The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-03 00:00:00

LA W INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 1.
(Before Mr. Commissioner FONELANQUE.)
IN RE 110DGHINSON.

This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a slater
in Western-street, Pentonville, came up for bis certificate,
and was opposed on behalf of the assignees, on the
ground that he had fraudulently made away with the
whole of his property to one creditor. His debts were
nearly 2,0001.
The Solicitor to the assignees asked for an adjourn-
ment, until an action against the party to whom the
property was made over had been tried.
For the bankrupt it was urged that it would be much
more beneficial to the creditors if the certificate was
granted, as then the bankrupt would be a competent
witness.

The Learned COMMISSIONER said, that if an adjourn-
ment took place, the assignees must pay the costs.
The Solicitor said the bankrupt came up of his own
accord, and as his conduct had been anything but satis-
factory, it was hard to make the creditors bear the
expense.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said, that although the
bankrupt came up of his own accord, the opposite party
were bound to be prepared. A bankrupt ought not to
be put to expense in such a case. The opposition was
withdrawn.

SECONDARIES' COURT, Jan. 1.
(Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.)
BISGOOD V. DEMPSEY.
This was an action brought on a bill of exchange, of
which the defendant was the acceptor. The defendant
did not deny his acceptance, but pleaded that the bill
had not been endorsed by the drawer.
The Rey. Benjamin Pratt, of St. Giles's Chapel, St.
Pancras, was called, and proved that he knew Mr.
Murphy, the drawer of the bill, and received it from him
duly endorsed. He knew Murphy's hand-writing, and
had seen him sign other bills.
Verdict for the plaintiff.
This was the only defended case. Great inconvenience
arose in consequence of the parties in other causes not
being present, and the cases were struck out of the list
and the jury discharged.
The SECONDARY observed, that in writs of inquiry,
the notice was, that they were to be executed between
eleven and one ; the jury, however, would not be de-
tained, but if necessary, a jury of gentlemen in the
neighbourhood should be called together.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

One of the partners of the firm of Crowley and Co.,
carriers, King-street, Smithfield, appeared before Mr.
Alderman Challis, to answer the complaint of Charles
James, for unlawfully detaining a carpet bag and its
contents, booked at their office, to be sent to Chester.
The complainant said the bag contained a suit of
clothes and other things, intended for a boy, and was
taken to Messrs. Crowley's, as general carriers, on the
2d of December. A receipt was taken, and three
weeks elapsed before he heard that it had not reached
its destination. The party at Chester made complaint
there, and was assured it had not arrived. He now
complained, therefore, that Messrs. Crowley had not for-
warded the bag, but detained it in London. The de-
fendant's negligence had obliged the parties in the coun-
try to buy new clothes, as the boy was coming to Lon-
don next week.

The innkeeper said he was not at all to blame, and he
did not detain the parcel. The Alderman was probably
aware that the Grand Junction Railway Company was
a monopoly, and would not allow the carriers to have
separate trucks, and take care of their own goods. They
were obliged to deliver them to the Company. He could
prove the delivery of this carpet-bag to the Company,
and he bad written for an explanation, but there had
not been sufficient time to allow of investigation. The
complainant made his first application on Christmas-
day, and a letter was addressed to the Company next
day, to which no answer had yet been given, owing to
increase of business incident to the season. He should
have an answer in two or three days. These great com-
panies would not move in business at the steam engine
pace.
r„,The complainant asked if he was to be the sufferer
because other people were dilatory ? Was not thirty
days a monstrous time for a railway to do anything ?
Mr. Alderman CHALLIS had no doubt the non-delivery
of the parcel had occasioned very great inconvenience,
which Messrs. Crowley regretted fully as much as he did;
but the complainant could very easily understand that
carriers of all descriptions were overburdened with busi-
ness just now. If the application had been made three
weeks ago, there would have been time to look over the
books and make inquiries immediately, but now they
were so constantly engaged with the current business
they had not time to refer to the past. The application
for a little delay was, he thought, perfectly reasonable.
The complainant said he should object to any delay.
Next week he must buy the boy another suit of clothes.
Mr. Alderman CHALLIS said the innkeeper ought not
to be called upon to do more than he could do. He couli
not make slow bodies move quick. The complainant had
better wait a few days longer.
The complainant said he had waited too long already.
He would instantly commerce an action.
Mr. Alderman CHALLIS said, if the complainant
would not be assisted by an adjournment he must dis-
miss the complaint.
The complainant retired, vowing he would bring an
action.

BOW-STREET.
An errand boy, named Robert Mitchell, in the service
of Mr. Cox, of 29, Southampton-street, Covent-garden,
was charged with stealing 171, the produce of a cheque
entrusted to him by his master.
Mr. Cox merely stated that the boy, on being sent to
his banker's with a cheque for the above amount, ob-
tained the money, appropriated it to his own purposes,
and then absconded.—He was remanded for a week.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

George Heald, a lad in the service of Mr. Duddy,
butcher, Drummond-street, was summoned by the So-
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty, to Animals, for
having wantonly and cruelly ill-treated and beaten an ox.
John Ditton, constable, in the service of the Society,
said he saw the defendant, on Monday last, beating an
ox over the head with a bludgeon about as thick as his
wrist, and with a spike at each end. The defendant
struck the animal with his full force over the nose, caus-
ing the blood to flow freely. Next he struck a blow
over the eye, which caused a swelling as big as a fist ;
and, lastly, he struck the animal on the hock, and
brought it instantly to the ground. Witness had never
seen an animal beaten with greater cruelty.
The defendant denied the charge. The ox and a
companion had been driven from the country to be
slaughtered, but when near the slaughter-house, being
very wild, they ran off different ways. Defendant fol-
lowed one of the animals through a great number of
streets, and was obliged to hit it occasionally to prevent
it doing mis-hief. The animal ran into a bakers shop,
and was with difficulty got out. In fact, it was so will
that it was found necessary to have it slaughtered as soon
as possible.
The brother of the defendant said defendant was a
very humane character, and could get a character from
different master butchers with whom he had lived, to
that effect.

Mr. HARDWICK said, there ought to be some other
means adopted to get beasts into the slaughter-house
than the ordinary practice of driving them through the
streets to the manifest peril of the passengers. It was
intolerable that drovers should be allowed to beat and
half kill animals on the public streets to get them to en-
ter the slaughter-houses. It was evident that according
to the present system it was necessary to use some de•
gree of violence with the animals intended for slaughter,
but then the public must not be disgusted by those
scences of cruelty which too frequently took place.
Mr. Thomas, the secretary, said the behaviour of the
drovers was often the occasion ofmaddening the wretched
animals under their charge. In fact, they appeared in
many instances to consider it quite a pleasure to irritate
and beat an animal of more than ordinary wildness.
The defendant's brother said, even if the beating about
the head had taken place as described by the constable,
still the only being aggrieved would be the defend-int%
master, as the bruises would deteriorate the value of the
meat.

Mr. HARDWICK thought that the sufferings of the
poor animal ought not entirely to be left out of con-
sideration.

The defendant's master said be killed the ox, and he
Nvs.!i_erertain there were no bruises on it.
Mr.
twiviteinteselimy Aitonaw iocf t
x said he
constable,
not
whodisregard the posi-
,been an eye-
of what
ai had occurred. It was time something
eye-
was
sha it: e endeetalb
et e r. the system of driving cattle through
a In an excited state.
tint was fined 20s. and costs.
CLER/CEN WELL.
A decent looking 7
was charged with stealinng nun, named George Senan,
poor Irish woman named a I'lll'4, the property of a
street, Clerkenwell. a'"4le, residing in John-
The woman deposed, that a few day
and ink
an the prisoner
came into her house on pretence of sago
given her a deposit of a sovereign, a lodging'
give a reference, and when she went for thee Offered to
the prisoner walked off with the shawl. On hrseitteparture
the poor woman discovered that the sovereign was bad,
Mr. Mosely, a merchant, residing in Hatton- garden,
gave evidence as to the good character of the prisoner,
and said be felt confident that the prosecutrix was mis-
taken.

The cue was remanded, but bail to the amount of 201.
was received for the prisoner's appearance at this Court
on a future day.

MARYLEBOIVE.
Mary Ann Judd, a young woman, living in Stephen-
street, Lisson-grove. was charged with having stolen a
bundle containing a quantity of linen, &c., from little
boy, named Henry Woodman, only nine years of age.
The child deposed that on Monday last, as he was
going home with a bundle of things which he had
brought from Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, for his
mother to wash, he Was accosted in the New-road by
the prisoner. who asked him if his name was Wood •
man ; he told her it was, and after she had put a few
other questions to him tespeoting his mother, she sud-
denly snatched the bundle from him and ran off with it ;
the robbery took place at the corner of Quebec-street.
It further appeared that the prisoner was well known to
the polite, and that Grimwood, wbo had been constantly
upon the look out for her during the last few days, suc-
ceeded in securing her yesterday morning, in Stingo-lane.
None of the stolen property had yet been found.
The prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the rob.
be ry,
was remanded
lin tillwThursday
betweennex 40 and 50 years
t.
Margaret God g,
the bar
of age, was placed
a the before Mr. ',long, ellarged
with having stolen several articles of plate, the property
of Mrs. Sarah Warne, living $t the Retreat, Grove-
street, Camden-town. lt appeared from the evidence
and
that the isoner bad needle-woman, that upon many occasions frequently been employed at the
house as
silver spoons had been suinewil ; the acctued, who Vral