The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-12 00:00:00

THE AYLESBURY RAILWAY COMPANY V. MANT.

This was an action to compel the payment of a call,
which was made whilst the defendant was a shareholder,
he having since transferred his shares.
The defendant pleaded that the Company had accepted
the transfer, and thereby released him from all obligation
to pay, the transferee alone being liable.
Mr. Sergeant CnANNELL, in support of the plaintiff's
demurrer, rested upon a special clause in the Company's
Act of Incorporation, in which the present case was in-
cluded, as it provided that every person shall be liable
for all calls made during the time of his being a share-
holder. The Learned Sergeant had not concluded his
argument, when the Court rose at two o'clock.

SECONDARIES' COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

DODD V. MORECROFT.
This was an action to recover the sum of 31. for
work done and performed.
The plaintiff is an accountant, and had been em-
ployed by the defendant, who is an executor to his (de-
fendant's) father, to prepare the necessary documents
for passing the accounts at the Legacy Duty-office, and
obtaining the probate for the will.
Verdict for the plaintiff.
KINDER V. HUBBARD.

This was an action to recover the sum of 51., due upon
an I. 0. U. to the plaintiff's father, deceased.
Mr. JAMES conducted the case for the plaintiff, and
the defendant defended the action in person.
The plaintiff is a carpenter and glazier, and pleaded
a set-off for work done and performed. The hand-
writing to the I. 0. U. was proved, and this being the
case for the plaintiff, the defendant addressed the Jury, and
stated that he had a bill against deceased amounting to
31. 2s. 6d., but he could not prove the whole of the items,
as one of his witnesses was absent ; but the action must
be postponed if they did not believe him (defendant).
The SECONDARY.-Oh, no, it must not. If you have
not your witnesses here that is your fault.
The defendant then read over the items in his bill,
which was principally filled with charges for shaking
carpets and cleaning windows ; one item was 21. for the
loss sustained by defendant in moving a summer-house
for the deceased, but Which the son Would not now take
to. He failed in proving any of the items, and
The Learned SECONDARY said he thought it would be
better if the parties made an arrangement between them-
selves; but, if the case went on, in strictness he was
bound to reject the set• off. The plaintiff said he would
allow 11. 2s. 6d. off the 1.0. U., and a verdict passed for
the plaintiff for 31. 2s. 6d.
The defendant, in leaving the Court, declared that he
would never pay the money.

MARi3OROUG ft-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
A fashionably dressed young man of gentlemanly man-
ners, who gave his name as John Brown, was placed at
the bar before Mr. Hardwick, the presiding Magistrate,
charged with attempting to pick pockets under the fol-
lowing circumstances :

Police constable, No. 96 of the C division, stated that
about half-past 10 o'clock last night he was proceeding
on duty along Bear.street,, Leicester-square, when he
observed the prisoner following so closely up behind
two gentlemen walking arm in arm together that he
was induced to ..watch.. him, and saw him dis-
tinctly sound the skirt .pockets of both of them,
and in going through Sidney-alley, the prisoner got
his hand into one of the gentlemen's pockets,
and at that instant witness seized him. The, prisoner
did not succeed in withdrawing anything from the
pocket. The gentlemen declined to give their names and
address, and passed on.

The prisoner protested in the strongest and most earn-
est manner that the police constable was mistaken.
Mr. 11AnDwIcx inquired if he was known to the
Ushers of the Court or the Police.
Several of those officers having looked at him, stated
that they did not recollect him to have been in custody
before, and that they had not seen him about the streets
with any of the gang of pickpockets that in-
festi n company
the
Mr. HARDWICK inquired of police constable No. 96,
whether there was the possibility of his being mistaken ?
The police constable said there could be none whatever.
W' est End.
Mr. HARD WICK said he should remand the prisoner in
order to give time for the necessary inquiries to be made.