The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-31 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

LYSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MARCH 30.
Before Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS. )
•N RE GEORGE CROWLES.

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The insolvent in this
applied to be discharged on
.7aae
bail.
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS obs&Ted that very little
more than twelve months had elapsed since !ho insolvent
had passed through the Court before ; and he now found
that +he amount of his debts was 4501., for which 1251. was
without consideration.
The applicant stated that he became security to Mr.
Henry Lewes, one of the trustees to a loan society in
Buckingham-street, Strand, for a sum of money ad-
vanced to a person named Wigley.
The COMMISSIONER—SO I perceive by the schedule ;
and I also find that this person is out on bail to the Court,
and you, his security, are here to-day applying to be libe-
rated under similar circumstances.
The insolvent's bail were about justifying, when
The COMMISSIONER (addressing the clerk to the insol-
vent's attorney) said that on looking over the schedule be ob-
served a number of interlineat ions and initial letters marked
opposite different items, which the insolvent said bad been
done since he attached his signature, and before proceeding
farther with the case he ( Mr. Commissioner R.) should
require an explanation.
The Clerk said the initials were those of his master's
(M,. E Spencer's) name, and the alterations required to
be made, as Mr. Spencer was very near-sight:li.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said this was a very unsatis-
factory answer. He should stay the proceedings until
Thursday, when Mr. Spencer would be required to attend
and afford the Court a proper expl ination.
The case was accordingly ordered to stand ova till
Thursday next.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.-.-KINGSTON, MARCH 30.

Both Courts proceeded to business this day. There are
seventy-eight causes entered on the civil side, and the calendar
contains the names of thirty-eight prisoners, and the offences
comprise murder, attempted murder, burglary, and other
serious offences.

CROWN COURT.
( Before Mr. Baron PARKE. )
Thomas Harris, aged 34, and Sarah Harris, aged 32, his
wife, were indicted for feloniously stealing six boxes and eighty
pieces of Madras handkerchiefs, value 1501., the property of
William Cobb.
It appeared from the evidence, that in the month of De-
cember last an Indiaman, called the Claudine, on her voyage
homeward, was stranded at Margate, and it was found
necessary to remove the greater part of her cargo on shore,
and amongst it were a number of boxes containing a quantity
of pieces of handkerchiefs that had been manufactured at
Madras, and were consigned to merchants in London, and
these, with the rest of the property, were placed in
a warehouse belonging to Mr. Cobb, who is an agent to
Lloyd's, and a Custom's officer had them in charge. The
warehouse was left safe on the night of the 4th December, and
the next morning it was discovered that it had been entered,
and that several of the boxes of handkerchiefs had been stolen,
and from the tracks that were visible, it was evident that a
horse and cart had been employed to assist in the robbery. The
prisoner lived in a place called Somerset-buildings, in the Old
Kent-road, and it was proved that on the day before the rob-
bery, he went out with his horse and cart, and did not return
till a late hour of the night, and it was then observed that his
cart was heavily laden, and, on his house being searched by the
p,,lice, the greater part of the stolen property was found in it.
The prisoner and his wife absconded from the lodgings in
Somerset-buildings, and when they were taken into custody,
they were found living in another part of the town, under an
assumed name. It was also proved that the prisoner was at
Margate with a horse and cart on the evening the robbery was
committed.
The Jury found the male prisoner Guilty, and acquitted the
woman.
Mr. Baron PArtrz said that the circumstances of the case
clearly showed that the prisoner was a practised offender, and
he could not suffer him to remain in this country. He was
then ordered to be transported for seven years.
A young woman of respectable appearance, named Isabella
Watkins, was convicted, upon very clear evidence, of stealing
two shawls, the property of Messrs. Atkinson and Co., of
the Westminster Bridgeeroad. She was seen to walk into the
shop and take the shawls from a peg, and she was stopped with
them in her possession. It also appeared that she had been
before convicted of stealing a shawl from a haberdasher's shop
and sentenced to three months' impr sonment.
Baron PARKE told the prisoner that she appeared to be a
confirmed shoplifter, and it was absolutely necessary that
tradesmen should be protected from such persons as her. He
then ordered her to be transported for seven years.
The moment the sentence was pronounced, the prisoner ex-
claimed, " Thank you; I'm very much obliged to you, and
may you sit there till I come back, you old -."
The prisoner was about to utter tome more imprecations,
and was with difficulty removed from the bar.
The cases disposed of on the Civil side did not possess the
least possible interest.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT—WAnwzor, 1114-1" 26.
the !.,ar charged with LRViin—lif *red Balduck was placed at
-cif4ce, containing fourel
Porr-Grvicx Rosa
feloniously stolen a letter from
the Post notes, in the whole of
the value of ti;.':. This case seemed to excite very great in-
terest, as well from the respectability of the prisoner and his
connections, as from the frequency with which similar of-
fences are now perpetrated.
It appeared from the evidence that a letter was delivered at
the I3iimingham Post-office, containing
directed to Messrs. Walters and the notes in question,
letters
.never having reached their destination, inquiry
The
set on foot, and the notes were traced to theon,riisnquiry was
session at Stafford, he having changed one of thener'stwentiesP"-
there. Ile had also changed another at the Grand •
Junction
Railway-office.
The case was clearly brought home to the prisoner, and he
was found Guilty.
It is said that the prisoner, at the time he committed the
robbery, had a salary of 3001. a year.
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NORFOLK ClRCUlT—Ownunou, MAReg 27.
BARLEY V. SANDLE, CUTTS, AND SMITH.
The plaintiff, by his declaration, complained that the de-
fendants Sandle and Cutts, in July, 1839, put up certain estates
for sale by auction, and advertised the sale to be without re-
serve, and that -.o " puffers" should be employed, but that
Smith was employed by them as a puffer, by reason whereof
the plaintiff was induced to purchase two bits at a higher price
than he should have given ; and the plaintiff sought to recover
damages for this alleged Nut y.
The facts of this ease were singular, and excited great in-
terest from the respectability of the parties co icerned.
Mr. Barley is an attorney at March, in the Isle of Ely; Mr.
Cutts is also an attorney, and resides in Essex; tha
other two defendants are gentlemen of fortune in
that
e'eliiitv, Smith being a Quaker. In 1t5,38 a Miss Matthews
:ed, havissg by her will devised certain estates at March to a
Mrs.
07.4Plabing .for life, with remainder to Sandle in fee. In
in - that ) - -
~ar the eleviiiee pld a portion of those estates
June
plaintiff b ecgae * purchaser of lots 46
by auction. and the
and 50, at the respective sass....-es of 7401, a,nci !,?.„E40,/. The auc-
tion was held in thessemb -”,, at the Grif6n,io Zikrth. ,
and in the orchestra, Assembly-roe... -iie to the auctioneer,
sat • immediately o
a rich-look' PP°'-- • ''l for several
lots, but bought mg Quaker stranger, who b..- -'
ni/01.
none. T
and 40,000/ , being The sale produced between b,,,
realized. In. the eve greatly beyond the sum expected to be
got abroad, that the ncruagkof the sale-day a very general rumour
vendor, and Cats, his Quaker was a " puffer," and Sandie, the
that he was not solicitor, were applied to, but they de-
clared a puffer, in .
them, and that in fact the or any manner employed by
weeks
after the
plaintiff y knew nothing of him. A few
had purchased lots 46 and 50 be at- .

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