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

BANKRUPTCY,---(THIS DAI.)
(Before Mr. Commiwioner FANE.) p.,,,PROOFS UNDER ILLEGAL CONTRACTS.--IN 13 0 /
Die bankrupt, who had carried on business
P to
9ree
woollen-draper and hatter at Norwich, came tI
his last Eel,. was opposed 11 t"01
siguces, on the ground that the bankrupt's accouuts
in su fficien t.
A proof was tendered agliust, the estate to the 01°1
of 550/. tinder an a w'-ard.
The Learned COMMISSIONER, after pmusing
said that it was one of the strangest documente'v_to
In:Al ever come before Lim. It appeared that th,sti.'o6
be( n some illegal tranaactions in adulterating. tslity
and the bankrupt had received money on aeeellr4.weef
claimants in respect thereof. The bankrupt, lwiedoi
had set up the defence that the contract was foul
an transaction. ah Pl 4
The SOLICITOR said that it was denied that such
hail been put in. onli
The Learned COMMISSIONER said that he COac
go by the award tendered in support of the pro°"0110
more unintelligible piece of legal jargon-could not.c:toi
imagined; it went on to say that a general yard. rept
been entered for the plaintiffs, subject to the re,e_dol,
but that if the award was entirely for the deli; fer
then the verdict should be entered for the phll;`,,,'
only 40s. debt, and Is. damages. In the eYje ah'e wool'
and common sense this was an absurdity, and ',.;ega.,,
not admit a proof on such an-award without f.--tv erfr
nation; he did not know whether the abseil.° ardor
from a form, or whether it was erroneous—thi°
the face of it appeared to be erroneous. ost
The SOLICITOR to the assignees said it was a et!!1
traordinary form, and was po rhitps framed tte,;,ctee'';
pleadings, as it was suggested that the ber".r7,oi
be charged with the amount received as sgetlf
standing any illegal conduct on the part of the 11134 P
The proof was rejected, and the case lui P ar,olo
the bankrupt to furnish further accounts, hlheo—,efer; -
being treble the amount of his profits; he 11311,-alilet'
kept the usual books, and said-that he would ue
show that the expenditure arose from losses. of
The COMMISSIONER said a bankrupt was no';fi-;0;
to justify himself on that account at the exate-1,4'
it was a subject for inquiry when he applied for
tificate.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS
Tyilliam Button, a shoemaker, who had iicei
manded from yesterday ,week upon a charc,°
and wounding Henry Figgins, " whereby 11,,,i5
endangered," was again brought before Mr. Jar -i1)6,,,
morning, and finally examined, the wounded If
so, far recovered as to be able to attend and '
dente. rok,
He stated that on the day the offence Was cr
(Sunday week) he was so (hull that he
tinctly remember the whole of what ecen-lev0e!:
lodged with the prisoner, and when he caws'night, having been out the whole day, tee),fri
quarrel, which originated in play, and th 1,, beg'i
stabbed him andtan away. The landlord of
came to see what was the matter, and met the eri ptll)r
on the stairs. He brought him back and,
policeman, and witness was taken to the holiPitt.ptr
The landlord of the house corroborated the 13-t'
of t tatement.•
Policeman F 55 took, the. prisoner into cult-'clP`o
found a shomaker's knife, which he now n
lying under a chair. It was covered with I;"%ei 1111?
the way to the station the prisoner said U!e,r0011,,,0
scoundrel right, and if he had had LnY
would have shot him. He told 'the inspector, getc
had given me the same provocation I would 10e'
you the same."
Mr. Stephens, house, surgeon of King's Col',e7feittY)
pital, deScribed the injuries received by the firs' ob!
10,
He had five wounds in the chest, one of whiohletli)eo
an inch deep. Another would entirely have,'),e roc,
had it not been stopped by the breast-bone. vt-it °-
within the eighth of an inch of vital parts. '6.5
bd
he 'vas likely to recover in a short time. boo3ehitt
The prisoner said that when Figgins earn' 0100
said he would have a row, and attempted to pro-a ece,
into a quo rrel. He (prisoner) was deterrain,,eoOvi
have any quarrel, but, after being knocked u,otc'ic't
and after submitting to a great deal of abuse, 113,
up the first thing that came to his 11"
happened to be the knife, to defend
Lilt
,tl,
He *ould not have used the knife Lu
Figgins was a much stronger man than ne;jorgedii
prisoner is a very stroll man, Figgins is rathe
Mr. JARDINE having' caused the evidenceolo
prisoner's defence to be, taken down in the
us
Der, committed him for trial

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(T HIS orol°':,
John Jones was placed at the bar, this
charged with being drunk and abusing the PPillvi
and placing the life of his child ha danger, 'll
kfl
100-place, yesterday afternoon. veil IV
Constable C 42 said his attention was 11
lady, between three and four o'clock, to the vetjle
He was drunk, and pushed the people off the:l),,-e,PIIO
offering to tight some of them; but at one ttidifit p
was about to cross the road, he said to the dit
hand, "You young rase.;ll, I'll shove yoU 1311, ilfj;
' buss.'" He gave the child a pith, hich j.so
threw threw him below Ihe wheel of the omnibus P ;
the time.
nstable A 143 corroborated the last vv",4'.fevo'
said complaints had been made to him of the
f
fi,
by two ladies successively. 50
The defendant, when asked what he had tO '4
using his boy, said, " tie is my only child." to 10
Mr. MALTBY ordered him to ),,-37 51., or go t
for two months, for ill-using his A 9 I;
Helen Moriarty, a married woman, Ava3Phice; o.
bar this morning, charged with stealing.-thiqe;s;
of printed cotton from the shop of 13Y.
Oxford-street.
Mr. Humphreys produced a
marked with a large ticket "Hoyle's pattern,
it was his. It had been brought to his shoedlliseas°
onoabut seven o'clock, by a; policeman. nba Jo
a chair at his shop doer half an hour before._dapt.
George Saunders, 221 1), said he met the def'Po; !1,1
Duke-street, Manchester-square, about 1,311 el/310
carrying something heavy in her apron, 91170jedfrp
above it. The Constable suspected her, and Led. bet
bundle, which contained the piece of print pre,ivellj"l
answer to his questiOns, she said a woman henid"obtp
piece of prin t;ecl_
the cotton in a shop down the road, but eet-iovi‘hefi'
what shop. As be saw the ticket still on it 'eoic/
to th'e station-hous:e; but on the way there she
were three gown pieces in it, and she had 1100
them,
and at the station-hoarse she said she /33 t the
for th g
e oods. • I
•The defendant Was committed to take her trial
Clerkenwell sessions.

0,0
LAMBETH-STREET.—(T I=v 410 grin
John Pile, a stalwart countryman from
charged by the driver of cab No. 1,501, wit' tyl
tendered bad money in payment of his fare- ,/
Richard Mason, the driver, stated that 110 00501
the prisoner from the tunnel at liotherhithe Where peel
hill, and that on arriving at their destinuti°lid
a Wed
to pay the fate of 55., and ultimately tendererrieo
medal, in place of a sovereign, on whic.h he Cl rt.
pe,
to the station. eris°
On an inquiry by the MAGISTRATE, the .41,c1e,°
plied, with the utmost simplicity, that he witv;lll/'
London in search of work on Sunday tztternoolt Toe fe'
his pocket, 2/. of which had been dissipated bY 0 11, lb°
when he went to the. Thames Tunnel, wber to,"
mained till all the boats were gone. He thella ohfilf
cab to Brixton-hill, and on putting his 10 oeo,
coat pocket, found to his great surpriso that lie os goP
a few halfpence, instead of several shi.ilirig% t he
be
applied to his watch-pocket, where he' kerote
which he had received in change for a i• n
to 40
morning, and tendered what he thougnlsit"
sovereign. He had been drinking and WO
_ife;
Conscious of what had become of his money'. I. r
The charge was dismissed, the prisoner 11,i
a respectable reference, on the understandil;zl
fare and the, cabman's time should be paid.
THE LATE FORGERY AT
1011'

RE-EXAMINATION OF CAPT. RICK iPt)
MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS 0310,he
This being the day appointed for the re-f' fop
of Captain William Richardson, late cbairrSlOC:ipg
Tenbury, Worcester, and Ludlow Railvoi abh°;o
and who is at present ,a prisoner, charged Oirtt°
altered a cheque, drawn by the company °"."„tiogt
bank for 101., to a sum of 5,0001., and apPoPriled
proceeds to his own uses, the court was croir'',oo;°l;
early hour. Captain Richardson arrived althe
house, from the Compter Prison, at a quter!) to'.;ol
I and soon after 12 o'clock (the morning case-,qhccord
been disposed of by Mr. Alderman Wils°1;'010 Ytts
attended al hour earlier for that purpose) 0 ti
Mayor entered, accompanied by. Mr. Alcierillilt oo
and Mr. Alderman Wilson, and took seg
ti'
bench. th° 'OO
It will be remembered by our reacigra tht7',/ottr
soner had drawn a cheque'on Coutts' haDk cligto:,
messenger of Mr. Howells (a person
Stock Exchange), which, after receiving his rcptv.
ture as chairman cf the company, was the n orle
of the directors for their names, and altervv,hee,"
turned to the prisoner. The amount in ,p/
was ascertained had been altered to 50001., 7-000.4'00'
was paid in five notes at Coutts's ; and the Pri:o3l)°,
few days after got 3,000 in gold at the Bal' °„tie.
for some of the notes received upon the chel tot
prisoner was soon afterwards apprehende' tb`l
forgery. Aueteur,
Mr. 13ashe, of Bushe and Mullin's cc
be
; and Mr. Clarkson, with 'gr. Yi-per tbe
tbe office of Mr. Flowers, attended for the priOterecl
At half-past twelve Captain Richardson en
bar. He looked very confident. toolip
Mr. Skinner, 138 Dover-street, said he Was c
Wexford, Waterford, and Wicklow RailwaY,-,„essv to
Richardson i 3 a director of that railway. Vii"oiag
him since. October last. He remembered ';tith
the Bank of England for hitt' 00 DOI
note for. a thousand pounds. That
e
only note for such an amount 36
gone with in the month of July. At the ""-tieeti °:jteo
ceived that note, his (witness's) name was o'l reeeloet
He believed that the note produced was then t
teed rite
from Captain Riclaardn. Witness was direeeigos.eee,
it changed, receiving 500 in notes and 500 sovef coarroe
went to the Bank of England and got it °Son irj
Ile delivered that amount to Captain Richar tie
board-room, No. 3, Exchange-buildings. . tb°
Mr. Frederick William Cruse, clerk last 011 ote
office, Bank of' England—He remembered
A 0111 sd of
coining to him and getting a thousanujo, in
changed, he receiving 5001. in notes and
001
reigns.
MA George Brown, clerk At the-14•nao
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