The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-09 00:00:00

PICK V. LE BLON.

ALLEDGED INFRINGMENT OF COPYRIGHT.—Mr. Ser-
geant TALFOURD moved for a rule to show cause why
the registration of a certain book at Stationers'-hall,
calls 1 the " Bible Student's Concordance," should not
be expunged. He made the application under the 14th
section of the Copyright Amendment Act. The plain-
tiff Pick, was a German, and the defendant was Colonel
Henry Le Blon, of the Royal Chelsea Hospital. A few
years ego the former was desirous of writing the book in
question, but had not the means of doing so at the time.
Being intimate with the defendant, an arrangement was
come to by which the defendant agreed to pay the plaintiff
1/. a week while the work was preparing. He also got
some other friends to advance sums of money. When
the book was ready Col. Le Blon became security to
the printer for getting it up. He then registered it in his
name. The plaintiff denied he had ever given him
authority to do so, but only gave him a lien on the edi-
tion for the advances which had been made.—Rule
granted.
Their Lordship, having received an invitation to at-
tend the banquet given by the Lord Mayor to-night at
Guildhall, rose early.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN RE THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION LINE
TO LEAMINGTON.
In this case, in which a fiat of bankruptcy had been
issued against this company, an application was made to
the Learned Commissioner to adjudicate. The fiat had
been issued on a notice of dissolution inserted in the
Gazelle.
The Learned COMMISSIONER, after baying perused the
Act and consulted Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, said
that he entertained doubts whether this amounted to an
act of bankruptcy, and he must take time to consider.
The SOLICITOR said that he had taken the opinion of
a very eminent counsel, Mr. Swanston, and he was
clearly of opinion that it was.
The Learned CODIMISSIONEn said it was a point of
such importance that he must take time; he would,
however, give his decision to-morrow, and, in the mean-
time, no other creditor should be admitted to come in.
The fiat is dated the 6th instant.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
John Robins and David Russell, who described them-
selves as gardeners, were placed at the bar before Mr.
Hall charged with being drunk and disorderly in
Museum-street, on Saturday night. Robins was further
charged with furiously driving a cart, and assaulting
Policeman E 62, and Russell with assaulting Policeman
E 56, and attempting to stab him with a large clasp
fe.

Policeman E 62 said that on Saturday night a little
after seven o'clock, he saw a horse and cart standing
opposite to a public-house in Museum-street, without
any one attending to it. At length Russell came out of
the public-house and attempted to get into the cart, but
he was so drunk that he fell back on the footway.
Witness helped him to get up. He said the cart was
his, but there was another young man in the public-
house who drove it, and he was sober. Witness then
allowed him to return to the public-house. After
a few minutes some people came out of the
public-hr use, carrying Robins, between them, " bun-
dled him into the curt," and gave him the reins.
Witness, perceiving that he was quite drumk,
ran to the horse's head and attempted to stop him, but
the prisoner flogged the horse violently. Robins then
drove down the street and round the corner into Great
Russell-strcet, at a most furious rate. At this moment
Russell came out of the public-house and ran in the
same direction. Witness ran after him, and caught
him in Russell-street. He was about to take him
to the station, but seeing the cart, which had been
stopped by some passers by at a short distance, he left
Russell and ran towards it. When he came up to the
cart he proceeded to take Robins into custody. He,
however, resisted, struck witness several times, and at
length succeeded in getting away and driving off again.
He was afterwards stopped in Hart-street, Bloomsbury,
and taken to the station.

Police E 146, said that be found the prisoner Russell
in Russell•street, lying across the footway in the place
where 62 had left him. There was a crowd round about
him from whom he learned that the prisoner belonged
to the cart which he saw at some distance. Witness
took Russell in custody and followed to Hart•street,
where he found the cart, and the prisoner Robins, who
was then in custody of 62.
Policeman E 56, received the charge at the station.
Russell appeared very low spirited, and said that he had
been in the habit of driving for 15 years, and bad never
been in any " mess " before. Witness, to encourage him,
said he did not think he was in much of a mess now.
The prisoner a few minute's afterwards took from his
pocket a large and formidable looking clasp knife (pro-
duct d by witness), with which he made a kta) at him,
but witness saved himself by throwing up his arm. He
received a severe cut on the back of the hand. It was
cut to the bone. Another constable went behind the
prisoner and seized him, while witness disarmed him.
The other policeman (E 152,) corroborated this state-
ment.

The prisoner Russell, who is gardener in a gentle-
man's family, said that he very much regretted his mis-
conduct, and was ready to make any reparation in his
power. Lie was drunk, or he would not have done it.
He hoped he would be treated leniently as it was the
first offence.
The prisoner Robins, who is a market gardener, made
a similar defence.
Mr. HALL remanded the prisoner Russell till to-mor-
row, and fined Robins 60s. for the assault on E 62, and
50s. for the furious driving, or, in default of payment,
sentenced him to 21 days imprisonment for the former,
and 14 days for the latter offence.
Richard Rawlings and Mary Caley, waiter and house-
maid at Mr. Orlando Wells, the Pine Apple, Hunger-
ford-market, were charged before Mr. Hall with stealing
a bottle of wine, value 25., the property of their em-
ployer.
Mrs. Wells, the prosecutor's wife, last night found the
prisoners in the china closet drinking wine.
Mr. Wells asked them where they got it, and Raw-
lings said " You got it from Joe Lee, did not you?"
The other prisoner answered, " Yes; he took it from
the cellar."
Joseph Lee, cellarman to Mr. Wells, said that he had
never given wine or anything else to either of the
prisoners.
Rawlings said that he knew nothing about the rob-
bery, and the female prisoner said she got the wine
from Lee, which Lee still denied.

Mr. HALL thought it would be most satisfactory to
leave it to a jury to say which side was to believed, and
he would therefore commit the prisoners for trial.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(T HIS DAY.)
'Charles Dowding, assistant in the alamode-beef shop,
No. 4, Charles-street, was charged with attempting to
pick pockets in the crowd gathered about the Castle-
street barracks.
D. W. Thomas, assistant-shopkeeper, said he was in
the crowd which was listening to the band, in Castle-
street barracks, last night, about nine o'clock, and the
defendant came alongside of him, and began to feel his
pockets. He put his hand on his left breeches pocket,
and then walked round, and with his hand in his own
gr( atcoat•pocket felt his right breeches pocket
through the coat lining. Complainant without speaking
to the man, walked aside and informed a policeman of
what had occurred. Ho went back into the crowd and
the defendant returned, and after feeling his breeches
pocket, us la, fore, attempted to insert his fingers into
his waistcoat pocket up beneath the breast of his coat,
which was buttoned at the time. He asked him what
he was feeling his pockets for, but the defendant retired,
without speaking, across the street, and when he saw
complainant speak to a policeman he ran.
Defendant—Did not I ask you what you meant when
you spoke to me ?—Complainant said he did not return
any answer whatever.
Thomas Brown, constable 131 A, said he advised the
complainant to return into the crowd and followed him.
Ile saw the defendant go behind him and feel his coat-
right breeches pocket with the back of
pocket, and, then pass round to the right side and rub
complainants
his hand. The defendant walked from him to behind
two ladies and lifted up the dress of her on the right.
Loving them he went behind a gentlem44 ajz the