The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-21 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE,
SECONDARIES' COURT, May 20.
(Before Mr. Secondary JAmls.)
GAGSTER U. DROADERIDGE.
. .

The plaintiff in this action is anvarchitect and surveyor,
and the action was brought to recover the sum of 61. 7s. 9d.
for designs of some houses for the defendant.
The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted.
Mr. PARRY stated the case for the plaintiff. He said he
believed the defence would be that the plaintiff was in part-
nership with a Mr. Ancona. It was true that he had been
so, but he would call Mr. Ancona to prove that the partner •
ship had been dissolved before the orders were given, and
consequently that the plaintiff alone was entitled to be paid.
Mr. Ancona was then examined, and proved that himself
and plaintiff had been in partnership in Lombard-street, but
the partnership was dissolved in May last year. Defendant
went to plaintiff and gave the orders after the dissolution,
and he must have been aware of that fact. Plaintiff had de-
manded the amount of defendant, and he refused payment
then on the ground that he was only acting as agent for
a Mr. Woods.

In cross-examination he said that defendant took jobs
from persona and handed them over to other persons.
In this case he did not hint that any other party was liable.
There was no deed of dissolution. There was no notice in
the Gazette. It was quite a private arrangement. They
were at the present tie joint surveyors of-the Patent Elastic
Pavement Company, but were not partners. ,
The delivery of the plans to the defendant personally was
then proved.
The SECONDARY said that if it could be proved that the
partnership existed at the time the debt was contracted, the
action must fall, but the evidence went to prove the contrary.
The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, May: 20.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE.)
IN RE BURROWES.
. _ _

This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a builder at
Camden-town, came up to apply for his certificate. He was
supported by Mr. T. B. Hughes, and opposed by Mr. Leigh, a

From the balance sheet it appeared that the bankrupt had
been making 5001. a year clear profit, but his expenses had
been 8001. per annum. ME debts amounted to 4,9001., and
on the'credit side was only 251. debts "bad." He was now
opposed, on the grounds of excessive expenditure and that
the accounts were most unsatisfactory.
The jefficial assignee agreed that the accounts were most
irregular.
The COMMISSIONER said it was clear at a glance that no
one could tell by them whether there had been any unfair-
ness in the transactions, the certificate, therefore, would be
adjourfied for six months, in order to give the assignees an
opport4nity of making further inquiry, and for the bankrupt
to give explanation on the doubtful points. The opposition
could be continued if any discovery was made.
Mr. HuomEs applied for protection to be granted to the
bankrupt.
The LEARNED COM3IISSIONER said he would grant it for
one month, and the creditors could, if they thought fit, come
again and oppose its renewal, which would not be granted
if the bankrupt withheld any information required.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANS lON-HO U S E.
Yesterday, Margaret Glynn, the poor girl who was
a few days ago falsely charged with numerous robberies
by a man named Francis Bennet, his daughter Maria,
and his nephew, who sometimes passed as Thomas
Spencer, sometimes as Thomas Thorpe, and who was
stated'to have been confined in Newgate under the name
of Thbmas Ryder Walker, was brought before Alder-
man' Gibbs from the Compter, to which place she was
sent Ili a voluntary inmate.
Alderman Glints asked if any of the parties who had
appeared before the young woman were in attendance?
Inspector Fosberry said, that not one of them were
present, as he concluded would have been the case from
the intelligence he had received from the officer whom
he had sent to make inquiry into the truth of the state-
ments made by the girl, relative to the character of her
three violent accusers.
Sergeant Folger (No. 89 City police) stated to the
Alderman that he had ascertained that Bennet, and his
wife and daughter and nephew, belonged to an organised
gang of swindlers, who had been plundering extensively
in all parts of the metropolis, as Margaret Glynn had
described. A sergeant of the Metropolitan police was
present, who had been long watching their movements,
and who could, if the Alderman considered it necessary,
inter into a variety of details.
Alderman GIBBS, having said that a brief outline
would only be required at the present moment,
Sergeant Dubois, 14 N of the Metropolitan police,
stepped forward, and stated that, to his positive know-
ledge, Bennet and his wife, daughter, and nephew, were
part and parcel of a gang consisting of upwards of fifty
persons, who had been for a length of time living upon
the public. As the young female had correctly repre-
sented, they obtained goods upon the strength of false
references, beer-shops, greengrocers shops, and other
places of apparent business having been taken by mem-
bers of the gang in different parts of the town as blinds
for their operations. The moment promised payments
were to be made the whole face of things became
changed—neither principals nor referees were to be
found, and the goods and the names and addresses of
the parties disappeared altogether. Ho (Sergeant
Dubois) had himself taken from time to time twenty of
the gang into custody, all of whom he knew lived upon
swindling and thieving. Eight or nine of them had
been committed for trial to Newgate, and five or six had
been transported.
Alderman GIBBS—Do you know that Bennet keeps a
house of infamous character? Sergeant Dubois—Cer-
tainly I do, and I know that his wife attends to the
business of it. The unfortunate girl could not have got
amongst a more infamous set, and it was most fortunate
for her to have been charged by them with robbery, for
the exposure must not only give a check to some of their
plans, but will save her from any further connexion
with them. I know, beyond a doubt, that she was
trepanned into Bennet's brothel by Spencer. I have
followed up the inquiry into the transactions in which
they have been engaged, and I know that nothing could
have been worse.
Alderman Gums—The girl says that Thorpe, or
Spencer, has been in prison for thieving. Do you know
anything of his committal? SergeantDubois—l know
that he was committed to Maidstone Gaol for twelve-
months for picking pockets, in the name of Walker.
He generally used to work with a man of the name of
John Scott, a notorious swindler and pickpocket. Scott
has opened several beer-shops and chandler's-shops for
the purpose of reference. Thorpe resides in Hyde-
place, Hoxton, and Spencer, besides his counting-house
in Oxford-court, Cannon-street, has a house at No. 52,
Dnk•-street, Aldgate, to which his wife attended.
Alderman GIBBS, after having had a private C9MMU-
nication with Sergeant Dubois, said to the young woman,
" You see into what dreadful hands you have been
thrown ?"
Margaret Glynn—l do, my Lord. lam thankful that
I have escaped.
Alderman Gmns—And you are anxious to go to your
mother ?
Margaret Glynn—Yes. She will gladly receive me.
Alderman GIBBS—I do not know that I can do any-
thing better for you than send you to your mother, and
the officer has kindly promised to see you safe under her
care. • _ _

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neighbourhood of the Mansion-house at that moment.
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brought before the Lord Mayor under the remarkable
circumstances detailed in the evidence below.
Mr. Bush, of the firm of Bush and Mullins, solicitors
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to the Committee of Bankers for protection against
felony and fraud, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
of the office of solicitor to the Post-office, at-
tended to watch the case, which was stated to possess
some peculiar features.
The solicitor for the prosecution s'ated that on the
14th of October, 1843, an order of the Eastern Scottish
Bank for the payment of 50/. to a Alis Lucy Thompson
was enclosed in a letter and transmitted to London. The
letter was received by the party to whom it was ad-
dressed, but the order was not in it, and payment was
st ,pped at the banking-house of Barclay, Bevan, Tritton,
and Co., where it was payable. Ou Thursday the male
prisoner presented the order at the counter of the bank-
ing-house, and an inquiry was made which led to the
apprehension of both prisoners. As from the nature of
the investigation, and the necessity of sending to Scot-
land upon the subject, considerable delay must take place,
a remand for a longer time than was usually applied for
might be deemel expedient.
Mr. Alfred W. Morris, clerk at Messrs. Barclay and
Co.'s, said, about three o'clock on Monday, Elizabeth
Murphy presented the order I produced for 501. of the
Eastern Bank of Scotland upon our house. I referred
to our remittance book, and found that the order was
stopped. I asked her whether her name was Lucy
Thompson, the name entered by Mr. Nlacholra, of the
bank of Scotland upon the back of the order. She said,
No. I asked her what her own name was, and she re-
plied, Elizabeth Murphy. I asked her from whom she
brought the order ? She said, from Mr. Hamilton, of
Dublin, that she had received it from him the night be-
fore, and that he was a lodger at No. 56, Jermyn-street.
She gave her own address as 11, St. Ann's-court, War-
doar-street, Soho ; and she then was directed to go with
me to the office of Messrs. Bush and Mullens, of St.
Mildred's-court. I heard her repeat the same story to
Mr. Bush ; and she added that she had received the
order from a servant in Jermyn street, for whom she
did some work.
The LORD MAYOR asked whether the female prisoner
wished to ask any question of the witness ?
Elizabeth Murphy—My Lord, when I was asked the
question I thought there was something wrong; and to
save the gentleman (Baddle), and a large family of small
t h emfra. 1 site hoor
roids
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beingause appealed there
children, I told a lie about the business. But the truth
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anything
wrong, replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Bush was then sworn. He s • aid, at about twenty
minutes after three on Monday, the female
brought prisoner was
to me, accompanied by Mr. Morris and the
principal
clerk in his department of the house, and I
asked her, upon learning the nature of th case, a few
questions, and took notice
of e
She said her her answers in writing.
name was Elizabeth Murphy, that she
was a widow, and that she lived at No. 11, St. Ann's-
court, for two years past, and was well known ; that
she gained her living by nursing and needle-work ; that
she know the house, 56, Jermyn-street, as a lodging-
house ; that the servant there, who was the only maid
of all-work in the house, sometimes employed lier ;