The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-09 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, MINCX 6.
TAYLOR V. HASTINGS.

Mr. K .11aar BarcH applied for an injunction to re-
train the defendant, Robert Hastings, from publishing
Ind selling any copies of the second and third numbers
if a work called " The Chemist," containing any of the
Irticles copied from the plaintiff's work, called " The Phi-
osophical Magazine."
Mr. STEERE opposed, on the ground of his client, who
.vas the bookseller, having no interest in the work, and de-
sired to be placed under terms until he should communi-
cate with the author. _ _

The VICE-CHANCELLOR granted the injunction, and
itated that as it was obtained only against the publisher,
:.he author would not be bound.

SECONDARIES' COURT, MARcir 6.

( Before Mr. Secondary POTTER and a Common Jury.)

SUDBURY V. WOLLERTON.

EXTRAORDINAKY CASE OF CRIM. CON.-Mr. PHIL-
LIPS, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that his client,
Daniel Sudbury, was a general agent, residing in South-
xark ; and the defendant, John Wollerton, was an iron-
nonger, and a man of some property, carrying on business
.1 the Blackfriar's-road, and residing in Nelson-square.
The action was brought to recover damages for the seduc-
tion of the plaintiff's wife. There was one circumstance of
aggravation in this case, namely, that the wife of the plain.
tiff was the sister of Mrs. Wollerton, and therefore the de-
:endant had committed the revolting crime of seducing his
Jwn sister-in-law.

Elizabeth Sudbury, a respectable looking young woman,
was then called, and in consequence of becoming over-
powered with grief, she was placed in a chair. She stated
.hal she lived with her father and mother up to three
years ago. They did not live very happily together in
consequence of her mother's propensity to drink. The de-
fendant used to visit her parents. About six months ago
ler mother left the plaintiff. She visited her father the dad
before he parted from her mother, and she saw a female
,amed Ann Davis in the house.

Sarah Adams was then called, and proved that she lived
.t a house of ill fame, kept by a woman named Richmond.
No. 26, Tower-street. She knew the defendant, who ha.
epeatedly visited the house in company with Mrs. Sud-
eiry. On the 17th of January ha was there, and retired
Nith Mrs. Sudbury to a room up stairs. The plaintiff
afterwards came in, and saw his wife and Mr. Wollerton to-
;ether. He returned down stairs for the purpose of fetch.
ng a policeman, and the defendant and Mrs. Sudbury, in
the mean time, got into another room where there was
company" also, and secreted themselves under the bed.
The defendant requested witness to get him out of the
louse, and she told him he could only leave by the front
loon; upon which Mrs. Sudbury, who trembled, and ap-
peared to be alarmed, begged witness to conceal the de.
fondant. The plaintiff went into the parlour, and insisted
upon his wife coning down stairs; and as she did not so
to went up, and found that she and the defendant had
locked themselves into the room. Mr. Sudbury threatened
to burst open the door, and his wife then came out and left
vith him.
Mr. JAMEI, in his address for the defendant, said the
shameless conduct of the plaintiff in bringing up his
laughter to record the infamy of her own mother, he (Mr.
James) felt assured was sufficient to induce them to mark
heir strong indignation in this case, and to award the
plaintiff the smallest coin in the realm. The plaintiff's
laughter did not even know where he lived, and he (Mr.
James);was sure the Jury would not allow Courts of Justice
to be polluted by actions of such an infamous nature, which
were merely brought for the sake of putting coats into an
attorney's pocket. If the plaintiff had valued the chastity
of his wife, would he have stayed outside the brothel for
twenty minutes after she and the defendant had entered
and been the witness almost of his own dishonour without
resenting the wrong at the time ? lie would leave the
case in the hands of the Jury, satisfied that they would
scout such actions out of Court.

The LEARNED SECONDARY having summed up, the jury
ietired, and after about twenty minutes' absence, the)
returned into Court, and expressed a dethe to return a
verdict for the defendant.

Mr. POTTER said ai the defendant had let judgment
go by default the plaintiff was entitled to their ver-
dict, and the jury then again consulted together, and
awarded him one farthing damages.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, M.lncm 6.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANS.)
IN ALFRED BUNN'S BANKRUPTCY.

Yesterday a meeting, under the estate of this bankrupt.
who was the late lessee of Drury-lane Theatre, was held
for the pu-pose of auditing the accounts of the assignees
The recent fiat issued against Mr. Hammond occasioned
the attendance of some of the corps dramatiquc, who evi.
dently expected that there would appear some circum-
stances having a bearing on the recently instituted pro.
ceedings against Mr. Hammond, but they were disap-
pointed, the assignees stating that no mor—ys had curtly
to their hands, eonsequeruly no audit was required but thi
pro forma submission of the accounts before the Commis-
sioners.

The day appointed for the appointment of assignees.
nnd-r the fiat issued against Mr. Hammond is the 16th
instant.

IMPORTANT TO BAKERS.-On Saturday-, at
the Kensington Petty Sessions, Mr. John Day, baker, -of
the
Kensington-gravel-pits, appeared before Messrs. Barlow and
Plkington, the Sitting Magistrates, on a summons at the in..
stance of a common informer named Hicks, charging,that he
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provisions of the Act 3 Gco. IV., cap. 106, and incur a pertirvacalhht
not exceeding 51. Search, the informer's witness, proved pur-
chasing, on the day in question, a two-pound loaf of the servant
of the defendant, who was with a horse and cart in Church-
street,
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street, Kensington. for fourpence-halfpenny. He asked the
man to weigh it, but he said he had no weights or scales with
him, and on his subsequently weighing it he found it two
ounces short. The defendant did not deny his servant hav-
ing sold the loaf, and Mr. Sasso, an influential member of
the trade, begged before the bench came to a dec'sinl on
the point that he might be permitted to offer a few observa-
tioos. By the 6th and ith sections of the Act, its operation was
limited to two years, and as the severrl portions of the Act
ought to be construed together, he begged to submit, and the
impression on his mind was, that the term in the followin,
clauses, " within the limits aforesaid," applied as well to time
as it did to space. It would otherwise be a perfect anomaly
that bread was not to be weighed when sold in a shop, unless
demanded be the customer, while, if taken out in a vehicle
drawn by horse, mule, or ass, it was under a penalty of Si.
The bench having referred to the Act, decided, that the term
" limits aforesaid," only applied to space, viz., ten miles from
the Roval Exchange, and that, although by the tenor of the
ith cla-use bakers were in their shops, aftdr the expiration of
the two years therein named, not compelled to weigh bread un-
less demanded so to do by a customer, yet they were when
sending it out in a cart for sale, bound to carry a balance and
weights with them. Notwithstanding the special pleading of
Mr. Sasso, they felt bound to convict the defendant, but would
mitigate the fine to onlv 10s., and 2s. 6d. costs.
CHURCIIISM V. PUS EY I SM.—A memorial signed
by Members of the Church of England. has been presented to
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tofeßath, calling upon them to re-
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removal of be taken away.
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
GOLD DUST ROBEERY.

The trial of Lewin Caspar, recommenced on Satu: day
mo.ning at nine o'clock, when the Recorder expressed to
the Jury his regret for the inconvenience they had been
ut to by being detained all night. The case did not ter-
minate until halt-past nine in the evening, when the Jury,
after retiring for about twenty minutes, returned with a
verdict of Guilty The Recorder then sentenced the pri
sorter to seven years' transportation, at the same time• ex-
pressing his regret that the law did not empower him to
inflict a sentence more commensurate with the enormity of
the crime.