The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-30 00:00:00

SMITH AND BULLWINKLE V. HEMPSON.

This was an action brought before Mr. Secondary POT-
TER by the plaintiffs, two ladies, who keep a very respecta-
ble establishment at Holloway, for the education of young
ladies, to recover the sum of 51. 15s. 6d.

The sum sought for it appeared was a demand for the
education of the children of the defendant, who resisted the
payment in consequence of what he considered to be an un-
reasonable demand for stationery. An offer of 51. 10s. 6d.
had been made several times, but the plaintiffs refused to
accept of less than the whole amount. The sum of
Si. 10s. 6d. had been paid into Court, so that this action
was literally brought for 55., and expences were incurred to
the amount of about 301. to recover, that paltry amount.
Mr. CLARKSON, the barrister, strongly condemned the
conduct of professional men who would lend themselves to
the practice of heaping legal expences upon individuals.
The attorney for the plaintiff declared, and proved, too,
that he knew nothing whatsoever of the tender of the
51. 10s.-6d. He also assured the Court, that if he had
been informed of the fact, he would not have brought the
action.:

The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for the 55.,
and 40s. costs, so that the whole expences will fall upon the
defendant.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, A. 29.

(Before B. ROTCH, Esq., and a Bench of Magistrates.)
A respectable working man, named Oliver, was charged
with obtaining money, at different times, to the amount of
1/. Os. 6d., from the overseers of the parish of St. James,
Clerkenwell, by falsely representing himself to be in dis-
tressed circumstances, though at the same time he was re-
ceiving relief from the parish of Islington.
Mr. BODKIN, in stating the case for the prosecution, said
there was too much reason to fear that, under the present
system, cases like this were very common, and the effects of
the frauds were so injurious that almost any alteration
would be for the better. The Learned Gentleman called
the overseers of the two different parishes, who deposed to
the facts charged in the indictment.

The prisoner, in defence, had been compelled to solicit
the money from unfortunate circumstances. His wife had
died in eight hours from cholera, and a son about-sixteen
had been accidentally killed in Wilmington-square. Some
of the money had been given him to bury his wife. He
had been a jeweller, but the trade was so bad that he could
not live.

The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to be transported for seven years.
The CHAIRMAN having, in passing sentence remarked
upon the gross nature of the fraud, the prisoner alleged as
an excuse that he had paid plenty of poor rates in his time,
and the amount he had obtained back was very small.

DISCHARGE OF WOVENDEN. THE POLICE INSPECTOR.

In the course of the morning, Mr. Payne renewed his
application for the discharge of the Police Inspector, Squire
Wovenden, the accusation against whom we have already
given. Mr. Payne handed in the commitment, which stated
that the prisoner should be detained " until discharged by
due course of law," and the Chairman, after reading this
document, said these words had altered the view which he
first took of the case. The Grand Jury not having found
true bills, he thought the prisoner might now be dis-
charged, and he should therefore make the order, leaving
the authorities of the Old Bailey to act on it or not as they
thought fit.

THE GRAND JURY.
During the last two days the Grand Inquest have been
busily engaged in investigating cases which are set down for
trial at the ensuing Old Bailey Sessions.
When the Court closed yesterday there were nearly 100
bills which had not come before them, but, as a sufficient
return has been made both for this and the superior Court,
they will adjourn at the.end of the present week until
Thursday next, the 4th of September.
The gentlemen of the Grand Jury, from the fact of Bar-
tholomew Fair supplying a number of Middlesex prisoners
(thirty generally), are likely to have a tedious sitting.