The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-21 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

CHARGE UNDER TILE BANILRUPTCY LAW.—The September
sessions of the Central Criminal Court opened on Monday.
Henry Golding surrendered to take his trial en a charge under
the Bankruptcy Act. He had carried on business in London
as a cheesemonger, and was declared a bankrupt on his own
petition at the beginning of the year,having previously offered
his creditors three shillings in the pound, which they refused
When his accounts were examined it appcared that the
greater part of the estate was included in a bill of sale given
to his brother, as he alleged, for a debt. The bill of sale was set
aside, and the present prosecution instituted, but the
Recorder said there was no evidence of fraud, and the jury
returned a verdict of Not Guilty.

THE ROBBERY AT LONDON BRIDGE.—The two men,
Maguire and Bristow, who were convicted in August of
having recived some of the property stolen from Mr. Toser,
jeweller, London Bridge, were sentenced on Monday, at the
Central Criminal Court, to eighteen months' and nine
months' imprisonment respectively.
POLICE EVIDENCE.—At the Middlesex Sessions, on Mon-
day, a question of police evidence came under considera-
tion. A young man, named Goodwin, was at the last
sessions sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for an
assault, a policeman stating that he had known him for
years under suspicious circumstances. The sentence was
afterwards deferred, on representations being made to the
judge, and on Monday a number of witnesses were called,
who gave the prisoner an excellent character, his
employer, his landlady and a neighbour being among them.
A letter was also read from the rector of Trinity Church,
Marylebone, to the same effect. The constable was called
in answer but did not appear, and the recorder said he
would postpone passing sentence till he was in attendance,
as his evidence was quite inconsistant with that now pro-
duced.

TRADE INTIMIDATION.—A case, which excited a great
deal of interest among foreign workmen, was heard on
Monday at the Lambeth Police-court. The prose-
cutor was a cigar maker at Peckham, and he
charged four foreign workmen with intimidating
the men in his employ, and inducing them to leave. The
evidence failed to bring the case home, however, and the
magistrate awarded the prosecutor to pay the expenses of
the men he had summoned, much to the satisfaction of the
other foreigners who thronged the court.

THE INLAND REVENTlE.—Sergeant Perry, of the 60th
Rifles, stationed at Aldershot, has been summoned at the
instance of the Board of Inland Revenue, for selling
excisable articles while caterer of the sergeants'
mess of the battalion. Sergeants' messes being clubs,
they are not licensed like canteen; and are not allowed to
sell to civilians. The Excise officer obtained entrance in
plain clothes, and passed as a friend of two sergeants who
had just gone into the mess-room. A strong feeling
against this manner of obtaining evidence exists in the
camp. Tho summons will be heard on Thursday.

A HYPOCRITE.—A man, named Henry James, has been
charged at Hampton Sessions with wife beating. It seems
that he professed to be a preacher, and attend meetings,
but in reality spent his tima in idleness and dissipation.
His wife gave evidence against him, and her father de-
clared he was the greatest hypocrite he had ever known.
He was sentenced to three months hard labour, and
ordered to find securities to keep the peace for th,-cf
months more.

Orders have been issues by the Government of
India, for the employment of natives in all grades of the
Forest Department for which they may be found qualified.
The remains of Dr. Kieran, Roman Catholic
Primate of all Ireland, were interred on Monday in the
side vaults of Dundalk Cathedral, in the presence of a
large assemblage. Cardinal Cullen took Fart in the high
mass; the chants being sung by a choir of a hundred priests.
There was a large array of prelates in the procession.

MR. SICEIIIDAN, M.P.—Mr. H. B. Sheridan, M.P.
for Dudley, writes, denying the report that his constituents
are about to call upon him for an explanation as to his
'connection with the Albert Assurance Company. He
says I have received no communication, directly or
indirectly, from my constituents, large as that constituency
is, or from any person in Dudley, as to the Albert Com-
pany. Neither have there been any meetings of my con-
'stituents on the subject." In addition he adds that policy-
holders are safe to get 15s. in the pound, and possibly
20s.

THE CASE OF MR. DALE CTQUERC/ITE.—At the
Mansion House, on Monday, M. Francisco Antonio Pedroza
D'Albuquerque, ship-chandler, appeared to answer a charge
of fraud. The case had already been before the court,
and the charge was in connection with the insurance
of an Italian ship named the Bernard. The principal
witness against him was his own book-keeper Neal, and it
was urged for the plaintiff that the case rested on the un-
corroborated testimony of an alleged accomplice. Sir
Francis Moon said he had given it his best attention, and
he was decidedly of opinion the defendant should be dis-
charged. ,

A DIFFICULTY.—Foot and mouth disease is making
sad ravages in several counties throughout England
and Scotland, "and. everywhere the local authorities
are taking active measures to prevent it spreading,
and;' in compliance with the statute, inspectors are
being appointed. The Act requires that a convenient and
,!‘ isolated place" in 'each district be provided for the
affected cattle, and how this is to be accomplished has not
only baffled the ingenuity of inspectors; but has defied the
wisdom of the judicial bench.—Chamber of Agriculture
Journal.

ANOTHER MAN APPREHENDED CHARGED WITH
DESTROYLNG THE " HERMITAGE." - Another apprehension,
has been made by the county police in connection with
`the destruction of the " Hermitage" at Dunkeld, the
name of the party being Daniel Blair, a labourer, belong-
ing :to Dunkeld. Blair is a young man upwards of
twenty-five years of age, was for some time in the
army, and in November last was, along with others, tried
before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh on a
charge of mobbing and rioting alleged to have been com-
mitted at Dunkeld Bridge in the summer of last year. It
will be remembered that the charge of mobbing and rioting
-failed, and that the parties were convicted of breach of
thee peace, for which offences they all received severe sen-
temces.—Dundee Advertiser.

DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA. - Another death
resulting from the bite of a rabid dog on the 20th August,
in the neighbourhood of Camberwell, when ten persons were
bitten, has become the subject of inquiry before Mr. Carter,
the coroner for East Surrey. Arthur Frederick Kimber,
aged 13 years, the son of an iron moulder, of Brunswick:
place, Wyndham-road, Camberwell, was the unfortunate
victim of the attack. Annie Sedgwick stated that she
remembered deceased being bitten on the nose. He had
the wound cauterised by Dr. Duke. On Tuesday evening
he became seriously ill. He then complained of slight
headache, with dull pains in his eyes ; he was that evening
seen by Dr. Duke. On the following day he was in a
raving condition, barking like a dog, and emitting saliva
from his mend:, lie had also a series of convulsive fits,
which lasted f,,c two or three hours at a time. He refused
fluids, and shuddered whenever drink was offered to him
Tle continued in that condition during the whole of that
night and the following morning, although he was perfectly
sensible up to the time of his death, which occurred about
half-past three on that (Thursday) afternoon. About
a quarter of an hpur pre; iously he was enalLd to
swallow and I =take of rn
and seemed much better, bat is a few minutes was found
to have suddenly eel iced, Laving evidently sunk Loin
exhaustion. The wound- fr. m the J it) for which he is came
a patient at St. Thomas s Ho pital had healed very
During some of his paroxysms he had attempted to bite
witness, catching hold of her apron with his teeth, and
tearing it. He was constantly snorting and snapping. The
Coroner observed that he was sorry to hear that so many
persons had been bitten by the dog in question, which he
understood had not been destroyed until it reached Tulse-
bill. The jury returned a verdict of "Died fromhydp7
phobia through the bite of a dog."

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