The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-04 00:00:00

BOXALL V. BICKLEY.

This was an action of trespass brought by Mr. Richard
Boxall, a cornchandler and coachmaster, residing in the
Clapham-road, against Mr. Thomas Bickley, a saddler, of
the same place, to try the right of entry into certain pre-
mises which he alleged he rented of the defendant. The
damages were laid at 4/. 19s.
The plaintiff rented of the defendant a house in the
Clapham-road, of which be granted him a lease. There
was an adjoining wing, and the plaintiff considered that he
was entitled to the wing. The defendant it was proved
had resided in the wing for nearly thirty years. Some
short time ago he let the wing to his son-in-law, a shoe-
maker, and on the plaintiff entering the rooms he was
turned out, for which he brought his action to try the
question. It was contended that the premises had not
been demised to the defendant, and the counterpart of the
lease was put in and read.
The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. The trial
lasted four hours.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

Yesterday two persons, named William Twisden and
John Amos, otherwise Brooks, were brought before Mr. Al-
derman KELLY on suspicion of having stolen a warrant of
attorney for 6301. from Mr. Justice Vaughan's chambers,
the property of Messrs. Knight and Fyson, solicitors,
Church-Court, Clement's-lane.

Mr. Knight on Friday last attended at the Judge's
chambers to make an affidavit annexed to the warrant of
attorney, and he left both documents with the Judge's
clerk, stating that he would send for them in the morning.
On Thursday morning Twisden called upon him and stated
that the warrant of attorney had been found lying in the
street, and that he could get it back for three sovereigns.
He said the party who held it had been at some expense
to get it out of the hands of the person who found it, and
he produced a note signed " W. 13.," relating that the
paper had been found. Mr. Knight told him he was will-
ing to make him some compensation for his personal trouble
if he restored the paper, provided be was not the person
who stole it from the Judge's chambers, for he was satisfied
it could not have been found in the street, and for the sake
of the profession he would enter into no compromise with
the thief. Twisden said be would see the party and call
again. He was followed and observed to join the other
prisoner, and both of them were subsequently given in
charge to Mealy, a City policeman, on returning towards
Mr. Knight's office. The warrant of attorney was in the
possession of Twisden, being handed to him by Amos as
they were walking in the new street near the Mansion-house.
Mr. Wilkinson, the Judge's clerk, placed this document
with various other papers on his desk about two o'clock on
Friday, and did not miss it till the next morning, when
Mr. Knight's clerk applied for it. The other papers were
severally delivered to the owners, and this warrant of at-
torney must have been stolen during his occasional absence
from his room. He identified it by his initials written on
the margin.
The prisoners did not know the paper had been stolen.
They had offered to restore it to the gentleman who signed
it as a paper of great value to him, and because Mr.
Knight's address could not be traced in the document itself.
When they took it to Mr. Knight's it was with a view to
restore it, and it was unfair to turn on them and charge
them with felony.
Mr. Alderman KELLY, however, thought it was a proper
case to send for further investigation, and the prisoners
were committed for trial.