The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

equity of the redemption of the property; and sectondly,
whether at the time of signing the paper of the 17th of
December, 1842, the contents and true purport of that
paper were known to the plaintiff.

If they were of Opinion that the plaintiff had such a
knowledge, then a verdict must be given for the defend-
ants on the pleas stated; but, if they thought he had not
such knowledge, then they must consider the amount of
injury inflicted by the imprisonment, and the circum-
stances, under which it had taken place, and award the
caunage3 acccr tingly.
The jury, after consulting a short time together in the
t,ox" without agreeing, retired to ccnsider their verdict.
After an absence of about two hours they returned a
verdict for the plaintiff against the two defendants, Col-
lard and Nash, damages, one farthing; for the defendant
Prance, Not Guilty.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
LIABILITY OF PARENTS.—IM RE Sr.. GARROD.
To-day was appointed for choice of assignees under
the estate of this bankrupt, who is a grazier at Hackney.
The bankruptcy was founded on an assignment for the
benefit of creditors. The debts were not considerable.
A proof was tendered by Mr. Green, a tailor, for 451,
for goods sold to bankrupt's son. The bill commenced
in IS4I, when Mr. Garrod, jun., was a minor, hut he
had been in the habit of paying money an account from
time to time. Mr. Green rested his claim on the fact
that the bankrupt was cognisant of the orders, and fre-
quently asked whether his son had paid the money, from
which it was to be inferred that he held himself respon-
sible if his son did not pay.
The bankrupt said he never countenanced any de-
mand on him on this account.
The COMMISSIONER asked what the son was ?
The Bankrupt said a clerk in the Stock Exchange,
had supported himself, although he slept at home ; he,
the bankrupt, never directly or indirectly authorized
the claimant to supply on his responsibility.
The COMMISSIONER—I do not consider you have any
right to prove under this estate, to the prejudice of cre-
ditors. You let the account run five or six years. and
take all you can from the son, never charging the father
till now. I cannot allow the proof.
Mr. Green—Then I will only claim for the time he
was a minor.
Mr. Commissioner GouLsuun—l can't help you—
you have not made out your case. You have, through-
out, been dealing with the son, and I cannot interfere.
In the case in bankruptcy reported yesterday, "Ile
Wray," it should have been the Taw Vale Railway
Company, not the " Torbay." The error was inad-
vertent, and in consequence of the difficulty of getting
at the proceedings, the Company was variously described
in other papers. The Taw Vale Railway and Dock
Company is correct.

SECONDAMES'.(THIS DAY.)
There was only one case set down for hearing this
day, and that was withdrawn.

GUILDHALL.--(THIS DAY.)

A policeman of the City force, named Robert ;Stokes,
was brought before Mr. Alderman Sidney charged with
committing the following shabby thefts from his " bro-
ther officers":—

It appeared from the statement of the inspector, Mr.
Joy, and other witnesses, that at the station-house in
Moor-lane there are about fifty of the men lodged, hav-
ing a mess-room and a kitchen in common, there being in
the latter a separate locker for each to keep his own pro-
visions, and other things. Every one of these lockers had
a different luck and key, notwithstanding which
from time to time it was discovered that one of the men
was in the habit of opening the lockers, in the absence
of the others, and pilfering the provisions. At length
suspicion fell on the prisoner, and his Sergeant Fowlger,
89, determined to watch him, and accordingly this morn-
ing, when the other men were at breakfast in the mess-
room, the prisoner was observed, through the window in
the kitchen, forcing open the lockers, and helping him-
self to slices of bread and meat from one and another. It
seemed that he cut a slice off one piece of bacon, which
had been marked to entrap him, as coins in a till are
sometimes marked to secure the conviction of a suspected
shopman. He was taken into custody, and, by order of
the Commissioner, brought to this court. He admitted
that he had stolen the bread and meat, but attempted
to justify himself on the pretence that it was usual for
the men to pillage each other in that way. This of
course was denied by the witnesses ; and the Alderman
observed that in ordinary cases he would have dealt with
so paltry a theft in a summary manner, but he thought
it necessary, wrien he found a policeman guilty of such
misconduct, to treat him with more than ordinary
severity, as it was expected from persons in his position
to conduct themselves with more than ordinary rectitude.
He committed the prisoner for trial.