The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-14 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, September 12.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
IN HE LEVY, OTHERWISE NATHAN.
This bankrupt, Nathaniel Levy, carrying on business
as a butcher, in Butchtr-row, Whitechapel, under the
name of Nathaniel Levy Nathan, came up to pass his last
examination.
Mr. Cooke appeared to oppose, on the ground that
the bankrupt had made a false entry of a payment of
1291. ss. to a cattle dealer named Garland.
Garland was called and produced his sale-book, and
also gave evidence that as to the sum of 1291. ss. he had
not received it or any sum near that amount at the time.
Mr. DuscAN (for the bankrupt) urged that although
the books had been very incorrectly kept, there did not
appear to have been any fraud.
The official assignee said that the books themselves
showed the impossibility of the transaction.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said he had never known
a case where the result of the examination of the books,
howaver intricate or requiring explanation, was not be-
neficial to an honest man, or in the case of a dishonest
man, that it did not bring him to justice. In this case
he had no hesitation in saying that the cash account and
balance sheet were wilfully false, and therefore that the
examination should be adjourned sine die.
Mr. DUNCAN trusted that the Court would grant pro-
tection for a month, as the bankrupt might be able to
make out a better account.

Mr. COOKE-Q this was the fourth adjournment, and
nothing was likely to arise to clear up the accounts.
The Learned COMMISSIONER refused to grant pro-
tection.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before the ASSISTANT-JUDGE and the usual Bench o.

Magistrates.)
ASSAULT UPON A POLICE-CONSTABLE.-011 Friday
Chuiles Ruby was indicted for assaulting Edward Driver,
a police-constable, in the execution of his duty.
The prosecutor said that he observed the defendant
standing over a woman who was upon the ground, and
that he interfered to preserve her from violence, when
the defendant exclaimed, " It's my wife, and I shall do
as I like with her." He then turned upon him, seized
him by his person, kicked him in the side, and subjected
him to further brutal usage. The defendant was not
sober.

The defendant said that he was having a word with
his wife, and that he never insulted the prosecutor, nor
saw him before.

The jury found him Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE said that he must understand,
and he wished it to be und2rstood by every man of his
class of life, that whenever they made an attack upon
the privy parts of a constable they should be most se-
rely punished, for it might injure a man for life. It
was well for the defendant that he had not kicked the
constable there, or he would have had a much heavier
sentence than be was about to pronounce, which was im-
prisonment with hard labour for four calendar months.
A TEETOTALLER IN TROUBLE.—James Manning was
indicted for assaulting George Andrews and several
other constables on the 13th of August last ; and upon
another count with assaulting James Kelly, landlord of
the Red Lion public-house, upon the same day.
The assault complained of was committed, it appeared,
between ten and eleven o'clock on the night of the 13th
of August, when the defendant. with eight or nine other
men, came to the door of the Red Lion, exclaiming that
he would fight any man in Cow-cross. He attempted to
enter the public- house, but, upon being repulsed by the
landlord, he laid hold of him by the neck, and pinched
him so hard that he was speechless and almost breath-
less. A scuffle ensued, when, the constable Andrews
coming up, he was given into custody; but Andrews was
as little respected as the landlord, and was most un-
mercifully beaten, having had his truncheon wrested
from him by the defendant, who is a great, brawny
Irishman, and beaten about his head till he was sense-
less. Several other policemen who arrived to his as-
sistance felt the effects of his herculean blows, and it
was necessary to strap him down to a shutter before he
could be secured.

Mr. Kelly, the landlord of the lied Lion, said that as
the defendant was heartily sorry for what he had done
while very much intoxicated, and as his wife was near
her confinement, he wished to withdraw the prosecution
as far as he was concerned.
The defendant said that he had been a teetotaller for
three years, but having broken the pledge the effect upon
him was very serious.
Mr. HORRY, who appeared for the defendant, said
that he (defendant) unfortunately got drunk through the
birth of his first child, the christening of which caused
him so much joy that it upset him, and he forgot the
pledge. He could receive a good character as a steady,
well conducted man,
The jury found him Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE said that the Court in passing
judgment would take into consideration that he was not
habitually a drunkard, and that there was nothing un-
manly in his conduct, inasmuch as he might have con-
sidered that he was acting in self defence against the
police while under the influence of liquor. He would,
however, become a teetotaller again if he was a wise man.
The COURT pronounced a mitigated sentence of one
months' imprisonment, for which the defendant ex-
pressed himself extremely grateful.
Sir Moses Montefiore has been present upon the bench
during this session, and in his magisterial capacity has
had the pleasure of assisting in doing justice, in more
than one case, in which members of the Hebrew nation
were concerned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A tall fellow named John Rober*Robinson was brought
before the Lord Mayor, charged with having robbed
Samuel Cootes, late of the Royal Artillery, of 20s. and a
shirt and pair of stockings.
The complainant stated that he had purchased his
discharge from the Artillery, after 98 days' service, and
came up on Friday from Woolwich fir the purpose of
going to Ireland. He had had quite enough of the
military life, which was not at all to his taste, and the
prisoner, who came from Woolwich at the same time,
accompanied him, and they both took a lodging at a
public-house in Lime-street, where they occupied a bed.
Upon rising witness missed 205., his discharge from the
regiment, and a shirt and pair of stockings, which he'
had in a bundle, and he stopped the prisoner, who was
sneaking down stairs, at half-past four o'clock in the
morning. The alarm having been given, the landlord
rose and took witness and the prisoner, who were
squabbling on the stairs, into a private room, where the
latter reckoned down the 205., and begged to be allowed
to go away.
The landlord of the Lamb said the prisoner counted
down the money in his presence, and was very desirous
to get a way, " but," said the witness, who was a cu-
riosity in his way, " that would not do, for I didn't like
to have a person robb'd in my houie, so I sent for an
officer that poked him off to the station-house."
The LORD MAYOR—Oh, you keep the Lamb, do you?
The Landlord—My Lord, the Lamb keeps me, and it
would be ungrateful in me not to keep up the character
of the Lamb for honesty and fair dealing, so I said,
" I'd soon settle it," when I found what the hustle was
about. When the man was taken to the station-house
we found that he had the shirt and stockings of the
soldier upon him, although he had been a soldier hinisel''.
The LORD Maxon—Did you find the complainant's
discharge upon him ? The landlord—Certainly, and
we found his own discharge too from the same regi-
ment, but they were testimonials Of a very different de.
seription. The complainant's discharge stated that he
had purchased it, and the prisoner's discharge that he
had htely enlisted, bet by accident it was found that
his back was marked by the thongs of a cat, and he
could, therefore, be kept no longer, but was paid up all
dues and sent away. The Royal Artillery seemed,
please your Lordship, to have a pretty fair notion of
flogging, when they refuse to let a man amongst them
who has been so disgraced. I hope her Majesty's other
regiments will act upon some feeling of the kind, for it
is quite plain that they don't tear each other's bodies to
pieces in that corps.
The LORD .MAYOR—I shall send the prisoner for trial
for this offence. Will you be bail for the appearance of
the complainant ?
One of the officers stated that the complainant ap.
peared against the prisoner with very great reluctance.
The landlord—l shall not be bail for the young man's
appearance, for I know ho cannot afford the expense to
which he must be put in coming from Ireland to prose.
cute, but I'll give him a right good dinner before he
goes ; so, if your Lordship would just punish the pri-
soner in your own way for the robbery, it will please all
parties.
The LORD Mayon said there was a great deal of un-
questionably good feeling about the keeper of the Lamb,
who certainly did justice to the Lamb that kept him.
His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to two months'
imprisonment in Bridewell, with hard labour.
GUILDHALL.
THE ALDERMEN AND THE PRESS.—On taking his
seat on the bench this day, according to'his place upon
the rota, Mr. Alderman Wis sox expressed a hope that
the gentlemen present who represented the public press
would report his correction of a mis-statement
which had appeared in one of the weekly news-
papers of last Saturday, and had been copied
from that publication by the morning and evening papers.
The erroneous paragraph was inserted under the head
of "Guildhall Pollee," and was to the effect that the
business of the court was kept back usually until one
o'clock, in consequence of the non-attendance of the
ldermen—that on Saturday last, the chair was not
taker, in the court until one o'clock, when Mr. Alderman
Sidney, having been engaged on the Police
Committee until that hour, took the place of
him (Mr. Alderman Wilson) whose duty it was ,
to preside in his turn as he stood upon the rota. Now
the correction which he wished to make was, that he
had not neglected to attend to Lis turn on the rota, and
that. in facr the business of the court did commence on
S.,Lturday last at twelve o'clock_ the appointed hour,
when a number of affidavits 'ere sworn, and other
routine of matters transacted in their ordinary course.
He admitted, however, that the it.lderman (Sidney) did
not take his seat on the bench up til one o'clock. So far
the statement complained of was .eorrect.
The cases heard this morning were of no general in-
terest.

BO IV- S TREE
Patrick Nyland, the bricklayer wt. o, on this day fort-
night, was remanded to this day, on a charge of throw-
ing two bricks from the roof of a house in the Strand,
and seriously injuring two passengers, Mr. Harvey and
Miss Tomkins, was again broug lit before Mr. Jardine
this morning.
It appeared that the woundedl parties, though in an
improved state, war. not yet out a danger.
The case was again remanded, the prisoner being ad-
mitted fo bail. -
Peter Raugh who is charged w ith cutting and wound-
ing Norah Raugh (his sister-in-h kw) and James Baugh,
the other prisoner, who was cha. rsed with violently as.