The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-25 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY.—At the Central Criminal
Court, Edwin Thomas Edgington, a house agent, whose
business was said to principally consist in transferring
public-houses and coffee-shops, stood indicted on no fewer
than twelve counts under various sections of the Bankruptcy
Act, for furnishing false accounts and concealing some of
his property. The prisoner shortly before his bankruptcy
was seen in possession of a largo sum of mency which he
failed to shew in his accounts, and it was proved that 1,1:3.
Cox, the prisoner's landlady, had a safe and other artislc.;
which cu.; ht to have been given up for the ben( fit of creditors
She was therefore indicted as an accomplice, and Lelng
found guilty, was sentenced to three months' imprisoment
with hard labour, whilst Edgington was ordered eighteen
months of the same punishment.—ln another case, Robert
Wilson Brooks was sent to prison fur four month.; fur
fraudulently obtaining goods within three months of his
bankruptcy.
A YOUNG MAN FROM TEE COUNTRY.—At the Middlesex
Sessions, William and Frederick Thompson were indicted
for stealing a watch and other articles, worth £4O, from the
person of Leonard Spencer. The prosecutor, who resided
at Peterborough, having drunk freely, met with a man in
Oxford-street, and at his solicitation accompanied him to
a public-house, and afterwards they went to the Alhambra,
and subsequently adjourned to another place, where the
prosecutor paid for beer, after drinking which ho felt
drowsy and went to sleep. His new acquaintance put
him to bed, and when he awoke he found the articles
named in the indictment, missing. The accused, who were
well known as card sharpers, were convicted and ordered
to be kept in penal servitude for ten years.
TILE DIME OF NEwcesTLE.—ln Judges' Chambers, en
Friday, before Mr. Justice Willes, the case of Padwick v,
the Duke of Newcastle came before his lordship on two
summonses taken out by the Sheriff of Middlesex, to vacate
a side-bar rule obtained by the Duke of Newcastle calling
on him to return the two writs of f. ja. issued by the
plaintiff. The Sheriff claimed that the judgments were
not satisfied in either case. The Duke's counsel expressed
great anxiety to get rid of the man in possession, but
Mr. Justice Wines said the law was clear on the sub-
ject. The plaintiff could make the application as it was
his writ, but the defendant could not do so. After some
argument on the matter, his lordship promised to hear a
special application on the part of the duke before he con-
cluded the vacation sittings but he could not sustain the
side bar rule, and made an order in favour of the sheriff on
the present summonses, with costs to him.

A MAGISTRATE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.-At Lichheld,
I. day or two since, Mr. Arthur Griffith, one of the
partners in the firm of Griffith and Co„ brewers,
of Lichfield, and formerly mayor of the town,
was charged with assault. A few months ago the firm
executed an assignment to trustees, who disposed of
the business to the Lichfield Malting Company. The plain-
tiff, Mr. John Gilbert, was one of the managers of this
company, and some unpleasantness arose between him and
the defendant, which at last culminated in a quarrel, in
the course of which the assault was committed. The
defendant was bound over to keep the peace for six months,
himself in £5O and two sureties in £25 each. The case
excited great interest.

WIFE MURDER.—On Friday morning, a journeyman
carpenter, named William Smith, was charged with causing
the death of his wife, at Hounslow. A quarrel arose
through jealousy, and the husband threw her downstairs,
killing on the spot. He was remanded. The quarrel
took plpce a little before twelve at night in a public-
house.

TRANSMITTING DANGEROUS GOODS DY RAIL.—At South.
wark Police-court on Friday, Messrs. Welch and Co.,
patent waterproof composite manufacturers, of Pentland-
street, Lion Esplanade, Portsmouth, were summoned
by the London and Dighton Railway Company for
sending to their railway for transmission to Ports-
mouth a box containing benzoin, naphtha, and
tar, without giving clue notice to the company's
servants. The defence was that by mistake full cans had
been packed in the box instead of empty ones, but the
magistrate thought the defendants were cognisant of the
contents of the box, and fined them the full penalty of
£2O, as he said an example must be made in such cases

The first meeting of the Iron anti Seel Institute at
Middlesbro' was conelud,d on Thur,day. After papers had
been read en subjects interesting to the members, on the
motion of the Duke of Devonshire, who had again presided,
a vote of thanks Was passed to the representatives of the
North of Englaud iron trade and to the local committees for
the cordial reception given to the Institute, and for the suc-
cessful arrangements made by them for the convenience of
the visitors.

The Globe of last evening says :—" With refer-
ence to the statements relative to sales of stores at Wool-
wich which appeared in our columns of the 15th inst., wo
have written to the Secretary of the Admiralty, in reply to
his intimation which wo published yesterday, that we aro
ready to prosecute the investigation the Woolwich flan'
has been invited to make, but which, our readers will well
understand, it would be difficult for our to
iu WI own INr4011."