The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-13 00:00:00

LAN AND POLICE.

THE SMOKE NUISANCE Act.—Mr. Walter,Grimewood
Clarke, ship biscuit baker, of Broad-street, Rateliff,
appeared before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court,
to answer a summons which charged him with using a
furnace so constructed as not to burn or consume its own
smeke. Ms. Sandison,' engineer in the service of the
..Government, viewed the defendant's premises on the 6th
of October, and there was then no apparatus in use for
the consumption of smoke. The furnace and machinery
were perfect. Mr, Clarke said !ho had erected a proper
apparatus, andrit was in operation. This appeared to be
the case, and Mr. Clarke was ordered to pay the costs,
Gs. 3d. Mr. Paget inquired why there was an odd
3d. in the cc:as. Mr. Words, superintendent of the
K division a police, said that Mr. Sandison
was entitled to, a guinea for each • • inspection,
and 10s. 6d. for his attendance at that court,
but as there were two defendants to-day the costs of
attendance was divided between them, and each paid
N. 3d. Mr. George Muller, pork butcher and sausage
maker, of Bow, appeared upon an adjourned summons to
answer
.a similar offence. Ho had done all the law re-
quired of him since the last hearing, and ho was ordered
to pay Li Os. 3d. costs. Mr. Wiliia,m Davis, featherbed
manufacturer, of the Whitechapel-road, was fined is.
and £1 6s. 3d. costs for an infringement of the Smoke
Nuisance Act.

A PUGILISTIC GEn➢fAN—Martin Schou, a German har-
monium maker, residing in Napier-street, Middlesex Hos-
pital, was charged before Mr. Lushington, at the Marl-
borough-street Police-court, with asnaulting Police-con-
stable W. Rice, 68 g, and also with being drunk, From
tilt evidence of the constable It appeared that on the pre-
vioufr night the prisonei, who was drunk, said he wanted
to fight and struck him with his clenched fist. lie told the
prisoner to go away, but instead cf doing so he struck
him in the breast and kicked him, and he then took him
into custody. The prisoner. said he did not know what
he was doing at the tine as he was drunk. Mr. Lush-
ington, after remarking that such persons as the prisoner
must be taught that they. were not permitted to assault
constables in the streets, fined him 20s. or 14 days' hard
labour. _ _

SlTar ItopERT. —Emma Sargeant, a girl, who gave
her address in Feather-laue, was brought up at the above
court, with stealing a piece of alpaca, the property of Mr.
Penny, draper, of Walker's-court, St. dames's. From
the evidence of Mr. Penny, it appeared that on Saturday
night the prisoner and another girl came into his shop,
and directly after they left he missed a piece of alpaca of
the vain() of las. In going after the prisoner he found
it on her, and he then gave her into custody. The pri-
soner pleaded guilty. Mr. Lushington said he did not
believe it was the first time the prisoner had done such a
thing, and committed her for four months, with hard
labour.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A BANKER'S CLERIC.-At
the Central Criminal Court, John Powne, aged 33,
was brought up on remand from lgst sessiens, charged
with stealing 2.41,0. he money of the National
Rank. A memorial was now presented to the Recorder,
on behalf of the prisoner, setting forth the miti-
gating circumstances of the case. It appeared
that he had up to the commission of the offence
borne an irreproachable character, but having
unfortunately become security for his brother
who resided in Cornwall, and been compelled to pay the
bill, he took the Incruey; and instead of delivering up.
£5,400- in his charge, he- could only hand over £5,200,
There wa-s no doubt that he would have been able to repay
the amount in ,a short time had the deficiency not been
discovered. The memorial was Signed by several clergy-
men and others;and prated that he might now be allowed
to adopt this coin," and that the law might be. satisfied
with the hivrittowiterit 10 had already undergone, to
which Willie Ow hank had no objection. The Recorder
said lie would ouesidc:r the meMorial.

. .
DANAciEs ROIZ TNJURIES ON A RAILWAY.—An action for
compensation brought against the Bristol and Exeter
Railway Company was before the Court of Queen's Bench.
Mr. Tibbutt, the plaintiff, had travelled from Gloucester
to Bristol by the Midland Railway, and on arriving
there he went from, the Midland station acres§
the Bristol and- Eetet platform, on his way
to the Great Western station, to proceed to Bath.
The stations adjoined each other,. and although there
was x distinct and separate way from the Blidimid to the
Great Weaern without traingscress the -Bristol and Exeter,
passengers were permitted to go from one station to the
other, as the plaintiff did, if they thought-proper. While
-the plaintiff Was standing on the defendants, platform;
waiting for the Midland porter with his luggage, a Bristol
and Eieter porter came along with a truck of luggage and
turned the corner so sharply that a portmanteau fell off,
struck the plaintiff on the les, and inflicted serious injury.
The defendants denied their liability, on the ground that
the plaintiff was not there with their leave and licence,
but for his own convenience. At the trial, the jury
awarded £3OO dainages, if the court should be of opinion
that thane wa_§.cvlelence of the onMpany's liability, and the
court now affirmed the flnding'of the jury. •

The Cgiogiv Gazette is greatly scandalised at the
following appeal to the .francs tireurs published in the
principal journal, of the Granfl Duchy of Luxemburg :
" Franc-tireurs, to the field S If there were in France but
60,000 fra,ncs-tireurs, and they only killed two Prussians a
day, France would be free in less than twenty days I "