The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF. EXCHEQUER, Feb. 2.

(Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the CIIIEF BARON and
a Special Jury.)
REGINA V. GOOCII AND OTHERS.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
At the close of the case for the Crown,

The Learned COUNSEL for the defendants sub-
mitted that they were entitled to a verdict, as the
facts showed that in point of law the full duty had
been paid according to the entry and the approval of
the surveyor, by whose acts the Crown was bound.
Sir F. PoLLocx—Do you mean to contend that
the Crown would be bound by the assent of the sur-
veyor to the value entered by the importer, after he
had been bribed to give that assent to a false entry ?
Mr. MARTIN—Yes, my Lord ; I go as far as that.
Sir P. PoLLocx—Then I must say that I wholly
dissent from such a dangerous doctrine. The Crown
is not bound by the acts of its servants and officers ;
and it is open to the Attorney-General to sue upon
the bond at any lapse of time, however great, though
he is precluded from recovering any penalties on that
ground.

The Learned JUDGE then left the case to the jury
in accordance with this view of the law, to which a
bill of exceptions was tendered by the Counsel for
the defendants; and, after a brief deliberation,
The jury returned a verdict for the Crown for the
penalty of the bond ; it being their opinion that the
goods in question had been fraudulently removed by
the defendants from their warehouse before the full
duty had been paid upon them.
Verdict for the Crown accordingly.

CITY COUNTY COURT', Wednesday.
(Before EDWARD BULLOCK, Esq., Judge.)
KENDALL V. BRADBURY AND EVANS.
The plaintiff in this case is foreman to Messrs.
Skinner and Haines, the extensive builders, and the
defendants are the proprietors of Punch, and for-
merly were the proprietors of the Daily News. The
amount sought to be recovered was W. 58., which sum
had been paid for refreshments supplied to workmen
in the employ of the plaintiff during the progress of
some extensive alterations and improvements at the
Daily News office.
The plaintiff proved that he was authorised by the
defendants to pay for the articles supplied.
The defendants having allowed judgment by
default,

The Learned JUDGE made an order for the amoun
claimed to be paid forthwith.

BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT, Feb. 2.
(Before J. Dußois, Esq , Deputy Judge.)
COURTNAY v. MADDOX.
This was an action brought by an actor, recently
engaged at the Princess's Theatre, against Mr. Mad-
dox' the lessee, to recover the :,um of 1 1.75. 6d. one
week's salary. ,
The plaintiff stated that Mr. Maddox engaged him
on the 4th of October last, at the commencement of
the season, until Easter next, at a salary of 1/. 7s. 6d.
per week, but discharged him suddenly on the 15th of
last month.

The plaintiff stated that on Friday, the 15th of
January, he went to the theatre to rehearse a part in
the Young Guard, and as it was not customary to
act with that vigour and animation by day as before
the public at night, he simply went through the neces-
sary duties. Mr. Maddox, who was on the stage, found
fault with his acting, and said, " That won't do.
That's not at all like it ; you can act very well on a
horse's back at Astley's, why can't you act here P"
Plaintiff answered that he could not at rehearsal, and
Mr. Maddox said that he should, and at last ex-
claimed, "Turn that blackguard off the stage."
Plaintiff then called him au "insulting dirty beast,"
and not wishing to be kicked off the stage, he walked
out of the theatre. The next day (Saturday) he went
to the theatre for his salary, but was offered only 11. ss.
for five nights' services, instead of his full salary of
11. Is. Gd. He now sued for the latter amount.
Mr. Thomas said his defence to the action was
that Mr. Maddox was justified in turning the plaintiff
away. The plaintiff himself admitted that he called
Nlr. Maddox opprobrious names, and he (Mr.
Thomas) should show that the plaintiff was injuring
the part—that he would not produce its proper
effect before the audience on the night of performance.
Mr. Maddox, the lessee, said the rules of his
theatre were, that if any actor refused to perform his
part properly he was liable to a fine of three weeks'
salary, or instant dismissal. In the present case the
plaintiff was rehearsing with Madame Anna Thillon,
and it was of the highest importance the manager
should know how the part would be represented at
night. The plaintiff had obstinately refused to show
him how he would play the part.
John Craddock, the call. boy, having given evidence
as to the insulting words used by the plaintiff,
The JUDGE said the plaintiff must be non-suited.
He said that he could not rehearse the part as he
would act it, and must bear the consequence. He
might, however, at the close of the season, sue in a
superior court for the whole sum.
Non-suited accordingly.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
FORGERY ON THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday)
The prisoners Kauffman and Fredeburg, who had
been identitied us the parties who purchased the ma-
terials used in manufacturing the notes, denied all
knowledge of the forgery. Kauffman said he ac-
companied Fredeburg to make the purchases because
Fredeburg could not speak English ; while Fredeburg,
who was a lithographer, protested that in partici-
pating in the forgeries he was ignorant that he was
doing anything wrong, and acted more in the ca-
pacity of a servant to the principals in the transaction
than as an accomplice.
The Learned JUDGE summed up with great care
and minuteness, and
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners.
Sentence was';deferred until the sitting of the Court
to• morrow morning.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE,
A mere boy, named Charles Hall, was brought
before the Lord Mayor, charged with having been
concerned in stealing a box of clothes.
A lad named William Haggerty, in the service of
Mr. Jones, newsvender, of Bircm h-lane, said—.
Shortly after seven o'clock I was going over London-
bridge, and I saw a man go up to a carriage which
was passing gently along, and pull from behind it the
box now produced. He then walked to the pavement
with the box under his arm and put it upon the shoul-
ders of the prisoner, who began to move rapidly
along. The man crossed over, and on they both
passed till they came near the steps, where I told the
policeman what I had seen. The policeman imme-
diately seized the box and the prisoner, but the man
who had deposited the box on the prisoner's shoulder
made a blow at me and ran off; and the prisoner also
tried to escape, but ineffectually.
The policeman confirmed the lad's statement, and
stated that he found the owner of the property.
Mr. Paiss, of Denmark-hill, wholesale druggist,
stated, that the box, which belonged to his sister-in-
law, had been corded to the back of his chaise.
The prisoner said he was quite surprised at being
told that he had a stolen trunk in his possession, for
a gentleman who was passing over the bridge had
promised him id. to carry it a little way. He could
not tell the Lord Mayor where he lived, because he
did not wish his mother to know anything about
such a charge. He would much rather not say any-
thing about his residence. It would not throw any
light upon the subject.
Remanded for further inquiry.
The LORD MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of
101. from " M. W.," through the house of Iloare and
Co., and half of a 51. note from a " Freeholder and
Citizen."

WORSHIP-STREET.
Harriet Warner, a little girl scarcely 12 years of
age, was charged by her mother, a poor widow, with
various acts of robbery.
The statement of the mother, who was very much
affected, was, that the prisoner had for a long.time
past
been in the habit of pilfering and selling almost
everything she could lay her hands upon in order to
furnish herself with the means of gratifying an in-
ordinate propensity she had for visiting low concert-
rooms and cheap theatrical entertainments; and that,
not satisfied with the depredations she committed upon
herself, she had also, upon various pretences, obtained
sums of money in the witness's name from persons
upon whose employment she depended for subsistence,
and from the house of one of these stole and imme-
diately disposed of two watches, the value of which
the witness had since been compelled, with distressing
inconvenience, to reimburse to their owner by weekly
instalments. All these offences she had repeatedly
forgiven, in the hope that her forbearance would in-
duce an amendment in her daughter's conduct, but
without her leniency having the slightest effect, as on
Friday last, having missed the prisoner from the
house for some time, her apprehensions became ex-
cited that she had again robbed her, and discovering,
upon looking for her clothes, that nearly the whole of
them had disappeared likewise, she gave notice to the
police,
and the prisoner, who did not return, was at
last taken into custody.
Mr. llanson, a pawnbroker at lloxton , produced a
large bundle, containing numerous articles of wear-
ing apparel, which:had been pledged at his shop on
the day they had been stolen from the prosecutrix,
and which were identified by her as her property ;
but he was unable to positively swear to the accused
as the person who had so pledged them.
Upon being asked if she wished to say anything in
answer to the charge, the prisoner, who did not'dis-
play the slightest feeling for the distress her mother