The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-24 00:00:00

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G couRT.—(THIS DAY ).
/ (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)
DENNETT V. SIMMONS.
"1.
"..a was an action brought to recover the sum of
53.. the balance of an account for work done. The
plaintiff is a carpenter, and the defendant was described
" railway compaiist," in WestminF,ter.
i:he defendant pleaded that he was never indebted
vuYond 61., which Ile had paid.
The facts of the case were these:--The defendant
a house. in St, Ann's-terrace, Brixton, and employed
Person parsed Swaine to do certain repairs under a
dofor 40: and the latter employed the plaintiff to
°I the
ext6n • Pentetl's work. The defendant, however, gave
qt, P.delitional orders, but contended, that except
t,,sper.ted work ta the amount of foreman.had merely
,Ctotta the orders to him as Swaino's
lr• floons,s, for the defendant, said he would call
ibe taline t(! move that defendant had paid him, and that
s_a(l.l*(l
wat_oe on being called, however, said that none of the
fork
n"Harged for in plaintiff's 'hill was in his (Seraine's)
tont
4.4'11. e had paid him, for the work done under the
long argument en.svAed as to the admissibility of the
~.uttact between SwPane and defendant, as it was not
th""l'Ped, and also that it could not be received as against
'ePlaintitf.
The Learned ;JUDGE (lid not consider a stamp neces-
la
IT• and admitted tb3 document.
*iiThe defends.nt's seal was then called, and proved that
pi 'll plaintiff demaoded the 161. defendant objected, and
i:lntitf then made. out another bill for 61. only, which
paid He • Id not say what a " railway coal..
pluL,,„ • LOU
4..7. was, bin. they contracted to do the railway busi-
-4', parliana',•nt.
I,olle Ltarnef"( JUDGE was proceeding to sum up, but
.the jury said --,hcy Were satisfied, and gave a verdict for
e Plaintiff lor the full amount claimed.

ArNAL co uRT.—(TiIIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
-r (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.)
1.11 ilusn 1?-.or AT THE CAMDEN TOWN STATION.—
tio° seventeen Irish labourers who were indicted for a
tit; and egg ravated assault on the persons of William
auri (1--,;orge Marthall, at the Camden-town station,
'lthia -.norninr, blazed at the bar, and pleaded Guilty
olfences with which they were charged. The
a~egPres;,:nted a curious appearance from the numbers
;he confined space; the unmistakable Mile-
tiC'eaturer,, and the eager desire evinced by those in
fro%."E- 1( ;round to ascertain what was going on in
*llOl
'! ' "2,/le galleries were crowded by anxious friends,
d evidently donned their holiday dresses for the
11," Lm.
tot; 3 LORDSHIP asked whether Mr. Clarkson would be
hr,,fied if the less culpable among the prisoners were
oval: in their own recogiiizaEces to kcep the peace
Iv certain period? _
thi 4r• CLA.RKSON was -afraid that he could not accede to
qtp•se
ittiS LORDSHIP Oen said that he must defer passing
v,--3:ce until he ,hould have read the depositions.
4011"1,nesses to -character were then heard, and the
s Were re' inanded until a future day.
SE O CAPTAIN WILLIAM RICHARDSON.
I)ie, • '.!"and jury came into Court at half-past ten
e 4, and, after presenting several bills, found " No
The 4 gOgr.St Captain William Richardson for felony."
4it ,AnDouncement did not take any person by surprise,.
the ured been pretty generally known in the course of
P-ierning that such a decision would be come to.
• .r. Rooruzi, on the part of the Lud!ow, Worcester,
):Tenbury Company, rose and said—My Lord, I
rve to make an application to your Lordship on the
t of the directors of the company of which the pri-
lial▪ ku'vvas chairman. lam aware-that according to the
fobee of the Court a prisoner against whom no bill is
1414 i.s usually discharged forthwith, but the directors,
41)„': painful duty to perform, and I aminstructed to
VI to your Lordship that the prisoner may be de-
tivrid until the grant? jury is discharged, in order to
th4t,thc director, an opportunity of consulting the
linclezirdders
!' the circa'as
msta to
ncesthe. future course to be adopted
1,1
pepir- CL.sa,KsoN—l am certain that in the long ex-
Yrorr'lle Of your Lordship at the bar, and on the bench
ire4,"4ve "never known an instance in which a party has
4)1,1- uetwined until the persons composing a joint-stock
11,1),4117 shall have determined what to do with him.
bets ease my Learned Friend cannot complain that he
the "ec, taken by surprise; he was forewarned, he had
wrk,7a ole of the depositions in his possession, and if he
No aet prepared to proceed with the indictment for
he 4,7-, he ought now to be in a position to determine
)'l.i future course ho will adopt. If my Learned
tie,e.ed had indeed confined 'pis application to the deten-
he of the prisoner unt'a the grand jury should have
eeth discharged, I coulo., not have opposed him, but to
thea prisontr untet the Company shall have made up
thir teinds as tow'.tat charges they shall prefer is alto-
how so novel a proCrJeding, that I confess I cannot see
the
-at the Court can. Eyntertain it. I must, therefore, oppose
aPPlicationt, :and I hope your Lordship will not
Baron Py_,ATT—DO I understand the application to
Dl%,ll:ther 'the prisoner shall be detained until the
411 h 0 8'4%11 be consulted, or only until the grand jury
kir. dt.scharged ?
AonitiN---The latter, certai'aly.
'Baron PLATT—I do not, see, that because one bill
out, the prisorer should be forthwith set at
ktlt tY. because such s course might, in many cases, de-
the e , •
,irn
,cds of jus'.,ice; and as the application is to ha.ve
en "reed I©d ant'-1 the grand jury ahalt have been dis-
t, Mr. 61 cannc,t see why it should not be granted.
Friend I,'"atir'sorz—My Lord, I feel that if my Learnedin
el/4stoth, "d applied to have the prisoner detained
%at iJ only until the grand jury should be discharged,
k 'Would be unable to resist it, but to detain him
,~IItII. the company should be consulted—
jelmt.r. Baron PLATT—IIe is detained until the grand
kit'Y shall have finished their duties; and if, in the
11..aatime, the parties interested consult as to what steps
Ihec/41(1- b e pursued, it is but reasonable they should have
the r ortunity of doing so. I cannot shut my eyes to
tal _ that the prisoner has moved in a position which
147 him advantage, unattainable by a poorer man, and
posit nay duty, +„lerefore, to accede to the application.
worts I‘-°I.FICE J:PkOBBERY.— Thomas James, late a letter-
, in the I'ost-office, was indicted, that he on the
Septe•mber stole a letter containing half a so-
Tr'
441 Attorney-General, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin,
ant,, 4'.*. Clark were for the prosecution; Mr. Ballantine
4,11e4ed for the prisoner.
N, 4e evidence of several witnesses proved that a letter
h, ',written by James Ball, a clerk in the East India
0:4; to his brother in the country. The letter en-
ear half a sovereign, which for safety was placed in a
lettero eut as to retain it in a certain position. The
the=, was Was put in a district post-office at half-past five on
of September, and reached the Post-office about
ki It was then !landed ever to the table at which the
~i°ner was enaged. The prisoner was observed to
7t• the waive-closet at seven o'clock, by a constable
htie°„ Was placed that he could see all that
.ea'reaed "without being himself seen. The prisoner
observed to place his hand in front of his
krt ;vas, v.nd the constable heard a crunriding of paper.
the ",..(ter wards was observed chewing some paper, and
hi "(Int table descended and took him into custody. The
so
eta IV,r threw something down the closet, but a piece of
TtpD saes forced from his right, land. On further search,
rse containing two govereians was found in the
tr,'t-band trousers pocl:,et, and a loose half-sovereign
twithrcarad in one of P.m waistcoat pockets, while a bag,
ith
hyer sbilanga, a inurpenny piece, and some coppers,
l
c: found in the otler. A piece of card found in the
corresponded with the remaining piece which was
t
1
the ;11 the first wi'.,ness's house ; and several fragments of
cl
lee wrilite'..l by the same person were found in the
t also.
• iI3A-LFe.rlTvrtE having addressed the jury,
l`"
" hp",..ust. tee MAIILE summed up ; and
"ea It
turned ar s' tr y re
ansportatia verdict of Guilty.—Sentenced to
on.

IVE IV COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Net.enrY Allen, a respectable looking man, who was de-
4teued as the steward of a steam-vessel, was convicted of
4,41,1 g five shirts, and other articles, the property of
me Jane MURDS, P. laundress, and sentenced to nine
;Ist„h4' imprisonment, and hard labour.
Ip k 171 Liam Jacolw " a labourer, was indicted with stealing
ith,l"l..shels of or.,ts, value 31., the property of Sills, Jones,
/lily CO., com-factors, of Bankside. Two ether persons,
r „ e,7 King and Palmer, were indicted with aiding and
dachas to commit the robbery; and William
lnkfB", a Carman, was indicted with feloniously reedy-
)itaC" st'Jlen property, well knowing it to have been
e jury found all the prisoners Guilty.
.3 RECORDER sentenced Simpson to eighteen months'
tohl:isoninent and hard labour, and the other three pri-
to six months and hard labour.

GUILD HALL.—(T HIS DAY.)
‘‘,1:41- tall elderly Frenchman, of gentlemanly exterior,
.kr gave his name as De Rue/id, was charged before
I:. Alderman Humphery with stealing a handsome um-
Le'll4, from the subscription-room of the Jamaica Coffee-
ttir7o, St. Michael's-at-hill. It appeared that for some
No4e suspicion attached to the prisoner, who occa-
-Iv4,l„ailly patronised the house, and yesterday they
'the'Qed him, and detected him walking off with
114itumbrella in triestion from the stand, in about
It% a minute after another visitor had deposited
ee. He Vas followed into the street and given into
laticiustelly of a policeman. It was also found that a
h© placed in the stand, in lieu of the stolen
404 tells, and which he carried when coming into the
totse, US if in preparation for an exchange, had, on a
ger' occasion, been stolen from the same room.
was committed for trial at the present sessions of
ittf. N-entral Criminal Court, the police at the same time
the Alderman that it was believed similar
"Igea could be substantiated.

LERICENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
lc Young man, about twenty years of age, who stated
t,4l4ame to be John Thompson, but who the police knew
Oft:',4ve several aliases, was charged with the following
`4ng and impudent robbery:—
Icl% llunt stated that he resided next to the shop of
,John Lockyer in Suffolk-street, St. James's-walk,
tt,ekraenwell, and ;bout seven o'clock yesterday evening,
40,'e Was standing at his own door, he observed the pri-
k7r, accompanied by another man, standing close to
)iiitiLookyer's window, when the prisoner's companion
as little noise as possible broke one of the panes of
T:81, while the prisoner held his hands under it to pre-
jlt the noise it would cause by falling to the ground.
itnY then took two large ingots of metal from the
itle,,.'es inside the window, with which they walked away
lie,ufferent directions; and as the prisoner passed wit-
ItliataLsilop the latter made an attempt to seize him,
—4 ue razi off Tery rapidly, but wus mutually stop-