The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-20 00:00:00

INSOLVENTS' COURT, SEPT. 19.

Jane Crowder, a young widow, applied on her
petition for her discharge.
The insolvent had only one creditor, who is a fe-
male; her husband had died some months ago, upon
which she had gone into service in Chancery-lane,
in which situation she had remained only five days,
when she was arrested on a debt contracted by her
husband, for which she was not liable; she had,
however, gone to prison, from which she now came
up to the Court for her release.

Mr. Commissioner HARRIS expressed his indig-
nation at the course pursued in regard to the insol-
vent, and, after directing her to be immediately dis-
charged, ordered the attendance of the attorney by
whom she had been arrested (who is an attorney of
this Court) to-morrow morning, for the purpose of
an explanation of his conduct.

Willianz Stovin, an attorney-at-law, was opposed
by Mr. Woodriffe, for a Mr. Bird, an attorney of
Birmingham. He was supported by Mr Cooke.
The insolvent had been admitted an attorney in
1830. Ile is still certificated. He had commenced
business without any capital. The amount of his
debts was 4,720/., of which sum he had received no
consideration for 3,259/. He had accepted several
accommodation bills for the Hon. Mrs. Leigh, one
of which bills, for the sum of 2504, had got into
the hands of the opposing creditor, Mr. Bird, who
had commenced legal proceedings against the insol•
vent for the amount. The insolvent had pleaded to
the action. At the trial Mr. Bird obtained a
verdict, but got no money; his costs and expenses
amounted to 48/. The insolvent, however, per•
sisted that he had had a good defence to the
action, on account of the bill being tainted with
usury, and the Learned Counsel, Mr. Cooke, sup-
ported his client in that affirmation with great zeal
and pertinacity, but did not succeed in convincing
the Learned Commissioner that the defence had
not been frivolous and vexatious. It appeared
by the examination that the insolvent had con-
tracted a debt for money lost at play for 254, and
that he was indebted to Mr. Evans, the keeper of
Joy's Hotel, Covent-garden, for a tavern bill.
The Learned Commissioner HARRIS adjudged
that the insolvent should be imprisoned six calendar
months, at the suit of Mr. Bird.

MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SESSIONS,

SEPT. 19.

(Before B. ROTCII, Esq., M.P., and a full Bench of

Alagistrates.)

John Lenin, an ill-looking man, was cl,arged with
an abominable assault upon his own child, a little
girl, aged eight years only.
The trial of this prisoner had been postponed, in
consequence of the mother having absconded with
the child, to screen her husband from justice. She
was, however, discovered by the police on Sunday
last, and the child taken from her.
The little girl was examined at length, but the
evidence was of too disgusting a nature to be re-
peated. It went to prove the frequent commission
of a diabolical offence by the prisoner.
The prisoner said his child had been tutored to
make the complaint—Guilty.
The prisoner was sentenced to two years' im-
prisonment and hard labour, the maximunz of punish-
ment which the Court had power to award.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.

A young man of respectable appearance, named
Cave, who stated he was a shopkeeper, residing in
Tottenham-court-road, was yesterday brought before
Sir F. Roe, charged by a person named Symonds,
who keeps a penny show-room in High Holborn,
near Drury-lane, for the exhibition of wax figures
and other " natural curiosities," with having caused
a crowd to assemble before his door for the purpose
of picking pockets.
The defendant was passing the door of the com-
plainant, when some object in the window tickled his
fancy, and stopping in front of the house, he burs: into
a loud fit of laughter, which naturally attracted
the attention of the passengers, and as laughing is
said to be contagious the persons assembled soon
joined in the merriment, and a general horse-laugh
was raised, without any visible motive to induce it.
Now, Mr. Symonds had no objection whatever that
the public should be amused at his expense, provi-
ded always that he first received his penny tribute;
but rightly considering that a laugh outside Isis
show-room was very different from a laugh within,
he grew somewhat wroth at the unseemly inter-
ruption, which prevented his trumpeter at the
door from pursuing his vociferous calling, and
desired the defendant to move on, or he should
call a policeman to take him into custody for caus-
ing a crowd to assemble in front of his door. The de-
fendant retrogaded a few paces, but only, as it appear-
ed, for the purpose of expanding his lungs and
taking in a supply of air, for, like " a giant refresh.
ed," he turned to the charge with a troop of merry
disciples at his heels, and fixing his arms akimbo,
in order to support his sides, he placed himself right
in the front of the showman's window, and gave
vent to a second roar of laughter, enough to make
the welkin ring, and animate the waxen representa-
tives of Bishop and Willliams that grace the exhibi-
tion of the ingenious Mr. Symonds, dressed in the
very clothes in which they made their final exit at
the drop of the Old Bailey. Mr. Symonds now
lust all patience, and, rushing from his door, he
pushed his way through the grinning crowd, and
gave the prisoner in charge to a policeman, who
forthwith conveyed him before Sir F. ROE.
The 'Magistrate asked the constable if the defend-
ant was intoxicated.

The constable replied that the defendant appeared
as if lie had been drinking, but he was not so far
gone, as not to know what he was about.
The defendant was not aware he had commilted
any offence, by indulg►ng in a harmless laugh. The
complainant charged him with being a pickpocket;
and, as a respectable tradesman, he naturally felt
hurt at such an imputation on his character.
Sir F. ROE said that the conduct of the defend-
ant was, to say the least of it, very foolish, and
ordered him to pay a fine of 53.
The defendant had no money about him.
Sir F. ROE—You must send for it. Let him be
lodged in the station until the fine is paid.
The defendant was accordingly removed to the
station, and after the lapse of nearly an hour he
was again brought before the Magistrate, .vithout
his coat.

The police inspector explained, that as soon as
the defendant was lodged in the station, he gave his
coat to a strange man to pawn, in order to pay the
fine, but the person whom he had trusted with it
had made off with the coat.

The defendant, who appeared any thing now but
a votary of the laughing god, begged hard that the
Magistrate would remit the fine, in consideration of
the loss he had sustained. lie trusted the man
with his coat, conceiving that he belonged to the
police, fur he never could have supposed that im-
proper characters were admitted to the station,
where he considered he ought to be protected.
Sir F. ROE observed that he had acted very in-
discreetly, first in creating a crowd around the door
of the complainant, and secondly in trusting his coat
to an entire stranger. He was sorry for his loss,
but could not think of remitting the fine.
The defendant was aga►n sent to the station, but,
having by some means raised the amount of the fine,
he was discharged, observing that he would take
care for the future how he laughed in public, as he
had no taste whatever for Bow-street justice.