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

LAW AND POLICE.

THE CONSOLIDATED BANS.—On Thursday Samuel
Marks, coachbuilder, appeared at Bow-street on the
charge of having obtained 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 £297 28. The bills when due 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 MURDEII.—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 her husband came home intoxicated and asked for
money. She tad 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.

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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 the
first part of a work which, when completed, would cost 27.
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• getting persons to sign
such contracts ignorantly.

ASSAULT AT SEA.—The captain and the chief mat:.
of a passenger shit) were on Thursday summoned at the
Mansion House by a retired army surgeon for assault.
The offence was alleged to have been committed at sea on
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
withdrew the summonses.

BURNED TO DEATH IN A PIGSTYE. —A horrible
death is reported from Devonshire. The deceased was
John Chubb, aged 51, woodman, in the employ of 11Ir,
J. A. Knight, of Axminster. On Wednesday morning
the pigstye at his house was found to be on file.
Ills wife, who bad two children ill, tried to open the
door of the stye, but the fastening was so hot that she bad
to take the tongs to do so. In the stye she found
the charred remains of her husband. The body was
scorched 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 Norm,. FISHERMAN. —A party of fishermen on
the beach between Walmer and Deal one day lnst week
were hauling in their large nets with a copious take of
mackerel, and, as is usual upon such occasions, willing
bands were ready to help to pull in the nets. A gentle•
man who was looking ou,seeing that all available strength
was wanted to land the fish, seized one corner, and with
a vigorons tug contributed in getting the take up the
abrupt beach, Upon opening the net, preparatory to
sorting the fish and racking for the London market, all
the Yelping hands were givc: some half-a-dozen for their
reply aid, as is the custom, and the gentleman asked
whether he Lad earned a share. " oh, 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.
cii'TernThenyie With ;" -and' -threading four- of. the hand-
somest'Macketel at hand, he-gave them to the gentleman,
who walked off with them there and then to Walmer
Castle. It was the noble Lord Warden of the Cinque
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