The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-25 00:00:00

IN RE JOHN BROWN.

This insolvent, who lately kept the Three Tuns
public-house, in Oxford-street, was opposed by a
creditor named Stiff, who complained that he had
been defrauded of 451. in a horse transaction.. It ap-
peared, however, that the insolvent, together .with
two other persons, had been tried at the Old Bailey
upon a charge of conspiracy preferred by Mr_ Stiff
in connexion with this transaction, and having been
convicted, had suffered six months' imprisonment.
His HONOUR remarked, that such a case as this had
never occurred before. He did not think that having
chosen to regard the matter as a criminal proceeding,
the creditor could now be allowed to oppose as for a
simple debt. Upon examining the schedule, the
Learned Commissioner found no mention was made
therein of the insolvent's trial and conviction.

The case was, therefore, adjourned until Nov. 2;
for the schedule to be amended.

IN' RE JORDEN CHADWICK.

This insolvent, an old man, a pensioner of the
Royal Artillery, was opposed by Mr. Nichols on
behalf of Mr. A. W. Grant, and by Mr. Cooke for
Messrs. Broad wood and Co., brewers.

Mr. IslicifoLs complained that his client had been
compelledlo bring an .action of ejectment against the
insolvent to recover possession of a house in Poland-
street, to which, together with a large extent of pro-
perty in the neighbourhood, the insolvent had set up
a claim.

his HONOUR asked under what clause he could re-
mand the insolvent ? •
Mr. Nrcriois submitted the case was one to which
the discretionary clause should be applied.
Mr. COOKE said, Messrs. Broadwood and Co. had
been put to 1,000/. law expenses by the insolvent's
proceedings; and; unfortunately, this was not the first
time they had been so annoyed. It appeared there were
numerous parties in Lancashire bearing the name of
Chadwick, which they seemed to consider entitled
them to the Chadwick estate, upon a portion of which
Messrs. Broadwood's premises are erected.
The insolvent, upon being examined, said that he
derived his right to the property by heirship from Sir
Andrew Chadwick, from whom he was descended by
four removes. The:property he. claimed- comprised a
great part of -Broarl-street;:Paialict-sliyq," Catnaby-
street, Mar;ThotOugE-'
street, iomelpiiiigitia Golden-
square and Ber Wick-street, besides about thr44acres
not entirely built upon. tv --gr
The insolvent stated that. he lad somel‘papers in
prison relating to his claim, -and the schtclule rduir-
ing amendment, the.case was adjoliided. forAtietpro-
duction of the former and completion oft,ht tatter.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Yesterday John Martin, aged 18, but who had the
appearance. of being younger, was charged with rob-
bing his employer, Mr. Farley, who keeps a toy-shop
and post-office in Fleet-street.
Mr. Farley stated that he had been aware for a
long time that he was being robbed, but he could not
tell how. In taking an account of his'd6allingiii the
last year, there wai a deficiency of titiotnnoritait
been a souree•of great-anxiety to him.' The ptl;On eP
was away three days lately from illness,' and, finding_
that his accounts for those days balanced exa&ly, while:
there was always some deficiency on previous days,
he became convinced the prisoner was the thief:
About a fortnight ago he missed 301. from his cash-
box, the amount of the takings for the post-office on
three days; and yesterday, upon 'missing a few
shillings, he called the prisoner into a room up stairs,
and challenged him with having robbed the till. He
desired him to produce the contents of his pockets.
Out of one he pulled only a few pence. He hesitated
to produce the contents of the other, and wanted to
go down stairs Witness insisted upon his emptying
the pocket. He at first endeavoured to secrete some-
thing under his hat, but seeing this was observed and
-hearing the bell ring, and that an officer had arrived,
he suddenly flung his money, consisting of two half-
sovereigns and some silver, into the fire.
Sir P. LAURIE asked how often he accounted to the
Post- office ? Mr. Farley said, once a month. His
payments amounted to about 350/. a month.
Sir P. LAURIE asked what amount of stamps, or
labels he sold ? Mr.,PClVreplied, to the extent of
2,0001. a
Sir P. LAURIE asked how much he took in cash
prepayments with letters ? Mr. Farley said, the
amount varied from 50/. to 851. a month. His takings
in various ways amounted to 4,0001. a year, and he
had placed unlimited confidence in the prisoner.
Sir P. LAURIE asked how long he had been in his
service, and what wages he had ? Mr. Farley said
he took him as an errand bay two years ago, and as
he was a sharp lad he determined to advance him.
He paid him Gs. 6d. a week, and he boarded and
lodged with his parents. He was afraid the prisoner
had formed some bad connexion, as he was becoming
a frequenter of the theatre, and was often buying new
clothing. He would forgive the prisoner if he would
tell what had become of the money he had stolen.
He could not have spent the 3C1.. he took a fort-
night ago.
Sir P. LAURIE asked if the place where the pri-
soner slept had been thoroughly searched ? Mr. Far-
ley said, the officer had searched, but he was obliged
to attend as a witness at the Old Bailey that morning,
and he should feel obliged if the Alderman would let
the case stand over for a short time.

Sir P. LAURIE said he would adjourn it till the
next day.
Sir. P. LAURIE put a few questions to the priso-
ner's mother, who said, she understood presents were
occasionally made to the prisoner by his master and
mistress. He also represented that he saved a part
of the money she gave him to provide his dinner, and
she thought nothing of his spending 6d. to go to a
theatre. She did not know that he had any com-
panions.
The prisoner was remanded till the next day. He
did not utter a word.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday Mrs. Mary Anne Hutchinson, an elderly
lady of acknowledged respectability, was charged
with having knowingly uttered a counterfeit shilling
in payment of her fare by an omnibus.
William Reading, the conductor, stated that the
defendant was a passenger in his omnibus on the pre-
ceding evening from the Elephant and Castle, at
Newington, to the Eastern Counties Railway ter-
minus, in Shoreditch, where, upon descending, she
handed him a shilling, which he immediately dis-
covered to be spurious, and told her so, but the de-,
fendant declared that she had given him a good sh.*
ling, for which he had substituted the base one-W
question, and after some altercation between them,
he called a policeman and gave her into custody.
Mr. ARNOLD asked the conductor whether he had
applied to the lady for her name and address before
he had given her in charge ?—The conductor replied
that he had not done so, but that so much money had
been palmed upon him since the introduction of the
reduced fares, that he was resolved not to allow
another attempt of the kind to pass with impunity.
In answer to the charge the defendant indignantly
denied the imputation, and said that before she left
the omnibus she placed a shilling, which she firmly
believed to be a perfectly good one, in the hand of
her accuser, who had some other money in it at the
time ; but that on getting out and demanding her
change he produced a bad shilling, which he insisted
was the one she had presented to him, and, notwith-
standing her earnest protestations to the contrary,
almost immediately gave her into custody.
The MAGISTRATE inquired how long the defendant
had been detained upon the charge at the station-
house, and was answered by Sergeant Tait that she
had been locked up in one of the cells the whole night,
as the charge was of such a nature that, although she
was known to be a person in easy circumstances and
respectable, they did not feel justified in making any
distinction in her favour.

Mr. 4-RlioLD said, that the conductor had acted in