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London, England, 1834-12-25 00:00:00

SMALL V. ATTWOOD.

His LORDSHIP said it a plea to the supplemental bill
filed by the plaintiffs, which plea stated that Francis Bailey,
one of the plaintiffs in the supplemental bill, had disposed
of his shares and interest in the partnership, so that at the
time the bill was filed he had no interest in the concern, or
in any of the proceedings. This was the substance of the
plea, and the question was whether, under the circum-
stances of the case, it was a good defence to the bill. It
appeared to his Lordship that the facts as alleged by the
plea had not been made out, and consequently the plea
must be overruled.

Just peevious to Lord Lyndhurst leaving this Court this
day—_—

Mr. BOTTELER, as senior King's Counsel present, said
—Before your Lordship leaves this Court allow me, on
behalf cf the gentlemen of the bar,..w.ho..ire in the habit
of practising in this Court, to express . the strong sense
they feel of the uniform kindness and attention they have
experienced from your Lordship since you have presided-in
this Court.

His Lordship bowed to the whole bar, and immediately
retired.

SHERIFFS' COURT, DEC. 24.

JENKINS V. FROMOW.
Mr. HEATON stated this action to be brought to recover
ID/. 7s. Id. for money lent (1.50 and board, and dinners
furnished by the plaintiff, owner of the Bristol Coffee-
house in the Strand, to the defendant, who resides at
Norwich.

A Mr. Brook was examined to prove the case, and he
stated that he was in 1831 in the habit of frequenting the
Coffee-house in question, and had seen the defendant there.
He was shown two letters, which he swore were the de-
fendant's writing, for he had seen him write more than fifty
times. The defendant had admitted in the presence of se-
veral persons that he owed the plaintiff the sum of 151.
and regretted that,- in consequence of losses, he could not
pay him : that ho wished Mr. Jenkins would make out his
bill for board and dinners, and that it should be paid.
There was evidently much confusion in this witness's tes-
timony as to times and places where he said the defendant
had acknowledged the debt, and given his address at
Norwich.

The Jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict for
the plaintiff for 15/. 1 ls. 2d. : that is, 15/. money lent, and
11 s. 2d. for dinners.

DEBTORS' COURT.-DEC. 24.

dispose of the arrears, and
The Court sat this morillng
on its rising adjourned, at a late hour, until Friday, the 2d
of January.

Samuel Gibbs, coal-dealer, was opposed by Mr. ;:r9on-
ROFFE, on the part of Mr. Burrows, a coal-merchant. Be
was supported by Mr. COOKE.
The ground of complaint against the insolvent, was that
he had obtained a large quantity of coals from Mr. Bur-
rows shortly before he went to prison, and at a period when
his affairs were in a state of irretrievable derangement. It
came out in the examination of the opposing creditor, that
he had seen the insolvent in prison, and had told him in
the course of conversation, that if he put him in the sche-
dule, as a creditor, lie should oppose his discharge, as he
considered his debt had been incurred under aggravated
circumstances.

Mr. CooxE, on this admission, objected to the opposi-
tion. The Court had held, is a case of extensive fraud,
that a creditor who had made a similar proposition to his
debtor, could not afterwards complain of his conduct in the
contracting of the debt. An insolvent was bound by his
oath to insert in his schedule every debt be owed.
The opposing creditor was not aware of that circum-
stance ; be bad recovered debts which had been omitted
from schedules.

The insolvent was discharge.l, and Mr. Burrows was ap-
pointed assignee with another creditor.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday a very tall man, named George Glover, was
brought before Alderman KELLY, who sat for the Lord
Mayor, charged with having stolen a cash-box containing
402/. ls., in cash and bank notes, the property of Mr.
Larby, the owner of the Crown and Anchor public-house
in Moorfields, and of his brother-in-law.
Alderman KELLY committed the prisoner for trial.
The prisoner said not a word, and upon being asked
whether he wished to make any statement shoal( his 'head.
A blear-eyed cabman, named Michael Ryan, who has
been often seen in different parts of the town, acting some-
times as an omnibus driver ; sometimes as a cab driver ;
and not acting very creditably in either department of the
profession, was brought up by an officer who very humanely
protected him on the preceding night.
The officer as he was passing along the street saw the
defendant, who was driviag a cab, tumble from his seat.
The wheels passed over the defendants's legs, and a crowd
gathered round him, and witness raised him up and carried
him to the nearest surgeon, the general belief being that
the poor fellow must have had both of his legs broken. To
the astonishment of those who witnessed the accident, the
moment the defendant was put down in the shop he stood
upon his legs, and walked about as if nothing had hap-
pened. Witness did not think it possible that the wheels
of a cab should have rattled over a pair of legs with im-
punity, but could not refuse assent to the opinkin of the
surgeon, that no damage had been done. •
Alderman KELLY—What on earth are your legs made
of, defendant ; wood or cast iron ? Cabman—l do'nt think,
please your Worship, they are made otherways nor another
body's, but I know they always stand to me whether I'm
drunk or sober.

, Alderman KELLY (to the officer)—May you not be mis-
taken in saying that the wheels actually passed over his
legs ? Witness—Not at all. I saw it myself. The people
thought he was killed, but he was only drunk.
Mr. Hobler—l dare say he will get drunk again to-night,
upon the pretext that it was the gin that saved his life.
Defendant—No, your Honour. I'll never get drunk again
as long as 1 live.

Alderman KELLY—How often have you sworn that
within the last month ? Defendant—Every day I got
sober, your Worship.--(Laughter.)
Alderman KELLY—A very respectable cab-driver you
must be! I dare say that although your own legs escape,
you sometimes break the legs of your customers. De-
fendant—No, your Worship. I don't think I've broke
many legs.—(Great laughter.) I a'nt the driver of this
cab. The cabman was gone for to sup with his club and
play a game of cribbage ; and says he to me, " Alic," says
he, "go and earn a shilling ;" so I goes along, and I gets a
countryman of my own for a customer, so we stops and
drinks at every public-house we come to.

Alderman KELLY—And where did you part ?
Defendant—He left me in the Minories, for the mare
slipped there, and he was bowled eut into the mud ; so I
thought it unsafe to drive a man that couldn't keep his seat ;
for where a customer's bowled out the people always says
its my fault.

Alderman KELLY observed upon the numerous serious
accidents which happened in consequence of the looseness
of the law with respect to drivers. He was about to inflict
the penalty of 6s. upon the deputy cabman, but discharged
him upon being told that all the property found upon his
person was a farthing and a piece of an old horse-sltoe,
which he had pocketed for good luck.