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London, England, 1847-12-23 00:00:00

Liverpool to Oporto, has been towed in here with loud
rudder, having been on shore near Carrickfergus,' and
must discharge.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY•)

(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL•)

JAMES V. WOODHOUSE AND ANOTHER.

This was an action to recover the sum of 2sl. 41-
6d., under the following circumstances. The de'
fendants formerly held a bill of exchange of the
plaintiff's for 841. 4e., They declined to renew the
bill, but agreed to take 141. 14s. in cash, and another
bill for 201., protecting the plaintiff against the.
original bill ; but, instead of doing so, they allowed
an action to be brought, on which a verdict was ra•
coverd, and plaintiff had to pay the money. The
present action was brought to recover the amours
paid to defendants, and the costs in the action
brought on the bill. The jury gave a verdict for
the amount.
WALKER V. SHAOKELL.—FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
This was an action to recover damages for false
imprisonment. The defendant at first pleaded just':
&talon ; but having withdrawn the plea, judgment
now went by default.
Mr. Sergeant Chadwick Jones appeared for the
plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Char'
nock for the defendant.
Mr. Sergeant JONES stated the plaintiff's case. The
plaintiff was, in the month of May last, a clerk to a
Mr. Young, an auctioneer, &c., in Tottenham-cant
road ; defendant is a retired licensed victualler. On
May 26th plaintiff was sent to the house of a fir'
Clarke, at Hammersmith, to take some goods to jr.
Young's warehouse. He went with two men, andhn"
laden the waggon with the goods, when they were el
into custody for stealing some-paper, which was fnan
rolled up in a hearth rug. The defendant gave them,
in custo iy on a charge of felony, but plaintiff .viL
discharged the next morning, it appearing than
defendant was present at the removal of the goul
but did not state that the property was his, and 'Dia
plaintiff and the men took them under the direetina
of Clarke.
Mr. Young was called, and proved the order for
removal having been given by Clarke.
In cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant Mat
he admitted that he had been applied to by a Pets
named Gutteridge, to get possession of the key, 1,4-
he agreed to do so if paid his expenees ; and be ak.'":,
mately obtained it, and was paid- 4/. 10s., and a furt'S
sum of 101. for his own expences. The goods We'
watched on behalf of other persons claiming that'
He took part of them to own lodgings, and thee.
were seized by the sheriff for rent. Ultimately all
goads were seized. Had formerly removed an
property for Clarke from Norwood, but did not rallksd
any proposals to get the key in that case. He
been solicited by Shackell to get the three actiw.'d
(by plaintiff and the two men) settled, and he .selAg.
that he thought he could do so for sixty noun
Defendant said no rent was due from Clarke. • 0
Re-examined—Had no idea that the goods had bee,,„ w
removed clandestinely, and he was not attemptioll '
conceal the goods.
By the UNDER-Smatiirr—lle took a place in Cum
ming-street expressly to hold these goods, but woad
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not leave them, as he found he was watched,
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considered himself bound to protect them, if pesalb;
A person named Brotherton, who assisted in. 1.-st
moving the goods, was called, and admitted that,,A,
the police-office: several persons attended to coMPS
that they had been swindled out of their
Shackell was present at the removal of the proPe3;
but did not say that the paper was his till he g_i(ll. in
the station-house. There was no secresy ebserY,7oo
removing the paper, and-Shackell was there ao
time. d this,
Amey, a carman, was called, and corroborate
and denied that he was told that if they gave uP tt—ba
eit
authority for removing the goods they
discharged, nor did he say to plaintiff and the
_p1:1,;
as they went to the station-house, " Now, minu yha
give. your , right card here." Plaintiff said ,tbst
was removing the by order' gdo'ds of his ErV,it,
(Young),- and- said where he could be found. ,he
!less did not know that there was any harm• at
time he was removing the goods. • ehOuld
•
Mr. Sergeant Wiraciris addressed the jury: for Ise:
fendant, and urged that the smallest amount, 1'
mages would meet the justice of the case, as I
are
was
evident the plaintiff and the witnesses were' all aw
they were assisting Clarke in unlawfulll Teal"'og
the property, which he undertook to prove by severs'

witnesses.
(The case had not concluded when °di' report left')

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS•

(THIS DAY.)' tor
William Butler, r/tegro seaman, was %dicta for
stealing three sovereigns, a coat, trousers, sever
shirts, and other articles, the property of 11xthi,
P
Woodling. Both the prisoner and the prosecutor be
longed to an American vessel.
It appeared that the prisoner had access to all 00
stores -of - the prosecutor, who was mate, and upos
missing the above articles and money, the killer gall
information to the police, who disoote'red 'that the,
prisoner had pawned some of the articlei,, and one 01
the shirts was found on him. -

The prisoner said he was entrusted with the clothe'
to pawn by the prosecutor, who said he wanted t°
raise money to go to Liverpool.
A verdict of Guilty was returned, and the Ar
61STANT-JIIDGE sentenced him to six months' it°.
prisonment, with hard labour.
James Sazerey, a private in the Grenadier Guards,'
was indicted for robbing Richard Jones of a silver
watch, value 61., in Holborn, on the morning of tl3l
16th inst., at four o'clock.
The prosecutor stated that as he was passing.sle°,,f.
Holborn on the morning in question, the 1)115°0-
made snatch at his watchguard, which he broll;
and drew the watch from his waistcoat pocket. ic,.l
attempted to make his escape, but he seized him
the belt and gave him into custody, when the wstc
was found in his possession.
A sergeant of the prisoner's com an
and said the prisoner had borne Ilent charac-
ter during the eighteen years he had been in the client
ment. obedient
ment. He had been a very regular
soldier. made
The prisoner said that the prosecutor luau. -
indecent proposals to him. D v mune fOrWarat
Thejury found the prisoner Guilty without a
ment's hesitation.
nfe e
The ASSISSTANT-JUDGE, in passing se--4-°,
he did not believe one word of this rnen'T„°sinade
horrid charge against the prosecutor, of hav:Zs the
indecent proposals to the prisoner. If sftoluth-e. lice
case, it was he who should have called
Ul in'
instead of the prosecutor. He had made
quiries, and he found there was not the shg the
foundation t e
foundation for anything of the kind. Of 6
way
courses that could be adopted by a prisoner, by.
ble
of defence, there was none more truly abornintlot
than that of making such charges as those agar ht
prosecutors, and he felt great doubt whether he oug.°_,
not to transport him at once. His conduct was CII9,
graceful to him as a man and a soldier, and he hope,
when he got back to his regiment, after the expire'
tion of his term of imprisonment, he would be
marked man for his present disgraceful conduct'
The sentence of the Court was, that he be iinprisonedo
and kept to hard labour, for 12 months. lihtest

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
We are reqw,sted by Mr. Henry to acknowledge
the receipt of a donation of 101., forwarded to hi
this morning for the poor-box of the office, from t"e.
Goldsmiths' Company.

THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Ellwood way charged with having sn;
mit
Charles
revedadeiranceStepneycoffins,
r adjacentaand marine
ot
lee r churchyard,offered
h store-dealer,
church,
brokentorhrc
eh: ner
dleewaadal uesrpf,ocrrhaeasnrsi
charged
an:.
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receiving
Ita the same,
ppeared tha knowing
tyesterdai to be
yesterday
evenisntgole. s
Bngroes,
et
officer of the detective force, observed the prison
climb over the palings of Stepney churchyld,ll:
proceed to the shop of the prisoner Butler. Ile
returned to the churchyard, and after a short inci
terval proceeded to Butler's shop. BarnesitsketA
Butler what the prisoner Ellwood had br"gicl
there for sale. He appeared confused, and s 1
~
" Only a piece of old iron." Barnes 11,,
sisted on searching the premises, and underneiaf
the counter he found 2 cwt. of lead, which had eel,
dently belonged to the coffins in Stepney
yard, as several of the inscriptions were still legibiei
One, which he produced in court, from its Brest
antiquity, excited a great deal of curiosity. Thell,
of the inscription legible was—"•Richd. Good. 162
Aged 60." Barnes instantly took Ellwood into
custody, and on his way, to the station-house he con:
fessed to having broken up the coffins in the churcho
yard. The inspector subsequently ordered Butler t
churc.ll
be taken into custody.
Mr. BALLANTINE considered this a most seriouto
affair, and before he would attempt himself to adjudi-
cate upon it, directed Barnes to proceed to the paro.'
chial authorities to ascertain if they intended indicting
the prisoners, and in the meanwhile ordered them to
be locked up in the cells.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
James Shaw Foster, late a clerk in the service of
the Eastern Counties Railway Company, wascharged
with obtaining money by false pretences from trade
s-
men transmitting transmitting and receiving goods by that line °I
railway.
A clerk in the grain department at the goods
station, in Brick-lane, Spitalfields, named
Fearn, deposed that the prisoner, prior to the 7th (I
the present month, was also a clerk in the same (17
partment of the company. It was the prisoneF
duty to make out from the invoices duplicate copses
of tickets for grain sent by the carmen for delivo!r)
to houses in town, and in consequence of its WOWS