The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-14 00:00:00

APRIL l4, 1851.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
A N S'ION- Or S

'ln answer to the complaint respecting the imperfect
condition of the weighing 01Pd:tine, it was stated that the
defendant had lately expended a large rum in having it
repaired.

His WORSHIP observed that as the defendant had
pleaded guilty, it was unnecessary for the inspector to
, state further particulars.
Mr. HENRY said—There is no doubt that a very gross
fraud has been practised, and it was clearly the duty of
the Master of the Household to bring the defendant
here to answer for it. Although an ingenious excuse
has been urged by the Learned Counsel that the
fraud was occasioned by the neglect of the servants
of the defendant, whose serious affliction has for some
time prevented him from personally superintending his
business, still the fact must be borne in mind that he
(the defendant) was the gainer by the fraud practised.
The servants derived no advantage from it, and I do not
think tbat they would have done it, if they had not been
aware that the practice was sanctioned by their em•
ployer. At any rate, the defendant is responsible for
the consequence of his servants' acts, since he has bene-
fited by them. I think the ends of justice will be served,
however, in this case, without requiring the full amount
of penalty to which the defendant is liable under the
Act of Parliament. I will take into consideration the
loss of a very valuable connexion which he has enjoyed
for many years, and which will be the very natural con-
sequence of this discovery. But, while I abstain from
inflicting the full penalty—namely, 8001., I must fix such
an amount as will serve as a caution to others in the
trade. The defendant is liable to a fine of Si. for every
deficient sack in each waggon; but, taking all the cir-
cumstances into consideration, I am disposed to limit the
penalty to 51. for five sacks in each waggon—
amounting, in all, to 1001.—and 51 for not having a
proper weighing machine. Although I have acted with
leniency in. fixing the amount of penalty, I desire, on
public grounds, to express my entire satisfaction with
the course taken on this occasion by the Master of the
Household.
The defendant was then fined 105/ and 105. costs.
W OR SHIP-STREET.
William Ifempster was charged with the following un-
provoked outrage upon Mr. William Holly, a confec-
tioner at Kingshuid.
The complainant, whose face was terribly contuse
and basidsged up with adhesive plaister, stated, that oh
the preceding afternoon be and a friend of his, named
Robinson, adjourned to a public-house for the comple-
tion of some business they had been transacting tow-
ther, when a sudden disturbance took place in the tap-
room, and the prisoner, who appeared to have been co—
ducting himself in such a scandalous manner as to render
his forcible expulsion necessary, was thrust out by some
of the persons inside; and, rushing upon the witness,
who was engaged in conversation with his friend, and
had not before even seen him, felled him to the grount;
by such a terrible blow in the face that the fish above
one of his eyes was laid completely open, the blood
gushed out over his clothes, and he was obliged to be
supported to the shop of a neighbouring surgeon, under
whose care he remained a considerable time before he
recovered sufficiently to return to his own residence.
The prisoner then attempted to effect his escape, bu,
was forcibly held by several of the customers until a
constable could be procured, when, upon M`Carthy, of
the N division, making his appearance, the prisoner
commenced an outrageous attack upon him also, struck
him two violent blows on the forehead and face, and it.
was not until the assistance of several other officers was
obtained that he was at length overpowered and dragged
to the station.

This statement was fully confirmed by the evidence
of the constable and the complainant's friend, Mr.
Robinson; and, the prisoner having pleaded intoxica-
tion, with an expression of regret for the injuries he had
inflicted,

Mr. Alarm'. sentenced him to pay a penalty of 3/.
for the assault upon the complainant, or in default to
undergo six weeks' imprisonment in the House of Cor-
rection, and a second penalty of 20s. for his attack upon
the constable, or in default to undergo three weeks' im-
prisonment, the second to commence at the expiration
of the first.

Neither of the penalties was paid, and the prisoner
was therefore removed in the van.
William and Susannah Woodward, husband and
wife, the former a stereotyper, surrendered in discharge
of their recognisances, to answer a charge preferred
against them by an elderly woman named Evans of
having stolen a deed of trust, or power of attorney, and
other legal documents representing property to the
amount of 103,0001._

It was intimated by Wren, the officer who appre-
hended the prisoners, that the prosecutrix was not then
in attendance to carry the case any further, and
Mr. HAMMILL therefore said that he should not con-
sider himself justified in detaining the embed any
longer, and, as no fresh evidence had now been adduced
which tended any more to support such a charge against
them, he should order them at once to be liberated.
CLERKEIV WELL.
Two elderly gentlemen and an elderly lady entered
the court in a state of excitement, to solicit the advice
and assistance of the magistrate under the following ex-
traordinary circumstances

Otte of the gentlemen, addressing Mr. Tyrwhitt, said
that the lady and gentleman who had accompanied him
to the court resided in St. Mary's-road, Canonbury-
square, Islington (the name was not mentioned). A
lady, possessed of considerable property, had lodged in
their house +or some time past. She was upwards of 80
years of age, and was on the point of being married.
Her intention. however, reached the ears of her dau2h-

ter, who resided in Belgium, and it would appear that
she had a fix-d determination to put a stop to the mar-
riage. On Friday afternoon the lady alluded to went
out with the elderly lady now present to take a walk
before dinner, and on passing through Canonbury-
,quare, a cabriolet, No. 1,025, drove up, when the
daughter of the lady opened tin' door. jumped nut f the
vehic'e, and, being a powerful young person, she seized
her mother, and, forcing her into the cab. orde, ed the
driver to go on, when he whippsd the horse and galloped
off, leaving the wife cf applicant's triend behind in a
state of }Hein and agitation. Tbis extraordin4ry pro-
ceeding took place under a plea that the old lady was
insane, which was not the tact, an that quws►ion had
been four times investigated, and she was proved to he

of sound intpllecr.
Mr. Mallett, the clerk, here asked whether the mother
resisted—did she scream or cry tut?—The lady presuit
replied, that she made no resistance whatever, but
alloyed herself tamely to be put iato the cabriolet.

Philip LzionF, Solomon ,{,rims, and S.srah Tipmv,
brouglir, before the I,ord char;.;ed,
with having had in his poi6e6bion 3'331 yards of silk
which had been stolen, and the two others with having
received the property, well knowing that it had been
stolen. The two latter prisoners were also charged
with having received five new coats which had been
stolen.

Mr. Humphreys said he appeared on behalf of Mr.
Attenb :rough, the pawnbroker, whose premises bad
been broken open on the night of the 3 lost of March, or
the lst of April, and plun&red of a quantity of valuable
property which had bi en I .tr in ple A person. who
had been seen in the neighbourhood where the robbery
was committed, had ben, on the subsequent day, appri—
hehded and examined as one of the persons concerned,
but was discharged from want of evidence. One of the
City police, howe‘er, in consequence of information
which he had received, called at Lyons's house, and
found wrapped up in a counterpane, and shaped like a
bed, a large quantity of good., which were now identi-
fied as part of the property which had been stolen from
Mr. Attenborough. The possession of the silk was ac-
counted for in the evidence, which would clearly trace it
to Solomon Hyams and his wife, by whom it had been
conveyed to the house of Lyons.
The evidence was then gone into at some length,
after which the prisoners were remanded.
BOW-STREET.
_ _ _

Jonathan Marchant, an aged man and totally blind,
carrying on business as a coal-merchant in the Adelphi,
and residing at 41, Gerrard-street, Soho, appeared to
answer five summonses charging him with having sup-
plied coals deficient is weight at Buckingham Palace,
and thereby defrauded her Majesty, and also with
carrying an improper weighing machine.
It appeared that the quantity of coals ordered was
twenty tons; that there was a deficiency in the weight
of nearly every sack in each of the four waggons, and
that the total deficiency was about two tons.
Mr. Huddlestone, for the defendant, stated that he
was consulting the wish of his client as well as bis own
discretion, in pleading guilty to the charges preferred
against Mr. Merchant by the Master of her Majesty's
Household; but although he adopted this course, he
(rusted he should be able to satisfy the Court that the
defendant, while legally guilty, was morally innocent of
the offence imputed to him. The defendant was seventy
years of age, and for the last three years, had been
afllcted with the total lo.is of his eyesight. In his
absence the business had been intrusted to a young
man named Isaacs, distantly related to him by
marriage, and it was to the neglect of the wharf clerk
and men employed under him that he owed his present
painful position. His client had carried on his business
for upwards of 45 years, during 17 years of which he
had enjoyed the proud distinction of supplying the
Palace coals; and during the whole period had never had
the slightest complaint made against him by the cos•
turners whom he had served, or the least reproach cast
urn his character.
James Isaacs, jun., whom the Learned Counsel then
exateintd, stated that he had attended to the business
of the defendant for several years pa4t, owing to the
calamity which had befallen Mr. Merchant, and which
had prevented his taking any part in the management
of the trade. On the 4th of April an order for 20 tons
of coal was receivr d from the Palace. Witness gave direc-
tions to the wharf clerk to see them properly weigh,d,
partly from the wharf and partly from the warehouse
stock. The coals in the warehouse are usually lighter
than the wharf stock, as the latter is often wet. Wit-
ness's father was the wharf clerk who ought to have
obeyed these directions. He was related to the de
tendant, and had been put into his situation at a time
when, through a failure in busines-, he was out of em •
ployment. Neither witness nor his father had any in-
terest in the business. except as servants of the de-
fendant, who had no partner. The price of the coal,
served to her Majesty was 255. 6d. per ton, at from six
to nine months' credit, being a fair market price.
James Isaac, sen., confirmed the statement of his son,
and attributed the deficiency in the weight of the costa
to the neglect of the men, who failed to attend to his
orders. It was the duty of witness to superintend the
weighing of the coals personally, but he neglected to do
this, trusting to the men, and wishing at the time to at-
tend to some other business which required his attention
before the return of the tide.
In reply to questions from the Learned Counsel, both
the witnesses stated that the defendant had supplied the
Palace with coals for seventeen years, and had always
telt the greatest pride in the honour thus conferred upon
him.