The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-04 00:00:00

ROLLS' COURT-(THIS DAY.)

ANDREWS V. BOUSFIELD.
This was a bill filed against the trustees to a marriage
settlement, under the following circumstances :—The plain-
tiffs were the children of Mrs. Andrews, who was possess ed
of a sum of 7001., an annuity payable out of a sum of 12,0001.,
besides other property, which were in the bands of three
parties, named Sims, Page, and Bullock, as trustees to the
marriage settlement. The marriage took place in 1824, and
in 1829 Mr. Andrews and his wife applied to Bousfield to
have a portion of the trust, and obtained 1001. In 1839 there
was a farther advance; but, upon application for more
money, Page refused to accede to the application, and it was
ultimately arranged by all parties that be should retire from
the trusteeship, and a Mr. Kennedy was elected in his place.
Advances were then made to the amount of 3301. Bullock,
one of the trustees, having died, his executors were made
parties to the suit.
Mr. TURNER was heard this morning in support of the bill.

BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT.

(THIS DAY.)
HARMS V. DAVIS.
This was an application made by the plaintiff, on behalf
of the Hand-in-Hand Friendly Society of Brothers, to com-
pel the payment of the sum of 3/. 125., the value
the Roy aof seventy-
tWO tickets, admitting persons to the pit ol
Victoria Theatre, on the occasion of a benefit.
The defendant pleaded non liability.
It appeared that the plaintiff in the month
at the of October,
,
1846, had the superintendence of a
benefi R
Victoria Theatre, in aid of the funds o the f Hand-in-Hand
Friendly Society of Brothers, of which the defendant had
been a member ; but, owing to the discontinuance of pay-
been
had been struck off the books. A few days before
the nig, ht of performance, the defendant represented that he
portunity of disposing of a number of
had an excellent op
cordingly supplied with seventy-two pit
tickets. Ile was ac
tickets, each of tbe value of one shilling, with the under-
standing that they should be returned if defendant could
not dispose of them to advantage before the night of the
benefit.
The Morning Sun and the Mornirg Advertiser of the Eth
of October, containing an advertisement of the benefit, wai
produced for the inspection of the Judge.
The defendant stated that he had disposed of nearly all the
tickets, but he had not received the money ; he was, there-
fore, he considered, not liable for their value.
The Judge (E. Dußois, Esq.) stated that the defendant
was liable for the amount; he would, therefore, retur;_asu:ng
the parties to ver-
dict for the plaintiff. Mr. Davis had his remedy
u
whom he had supplied the tickets, it he had
not already received the money.
SOLICITORS IN THE NEW COURT.
At the termination of one of the cases this mor • nin-g
licitor (whose name did not transpire) rose on behalf of, a so.
him..
self and several other solicitors then in court, and itiquir inquiredif
the Learned Judge could not allow cases where solicitors
were engaged to be taken out of their usual course, as several
had been waiting some hours ?
The JUDGE replied that he could not accede to the re-
quest of the solicitors; each case would be heard in dLe
rotation.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(MIS DAY.)
The May general sessions for the county of Middlesex
commenced this morning at ten o'clock, in the Court House,
Clerkenwell-green, before the Assistant-judge, and a full
bench of magistrates.
The calendar contained the names of eighty-one prisoners,
seventy•one (:1 whom were charged with felony.
The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in charging the grand jury, said
there were two subjects now occupying a large share of
public attention—he meant the system of punishment
adopted in the case of juvenile offenders, and. the subject of