The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-21 00:00:00

LAW INTE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY,
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.)
IN RE ALFRED PENNY.

This bankrupt was described as of Lloyds' Coffee-house,
&c., underwriter, engineer, and coal merchant, and to• day
was appointed for his last examination.
The balance-sheet, by Messrs. Robinson, Nicholls, and
Co., Old Jewry-chambers, shows—Dr.: To creditors on
underwriting account, £4,239; to ditto holding security,
£1,750 ; „capital Ist Jan., 1860, £3,774; profits (exclusive
of underwriting account), £484; premiums on policies,
£35,104. Cr.: On underwriting account, £1,793 ; gene-
ral account, £424 ; property, £275 18s. ; ditto in the
hands of creditors, £1,642; by bond and judgment satis-
fied, £2,760 ; losses on underwriting account, £32,982
ss. ; losses on general business and on realisation
of preperty, £1,675 ; discount on underwriting account,
£1,738; expenses—underwriting, £1,034; house and per-
sonal, £416 ; law, £57.
The accounts were of a complieatad nature, through the
different transactions in which the bankrupt had been
engaged. _ _

An adjournment was taken by consent, to aff(srd the
assignees an opportunity of investigating the accounts.

IN RE MILNER.

This bankrupt was described as of Pierrepont-place,
Islington, and to-day was appointed for his last examination.
This was another of the numerous failures resulting from
those more serious ones and creating a panic in the leather
trade. The debts in this case are stated by Messrs. Paul and
Turner at £1,470 ; assets, good debts, £ll6 ; cash, £25 ;
doubtful debts, £BO ; property, £800; liabilities, £2,781,
which appear to be principally on bills transactions with
Hooper and Parkinson, the extensive leather-factors, who
failed, and whose case has been previously noticed.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr and a Jury.)
HOTSON V. BROWNE-NEWSPAPER AND PERIODICAL

PROPRIETORS-IMPORTANT DECISION.

This was an action to recover £42 for advertisements in-
serted in Hotson's "Local Railway Time Tables."

Mr. Joyce appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Laxton,
instructed by Mr. Cooke, for the defendant, the well known
patent agent of King William-street.
It appeared on the part of the plaintiff that he has seven
local railway time tables (one for each of the seven great
railways), issued monthly, and a person called " Dr.
Miller," who acts as a general advertisement collector,
brought him an order from defendant for " two squares"
in the periodical, the sum to be 10s. for each monthly book.
Mr. Joyce said that these words were plain and
explicit, and surely each " monthly book" meant the seven.
Defendant found that he was charged £3 10s. for one
month, and had given plaintiff notice not to insert any
more, but his honour would tell defendant that his notice
would not annul the contract.

Mr. Hotson said that Miller was not his agent. He was
a general agent, and collected for other periodicals than
plaintiff's. Plaintiff paid him commission, varying with
the value of the orders. Plaintiff had refused some of
Miller's orders.

Mr. Laxton cross-examined plaintiff with a view to
showing that Miller was his agent, and that he was reopen-
sible for any representations Miller might have made.
His Honour was of opinion that Mr. Hetson could not be
made responsible for the representations of a casual adver-
tisement collector. It would be a very nice thing, for in-
stance, if newspaper proprietors were made responsible for
all the promises made by the persons who supply them with
collected advertisements.

Mr. Laxton called defendant, who was not allowed to
state what passed between himself and Miller.
Mr. Joyce objected, and his Honour ruled that agency
had not been shown.

Mr. Laxton then contended that the words "in each
monthly book" meant the whole series. There were seven
editions of one work, and defendant never thought he was
to be charged for each edition.
Mr. Joyce said the order was clear and explicit.
His Honour then ruled to the jury that when an order is
given to insert advertisements for one year, an order to
discontinue would be of no avail in answer to the claim;
and, secondly, that " each monthly book" meant " each,"
and so plaintiff must have a verdict.
Mr. Laxton said his client would appeal.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—(This Day.)

(Before Mr. Payne.)

James Donovan was found guilty of stealing a silver
watch from the waistcoat pocket of Mr. George Wilson,
superintendent of the ragged school, Westminster, at the
Eastern Counties Railway station, on the 6th of August
last, and was sentenced to four years' penal servitude.
William Elliot was indicted for attempting to break into
the house of Mr. Robert Godolph Long, surgeon, No. 14,
Clement-street, Strand, on the 9th of August last. The
jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to two
years' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard
labour.
John Readburr was charged with breaking into the
house of Mr. William Hockin, Devonshire-terrace,Victoria-
park. road, and stealing several articles of plate, his goods
and chattels, on sth July last.
The jury found the prisoner guilty. He had been pre-
viously convicted under the name of Daniel Davis, and was
sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.
Mr. Fulham said the prisoner had been in prison ten
times since 1841.
Mr. Payne sentenced theprisoner to Six years' penal ser-
vitade.
Sarah Davis and Mary Ann Bergen were charged with
stealing a purse containing £1 6s. from Mrs. Ann Mat-
thews, wife of Mr. Richard Matthews, carpenter, Earl's-
court-terrace, Kensington, in July last.
Mrs. Matthews said that on leaving her house she met
the prisoners, who asked her the way to Bayswater and
Holland-lane, and she directed them to it, and on leaving
her she missed her purse.
The jury found Sarah Davis gtulty_
and Mary Aim
Berger not guilty.
The prisoners were further charged with picking the
pocket of Mrs. Sarah Jepps,
3, Grafton-place, Euston-
square, of her purse. They asked the way to Primrose-
hill, and when they went away she found she had lost her
purse, and gave them into custody of a
constable.
The jury found the prisoners guilty, y and they were SOW
iraPriaollllle/lt in the House of
tented to eighteen months'
Correction, with hard labour.