The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-18 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

DR. EDMUNDS' LIBEL CASE.--A rule for a new trial
in the Court of Common Pleas, has been refused, in the
case of " Edmunds v. Eyre," in which Dr. Edmunds com-
plained of the publication of a placard satirising him as
one of the guardians of St. Pancras.

FLIGHT OF A STATION MASTER.—An application has
heen made at the Police-court, Oldham, for a warrant to
apprehend Alfred Ernest Allen, who for s mne nine months
has held the post of station-master at Glodwick-road,
Oldham, prior to which he was for three years clerk at
London-road Station, Manchester. Allen had absconded
with £l2O.

THE MONARCH INSURANCE COMPANY.—In the Court of
Queen's Bench, on the motion of Mr. Giffard, Q. C., a rule
for a certiorari has been granted to bring up any indict-
ment that might be found at the Old Bailey against the
directors of the Monarch Insurance Company, who had
been committed for fraud, with a view to its being tried
in this court.

THE NEW CROSS ACCIDENT.—Another case arising out
of the accident at New Cross last summer, on the occa-
sion of the Licensed Victuallers' fête at the Crystal
Palace, has just been settled. A publican named Shakell,
in the Edgware-road, sued the railway company in the
Court. of Common Pleas for injuries sustained. The
compatiy resisted the claim on the round that he was
not in the train at the time of the accident. After hear-
ing his evidence, however, they consented to a verdict for
£lOO.

THE NOMINATION OF CHURCHWARDENS. —The case of
the " Queen v. Stephens," in which a rule had been ob-
tained respecting the nomination of a churchwarden of
the parish of Dolgelly, has come before the Court
of Queen's Bench. It appeared that a meeting had
been held in the vestry at Dolgelly, at which the
rector claimed the right, by immemorial usage, to appoint
two churchwardens, which he did. But at the same meet-
ing the parishioners claimed the right to nominate one, and
chose a gentleman whom they declared to be duly elected,
but when he was presented to the Chancellor of the
diocese, he declined to admit him on the ground that the
office was full. The court considered the parishioners
prima facie right to elect one churchwarden ought to be
tried, and made the rule absolute.

THE BROCOLI CASE.-It may be remembered that
some little time since a man of good character named
Stephens, was convicted at Ramsgate of stealing brocoli.
He was seen cutting it, and on the owner remonstrating
with him, it turned out that he had been sent by his master
to cut it in a neighbouring garden which belonged to him,
and had gone into the wrong garden by mistake. Never-
theless he pleaded guilty, and was convicted of theft. A
rule was afterwards applied for in the Court of Queen's
Bench, and has now been made absolute. The Lord Chief
Justice remarked that when the man explained his mis-
take, which he did after the case was closed, the magis-
trate ought not to have held him to his plea of guilty, but
should have told him to retract it and call evidence.

A COMPROMISE.—In the Court of Exchequer, an action
for £7OO on a bond was heard. The plaintiff's were the
trustees of a society of Foresters, and brought an action
against- a publican at Camberwell, under somewhat
singular circumstances. The Secretary of the society had
a deficiency of nearly £2,000 in his accounts which it was
resolved to compromise on the secretary paying £l,OOO
down, and £7OO by a bond. Afterwards eight indict-
ments were preferred against him at the Old 'Bailey, and
the defendant disputed his liability on the ground
that he signed the bond on condition that all
prosecutions against the secretary should cease.
The plaintiffs contended that all prosecution did cease on
the part of the executive, and the indictments were pre-
pared by some dissentient members of the society. The
verdict of the jury held that the condition was that all
prosecution should be abandoned, and the Lord Chief
Justice confirmed this view, refusing the application.

SCIENCE AND ART GOSSIP.—The case of Robert Hard-
wicke, the well-known bookseller and publisher of Picca-
dilly, has come before the Court of Bankruptcy. The
liabilities are stated at £30,000. An order was applied for
to direct the registrar to register a resolution passed at a
meeting of creditors. They resolved to wind up the
estate by arrangement, but when the resolution
was presented to the registrar he refused to receive it, be-
cause some small amounts, chiefly for advertisements in
connection with schnce and art gossip, amounting to a few
shillings each had been omitted from the debtor's
statement. The Chief Judge said if he made such
an order it would furnish a precedent which might be
used in other cases. There must be an affidavit that
the whole amount of the debts which Were omitted would
not have affected the carrying of the resolution. The
bankrupt's solicitor said that was so, and also that a
trustee was carrying on the business. The Chief Judge
thereupon made the order.
A GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGE.—In the Divorce Court
yesterday, before Lord Penzance, the case of "Yeatman
v. Yeatman and Rummell " was heard. It has several
times been before the court in different shapes, and the
petitioner now prayed for a divorce on the ground of his
wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The petitioner is
a practising barrister, and it appears that the marriage
took place when the parties were young, and before the
marriage law of Scotland was altered. They followed a
plan which was well known in those days—they
went to Gretna Green and declared themselves
in the presence of witnesses to be man and
wife. This wasthen a recognised marriage, and the parties
lived together as man and wife. Some, time afterwards
the respondent, who is a beautiful woman and a German,
went abroad and it is alleged lived in adultery with the
co-respondeut, who is a German baron. The petitioner
conducted his own case and proved his marriage. The
evidence of adultery was all documentary, it having been
taken by a commission in Germany. His lordship reserved
his judgment until he had read the evidence of an alleged
desertion of the husband prior to the wife going to
Germany.