The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-14 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)

SIMMONDS V. MUNTZ AND OTRERS.
This case, which was in part heard on Saturday, was
resumed this morning.
The case for the defence having been concluded, and
Mr. Humphrey having been heard in reply,'
The jury, after a short consultation, found that the
plaintiff was entitled to the sum of 1001. for his extra
services.
The LORD CIIEIF BARON directed the jury to find
their ♦erdict for the defendant upon each of the three
grounds, with liberty to move to enter the verdict for
tke plaintiff for the sum of 3004 upon the first claim, 501
upon the second, and 1001. upon the third claim.
A verdict was returned for the plaintiff upon several
unimportant points.

MARLBRU-STREET.-(THIS DAY.;

William Eats was charged with an assault on a
gentleman named Barinehr, in one of the Islington
omnibusses.

William Barinehr, the complainant- said, about a
quarter before five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the
omnibus in which he was riding, drew up in Portland
street, and took up the prisoner, v. ho Caine in and seated
himself on the transverse seat between the complainant
and a young lady. The prisoner, after having seated
himself; laid hold of his friend, who was following him
in, and attempted to place him in the young lady's lap.
Complainant and another gentleman opposed the inten-
tion, on protection of the lady, but the prisoner insisted
on placing his friend where he proposed. The
young lady screamed out, and after a good
deal of opposition, the prisoner consented to
his friend, taking one of the unoccupied seats pointed
out to him by the complainant. The prisoner continued
to be very abusive till another passenger was picked up,
and to him he pointed out the Complainant, saying he was
the man who had the control of the omnibus, and who
said now and where the passengers were to sit. Com-
plainant, on remonstrating with him, was assailed with
very gross language by the prisoner, who immediately
darted at him, seiztd him violently by the collar, tore up
the breast of his top-coat on both aides, and got his hand
down hisbreast, with what intention, whether for the pur-
pose of stealing his watch or not, complainant could not
say. The prisoner next struck him a blow on his nose,
and broke his spectacles ; but for the interposition of the
gentlemen, who all gave him their aid, he would have re-
ceived very serious injury.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, the chief clerk of the Court, said he
was in the omnibus at the time. After being sworn
he confirmed the whole of the complainant's evidence. A
more unprovoked and wanton assault he had never seen.
The prisoner said he was tipsy at the time the assault
was committed, and he was sorry for it.
Mr. llAnDwicK said, if such conduct were to go un-
punished, public conveyances might cease running. The
feelings of a modest female had been outraged, and a
gentleman, because he interfered to protect her, had
been brutally assaulted and abused ; and tho apology
offered was that it was the effect of liquor. The prisoner
must pay SL, or go for two months to the House of
Correction.
The money was immediately paid.

SOUTHWARK.—(THIS .DAY.)
William Fitt, a young man, was charged with obtain-
ing money from Ann Eliribeth Clay, under the pre-
tence of acting as an attorney, under tho following
circumstances:—
It appeared that the complainant's husband was con-
victed some time ago, and sentenced to be imprisoned in
Brixton gaol. The prisoner subsequently introduced
himself to complainant, and said that Mr. James, her
husband's solicitor, had behaved in a most scandalous
manner, and added, that he (the prisoner) would petition
the Secretary of State for her husband's liberation. This
was in November last; and he said, that for the purpose
of proceeding against Mr. James, he would require
14s. 6d. for a writ. The money was paid to him, and
on three subsequent occasions the prisoner called again on
the complainant, and succeeded in obtaining money to
the amount, in all, of 21. 12s. for a declaration
and other proceedings which he alleged were necessary
to adopt, in order to punish Mr. James for the manner
in which he bad acted on the occasion. When, how-
ever, inquiries were made, it, was ascertained the pri-
soner had not commenced the proceedings, or had drawn
upthbee
ppreitsiotinoenr:h
owGoovernment regarding her husband's
release, but had converted the money advanced to his
own purposes.
assumes to be a solicitor, was con-
victed some time since at the Surrey sessions for ob-
taining money under false pretences, and bad only been
out of gaol about
a month, when he commenced his old
practices.

- As the prisoner asked for a remand, in order to have
legal advice, he was accordingly remanded until Wed-
nesday.

CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.)
A. tall respectable-looking man, named Macintosh, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Coombe, on the following
charge :
It appeared, from the statement of a constable of the
G division, that last night, about twelve o'clock, as he
was on duty near Penton-grove, he heard a heavy fall,
followed almost immediately by groaning, and on pro-
ceeding in the direction of the sound, he saw a female
lying on her back in a court, and the prisoner standing
over her, holding her arm. When the constable en-
quired hat was the matter, the prisoner replied, no-
thing, but upon raising up the woman he found that her
leg was fractured, and that she had received such severe
injuries that it was necessary to have her removed on a
stretcher to the hospital. In reply to the policeman, she
said it was the prisoner who had thrown her down and
broke her leg.
The prisoner said he could not account for the manner
in which the female had her hurt, and thought it must
have been by accident.
Mr. COOMBE ordered the prisoner to be remanded,
with an intimation that bail would be taken for his next
appearance.
Henry Ryan and Joseph Worms, of the respective ages
of ten and eleven years, were charged with stealing a
sheep's head from the shop of Richard Parsons.
The extreme youth of the prisoners appeared to excite
a strong feeling of commisseration in their favour ; but
the fact being so conclusive,
Mr. COOMBE said he had no other resource than to
commit them—young as they were—for trial.
They were accordingly committed for trial.