The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, May 17.
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN RE SPICES. AND POULTON.

These bankrupts carried on a very extensive business as
paper-manufacturers, having three mills, one at Alton, one
at Bognor, and the other at Wandsworth. They were also
farmers and hop-growers, and one of the partners (J. E.
Spicer) traded as a paper•manufacturer, and farmer upon
t e own account. They now came up upon the balance-
'beets, prepared by Mr. Butler, accountant, to pass their last
examination.

With respect to the private balance-sheet of J. E. Spicer,
which runs over the same period of time as the joint balance-
;•heet, the following are the principal items therein :—Private
debts and liabilitie., 10,111/. 18s. 2d. ' • and to creditors hold-
ing mortgages, 7,9901. The assets are 10,1461. ss. 4d. ; profits,
4,3321 Os. 11d. ' • capital, 1,474/. 19s. sd. ; trade and personal
expenses, 7,3471. 19s. ld. ' • losses, 5381.75. 6d. ; transferred to
partnership account, 2,7011. 93. 11d.; old debts (paid), 7241.
I ss. 10d. ; liabilities as per contra, 2,550/. 143. 4d.
After some discussion, the case was adjourned for the pur-
pose of further inquiry.
(Before Mr. Commissioner UOLROYD.)
IN RE W. QUINCET.

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This bankrupt, who was a tin-plate-worker, in Old-street,
St. Luke's, came up to pass his last examination; but,
no balance-sheet having as yet been filed, the case was ad-
journed.

IN RE A. DANIELLS.

This bankrupt was described as a merchant having for-
merly been in business as a perfumer, receiving about 1,0001.
a year, and living like a gentleman, which he disposed of
for about 1,500/., and then entered very largely into rail-
way speculation, being at one period worth about 12,000/.,
but in the end his speculation resulted in a very heavy loss.
This case was before the Court a short time since upon ap-
plication for certificate, and it was adjourned till this day,
for the purpose of investigation, and more particularly re-
specting the proof of Mr. More for 614,0004 being a balance
of account, resulting out of railway speculation. The bank-
rupt's debts and liabilities amount to about 10,000/., running
over a period of three years, and the assets appear on the
balance-sheet to be, property 162/. 9s. Bd. He commenced
with a capital of 3,189/. 14s. 11d., and the losses and ex-

penses amount to about 10,0001., the profits being stated at

285/. 6s. 6d.
Mr. Bagley appeared for Mr. More, to oppose, and Mr.
Lawrance for the bankrupt.
It appeared that Mr. More bad been in business in Liver-
pool, and in 1839 became bankrupt, but owing to some negli-
gence on his own part, he did not obtain his certificate until
July, 1845, at which period be entered the Liverpool market
as a sharebroker ; and he did not know what was the amount
of his debts, or the dividend, if any, paid under that bank-
ruptcy. He was not a sworn broker. -He had not offered to
withdraw his opposition on payment of 300/.
_ _

. Mr. LAWRAiCE stated that the last item in the account
between the bankrupt and Mr. More, upon which the
proof of 644,0001. was now sought to be made, bore date the
11th of August. The certificate was dated the 25th of July,
and 21 days were required for the certificate to remain at the
Court of Review; therefore the whole of these transactions
upon which the proof was made took place at a time when
Mr. More was an uncertificated bankrupt ; under these cir-
cumstances, be (Mr. Lawrance) must submit that Mr. More
was not entitled to prove.
After some further discussion the proof was admitted for
the full amount claimed.
Mr. ;Shultz, a stockbroker, was then called and examined
by Mr. BAGLEY, in the course of which it was stated by the
witness that he had had transactions to the extent of thousands
of pounds with various persons, and that the bankrupt was
the most punctual of all.
Upon the part of Mr. Ripley, a stockbroker, an adjourn-
ment of the case was prayed for under these circumstances :
Mr. Ripley was a creditor for 5,0001., being the result of a
loss upon Birmingham and Oxford shares, occasioned, as
was alleged, by Emanuel Daniell, who, it was stated, had
represented his scrip buyer to be a man of fortune, but had
al nays refused to disclose his name. Upon going, however,
to the office of the official assignee (Mr. Edwards) a bond of
Lord Yentry's for 7,0001. being mentioned in the bankrupt's
it was coocluded that
P"cee(Zings, and the same having
Emanuel Daniell,
prove against the estate.
a bankrupt then deniede.
any such transaction. havainng
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estate, but it appeared to him (the Commissioner) this
was a creditor. Upon the last occasion. also
rupt
stated that be had nothing to do with West Riding shares,
but it appeared that he had, and he now sought- to excuse
himself, by stating that he was merely agent. But for the
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avocation as a trader, and it also appeared that he had been
speculating in that which a trader ought not. In order to
show traders that they were not to enter into illegitimate
speculation, incurring losses, and then enter into one or two
legitimate speculations for the ;-tiry)so of o‘nllng it,w this
Court, and Oei,g tivlde free of ali the debts, the judginctr
of 'he Court was, that the certitie.are be suspended for twelve
months, with protection from month to month.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTHWARK.

James Morris was charged with having discharged a
loaded pistol at Frances Mary Colman Morris, his wife,
with intent to kill her.

The complainant, a genteel-looking young woman, stated
that she was married to the prisoner in March, 1846, but
that she was separated from him for some time, owing to his
improper conduct, and that since then she had been living
at home with her father, an accountant • and estate agent,
Newington-causeway. On Friday last the prisoner called
on her, and said that he wanted to give her a boa and shawl,
and begged that she would meet him the same evening, in
order that he might let her have them. She, however, re-
fused to meet him alone, but submitted that she had no ob-
jection to be at the place of appointment with a female
friend, and she was accordingly accompanied to Weymouth-
street by a Mrs. Staples, a friend of her family. When they
arrived at the place the prisoner was there waiting for
them, and he led them through several obscure streets and
lanes in that neighbourhood, until at length they came to a
very unfrequented spot, when, she being impatient, com-
plained that he was leading them about to no purpose. He
said that they would get to the house where the boa aid
shawl were immediately, and they stopped for a moment,
and while she stooped down the prisoner discharged a pistol
at her head. She heard the report, saw the flash, and also
distinctly heard a whiz, as if a bullet or shot, she could not
say which, had passed near the side of her head. At the
same instant she screamed out, and the prisoner ran one
way and she another, until she reached a house, into which
she ran for protection. She added that a warrant had been
obtained against the prisoner a short time since for assaulting
her, and that he did not appear to the process, nor had she
seen him for some time previously to the evening in question.
In reply to Mr. COTTINGHAM, the complainant said she
did not see the pistol, the act was done so instantaneously;
but heard the click of the trigger and the report at the
moment the flash crossed her eyes. Her bonnet was not in-
jured, and she only suffered from the fright occasioned by
such a circumstance. The prisoner had frequently quarrelled
with her, and was, of a very turbulent spirit, so much so,
that he had been in custody and held to bail for assaulting
and threatening the life of his own mother.
Mrs. Ann Staples corroborated the above statement.
Mr. Corma HAM inquired the reason the prisoner was not
brought before him on Saturday, the alleged offence being
perpetrated on Friday evening ?—ln reply to the magistrate,
the complainant's father said, that his daughter informed
him of what had occurred on Friday night, and that he went
and gave information at the station-house, but was told
there that he must wait until the magistrate was made
acquainted with the facts before any steps could be taken in
the affair.

Mr. CorrarGnAm expressed his surprise at this piece of
information, and said, that a deliberate attempt to destroy
a wife by her husband having been made, it was the duty of
the police to have taken immediate steps for the apprehen-
sion of the offender.

Inspector Cowell said that the prisoner was given into
custody on Saturday afternoon, soon after the court closed,
and that not a word was said then of his having shot at his
wife; that a warrant of assault was previously issued against
the prisoner, and that it was upon that warrant that he was
charged.
Mr. COTTINGHAM, addressing the prisoner, said that as the
charge assumed so serious an aspect against him, and as he
had no professional person present to advise with, probably
it would be his better plan at present not to enter into any
defence, or say anything in answer to so grave an accusation
as attempting to shoot his wife. However, he was at liberty
to do as he pleased on the subject.
Prisoner—This is all a conspiracy against me. I did not
fire a pistol at my wife, for, in fact, I had no pistol to fire ;
there was no report, or flash, or anything of the kind; if I
had fired a pistol, I should have run away,l but I remained
near the spot, where my wife said she was shot at, and it is
not likely if I had attempted such an act that I should have
stopped behind. Her father, as well as herself, has a spite
against me, and all they want is to get rid of me by any
means they can. Her father took out a warrant against
me on purpose to have me locked up, and he was the
cause of our separation. When my wife left me I took
her in again, and lately we went down to Dudley to her
grandmother's, and had only recently come up from that
place, when, by her father's interference, we again sepa-
rated, and I declare that the story about the pistol is all a
fabrication.

Mr. Corrnicitax—Then, do you deny being with your
wife and Mrs. Staples on the evening of Friday? Prisoner—l
was with them, your Worship; I wrote a note to my wife to
come for her-shawl that was in my possession, and she came
with Mrs. Staples for it, and she screamed out all in a mo-
ment, and ran away, saying that I had fired at her. I did
make a noise with my finger and thumb, and likely she
might have supposed it was the click of a pistol, but it was
no such thing. It is all a plan to get rid of me, as my wife
thinks then that she can do as she pleases. I again declare
most solemnly that I had no pistol, and that it's all a base
conspiracy to ruin me.
Mr. Corriamn AM here called forward the complainant, and
asked her particularly whether she could have been mistaken
upon the occasion—whether the noise he described he made
with his finger and thumb might have been mistaken by her
for the noise of the trigger of a pistol?
The reply was, that she (complainant) could not have been
mistaken on the point; that she distinctly heard the report
as well as the noise made by a bullet or shot passing near to
her head.

Airs. Staples was also recalled, and she still adhered to the
accuracy of her previous statement; that it was ridiculous
for the prisoner to assert that he had snapped his fingers, for
she distinctly saw the flash and heard the report of a pistol
close to the complainant's head.
Mr. CoirniGuais said he should remand the prisoner, in
order that inquiries should be forthwith made respecting the
pistol used on the occasion; and also to procure the attend-
ance of some other parties who heard the report of the wea-
pon at the time it was fired off.
LAMBETH:

Lydia Hart, a fat swarthy gipsy, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Elliott, for further examination on a charge of
felony.
On the former examination it appeared that in the month
of February last the prisoner knocked at the door of a house
in Nelson-square, and on a young woman, the servant, an-
swering her, she first asked her to purchase some laces,
which she exhibited, and next urged her to have her for-
tune told, saying she would tell it her for half-a-crown. The
young woman had not then the required sum to give her ;
but another meeting was appointed, when the prisoner told
her she should " charm" the young man who courted her at
once to marry her, provided she gave her a sovereign or a
sovereign's worth. The young woman gave her 10s. in money
and several articles of wearing apparel, for " charming" her
young man, and soon afterwards they were married. The
fact of his wife having parted with the things coming to the
ears of the husband, he made a stir in the matter, and an ap-
plication was made to the prisoner to return the money and
articles, but she refused to do so.

Maria Foster was called, and upon being sworn, deposed
that on the sth of February last, she called upon her present
sister-in-law in Nelson-square, and there found the prisoner
is conversation with her. The prisoner also addressed her,
and asked her to have her fortune told, and she gave her a
shilling for telling her fortune. The prisoner told her she
was likely to come in for a deal of property, and also said
that ifshe called on her another day, and gave her a sove-
reign, or the value of it in goods, she would tell her the exact
time when she should get the property. Witness said she
had not that sum, nor the means of procuring it, upon which
the prisoner told her she might take the property of her mis-
tress. This, however, she refused ; and subsequently applied
to the prisoner for the restoration of her sister-in-law's pro-
perty, but she refused to give it. She then told her that it
was her sister's intention to apply to a magistrate about the
things, and her reply was that she might do so, and be
d----d.

Mr. Games, who attended for the prisoner, submitted that
there was nothing felonious in the charge, as Mrs. Foster had
admitted, in her cross-examination by him, that she had
merely lent the things to the prisoner.
Mr. ELLtcrrr observed that it was quite clear the prisoner
had obtained the property by trick and device, intending, at
the same time, to apply it to her own use, and he should
therefore send her before a jury for trial.
Mrs. Foster was for some cause or other absent, and the
prisoner was in consequence remanded to another day.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 114 dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire. and
Cheshire Junction, 2 dis.-Bi-mingliam and Oxford Junc
tion, 6% p.-Chester and Birkenhead, 44-East Lancashire.
New, 1:,4 dis.-Great Northern, 1% dis.-Huddersfield Canal
and Railway, Extension, % dis. -Leeds and Thirsk, Prefer.
ence, par-London and North-Western, Quarters WA p.-
London and South-Western, 62-Ditto (scrip), Y's dis.-Man-
cheater and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension), par-Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1,3% p.-
Ditto, Eighths, 2% dis.-Midland Stock, 114-Ditto, 401.
Shares, 2% p.-Ditto, New, 13/ p.-South-Eastern and
Dover, 36-Ditto, New, No. 4,6 s. 3d. dis.
MANCHESTER, MAY 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 1% c. dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire, 1% c. dis.-East Lancashire (late B. and P.),
New, 1 9-16 dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 114
c. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,
Thirds, par-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction,
dis.-London and North-Western, 171-Ditto, Manches-
ter and Birmingham, 66 c.-Ditto, Quarters (C), 5!4 c. p. -
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1,4 dis.-Man-
chester and Leeds, 32L Shares (late Extension) 3-16
-Manchester and Southampton, 295.-North Stafford-
shire, 1 9-16 p.-Northern Counties Union, 3 dis.-Preston
and Wyre, Halves (A), 31,4 p.-Shropshire Union, 2 die.
SHEFFIELD, MAY 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 295. dis.-East Lancashire (scrip), is. dis.
-East Lincolgshire, 265. p.-Manchester and Lincoln Union,
31s. dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincelnshire (Grimsby
and Sheffield), 8% dis.-Ditto, 12/. 10s. Shares, 1% dis.-
Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 1 dis.-South Yorkshire,
Doncaster, and Goole, 3% dis.
LEEDS, MAT 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham,*and Boston, 30s. n. dis.-East Lancashire, 28s. 9d. dis.
-Ditto, New, 13/4 dis.-Ditto, New (scrip), 9d. dis. s.-
East and West Yorkshire, 38s. 6d. n. dis.-Great Northern,
28s. dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 10s. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk,
514-Ditto. Preference, Is. 9d. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and
Midland, 19e. 6d. dis.-London, Brighton, and South Coast,
51% -Ditto, Fifteenths, ls. p.-Malton and Driffield Junc-
tion, 19e. n. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 3% p.-
Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), par n.-Ditto, West
Riding Union, par-Newcastle and Berwick, New, 1% p.-
North British, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 13s. 6d. p.-
Ditto, Extension (scrip), 2s. p.-North Staffordshire, 1% n.
p.-North-Western, 395. dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Goole, 12s. 6(1. dis.
HULL, MAY 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 245. n.-Great Northern, 21-Manchester
and Leeds West Riding Union, 2s. 6d. p.-North British,
Quarters, 795.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 2,/, p.
EDINBURGH, MAY 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, New,
395. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 40s.- Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, 69-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 1 ls. 6d.
-Edinburgh and Northern, New, 625.-Ditto, Newport,
New, 38s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 35s.-Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle, 5-Great Northern, 505.-North British,
Halves, 141,E ex. int.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 15s. 9d.-
Ditto, Thirds, 50a.

GLASGOW, MAY 15.
DundeeBTOCK andx c 'Plea; I",
nock, and Ayr, WA—Ditto, Halves, No. 1,
E-Q—uTharteers2, Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 36s.—Glasgow, , Kilmar-
Halves, No. 2,6/, 6s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, s„t
aslessB.—arEe—Cast alneddoiannir
2,
5.2393/d4.::
—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 19s.—Manchester and South-
ampton, 10s. 6d.—North Brit' ash, New Quarters (scrip), 16s.
B%—Ditto,