of Vauxhall-gardens,
in which were seated two gentlemen, and a lady accom-
modated on the lap of one o them. As they approached
the gate, one of the gentlemen called out to have it
opened ' • and this being done, complainant went as
usual by the side of the carriage to take the toll, but
die very moment the gate was opened, the gentleman
whipped the horses and dashed through. Complainant
followed and seized the reins, which he retained his hold
of for two or three minutes, during which time, in con-
sequence of the horses being whipped into a gallop, he
was carried many yards. The gentleman that was
driving then called out, that unless he let go he would
cut him to pieces. He then lashed him with the whip
until he was obliged to loose his hold, and the carriage
was driven off. He had never seen the person who had
assaulted him before, but he was told by a gentleman
who came up that it was the Marquis of Waterford.
Mr. GREGORIE said he might take a Lummons against
that nobleman if he thought fit ; it would, of course, be
necessary for him to identify the gentleman who had as-
saulted him.
Complainant then took the summons against the Noble
Marquis.
H. Palmer, Esq., a gentleman of fortune, resident in
Cumberland-terrace, Regent's-park, attended to com-
plain of the driver of the cab 230, for neglecting to use
all reasonable and proper expedition in the conveyance
of a fare. Complainant stated that he hired defendant
in Palace-yard, and requested him to drive a mile to-
wards the Marsh-gate, at the same time informing him
that he should give him a shilling, out of which lie
would pay twopence for the gate. He had no sooner
made this intimation to defendant than the latter ran
away ; complainant was determined that defendant
should not get rid of him so easily, and accordingly got
into his cab. Defendant came in a minute or two,
mounted the box, and slowly proceeded towards West-
uthiater-Inidge, when on arriving half way up the hill,
he made a dead stop. Complainant then got out and
paid the driver, assuring him that he would be sum-
moned.
Mr. GREGORIE inquired at what rate he drove.
Complainant said he should think at the rate of 21
miles an hour ; certainly not three miles. He crawled
along evitkaitly to annoy and get rid of him.
Defendant raid he couldn't go faster, because there
were vehicles in the way.
Mr. GREGORIE thought this a bad case, and one in
which the full penalty ought to be inflicted.
Mr. Palmer did not wish to press for the extreme
penalty. It was his desire that the public should be
protected against the tricks of these men.
Mr. GREGORIE said that defendant ought to feel
obliged to Mr. Palmer.
Defendant was fined 20s. He was committed for four-
teen days in default of payment.