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his banker's book, did pay a larger sum to another cre-
ditor at the time Mr. Letnale's bill was due.

An explanation was about to be given on this subject,
but

Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE said he should not
pronounce judgment at present, but would allow the
bankrupt a fortnight to see what he would really propose.
both with respect to the furniture and provision for his
creditors.

SHERIFFS' COURT, October 22.
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCUELL.)
CANNON V. MYERS.

The plaintiff in this action is the landlady of the
White Horse, Ray-street, Clerkenwell, and the defendant
is a rag merchant and Government contractor. The
action was brought to recover the sum of 3L Os. Bd. for
ale, beer, &c., alleged to have been supplied by the
order of the defendant.

The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted.
Mr. WAKELnici stated the plaintiff's case, from which
it appeared that in April last, the defendant had an ap-
peal at the Middlesex Sessions, and had a great maay
witnesses on his behalf. On that occasion defendant
went to the plaintiff's house, and asked whether a room
had not been engaged by persons of the name of Nathan
and Lazarus for his (defendant's) witnesses? and on being
answered in the affirmative, he said his witnesses were
to have what they required, for which he would settle.
Miss Ellen Cannon was called, and gave evidence as
to the supply of the articles, and that defendant distinctly
gave the orders.
There were between thirty and forty witnesses.
After the case was over, defendant went and " stopped
the supplies." On the bill being given, he said he did
not believe so much had been supplied, and he would
not believe it if Mrs. Cannon swore till she was black in
the face, but he would go round to the witnesses, and if
their account agreed with it he would pay, but he had
never done so.
Frederick Miller was called, and also deposed to the
defendant having stopped the supply after the appeal,
and that he said he would call in a day or two and pay.
Mr. SIDNEY for the defendant, contended that
it was highly improbable such an unlimited order would
have been given, and said that Nathan and Lazarus
ought to have been called if they were clerks or agents
of the defendants. _ .

Siviers, wine and commission agent, Stepney, was
called, and swore that he went with defendant after the
appeal was over and saw Lazarus behind the bar, and
defendant was told that he had ordered what had been
supplied. Defendant said that Lazarus might pay, he
would pay what he had then, and they had refreshment
to the amount of 7s. The bill was tendered to de-
fendant, but he would not pay.
Other witnesses were called, but,

. .
The UNDER-SHERIFF said, all the witnesses went to
prove the plaintiff's case, and asked whether Mr. Sidney
intended to call Lazarus?

Mr. SIDNEY replied in the negative.
The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF asked the jury whether
they entertained any doubt; if not, it would be. unneces-
sary for the plaintiff to reply?
The jury said they had not, and returned a verdict
for the amount claimed.

There were only four cases in the list, and the others
were not of the slightest interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
Maria Donald was placed at the bar charged with
stealing a purse containing 19s. and some trinkets from
a gentleman named Gooiyer, in Farringdon-street, on
Monday evening.

When the case was called on the prosecutor was not
in attendance, and the Alderman, Sir Peter Laurie,
having ascertained that the prisoner was not known to
the police. and certainly was not one of the females who
infest the streets of the City, strongly censured the con-
duct of the prosecutor in omitting to come forward to
substantiate the charge, said, that in consequence of the
statement of the police, he was disposed to think that
the prosecutor was mistaken.
Whilst the magistrate was speaking, Mr. Goodyer
came into Court, and having apologised for his un-
avoidable delay, and declared that he had no intention
of abandoning the charge, of the truth of which he was
perfectly convinced, he said that on Monday evening,
at seven o'clock, as he was passing through Farringdon-
street, the prisoner accowed him, and asked him the
way to Bride-lane. As he was giving her an answer le
was hustled by two "gentlemen" so violently that his
" breath was taken away," and in the meantime the pri-
scaler abstracted his purse fro►n his great coat pocket,
and ran off. Ou Wednesday evening he met
.her on
Blackfriars-bridge, and gave her into custody.
The prisoner denied the charge, and referred for her
character to the person. with whom she resided, and to
the tradesmen for whom she worked.

After hearing the inspector of police and other con-
stables, as well as the friends of the prisoner, the magis-
trate dismissed the case.
BOW-STREET.
A cabman named Sidney Kersey, was charged before
Mr. Hall with being concerned in stealing a watch and
chain from the person of a gentleman, whose name we
did not hear.

The prosecutor said that on Wednesday night he was at
a public-house in Long-acre, and seeing the prisoner with
his cab opposite the door, he offered to hire him, but the
prisoner said he would not take him, as he was en-
gaged. Witness then went away, but had not got far
from the shop when he was met by some women, who
laid hold of biro, and attempted to seize his watch.
Witness pushed them away, but the prisoner, who had
followed him from the cab, caught him by the arm and
held him while the women robbed him of his watch and
chain. Witness was not quite sober, but he was per-
fectly collected, and able to know what passed.
The prisoner called in his defence a witness, who said
that he and a friend took the cab in Barbican, to drive
to L mg-acre, when they stopped at the public-house to
get change, and give the prisoner his fare and some-
thing to drink. The prosecutor was there, very drunk,
and was twice turned out by the landlord, and he offered
to take the prisoner's cab, but the prisoner refused to
drive him. The prosecutor went away, and the prisoner
returned with witness and his friend to the public-house,
where he remained for some time. The prosecutor,
after some time, again came into the public-house, and
charged the prisoner with stealing his watch. Witness
told him he must be mad to make such a charge against
a man who had been in the public-house ever since he
himself left it, and was there at the time he said he was
robbed. The prosecutor, however, insisted on giving
the prisoner in charge.
The other witness corroborated this statement.
Policeman F 53, who took the prisoner into custody,
said that he and his witnesses were sober, but the pro-
secutor was drunk.
Mr. Ham. said there was no foundation for the charge,
it ought not to have been made, and the prisoner ought
not to have been taken into custody. If the prisoner
chose to bring an action for false imprisonment he
would be pretty sure to get heavy damages.
UGdf boy,--SfToßm was
a gig,
The prisoner said he would do so, for it was a very
hard case.
MARLBORO
EET.
John charged this
morning
and a pair
ofleather soles.
said he drove up on Wednesday night about a quarter be-
fore seven o'clock to a house in Jerreyn-street. The de-
ris,
fendant and another lad came up to hold the horse, which
Fr P
Gen. F withlo stealing an
aat 3
e g
living
he gave to the boy Frampton, and went into the house,
minutes, and found when he came out that
leaving his top-coat in the gig. He had been insi.le
ahbisoucotatt was gone. He gave the boy into custody, and
at the station- house property was found on him which
he had come by improperly.
James Macmillan, 104, Gerard-street, said the de •
fendant, his errand-boy, had been sent up to Carnaby-
street, on business, some hours before this took place.
4rr, great
: t
coat
Edward.square, Kensington,
n
The pair of leather soles found on the boy, he
said, were his property, and had not been given him.
Just before leaving the boy made a pretence of going
down to wash his hands in the cellar, where the soles
could be found, and no doubt had taken them then.
The prisoner said he knew nothing of the coat what-
ever ; but as to the soles, he said they were his master's,
which he had been induced to take by one of the work.
men, who meant to put them on his own boots.
Mr. Mummt said, as the coat had not been dis-
covered he would remand the boy till this day week.
MARYLEBONE.
The lad Callaghan, whose case was remanded on a
charge of pigeon stealing, was again brought before Mr.
Long.
Mr. Courtney, of No. 9, Finchley-road, was satisfied
that the birds in the possession of police-constable Grant,
63 S, were his property, and
Martha Ballenger, residing at 3, Finchley-road, de-
posed to havi
ing to Mr. c t , • dtake each a pigeon
our nay s premiseys, an
ng seen four bos go over the wall belong-
from a coop.
The boy having confessed to the robbery was com-
mitted for trial.

of his employers.
SOUTHWARK.
pro .ipaemr, ;8 Simmons,
a porter in the employ of Messrs.
Turner, hair dealers, Leadenhall-street, City, was placed
at the bar, charged with stealing a quantity of hair, the
Burton, a constable of the M division, said that on the
previous evening he was on duty in Bermondsey-street,
when he saw the prisoner enter a marine store dealer's
with a bundle under his arm. He followed him in, and
saw him produce from the bundle a quantity of hair,
which he offered for sale; but the shopkeeper refused to
make any purchases. Suspecting the property to be
stolen, he (the officer) questioned him respecting it, when
IT ascertained it had been stolen from the warehouse of
his frnployers. He accordingly took him into custody.
The hair was identified by one of the complainant's
men, who had clipped it from various heads.
A clerk in the same
employ said, the prisoner had
bout three years, and the utmost
confidence was reposed in him. His employers, how-
been in their service
ever, had no wish to press the charge as the prisoner had
a wife and family dependent u
pon his exertions.
Mr. SECKER said he could
not overlook the prisoner's
con luct. Ile had been guilty of a serious crime, which
would have caused him to have been transported had the
prosecutor desired him to commit him for trial. lie 1
sheuld, under the circumstances, sentence him to three
months' imprisonment.
W 0 RSI-HP-S T RE R7'.
A middle-aged man,
named John Lacy, was placed at
the bar, before Mr. Broughton, charged with brutally
asstuiLl' g his wife Ann Lacy, and also seriously injuring
police-constable Townshend, of the K division, with a
poker,‘ whilst assisting in his apprehension.
Townshend, who bore manifest marks of severe treat-
ment, stated that whilst on duty in Bethnal-green-road,
about
ten o'clock at night, the prisoner's wife ran up,
llboceiditing profusely from adreadful wound in her head,
which she stated had been inflicted by her husband with
a poker, and claimed his protection. The woman was in
a fainting condition, and witness assisted her to the house
of a neighbouring surgeon, who pronounced the injury
to be of a very serious description, and di
rected her