The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-27 00:00:00

WINDSOR RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEURAPLI.
MILITARY STEEPLECHASE,
Maidof Gien ........................................
Carvas... ..............................................
Mign0inette..........................................

Five ran.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Bef >re Mr. Commissioner Holroyd

His Honour concurred that it would be for the bene-
fit of all parties that some arrangement should be come

The case was adjourned accordingly.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
IN BE FAIREARNS,
A FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT.-The bankrupt was de-
scribed as of York-road, King's-cress, coffeehouse
keeper, &c., and to-day was appointed for choice of
assignees.

Mr. Beard, from the office of Mr. Buchanan, appeared
for the petitioning creditor, and stated that the bankrupt
had absconded, after having sold off all his stock and
property. The petitioning creditors are Messrs Deane
and Dray, who are creditors for 1501.

Messrs. Deane and Dray were chosen assignees. The
bankrupt surrendered after the adjudication took place,
and obtained protection, bat did not now appear.
IN RE ROBSON—THE CRYSTAL PALACE FRAUDS.
To-day was appointed for the last examination of this
bankrupt, who was connected with the Crystal Palace
frauds. He was brought tp in custody and placed in a
private room whilst the pie forma business of taking
proofs was gone on with.
The court was crowded to excess, but nothing of the
slightest public interest occtrred up to half-past one.

CRIMINAL COURT.--(This Day.)

OLD COURT.

(Before the Common Sergeant.)
BURGLIRY.

Henry Pearson, aged 27, described as a labourer,
pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, with intent to
steal the goods and chattels of John Bird. The prisoner
had been previously convicted. Four years' penal servi-
tude.

MAKING A FALSE ENTRY IN TIE REGISTER OP DEATHS.
Mr. Metcalfe said that he had been informed that
late last evening the grand jury returned a true bill
against a person named Colley, at the instance of a
person named Campbell, for falsely entering in the re•
gister of deaths the age of a lady at 60, instead of SO
years of age. The charge had been investigated by two
different magistrates, both of whom had refused to send
the case to the sessions, and now the prosecutor behind
the defendant's back came here and preferred the pre.
sent indictment. The present applicatio❑ to the Court
was to ask the Court to settle the amount of bail to be
put in for the defendant's /appearance, and that in the
event of a warrant being granted br his apprehenskn
its execution should be stayed.

The learned judge made an order for staying the war•
rant, and ordered that the defendant should enter into
his own recognisanceg in 100/., and two sureties in 501,
each-24 hours' notice of bail to be given.

BIGAMY.
ifenry Myers, 39, labourer, pleaded guilty to a charge
of feloniously marrying Elizabeth Fletcher, hie wife,
Eliza Chivers, being alive.
Mr. G. P. Doyle said that he was instructed to pro-
secute, and stated to the Court that the prisoner mar-
ried his wife on Dec. 18, 1849, and lived with her till
June last, when he deserted her to live with the woman
Fletcher, whom he subsequently married, she knowing
at the time that the prisoner's wife was alive. At the
time the prisoner married his first wife she was in the
service of a person named Wilson, a hairdresser, Moor-
lane. She was 38 years of age, and had saved 501. The
prisoner had no money, but with his wife's savings he
took a coffee-shop in High-street, Wapping. The first
wife, who complained of ill-usage on the part of the
prisoner, prosecuted in this instance.
The Common Sergeant said that the prisoner, in a
statement he had put in, stated that he was induced to
leave his wife, who had ruined him and blighted his
prospects by her drunken and disgraceful conduct.
If true, he did not appear to have benefited himself in
that respect by his second marriage, for he (the Com-
mon Sergeant) found by the depositions that the second
wife was addicted to the same vice. He sentenced the
prisoner to 4 months' imprisonment, with hard labour.

-
GAROTTE ROBBERY. - •
Frederick Travers, 28, painter, pleaded guilty to a
charge of violently assaulting and, in conjunction vi itk
three other persons, robbing a person named John
Moore of a watch and other articles. The robbery
was committed with great violence, the prisoner being
assisted by three other desperate characters. The
prisoner was known to the police as an associate of
thieves. He was sentenced to fourteen years' trans.
portation.

BURGLARY AT BRIXTON.
William Henry lYotton, 20, casemaker, and Joseph,
Young, 15, labourer, pleaded guilty to a burglary in
the dwelling-house of George Swire, and stealing therein
a bat, telescope, and other articles his property, and
Charles Culling, 20, shoemaker, Charles Romer, is,
shoemaker, and Mary Ann Clarke, 19, pleaded not
guilty to feloniously receiving part of the same property,
well knowing the same to have been stolen.

Mr. Sleigh prosecuted ; the. .prisoners were unde-
fended.

It appeared, from the evidence, that the prosecutor
was a chemist, of Brixton-hill, and Wotton was for-
merly in his service as a porter, but had left him a few
months previous to the robbery. Cr the night of the
29th October the prosecutor retired to rest between
eleven and twelve o'clock, having Previously fastened up
the premises in his usual manner. About six o'clock in
the morning he was awoke by the violent barking of his
dog, and on his getting down stairs he found the pre-
mises had been broken into, the shop, &c., In
great dia.
order, and the place completely ransacked. Suspicion
falling on certain parties the prosecutor gave informa-
tion to the police, who succeeded in apprehending the
prisoners, and in the possession of several of the prisoners
was found most of the articles stolen from the prosecu-
tor's
cash-box. After the prisoners
were apprehended they were taken to Lambeth
emiees. Between 401. and 50/. in gold was
takn pre
from a
police station, and put into the cells. Cullen and Clarke
were placed in adjacent cells, when the following con-
versation between them was overheard by the police :
Clarke called out to Cubing, "Culling, how are you ?"
He replied, "All right, Polly. Cheer up, I'm here."
She then said, " Where are we going e
and Culling
replied, "To the Bailey. If we had been sent to the
Lane (Horsemonger-lane Gaol) we should have been
lagged (transported) ; but at the Bailey we shall only get
a stretch" (12 months imprisonment). (Laughter.) Clarke
then said to Culling, "You had better say you slept at
e,out
t said guilty. t
the
nevere articles
mind
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d
my house—you know what I mean." Culling replied,
"All right, Polly. I've made it all right with Bill
Wotton. He is going to take the lot on himself."
given him by Wotton, and
Clarke then said to Culling,
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no knowledge at the time that the articles were stolen.
The Common Sergeant summed up, observing that
he thought the eVidaCeuot sufficient to convict Homer.
Us ifittegint of Clarke CualiU Cult he WAS to say
_
iptnoessssess in possession
support were
of his statement. He had

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.-PETITION TO ANNUL.
To-day was appointed for the consideration of a peti-
tion to annul the proceedings in bankruptcy, presented
by Mr. Marcus, a shareholder.
Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said that the prayer
of the petition was not only to annul, but also that the
assets in the hands of the official assignee in bankrupcty
should be transferred to the chambers of the Vice-Chan-
cellor, in which
.the proceedings under the Winding-up
Act were being carried on. He was glad to say that
they would not have to trouble the Court at any lengtl
to-day, as an arrangement had been proposed, and he
hoped would be carried into effect, as the notice of appeal
which had been given at the moment against the judgment
of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor had been withdrawn,
and it had been suggested that the bankruptcy should
be proceeded with in order to obtain for the creditors an
equal, comparatively cheap, and speedy distribution of
the assets, and according to the proposed arrangement
for the proceedings to be carried on in Bankruptcy,
no individual shareholder world be liable, and a mutual,
just., and fair contribution would be made by the share-
holders ; he, therefore, had to ask that the petition
should stand adjourned generally, with leave to apply
for a day to be appointed, in the event of the arrange.
ment not being carried into effect.
Mr. Taylor assented.
Mr. Baddison, the solicitor and secretary, made some
remarks, stating that the direct)rs thought the inquiry
should be gone into, which, Le had no doubt, would
terminate satisfactorily to them, the creditors, and the
public.