The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-23 00:00:00

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED:

J. Dobson and W. Dobson, Bradford, spindle and fly
makers—J. Cheetbmn, and P. Novelli, Chadderton, Lan-
cashire, cotton spinners—J. Leigh and W. Leigh, Bir-
mington, Chester, commission
.agents—T. Redfern and
J. Bourne, Birmingham, gunmakers—T. W. Wheeler
and D. Wheeler. Frome, Somersetshire, butchers—J. S.
M'Culloch and D. Swainson, Liverpool, outfitters—W.
R. Blakesloy and T. Blakesley, Bread-street, Cheapside,
wine merchants—T. A. Hill and B. Martin, Park-street,
Camden-town, chemists—J. S. Sterns, jun., and W. T.
Pittman, Hercules-passage, Threadneedle-street, stock
brokers—E. Sharpe, M. Cartwright, and R. Rowley,
Swadlincote, Derbyshire, manufacturers of fire bricks.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. •
lohu Moody, Scawby, Lincolnshire, miller.
Elizabeth Fisher, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, milliner.
Benjamin Turner, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, farmer.
Sidney Braithwaite, Smethwick, Staffordshire, clerk to
a railway contractor.
H. T. Murrell, Heigham, Norwich, attorney's clerk.
W. Robinson, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, miller.
John Eddington, Bottesford, Lincolnshire, farmer.
Amelia Varley, Cheetham, Manchester.
James Leyland, Chorley, Lancashire, block-cutter.
C. Dancer, Castle Darlington, Lancashire, baker.
John Stokes, Loughborough, Leicestershire, gardener.
George Wilson, Maidstone, carpenter.
Stephen Collins, Limpenhoe, Norfolk.
Deborah Crane, Coveton St. John, Norfolk, grocer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Marshall, Glasgow, baker,, to meet April 24 and
May 16, at one, within the Waterloo Tavern, Glasgow.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, April 22.
'Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a

Bench of Magistrates.)
Samuel Ilamment, aged 27, was indicted for having
stolen 10/. in gold from the person of John Thomas.
Mr. Metcalfe appeared to defend the prisoner.
As the details of this case appeared in our police re-
port, under the head of '6 Worship-street," a few days
since, it will merely, upon the present occasion; be ne-
cessary that we should state such a portion of them as
shall refresh the memory of our readers as to what the
case is.

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The prisoner is a cabman; and the prosecutor, having
arrived at Southampton on board the Bentinck India-
man, was there paid off, receiving 27/. in sovereigns and
half-sovereigns. From Southampton he journeyed to
London by the South-Western Railway, and upon reach-
ing the Waterloo station he went to the Spread Eagle,
in Gracechurch-street, where he took a cab, of which the
prisoner was the driver. Upon placing his luggage on
the cab he found that a favourite parrot had been loft at
the station, whereupon he gave directions to be driven
back there. Having regained the bird he desired the
prisoner to drive him to Turner-squere, Hoxton, where,
on their arrival, he paid 7s. 6d. as the fare, and out of
good fellowship desired "to stand a glass of grug." The
prisoner then drove him to several public-houses, at which
they had grog. As they were leaving one of these houses
the prisoner put two women into the cab with him, '
but, as be thought their object was to rob him, ho "cap-
sized" them out again and closed the door. They then
drove on, and the prisoner " brought up" at some wine-
vaults in Hoxton. Here they had some more grog, the
prosecutor standing treat; and as they were quitting
this place the prisoner shifted his badge to another man,
and, having got into the cab with the prosecutor, called
out to the man on the box to drive on. The prisoner
took his seat at the " stern" of the cab, while the prose-
cutor was obliged to sit " for'ard." After they had pro-
ceeded a little way the prisoner made a " lurch for'ard,"
and before he could be " righted" himself the prosecutor
felt his hand on his waistcoat pocket, in which were
27/., composed of sovereigns and half-sovereigns. When
they " brought up" again at Hoxton he felt in his
pocket and found that 101. of the money had been taken
trora him. They both then got out, and the prisoner
demanded the payment of a third fare; for, in addition
to the first payment of 7s. 6d., he had been paid a
second demand for fare of 103. The third demand the
prosecutor refused to comply with, and, a disturbance
ensuing, the policeman, when he came up, took the num-
ber of the cab. The prosecutor stated that after he had
turned the women out he had counted his money and
found it to be all right, but that on counting it after the
cabman had made his " lurch" 104 of that money was
gone. Eventually the prisoner was given into custody.
Cross-examined by Mr. METCALFE—He was unable
to say whether the money he had lost was in sovereigns
or half-sovereigns. He should think that the money he
had received at Southampton, which was all in gold,
was paid in about one-third of half-sovereigns, but he
could not swear that in this 101. his loss had consisted
even of one sovereign and the remainder in half-
sovereigns, or two half•sovereigns and the rest in so-
vereigns.
Mr. METCALFE here submitted to the Court that upon
the decision of the judges, Mr. Justice Erle being the
only dissentient, in "The Queen v. Bond," 4 Denison's
Criminal Cases, there was an end of the case, for there
it had been held that it was necessary for the prosecutor
to swear to the identical value of the coin lost. In
" The Queen v. Bond" that aecessity had not been com-
plied with, and therefore the judges had ruled that the
indictment could not be sustained.
Tho Learned JUDGE said he should like to seo the
case. If his recollection served him rightly, it had
there been laid that the money stolen was described as
of " every coin of the realm." _ _

Mr. METCALFE said that was so, and that the money
which had been stolen had amounted to 2001. or 3001.,
or even a larger sum, but the prosecutors upon the trial
had been unable to swear specifically what coin the money
lost consisted of, and, therefore, the judges sitting on the
" reserved cases" had held that such a description being
necessary the indictment could not be sustained.
The Learned JUDGE—Was he to understand the
Learned Counsel to say that " The Queen v. Bond" was
" all fours" with the present case?
Mr. METCALFE—Certainly; and so strong was the
opinion of the Court as to the necessity of proof in this
particular that the only dissentient on the bench was
Mr. Justice Erle.
The prosecutor then, in answer to questions from the
Court, said that however much be had gone to "leeward"
in this business, still he should be sorry to swear
wrongly, and he had no hesitation in stating that he
could not swear quite positively whether his loss con-
sisted of sovereigns or half.sovereigns alone, or whether
it consisted of a certain number of sovereigns and a cer-
tain number of half-sovereigns, or whether one sovereign
and the remainder in half-sovereigns, or whether it con-
sisted of any given number of one coin or the other.
The Learned JUDGE said it was quite clear the prose-
cutor intended to speak the truth, and his opinion indivi-
dually was, that this technical objection, however
strongly upheld by the majority of the judges of the su-
perior court, was altogether unworthy of the year 1851.
Mr. O'BRIEN said that Lord Campbell, who bad been
one of the judges when the decision of " The Queen v.
Bond" had been given, appeared to have entered into the
feelings of the Learned Judge as to the impropriety of
such law being retained, for his Lordship had subse-
quently introduced a Bill into the House of Lords
with a view to the amendment of the law in that respect.
The Learned JUDGE said he regretted that such a
case as this should arrive at such a termination. He
must nevertheless be governed by the decision of the
superior court, and he was therefore bound to tell the
jury that they must acquit the prisoner.
The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Acquittal.
Captain HANSLER could not but think that it was a
great pity that justice in such a case as this should be
defeated by such a technicality.
Mr. METCALFE could assure the Court that he did not
rest his case alone on the technical objection, for he had
a most complete answer to the case which had been made
out by the prosecutor.
The Learned JUDGE sincerely hoped that Lord Camp-
bell would successfully carry his Bill for amendment in
these cases.
The prosecutor then applied for his expenses, saying
that in consequence of being compelled to remain in
London for this prosecution, ho had been unable to join
the Singapore, on board of which vessel he had obtained
an appointment.
The Learned JUDGE said that all the costs the law
would allow him he should have.

BIAILMAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The approaching
nuptials of Captain the llon. C. 11. Lindsay, Grenadier
Guards, with Miss Emily Browne, eldest daughter of the
llon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Lismore, will be solemnised
to.giorrow, in the Chapel Royal, Dublin Guth,.