The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-04 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE CONSOLIDATED BANK.—On Thursday Samuel
Marks, coachbuilder, appeared at Bow-street on the
charge of having oLtained money on false pretences
from the manager of the Strand branch of the
Consolidated Bank. The manager, believing his
representations, had agreed to discount three bills
amounting to 2297 2s. The bills when clue were dis-
honoured, and the case for the prosecution was that the
defendant must have known the persons who accepted
them were bankrupt. The defendant was bound over in
his own recognisances for £2OO to appear for trial at the
Central Criminal Court.

ATTEMPTED •MURDER.—A young man, named Levett,
was on Thursday examined at the Southwark Police-court,
on the charge of attempting to murder his wife on Whit
Monday evening. Mrs. Levett was nursing her baby,
when ber husband came home intoxicated and asked for
money. She told him she had none, upon which he
snatched up the poker and struck her on the head. She
was for several days in imminent danger, but has since
recovered and begged forgiveness for her husband, who
was, however, committed for trial.
A LITERARY QUESTION.—In the Chesterfield County
Court several cases were heard- arising from a dispute
with respect to the purchase of 'Works in numbers. The
plaintiff was an agent to Messrs. Blackie, of Edinburgh,
and the defendants were poor people, who had taken thu
first part of a work which, when completed, would cost £7.
They had signed the contract-book, but refused the second
part on the ground of the expense. His Honour nonsuited
the plaintiff in every case, and said he should do all he
could to prevent the practice of setting persons to sign
such contracts ignorantly.

ASSAULT AT S ru..---The captain and the chief mat..
of a passenger ship were on Thursday summoned at the
Mansion llouse by a retired armyAyrgeou for assault.
The offence was alleged to have been committed at sea cn
the voyage from Calcutta on April 17. There appeared,
however, to be some qualifying circumstances in the case
of the defendants, and in the result the complainant
witlidrew the summonses.

BURNED TO DEATH IN A PICSTYL—A horrible
death is reported from DevenshiriF The deceased was
John Chubb, aged 51, woodman, in the employ of Mr.
J. A. Knight, of Axminster. On Wednesday morning
the pigstye at his house was found to be on fire.
His wife, who had two children ill, tried to open the
door of the stye, but the fastening was so hot that she had
to take the tongs OA° so. In the stye she found
the charred reinains of her husband. The body was
cc-rched like a log of wood. Deceased had been intoxi-
cated, and was a great smoker. It is supposed that
whilst the man was smoking. the stye had taken fire.
At the inquest the jury brought in a verdict of Accidental
Death.

A NOBLE FrgiitrorAN. —A party of fishermen mi
the beach between-Walmer and Deal one day lost week
were hauling in their large nits with a copious take of
mackerel, and, as iR .nsnal upon such occasions, willing
hands were ready to 1142 to' pull in the nets. A gentle•
man who was lool:ing ont,s•seirg that all available strength
was wanted to land the filb; triz.2.l one corner, and v‘ it h
.a vigorous tug contributed. in getting the take up the
abrupt- beach. Upon opening—the net, preparatory te
sorting the fish and packing foftbe London market, all
the helping hands were giver: some lalf-a-dozen for their
ready aid, as is the custom, and -the gentleman asked
whether he bad earned a share. " Oli, yes," said the
worthy master of the boat, " you war a good help ; take
four of the finest you can see, and here 's a bit o' twine .tc
car' em home with ;" and .threading four of the hand.
sourest mackerel at hand, he gave them to the gentleman,
who walked off with them there and then to Walmer
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