The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-18 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

TVillimn Morgan, a countryman, was indicted fcr
stealing twenty-five sovereigns, the property of Robert
Churches.

Robert Churches—l am a farmer, residing at Bodlcy,
in Somersetshire ; I have a box, in which was twenty-
five sovereigns; I live with my father. The prisoner
lived in his service ; he left on Sunday night, the 9th of
August, without giving any notice. I went to my box
on the morning after, and the sovereigns were gone. I
came to London, and found the prisoner at the Bell and
Crown tap, and gave him into custody.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I had not seen
the money for some weeks. I went to the box the Sun-
day the prisoner went away, and took out my Sunday
clothes. I locked the box, and put the key in my
pocket. We never had any character with the pri-
soner, nor ever asked for any. There are two other
servants, who came last Ladyday. The prisoner came
to us for a month. He was paid a month's wages,
and agreed for another month ; there were wages due
when he went away ; he did not ask for them, nor did
he give notice that he was going.
By the COURT—Prisoner had no watch ; he had no
box, and the only clothes he had, except those he had
on, were one shirt, and a sleeve waistcoat. I never
saw any money in his possession except a shilling or two.
G. White—l keep the Crown tap, Holborn ; pri-
soner arrived there at eleven o'clock on the night of
Monday week, by the Swiftsure, Bridgwater coach ;
He had no luggage. He said he was a stranger in Lon-
don, and gave me fifteen sovereigns to keep for him.
He afterwards had one from me. He had no clothes
and no bundle.

J. Butcher—l know the prisoner, I saw him on Wed-
nesday, he asked me to get him a situation, he said he
had some money, twelve sovereigns, which he had
earned by mowing, but he had no box.

Police Constable Mann took prisoner into custody,
and found a silver watch in his possession.
Mr. CLARKRON addressed the Jury for the defence,
and contended that there was not sufficient evidence to
warrant a conviction, although, he must admit, it was a
case of strong suspicion.
The COMMON SERGEANT summed up, the Jury
found the prisoner Guilt), and the Court sentenced him
to seven years' transportation.

SECONDARIES COURT.

(THIS DAY,)

(Before Mr. Secondary JANES.)
BAXTER V. VICKORY.

This was an action brought for the recovery of the
sum of 741. 16s. 4d. alleged to be due under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—The plaintiff is a master
carrying on business in Southamption-street, Covent-
garden, and the defendant, a clerg,) man of the
Established Church, possessed of a lucrative living
in Devonshire. In 1836 the defendant first be-
gan to deal with plaintiff, from which time up
to the latter end of the )ear 1839, he was sup-
plied with various articles of dress, consisting of cloaks,
clercal coats, &c. for his own use, and by his order, for
the use of his son, who held a commission in the
Devonshire yeomanry, with five or six dress coats, waist-
coats and trousers, and a very expensive military uniform.
The plaintiff's foreman having proved that defendant
had given ordeis for the various itemsin theßill, deposed
also to having seen the clothes on bothhim and his son.
The Learned SECONDARY having summed up,
A verdict was returned for the plaintiff.