The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-22 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Joseph Ally, who, on the Bth instant, appeared to
answer a summons taken out by the Post-office
authorities, for the purpose of recovering the sum of
11. 14s. Bd. for postage of returned letters, purporting
to come from him, and who then obtained a postpone-
ment until this day, again attended before Mr. Henry
this morning.

He said that he had, on the six days following the
hearing of the case at this court, employed a person
to examine the letters at the dead-letter office, and
that this person had on each day called at the Post-
office for the purpose, hut had not been allowed to
see the letters. He (Ady) had written to Mr. Pea-
cock on the subject, and had offered " any money "
for copies of the addresses on the letters, but Mr.
Peacock had replied that he must call himself, and he
would be allowed to see them. This he had not been
this statement.
able to do. He would call Mr. Peacock to prove

Mr. HENRY observed that it was very unusual to
call the solicitor for the prosecution as a witness.
Mr. Peacock proposed to read the correspondence
between himself and Mr. Ady, which, no doubt,
would answer the purpose. This being assented
to, Mr. Peacock read several letters. In one of these
Ady said he had sent an agent to the Post-office, who
had knot been allowed to see the letters in the dead-
letter office, and offered " any money" for a list of the
addresses. Mr. Peacock's answer to that letter was,
that he had made inquiries and had ascertained that
no one had applied to see the letters at the dead-letter
office, and further, that if Mr. Ady would call or send
there, he or his agent might see the letters and copy
them, or any part of them.
Mr. HENRY asked the defendant if he would call
the agent he spoke of
as a witness? Ady—No, Sir ;
he is not here. I thought it unnecessary to bring him.
The defendant then proceeded to raise several
objections to the jurisdiction of the Court, and to the
form of the summons, all which Mr. Henry over-
ruled. He then said that there was no sufficient
evidence that the letters came from him.
Mr. HENRY—It is quite sufficient that they pur-
port to come from you. The onus of proving that
they do not rests on you.
The defendant hoped the Magistrate would give
him more time, as he wished to call the persons to
whom the letters were directed, some of whom lived
a hundred miles apart.
Mr. HENRY said, the defendant had had quite suffi-
cient time already. There was nothing in any of the
objections raised that could at all influence his
so decision,m
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et,lll the defendant
l4s
.8d
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costs of the summons. If he did not pay it a distress
would be issued against his goods.
Ady—But as I am a very poor man I Lope your
worship will give me time to pay it. payanyd theth e
Mr. HENRY—Certainly not.
The defendant then paid the fine and was about to
leave the court, taking the letters with him, when
Mr. Peacock observed that since the summons had
been taken out no less than 1,476 letters, the postage
on which amounted to twelve pounds, •
purporting to
come
from him, had passed through the Post-office,
and had been returned.
Ady—l'll call upon you, Sir.
court.
The defendant then left the

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brought up on Monday last, charged with bb ro ery
and attempted murder, was again placed at the bar
for re-examination.
Mr. Wolfe, who appeared for the defendant, re-
quested Mr. Bishop, who is acting as chief clerk, to
read over the evidence of the last examination (the
particulars of which have already appeared in this
journal). This having been done, Mr. Wolfe pro-
ceeded to cross-examine the prosecutor at some length,
and elicited such a string of prevarication and im-
probabilities, that he submitted to the magistrate that
he (the prosecutor) was not entitled to belief.
A number of highly respectable tradesmen, several
of whom had known the defendant for more than
twelve years, came forward and spoke very highly as
to his character and respectability.
Mr. Ittunwicx commented at some length upon
the evidence adduced, alluding to the improbabilities
of the boy's statement, which, he observed, was one
tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end. He highly
commended Inspector Squire and Sergeant Gray for
the manner in which they had got up the case. He
should discharge the defendant, who would leave the
court without the slightest stain upon his character.

Lord and Lady John Russell left town yesterday
on a visit to the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey,
Bedfordshire.
The Marquis of Lansdowne left town yesterday,
for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts.