The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-17 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THLIC .DAY.)

SHERIFF'S COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)
THE PRINTER'S Et:SINES,. JEOPARDISED.-1 MPORTANT

JUDGMENT.—ARLISS V. WOTHERSPOON AND OTHERS.
This was an action tried before Mr. Griffiths (as deputy
judge) on Tuesday, and adjourned till to-day for judgment.
Plaintiff is a printer, and sought to recover £ll :;s. for
certain 1 ills and programmes printed by plaintiff for a
soiree and ha 1 given at the London Tavern for the benefit
of the Warehousemen and Clerks' National Provident
Association, of which defendants had acted as managers
and directors.
Mr. Buchanan produced a programme, upon which ',vas.
no printer's name, and urged that by the 2 and 3 Vic.. e. 12,
plaintiff could not recover for the programmes.
His Honour this day handed to Mr. Buchanan the fol-
lowing elaborate and important judgment :
" By the 2d sec. of the 2 and 3 Vic., c. 12., it is in effect
enacted that every person who shall print any paper or book
whatever, which shall be meant to be publisbed or dispersed,
shall print upon the front of every such paperif Vae same shall
be printed on one side only, or upon the front or last leaf of
every book or paper which shall consist of nore than one leaf
in legible characters his or her name, and usual place of
abode or business." (The judgm(RA quotes the case of
Bensley v. Bignold in which a printer could not recover for
a pamphlet under similar circurasta'aces to the present.) As
regarded the bills—although thel were in four parts the
printer's name and address duly appeared, and the objection
would not apply ; but with respect to the programmes, each
is clearly a paper meant to Le and which was published
and dispersed, and there are no words in the Act con-
fining the paper or book to any particular subject
or matter, excepting the second section which excepts
from the operation of the Act, books or papers published at
the University presses. The original Act of Geo. 111. was
evidently passed in consequence of the publication by
various societies of irreligious, treasonable, and seditious
publications, and the parties could not be reached because
there was no way by which the author or printer could be
ascertained, but the words in the section of that act
and of the present are general; they extend to
all papers and books, and in the case of Bensley and Ano-
ther v. Bignold the publication was "An Elucidation
of the System of Fire and Life Assurance," a publication of
a common character, neither irreligious, treasonable, nor
seditious ; and the court held that it was a publication which
came within the meaning of the Act. I should be glad to
find that the Act was intended to be confined to pub-
lications of an improper nature, and not to publi-
cations like those in this case, of a purely innocent
character; but as the words of the Act are generally
applying to all printed books and papers, I cannot
take upon myself to limit them. As, therefore, the objec-
tion is taken, I must say that plaintiff is not entitled to
recover for the programmes. lie will have a verdict of
£6 ss. for the bills, to be paid immediately.
Mr. Buchanan—That is all we request.
Plaintiff—l can only say that the judgment is most
adverse to the interests of printers. The bills of her
Majesty's Theatre have no printer's name, nor those of the
Lyceum, St. James's -hall, and many other places.

POLICE INTELLIGER CE-( THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
DARING ROBBERY IN THE HAYMARKET. How
ROBBERIES ARE EFFECTED.—WiIIiaM Willoughby, Wil-
liam Johnson, and Eliza Ann Walls, all frequenters of the
Haymarket nightly, and the first named only just out of
prison, where he had been undergoing a twelvemonths' im-
prisonment, were charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing
a silver watch, of the value of £4, from the person of Mr.
Alfred Wolf, 31, Belvedere-road, a clerk. The female pri-
soner was also charged with attempting to rescue Wil-
loughby from custody.

The prosecutor said, that about two that morning he was
in the Haymarket in company of a friend, when, just
opposite the Turkish Divan, the prisoner Johnson threw
himself deliberately down on the ground so that his friend
might fall over him. This he did not do, but just in sav-
ing himself kicked the prisoner. Johnson then jumped
up and wanted to fight him. At that moment he felt a tug
at his watch which, on looking down, he saw in Wil-
loughby's hand. He pursued Willoughby up to a cab-
stand when he seized him, and he then saw him throw
the watch away. They had a severe struggle and rolled
over and over several times, Willoughby calling out to the
bystanders not to interfere, as it was only a fight. The pri-
soner's confederates said he was killing the man, and there
was no doubt he would if he had not been prevented. The
female prisoner then dragged Willoughby off, tearing his
coat in two, and the prisoner bolted off, but was caught by
a constable. He saw Johnson in the crowd, but he had
quite enough to do to look after the other.

Mr. John Flinn, the friend of the prosecutor, confirmed
several points of his evidence ; and a witness named George
Griffiths, of 27, Broad• street, Golden-square, proved seeing
Willoughby take the watch from the prosecutor's pocket.
Willoughby put some questions to the last witness, but
only to strengthen the case against him.
Sergeant Silverton proved a conviction against Wil-
loughby, and Sergeant Cole proved seeing Walls and Wil •
loughby together at different times.

The prisoners were then committed for trial at the Clerk-
enwell Sessions.

THAMES.

PAINFUL CASE.—THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.—
Est her Parish, aged 17, the daughter of a very respectable
worn an, was brou ht up on remand, before Mr. Selfe,
charged with robbing her mother and sister.
Mrs. Parish, the prosecutrix in this case, is a resident in
Lucas-street, St. George- in-the-East, and is parted from
her husband, who has been bound over to keep the peace.
The prisoner had repeatedly robbed her mother, and as-
sociated with bad company, and all efforts to reclaim her
had proved fruitless. A few nights since the
prisoner absconded from her home, taking with
her a petticoat, a cape, and a handkerchief, be-
longing to her sister, a very respectable and well-con-
ducted female. She was shortly afterwards captured.
Elizabeth Parish identified a cape and petticoat taken
from her sister when she was arrested by a police con-
stahje.

Mr. Selfe said he had considered the application made to
him on Thursday last by Mrs. Parish to obtain the admis-
sion of her guilty daughter into some asylum, and he was
very sorry indeed ho could not comply with her request,
because she was too old—above 16 years of age. He had,
therefore, no alternative but to allow the law to take its
course. He asked if the prisoner was wearing the cape and
petticoat when she was taken into custody.
_ _

Elizabeth Parish said her sister was wearing the cape,
and had the petticoat in a bag.

A polieeman said he also found a dress belonging to Mrs.
Parish in the same bag.

Mrs. Parish said she had lost a good deal of property out
of her house.

The prisoner sullenly pleaded guilty, and Mr. Selfe sen-
tenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the
House of Correction for two calendar months.