The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON THURS-DAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1848.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, May 24.
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN THE. BANKRUPTCY OF JOHN WEBB.

This bankrupt was an extensive dealer in straw
plait at Luton in Bedfordshire. This was the ad-
journed meeting for the last examination.
Mr. Linklater supported the bankrupt; Mr. Law-
ranee opposed.
The bankrupt makes the following written state-
ment upon the proceedings :—" During the past year
the depreciation in the value of the straw plait and
bonnet manufacture has been so great that every
house in the trade has sustained most serious and
heavy losses. The consequence has been that a
number of houses in this trade have been compelled
either to offer a composition to their creditors or
apply to the Bankruptcy Court. There are many
highly respectable manufacturers who are willing to
corroborate this statement."_ _ _

The books snd accounts have been kept in a most
unsatisfactory manner, the various items being for
the most part estimated.
The balance-sheet contains the following items :
Creditors, 10,083/. ; creditors holding security, 383/. ;
liabilities, 3,277/. The debts due to the estate are
estimated at 1,471/.; property held by creditors,
618/. ; property given up, 273/. ; expenses, 729/. ;
losses, 7,1281. Deficiency on the 20th of February,
1846 (when the balance-sheet commences), 2381.
The meeting was adjourned sine (lie, but protection
was accorded.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
The following is a correct list of the sentences passed
throughout the sessions:—
Sentenced to Death and awaiting execution—William
Tomkins, for the murder of Maria Eddon.
To be Transported for Fifteen Years—G. Alexander.
Fourteen Years—Charles Abbott, James Dalton.
Ten Years—C. Walker, W. Willmott, C. Tucker, W.
Jordan, alias Green, J. A. Keeling, J. L. Lewis, George
Blaney, Sarah Prosser, W. Kaye, W. Bannister, J.
Plunkett, W. Wilson, R. Owen, John Day, H. Stevens,
John Walker, Patrick Bryan, James Kerr, Mary Anne
Taylor.
Seven Years—J. W. Howe, G. Wood, J. Ship, S.
Whatley, J. Warner, W. Davis, J. Hurly, G. Love alias
Jackson, J. Cooke, Louisa alias Maria George, J.
Quigley, J. Davis, Richard Nutt, John Jones, J. King
alias Willmot, J. Williams, J. Nichols, Florence Stevens,
H. Williams, J. Williams alias Murray, Edward King,
Margaret Brown, J. Cosgrove, J. Sullivan, W. Prender-
ville, W. White, George Wicks, C. Dutton, A. Pinto
Snares, R. Gregory, Mary Furrell, J. Gosbell, G. Wal-
ler, J. Cunningham, J. Willsher.
Imprisonment with Hard Labour for Two Years—
John Carroll, George Higham.
For Eighteen Months—W. Rammin, Edward Price,
J. Piper, R. Jackson, J. Wilson, Thomas Maline.
For One Year—David Romaigne, J. Robinson, Eliza
Thompson, J. Webb, George King, S. Pattenden, Eliza-
beth Judd, J. Davis, W. Knight, G. Williams, S. West,
Elizabeth Pulbrook, R. Martin, Ann Williams, W. Ken-
nerley, Amos Bremen, J. Johnson, Patrick Hickey, W.
Johnson, J. Kent, Ann Connor, Hannah Kavanagh, J.
Harris, Alfred Bainbridge, Henry Fisher, Ann Handley,
J. Davis, Matilda Ricketts, J. Allen, B. Johnson, J.
Prendergast, W. Payne, C. Best, J. Brown, E. Morris,
B. Cohen, W. Rawston, H. Butt.
For Nine Months—J. Clements, S. Jones, S. Smith,
Ann Curtin, J. J. Pattern, J. Duncan Baker Henry
Pomfrett, W. Bunce, James Binley, W. Whitmore, J.
Connor, Sophia Braman, Mary Menchin, John Howe.
For Eight Months—John Kimber.
For Six Mouths—W. Galliers, W. J. Bowden, E.
Maynard, C. Crofts, Martha Howard, J. Wallis, W.
Safe, Ann Pumphery, G. Ploughman, G. Robinson, H.
W. James, James M'Lochlin, J. Wright, G. Williams,
Eliza Clarke, Amelia Jones, J. W. Thomas, D. Middle-
ton, Thomas Ward, Mary Ann Burden, John Doig,
James Martin, C. Goodwin, Mary Wood, S. Smith, W.
Reynolds, Theresa Turner, Elizabeth Robinson, Ann
Kelly, W. Mason, J. Stewart, J. Seymour, A. Phillip,
J. Palmer, C. W. Maddox, W. Maskill, Mary Weather-
ley, Catherine Holbert, Anthony Donaldson, Samuel
Brown, G. Mahony, H. Thomas, G. Jones, G. Toville,
J. Coakley, E. Rourke, S. Connolly, Marianne Wil-
loughby Osborne, W. Hall, W. Allen, H. Renell, A.
Ashford, E. T. Hurford, S. Crawley, R. Connor, J.
Gibbs, C. Okey, J. Maskill.
For Four Months—R. Reynolds, G. Douglas, T. Jor-
dan, J. Leary, James Dorey, Leonard Alderson, J.
Roberts, J. Bateman, W. Grimes.
For Three Months and under—D:Bailey;C:Chamber,
T. Hales, J. M. Dean, Ann Smith, J. E. Kerry, J. Wil-
liams, W. Chaddock, W. Pope, W. Walker, W. Curtis,
Mary Eaton, Sarah Kay, E. Jones, alias Laurence, H.
Murphy, S. Challis, Mary Davis, J. Wilson, J. Downing,
G. Woodman, Alice Lawrence, Owen Sheen, Florence
Donovan, George Williamson, A. Barnett, C. Brown,
Peter Davis, R. Terrey, J. Dowding, J. H. Jullien, W.
Clarridge, George Jones, T. Elliott, J. A. Rawson, T.
Vincent, C. Murphy, J. Kilgallan, John Bull, Bridget '
Connor, Caroline Adams, Eliza Phillips, E. Smith, J.
Townsend, Clement Jones, W. Rogers. J. Reid, W.
Portsmouth, IL Humphcry, R. Arnold, G. Scott, F.
Lanes, I. J. Burdett, Benjamin Gardner, H. Myers,
alias Isaett, J. Reed, J. Barry, Eliza Ellis, Mary Ann
Briant, Mary Scanlan, Hardy,— Tasker, W. Frazer,
P. Newland, J. Griffiths, J. Mahoney, T. Vincent, C.
Murphy.
Acquitted —J. Eaton, J. Watts, Fanny Serle, W.
Vaundremont Ellis, George Baker, John Wright, A.
Macra, W. Hawkins, Ann Miller, Eliza Smith, W.
Whitely, Ann Maria House, J. W. Skinner, Eliza
Ellingham, Henry Gompertz, W. Emery, Burchardt,
J, M'Cown, R. C. Barton, F. M'Gowan, M. Fitzgerald,
Catherine 'Tillman, J. Brown. J. Vickers, Sophia Mary
Dennis, Mary Rowley, W. IL Rawson (detained), 11.
' Leonard, J. Sexton, Ann Brown, Ann Shaw, J. Mason,
J. Cock, W. Jones, A. Grazert, R. R. Ellis, J.
Murphy, J. Harding, J. R. Nice, J. Cummins,
George Johnson, Eher Elliott, W. Hicks, W.
Nichols,:JohnMurphy,:ll. Hare, Fanny Warren, Hannah,
Hemming, Mary Ann Hazell, Susan Cain, John Gad-
ding, C. Nicholson, J. Shibley, R. Thompson, Susan
Grant, Caroline Adams, Henry Drake (no verdict) J.
Wilkes, Mary Ricketts, C. Monsier, Caroline Fox, J.
Finch, J. Murphy, H. Gibbing.
The bills against L. Brown, Mary Ann Ellwood,
Charles Sudds, W. Bradley, H. Aldridge, Mary Carter,
• and W. Poole were ignored by the grand jury.
Respited till next Session—George Franks, J. Davis,
H. Eherred, Mary Webb, Mary Ann Piper.
' Prisoners ordered to be flogged—J. Downing, 14 ;
Florence Donovan, 13 ; J. Griffith, 14 ; and E. T. Hur-
ford, 13.
Liberated on Recognisance—Edward Hancock.
The court stands adjourned till Monday, June 12.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

William Charles Trowbridge, of 15, Crown-street,
Hoxton-square, and John Cousins, his partner, were
brought up on suspicion of stealing a quantity of
sewing silk and money to the amount of about 1141.

Mr. Humphreys attended to prosecute.
At the previous examination evidence was only
adduced against Trowbridge, his partner Cousins
being apprehended outside the court just as the case
was going to be heard this morning. It appeared
that a person named Heales had lately taken the Swan
chambers in Aldermanhury, and let one room to the
prisoners, Trowbridge having stated they were com-
mission agents. Nothing, however, had been seen to
go into the premises, and on the night of the 12th
inst. the warehouse of Messrs. Sleigh and Woolley,
silk twist manufacturers, was broken open, and cash
to the amount of 241. taken, besides other property of
the value of 901. Messrs. Sleigh and W oolley's
premises were on the ground floor, and Trowbridge
was observed standing at the door with another man
about a quarter to seven o'clock, when Mr. Loveridge
(agent to Messrs. Sleigh and Woolley) locked up the
place, and left everything safe.
Alderman FAREBROTHER remanded both prisoners
for a week.