The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-16 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Mr. Watson, a baker, 167, Fleet-street, was summoned
before Sir Chapman Marshall for refusing to weigh a
21b. loaf at the desire of a customer.
John Raymond, of Stanhope-street, Clare market,
stated, that having purchased a loaf at the defendant's
shop, which he found to be two ounces short of weight,
the next time he had occasion to call he requested the
person who served him to weigh the loaf. This he re-
fused to do, saying, the best bread was never weighed
to the customer, but was weighed before it was put into
the oven, with a due allowance for the loss that would
occur 'during the baking. This was on Friday last.
There was a beggar in the shop at the time, and he re-
quested him to take notice of what had occurred. Upon
weighing the second loaf it was found to be an ounce
and a half short.

Mr. Watson said, he was sorry the complainant did
not produce one of the alleged deficient loaves---not that
the misfortune to send out a light loaf might not happen
to any tradesman. He had carried on business in Fleet-
street for above nine years, and his character had never
been impeached in this way before. His son, who was
an inexperienced youth, had served the complainant,
and his son's statement was that the former asked if the
bread was weight, and not to have it weighed. He could
rely on every word his son said. The ordinary course
he took was to weigh the loaves before and after they
were baked, from time to time, to ascertain the loss of
weight in baking, and render the weighing of the bread
before it was sent out to customers unnecessary. It was
only necessary to ascertain the rate of loss by baking at
intervals of a few days. He offered his son as a wit-
ness, and to call his neighbours to speak as to his cha-
racter.

The complainant said, he did not see why the best
bread should not be weighed as well as any other. He
complained for the benefit of the public. The defendant
had no males in the shop for weighing bread.
Mr. Watson, with some warmth, stated that this was
not the truth. He should like to know how the com-
plainant got his living.
The complainant replied, that was irrelevant. He got
it its lione,tly as Mr. Watson.

Sir C. MARSHALL said he might inflict a find not ex-
ceeding 405., but he would rather avoid disgracing Mr.
Watson by any fine, if possible, as ho had conducted his
business as honestly and as respectably us his neigh-
bours for many years, if that might be inferred from the
absence of any complaint. Mr. Watson did not deny
that the best bread was liable to be weighed at the re-
quest quest of a customer. The complainant had done his
duty in obtaining a summons under such circumstance,
nc
and Ought not to suffer any loss on that a
case
account.
He
would ab,,tain frOm inquiring further into thethecomplainant
it
Watson would pay the costs and give
some compensation for the loss of his time. He pre.
sumed such a circumstance would never occur again at
Mr. Watson's.

Mr. Watst n assented to this arrangement, and gave
the complainant ss. for his loss of time.
AllAl?L DOR° ti Gll STREET.
Richard Bermingham, a dimitiutivive urchin about
twelve years of age, was placed at the bar charged with
stealb:g s:,-ren pounds of fli,ur, the property of the go
vernors and directors of the poor of the parish of St.
Georgs2s, Hanover-square.
William Sullivan. task -master at St. George's Work-
kouse, stated that the prisoner was an inmate of the
workhouse. On Saturday last he received information
that some flour had 13,en stolon from the bakehouse, and
that the prisoner and another boy, who has since ab-
sconded, had been s,,en with a bag of fl.rur in their pos-
session. An inquiry was instituted, which led to the
flour being ,iseovered concealed in the coal-box, in the
tailors' shop. The prisoner was than given into custody.
James Filby, a pauper employed in the tailors' shop,
provr.d finding the hag of flour produced, concealed in
the coal box amongst the coals.
William Mills and John Rust, inmates of the work-
house, prov,d seeing the prisoner coming fry m the bake-
house with the flour in his possession, the) followed him
to the tailors' shop, and saw him conceal it in the coal-
box.

The prisoner denied taking the flour, the other boy
took it, and gave it to him to bide away.
Mr. BINGRAIiI committt'd him to Vl° House of Cur-
rec'ion for one month, v.ith hard labour.

Benjamin Kebble was charged with assaulting Mr.
Thomas Medhurst, 1, D.-nu:lark-street, Soho.

It appeared that on the previous night the complainant
was walking up the Quadrant, when the defendant
rushed from behind one of the pillars, and, without the
least provocation, struck him a violent blow on his
chest. The defendant was proceeding to further acts of
violence, when a constable arrived and put a step to his
pranks by taking him into custody.
Police-constable Mould 123, said he was on duty in
the Quadrant on the preceding night, when his atten-
tion was called to the defendant, who was annoying
every person that passed. Witness watched him, and
seeing him strike the complainant, took him into
custody.
A friend of defendant's informed the magistrate that
the defendant was not right in his mind, and had lately
been discharged from St. Luke's Hospital.
_ _

Mr. BINGITIAM said
ties to keep the peace

the defendant must find two sure
for three months.

THAMES.

William Balls, a cab driver, and Margaret Ball,, were
charged with having attempted a felony and with
assaulting the police in the execution of their duty.
Police-constable 11,199, stated that on Monday he was
on duty at Cannon•street-road, St. George-in-the-East,
and as he was passing the Red Lion Tavern, he was in-
formed by a Mr. Jervis, a respectable cheesemonger, re
siding in the Commercial-road, that the two prisoners
whom he pointed out had attempted to pick the pockets
of an old ma❑ who was drunk standing outside the
tavern. Witness went up and told them to go away
and leave the old man alone. They declared they
would not let him go, and when he endeavoured to sepa-
rate them from the old man, they attacked and kicked
him severely, but another constable coming up they
were ultimately conveyed to the station-house.
This evidence was corroborated by II 18, who as-
sisted in taking them into custody. He added that Mr.
Jervis was not present.
Mr. BALLANTINE said he should remand the case till
Thursday next, and directed the officers to take two
summonses to require the attendance of Mr. Jervis and
the old man. He inquired if the prisoners were known?
Roach (the gaoler) said the woman had been at this
court before, charged with having attempted to stab the
man ; and the man had also been in custody charged
with biting off a sailor's ear.—The prisoners were then
locked up.
Margaret Mahony, who was charged on suspicion of
having robbed Mr. Enfield, landlord of the City of Car-
lisle public-house, Rosemary-lane, of 35 sovereigns and
some silver, the particulars of which have already ap-
peared in The Sun, was again brought up for exami
nation.

The only additional evidence was the fact that the
prisoner had been seen with a purse similar to the one of
which Mr. Enfield had been robbed.

She was again remanded for a week.

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