The Sun.
London, England, 1834-02-18 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 17.

(Before Mr. Baron GuRNEY and a Common Jury.)

HALLEIT V. WOOD. •
This was an action brought for the recovery of a balance
of 121. 10s. alleged to be owing by the defendant, att at-
torney, in Clement's Inn, to the plaintiff, a tailor, in South
Molton-street for clothes. Tue plaintiff's demand for
good; e.ild and delivered to the defendant was originally
731. L. 6,1. There were several bill and cash transactions
between them, on which, together with a returned coat,
the defendant claimed a set-off—by which, it would appear
the plaintiff was indebted to him. Several witnesses were
examined on both sides respecting their knowledge of these
transactions; and a question arose respecting a 40/. bill,
❑otice to produce which wqs alleged by the plaintiff to have
been served upon the defendant. The defendant, on the
other hand, called upon the plaintiff to produce the bill ;
but this he was unable to do. .

The Learned JUDGE, in summing up, said that in the
ah,tnce of the bill the Jury must find for the defendant.
The Jury, notwithstanding, returned a verdict for the
plaintiff for the amount of his claim.
His LORDSHIP—I am sorry for it, Gentlemen, bec tuse
the verdict cannot stand ; it is not good in law; and is
only putting parties to further expense.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION 110 USE.

A young man, named George Perry, the driver of a
cab, was yesterday brought before the LORD MAYOR un-
der the following remarkable circumstances :
The proprietor of the Three Nuns Inn, in Whitechapel,
stated that a young man, named Charles Wright, the sou
of a linen-draper at Halesworth, in Suffolk, came to town
by the Brighton coach on Tuesday last, and slept at the
Three Nuns. Next morning he appeared to be in a state
of insanity, and witness directed that care should betaken
of him. He ran out of the house, however, and got into
a cab, but the driver, having been told that the man was
in a state of derangement, refused to drive. The unfor-
tunate young fellow then got into a coach, but the driver
acted as the cabman had acted, having received a similar
caution. The prisoner, however, was not so scrupulous,
and Mr. Wright having jumped into his vehicle, he paid
no attention to the remonstrance, but drove off. Appre•
hensions were entertained for the insane person, who had
money and other property about him, and at night he re-
turned to Whitechapel, but not to the Three Nuns, ap-
peared to be a state of great terror, was covered w
mud, and deprived of his cash and other property. The
prisoner was not with him, and a representation having
been made to the LORD MAYOR for a summons for the
cab-driver, his Lordship instantly ordered a warrant to
be issued.
Mr. Legg, a farmer, of Croydon, in Essex, saw- Mr.
Wright get into the prisoner's cab, and called out to the
prisoner-that the gentleman was mad ; the caution was,
however, altcitether disregarded.
The landlord of the White Hart Inn, at Romford,
stated that at about five o'clock on Wednesday, the pri-
soner drove Mr. Wright up to the hense. Soon niter
the arrival, Mr. Wright sent for the witness and toLiabito.
to discharge the cabman, as, it was_his intention to., go
further into the country with nest-horses. Witness kohl
the cabman, who required to be paid his fare, and Mr.
Wright, upon being informed of the cabman's desire,.said,
" Oh yes," and wanted the witness to lend him four or
five pounds. Witness perceived in a very short time that
Mr. Wright was decidedly mad, and mentioned to the
cabman his belief with respect to the condition of that
gentleman's mind ; " Oh, A kr.om he is mad," said the
cab.aan. " And what made you bring him here ?" 930
the witness. " I didn't know (replied the prisoner) until
I saw the Braintree coachman on the road, and he tola
me that people were looking for 'the gentleman at the-
Three Nuns."
The waiter at the White Hart Inn, Romford, stated,
that Mr. Wright hail, when at the Inn, two silver
watches, to one of which were attached two small seals
and a guard. He had also a purse, in which witness saw
a sovereign and some paper, but it was impossible to say
whether it was Bank paper or not. Witness was in the
room when the cabman -entered and demanded his fare,
and Mr. Wright said upon the occasion, " I gave you
two sovereigns as we came along." The cabman denied
having received the money, and Mr. Wright pulled out
one of his watches, and wanted witness to land him three
sovereigns.upon it.
'I he proprietor of the White Hin said, in addition to
his evidence, that he advised the cabman to drive the un-
fortunate gentleman back again to town, and received his
promise to do so. After paying the bill, they went off
towards town.
-Mr. Wright had, it appeared, ordered tea for the cab-
man, and asked him to stop at Raenford all night.
Mr. Beaufoy, of Whitechapel, stated that Mr. Wight
walked into his house on Wednesday night, and said that
people wanted to murder him. He had neither purse

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nor watch about him, and bad evidently fallen in the
mud.
A gentleman, named Bisset, stated that lie had seen
Mr. Wright before that gentleman went to Rumford, and
he had at the time a watch with a guard to it, and, to
the best of witness's belief, ten or twelve sovereigns in his
purse. There were two or three seals attached to the
watch.
A constable, who executed the warrant, found a bunch
of small seals upon a ring on the person of the prisoner ;
and Mr. Bisset and the waiter of the inn at Rumford
stated that they resembled the seals which were attached
to one of Mr. Wright's watches.
The LORD Mayoa said the case was certainly one of
very great suspicion, but perhaps the prisoner could satis-
factorily account for the possession of the seals, as well as
for his conduct in driving the gentleman to Romford, and
in not taking him back to the Three Nuns Inn.
Mr. Hobler, jun., who appeared for the prisoner, did
not offer any explanation in the present stage of the
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inquiry.
Tlo LORD MAron—lt is quite at the prisoner's option
to explain or not.
Mr. Holder, jun.—His case has been only just put
into my hands. The insane person might have been
robbed after leaving the cab, and my client might have
found the seals in the cab.

The LORD MAI-ma—We must have somebody from
Brighton to look at these seals. lam afraid that many
losses of this kind occur in cabs.

The prisoner was then remanded till Saturday.
Two respectably dressed men, named Donovan and
Jones, were brought up on a charge of robbery.
Miss Alaiy Ann Davison, of the Bank Coffee-house,
stated, that as she was walking withlit.gentleman of the
name of Graves, near the corner of Hounsditch, there was
a crowd of persons collected. The prisoner Donovan
stood in her way, and coughed, and immediately several
persons surrounded her. The prisoner took her suddenly
by the arm, and said, " you don't take care, Ma'am,
you'll be run over," although there was nothing coming
along in the sweet from which she could apprehend injury
'of the kind. The prisoner Donovan then, and the others
who were with him, went off, and witness upon putting
her hand in her pocket missed her purse, which contained
two sovereigns and some silver. It was proposed by Mr.
Graves that they should go back in search of the thieves,
and on their return they met Donovan, who shunned
them, and would have gone off had not the witness seiz,d
him by the arm and put him into the custody of an officer.
She knew nothing of the prisoner Jones.
An Irish watel.man said be beard a cry of " Stop
thief," on the spot, and saw Jones running along and
joining Imtily in the cry. As Jones ran along, his hat,
in which was his handkerchief, fell off, but on he ran
quite regardless of his loss.
Hobler, jun. (for the prisoner)—He was running
after the thief.
The LORD MAYOR,--.0, no doubt of it ;he cared not
how he sacrificed his own property for- the sake of public
justice.—(A lauja.)
The watchman—He was running after the people, but
there was nobody running before lien.—(Laughter.)
Remanded.