The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

PILKINGTON V. COOK.

Mr. Baron PARKE gave judgment in this case. The
Court were of opinion that the Ist Victoria, c. 55, for
regulating the amount of remuneration to be paid to
sheriffs and their officers, and which repealed the sta-
tutes of Edward 111. and Henry I. upon this subject,
constituted an exception to the statute of Elizabeth, and
that therefore the declaration was good in law, and the
verdict should be for the plaintiff ; but that if the de-
fendant procured affidavits to show that nothing more
than the charges allowed by law had been made for the
levy, he should be at liberty to amend on payment of
the costs.

PRIME V. PRICE.
Mr. Baron PARKE gave judgment in this case in favour
of the plaintiff.

COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.)

GREGORY V. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND ANOTHER.
In this case counsel moved for the interference of the
Court, either to stop the proceedings of a writ of error,
if any such existed, or to allow execution against the
plaintiff to be commenced. In 1844 an action was
brought by Mr. Gregory against the Duke of Bruns
wick and another party, and the case was tried on the
20th of February, 1844, when a verdict was given for
the defendants. A writ of error was subsequently
issued from the Exchequer Chambers, which was tried
on the 4th of August, and the verdict again went for the
defendants. The plaintiff then took steps to carry the
case by a writ of error to the House of Lorde. Parlia-
ment was prorogued on the 28th of August following,
up to which time, from inquiries made by the defendants'
attorney, it was discontinued. No steps had been taken,
and no such writ had been issued, nor did the officers of
the Court of Chancery know anything whatever of the
matter. The Learned Gentleman, therefore, moved, on
affidavits setting forth these facts, that on account of
the informal proceedings of the plaintiff, the writ, if any
such had been issued, should be quashed, and that ex-
ecution against the plaintiff be allowed to proceed.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court had no
power to quash such a writ of error if it had been issued,
and if it had not, they were not in possession of sufficient
facts to warrant their ordering execution to proceed on
the verdicts previously obtainad.
The Learned Gentleman then withdrew his motion, in
order to bring it forward in another form.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.) _

The January Quaker-sessions for the county of Mid-
dlesex commenced this morning at ten o'clock, before the
Assistant-Judge and a full bench of Magistrates. The
number of prisoners awaiting trial was 139, only thir-
teen of whom were misdemenants.
During the delivery of the charge to the grand jury,
which was of the usual character, a document was read
from the chaplain of Westminster Bridewell, stating
that there were 138 boys, 38 adult male, and 39 female
prisoners under instruction in the convict department of
the prison. Since the last reportlwas submitted to the
visiting justices, 21 persons had been discharged,, all of
whom had learned to read and write during a
period of imprisonment varying from two to six
months. It also wont on to state that eight of those
prisoners had been admitted to asylums of reform upon
their discharge from prison, and that they, as as
those referred to in former reports under similar cir-
cumstances, were evidences of the utility of the system
adopted.
James Haman was indicted for stealing a purse, con-
taining ten sovereigns and a quantity of silver, the pro-
perty of Henry Davis.
The prosecutor was in the Pantheon on Tuesday, the
22d ult., when, feeling a tug at his
round, and saw the prisoner standing close to him n the
act of dropping the purse.
The jury at once returned a verdict of Guilty, and the
prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and
hard labour. pocket, be turned
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inst. on a charge of stealing various articles of property,
and some money from letters which had passed through
his hands as messenger in the inland department of the
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was again brought before Mr. Jar-
dine this morning.
The first case entered into was the charge of stealing
a letter and its contents, posted by Miss Emma Bentley,
of Hertingfordbury, near Hertford, who being examined,as
said that, on the 31st ult., she was in London, and w
stopping at Mrs. Bardsley's, 103, Tottenham-court-road.
Oa that day she wrote a letter, which she directed to
" Ed. Rails, Esq., 33, Commercial-street, Newport,
Monmouthshire," and in• which she inclosed a blue silk
purse, with steel beads, made by herself. She gave that
letter to her brother to post. The letter produced by
the witness Thorns at the last examination (signed
" Emma" was the same, and the purse produced by the
officer Pea) ke, as having been found on the prisoner, was •
that inclosed in the letter.
Robert Bentley, brother to the last witness, said that
he was in the service of Mrs. Bardsley, who kept the Post-
office Receiving-house, 103, Tottenham.court-road, and
assisted her in the management of the post office business.
He weighed the letter that was given to him by his
sister, and found that it required five postage stamps to
frank it. As it was inclosed in a stamped envelope, he
added but four adhesive stamps, and sent the letter off
by the next (the three o'clock) collection.
A clerk in the General Yost-office was next called, and
said that the prisoner was a messenger in the inland de-
partment, and it was part of his duty to carry letters
from the sorting table to the division where the bags were
made up. A letter posted in Tottenham-court-road, at
three o'clock, would pass through his hands in the course
of the same clay. It ought to be dispatched by eight
o'clock.
The witnesses Peaks and Thorns were re-called and
repeated their former evidence.
This completed the case, upon which the prisoner was
committed for trial.
He was also committed on another charge of
a letter directed to Miss Maria Luke, stealing
Charlestown,
Cornwall, which letter contained a
miniature and a
locket.

newly-appointed magistrate at this
court,for the first time, aided by Mr.
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Bingham, who proceeds to Mariboreh-street Police-
office, to supply the place of Mr. Maltby, who has
resigned.
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morning
was charged with having • Mary Riley, aged 45, in her
possession, at the early hour of three o'clock this morn-
ing, a large bundle, containing a mackintosh and several
other articles of wearing apparel, besides some sheet-
ing, a portion of which had the Government mark upon
it, supposed to be stolen.
Police-constable H 70 stated that he was on duty in
the Whitechapel-road at the above time, and observing
the prisoner with the bundle in question upon her bead
at such an hour, he questioned her, and not receivinc, a
satisfactory answer, he conveyed her to the station-
house.

The prisoner, in answer to a question from the Ma-
gistrate, said that the articles were given to her by some
female in the street to be disposed of.

Mr. BINGHAM—What, at that hour ! But its the
old story. I shall remand you in order to give the officer
an opportunity of inquiring into the case. In the mean-
time I would advise you to render him what facility you
can to enable him to find out the person whom you say
gave you the bundle.

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