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London, England, 1846-05-12 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGEN CE,

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 1
(Sittings at Nisi Prius.)
TUCKER V. ELKIN.

This was an action of ejectment. The plaintiff was
trustee under the will of the late Mr. Tucker, for his widow,
and sought to recover the possession of certain premises
which the defendant held under deceased, and from whom
deceased's son often received rent. Defendant contended that
lie held the premises under the assignee of anotker will, and
was not the tenant of defendant.

The case occupied a considerable time, but was of no public
interest.
The jury found for the lessors of the plaintiff.

COURT OF COMMOIV PLEAS, May 11

INGRAM v. LENNOX.
This was an action for the recovery of 1001., lent upon a
bill of exchange to a person named Williams, for whom de-
fendant became security. The defence set up was, that the
date of the bill had been altered after the defendant had first
seen it.—The jury found for the plaintiff.
The other cases tried during the day were of the same
character.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW STREET.

Mr. John Botcher, a medical student, and Mr. Roper, a
fellow-student and companion, both of St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, were finally examined on suspicion of stealing a
silver fork from an oyster-shop in Vinegar-yard.
The depositions of the former witnesses were fully taken,
and the following additional evidence elicited:—
John Tozer saw his sister, who served the oysters, carry up
two silver forks for the use of the prisoners, and, with her,
missed one of them immediately after the departure of the
young men from the shop. His sister went to look for them,
and meanwhile Dowker returned for his umbrella, and was
instantly charged with having taken the fork. He said, if
anybody took it, it must have been the young man who ac-
companied him, and whom he had known only a few hours,
having met him at Moncrieff's, where he had been playing
at cards with him. He was then given into custody.
Sergeant Chadwick took him to Bow-street. Dowker de-
nied that he had taken the fork ; but offered him half-a-
sovereign not to take him to the station-house. He said, in
the first place, that he was a student in King's College; but
after inquiry had been made, he referred witness to St. Bar-
tholomew's. Witness did not think him drunk. He ap-
peared confused, and might have been drinking ; but he knew
what he was about. Whilst at the police-station he wrote a
note to Mr. Clark, of the Artichoke public-house, in White
Hart. street, in the following words :—" Dear Clark,—Come,
and bring all the friends you can, as I am accused of stealing
a silver fork from an oyster shop."
Inspector Black took the charge at the police-station.
Dowker there stated that, " as he was passing along Holborn
(not knowing his way to Catherine-street), he met this man
in the street, and asked him to show him the way; upon
which they walked together to Moncrieff's, in Brydges-
street, and had some ale and played at cards together, after
which they went to the oyster-shop." He also told witness
that he knew Moncrieff; but, on the latter being sent for,
he said that "he never saw Dowker before, that he had not
been to his house, and that there was no such thing as a pack
of cards in his place."
The only evidence against the other young man (Roper)
was, that he was the party who accompanied Dowker to the
oyster-shop, having previously dined with him at Clark's,
where they were in the habit of meeting. Immediately on
hearing that he was suspected jointly with Dowker, he sur-
rendered himself for examination.
Mr. HALL decided on committing them both to the sessions
for trial, but consented to admit them to bail.
IVORSHIP-STREET.
John Conway, a powerful Irishman, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Bingham, charged with the following brutal out-
rage, and two other men, named Joseph Conway and James
Mann, were charged wit attempting to rescue the first-
named prisoner from custody, and violently assaulting the
police in the execution of their duty.
It appeared from the evidence that at 12 o'clock on Satur-
day night the prisoners forced their way into the Crown
public-house, in Church-street, Shoreditch, and demanded
to be served with drink, but the barwonsan, in consequence
of the lateness of the hour, refused to comply with their
orders, and requested them to leave without; on which John
Conway seized a large tumbler from the counter, and, smash-
ing it to pieces, flung the fragments at her head. On hear-
ing the uproar occasioned by the prisoners' conduct, Joseph
Drew, the potman, hastened to her assistance, and was re-
monstrating with the elder Conway, when he seized Drew by
the hair, and forcing him against the wall, attempted to
gouge out his eye with his thumb, and although thwarted in
his intention, inflicted such a severe laceration on the upper
part of the cheek with his nails that the eye became blood-
shot and much swollen. He finally struck the witness
several blows about the head, and was proceeding to
further violence, when several policemen, who had been
attracted to the house by the disturbance inside,
succeeded in getting in and seizing the first-named prisoner;
but the instant two of them, Sergeant Price and M'Govern,
66 H, had done so, they were struck down and severely
kicked by the other two men, who expressed their determi-
nation to rescue their companion, and resisted so violently
that it required the united efforts of six constables to over-
power them and convey them to the station.
In answer to the charge the prisoners all pleaded intoxica-
tion, and declared that they had no recollection whatever of
anything that had taken place.
This assertion, however, was positively contradicted by the
police, who described them as being both sober and perfectly
sensible of what they were doing.
Mr. BLNGHAM said he was sorry to see that the horrible
practice of gouging, which had been imported from the mast
barbarous part of the back settlements of America, was ra-
pidly gaining ground in this country; and as he was deter-
mined, in every case of the kind that came before him, to
check such brutality as much as possible, he should order
the elder Conway to pay a penalty of 4/. for his attack upon
Drew, or, in default of so doing, to undergo six weeks' im-
prisonment in the House of Correction, and in addition to
that, should commit him for the further term of one month,
without the infliction of any penalty, for the assault upon
the police; and sentence each of the other prisoners, whose
conduct had been of a less violent description, to 21 days'
imprisonment in the House of Correction, also without the
option of paying any penalty, for their participation in the
outrage.

LAMBETH.
INCITING • SERVANT TO PLUNDER HIS EMPLOTEIPir.;
Thomas Smith, Edward Waller, George Greenhiclt, and
Elliott, on a charge of in-
citing William Curtis, a servant in the employment of Mr.ireernery placed Alexander,
at the ablalrohfe whom ommar.re well known to the police,w
Stokes, a boot and shoe-manufacturer and leather-cutter in
an extensive way of business in the Walworth-road, to plun-
, der his master. It appeared that Sergeant Morton and Po-
lice-constable Quinnies, of the P division, had discovered that
the lad Curtis had been in the habit, for some weeks past, of
assembling with the prisoners, and, knowing the characters
of the latter, they acquainted Mr. Stokes with the circum-
wsotiva,nitaiciee.a Oinnteox,a:m6iTonign
go;"
,his stock Mr. Stokes missed a quan-
tity of leather, and also some shoes and boots, and, Curtis
being charged with taking them, he made a disclosure
which led to the apprehension of the prisoners. Curtis,
who was placed at the bar with the other prisoners, made
a lengthened voluntary statement, in which he said he
had been beset by the prisoners, who first by entreaties
endeavoured to induce him to rob his master, and
offered him half the value of every article he procured
for them. He, however, declined to do anything of the
sort, upon which they threatened to inform his master of
r.otnetLing that would transport him ; and, before doing this,
they also threatened to give him a couple of good thrashings.
At length, by their repeated threats, he complied with their
request, and had ou more than one occasion handed them
1 t nieces of leather over a fence from the premises of his master.
fthey subsequently pressed him to lock them into the shed
of Jiis master some night, so that they might rob the pre-
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WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.—The noblemen and gentle-
men educated at the above distinguished scholastic foundation cele-
brated their anniversary dinner on Saturday last, M tLe Thatched
House Tavern, St. James's-street.