The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-13 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—(This Day.)

A special court of Quarter Sessions was held this morning
at the Guildhall, Westminster, for the purpose of hearing
aypeals against the decision of the licensing magistrates
refusing the licences to houses in the district, amongst
which wore the Argyll Rooms, Mr. R. BignGll; Coach and
Horses, Bei Count; the Cambrian Stores, Nat Longhorn ;
and King's Arms, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, Mr.
Butt.

KING'S ARMS, GROSVENOR•SQUARIL

The appeal of Mr. Butt, of the King's Arms, Grosvenor-
square, was taken first. Th 9 license to sell excisable liquors
was refused on the ground that the house was used as a
betting-house.

Mr. Poland appeared to support the refusal of the magis-
rates, and Mr. Sleigh for Mr. Butt. _ _ _

Evidence having been given by the police that the house
was used as a betting-house, and that under a warrant the
house had been entered and upwards of 30 persons found
therein, the sum of £6lO and a number of betting •books
having been seized on the occasion. Mr. Butt was taken
before the magistrates and fined £5O, and several of the
others £2O each.

Mr. Sleigh made a very long address to the bench, stat-
ing that his client had been sufficiently punished by the
magistrates, that the law had been vindicated, and that
the license ought to be granted, as no complaint had ever
been made against the house. The room the police entered,
he contended, was a private apartment, and his client had
as much right to make a bet on horse-racing as the highest
nobleman in England. The penalty Mr. Butt had paid
ought, he felt, to be quite sufficient. He thought the bench
would not act as the slave master, who, while ho punished
the negroes, read the psalms to them.
The decision of the magistrates was confirmed, and the
license was refused.

Mr. Kempshead complained of the system by which the
parties were kept in ignorance, until the eleventh hour, of
what they were called upon to do. There ought to be some
system by which the magistrates would be enabled to visit
the houses before the application for licenses was granted.
The Assistant-Judge said the best way would be to take
all the appeals against the granting of new licenses that
day fortnight, and all the applications disposed of to-day
should be confined to the renewal of old licenses.
This course was agreed to,

A long conversation then ensued with respect to the
cases of Caunt and Lang-haul.

Mr. Poland said he had to ask the magistrates to post-
pone proceeding with Caunt's case on account of the ab-
sence of his counsel, Mr. Edwin James, and also that cir-
cumstances had occurred which rendered further inquiry

necessary.
One of the magistrates suggested that both of the cases
referred to should be postponed until this day fortnight.
After some discussion, it was ultimately determined that
the cases of Cauut and Longhorn be adjourned until this
day week.

Amongst the new applicatim appeals postponed until
this day fortnight are the cases of Mr. It. Bignall, for a
spirit license for the Argyll Rooms; and Emil Loibl, for
the same privilege for the London Pavilion, Tiehborne-
street.

THE GEORGE, SOUTII-STREET, BERKELEY-SQUARE.

Mr. William Miller appealed against the refusal of the
Justices of the Hanover-square division to renew a spirit
license to the houso above-name,d.
Mr. Metcalfe said he appeared on the part of the magi-
strates. The license had been refused on the ground that
betting had been permitted on the premises. The case
differed somewhat from that which the court had just dis-
posed of, and as it was hoped that decision would act as a
warning to ethers, they had thought proper to withdraw all
opposition to the renewal of the license.

The license was then renewed.
THYME TUNS, ROUGHTON-STRIZET, STRAND.

James Cossins appealed against the refusal of the jus-
tices of the Strand division to renew a spirit license to the
house called the Three Tuns, Houghton-street, Strand.
Evidence was given by the police to the effect that liquor
had been sold at this house to a woman when in a state of
intoxication.

The Magistrates granted the license.
The Court then adjourned until Friday next.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE—CHARGE OF DEFRAUDING A
GENTLEMAN OF ABOUT £l,ooo.—Thomas Johns, 38, of 2, ,
Cowley-place, Kennington-road, was charged before Mr.
Beadon with defrauding a gentleman named Thomas Lei-
cester, of Pelham-place, Brompton, of several sums of
money at different periods.
Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap-
peared for the complainant, and said he charged the pri-
soner with conspiring with another not in custody, in
defrauding the prosecutor of a large sum of money, some-
thing like £l,OOO.
Mr. Thomas Leicester, of 1, Pelham-place, said—l am
of no profession. On the Ist of November last I came
from Southport to London by myself. A person named
Richard Heffert, who was to have come up to London
with me, came the next or the following day.. I
had played at cards with Heffert previous to this,
sometimes losing a half-crown or so, and had lent him
money. I was going with Heffert to Woolwich to see the
Arsenal, and on the boat met the prisoner and had some
conversation with bins, and he said ho was also going to
Woolwich to see the Arsenal axed barracks. We were too
late. Heffert proposed a game e cards, and we played
.at
Vingt-un, and I loSt-X2O. I cannot say who commenced
the conversation. Prisoner said he was a stranger, and had
come from Wales respecting a law-suit. It was then pro-
posed that we should go to Woolwich the following day.
I went with Heffert, and the prisoner came down, but was
again too late, and we met him at the barrack-yard. Hef-
fert shortly after produced some cards, having already had
£lOO of me lent money. I had at this time £lOO or 1,500 in
my possession, having lost £5OO the previous night, or I
should have had £l,OOO. Prisoner told me his name was
Johns, and I always addressed him by that name.
I paid the prisoner then between £2O and £3O. I lost the
same night to the prisoner £BO at tossing at Scott's in the
Haymarket. At billiards, shortly after, in less than a
month, I lost £lOO at one time. It was at a billiatd room
in Regent-street. Prisoner followed me about. Heffert
said, " Let's have a game at billiards," addressing prisoner,
and he, pri.oner, consented, and I played with the prisoner.
I suggested myself that I should play with the prisoner,

and Heffert acted as marker. Heffert also played with the

prisoner, and lost money too. I lost 1100 that night. The
prisoner always let me nearly win, but just at the finish of
the game won himself.
In answer to Mr. Beadon, the prosecutor said that on the
steamer Heffert appeared not to know the prisoner.
Mr. Lewis said he should be able to show that Heffert
and the prisoner were associates.
The prosecutor said he went down to Portsmouth, and
.
Grove-place, Brompton,
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manager of the Saloon Omnibus Company, proved seeing
the prisoner and Heffert repeatedly together for the last
three or four months.

Prisoner said all three had repeatedly been together.
Gordon, 336 A, said prisoner was an associate of gamblers
frequenting the Haymarket.
Prisoner said he executed commissions and backed
horses.

Mr. Beadon said he should order him to enter into his
own recognisance in the sum of £lOO to appear on Wed-
nesday next.

THAMES.

A SAVAGE BRUTE.--Dennis Farrell, a dirty and dissi-
pated ruffian, about 23 years of age, was brought before Mr.
Yardley charged with assaulting Elizabeth Macarthy.
The complainant, whose face was marked, said that at
half-past 1 o'clock this morning the prisoner knocked at the
door, which she opened, and he attempted to force his way
in. She told him he bad no business there, on which he
struck her a violent blow on the eye with his fist and
knocked her down.
Police-constable Ford, No. 485 K, said that he heard the
parties wrangling at the house No. 10, Palmer's folly,
Ratcliffe-highway, and saw the prisoner deliberately strike
the woman with his fist. She fell, and was stunned, and it
was some minutes before she came to a state of conscious-
ness.
The prisoner, in defence, said he was in liquor, and did
not know what he was about.
Mr. Yardley --N onsense. That is no excuse. Drunken-
ness is an aggravation of your offence. Is the prisoner
known ? _ _ _

Ford—He has been here before for assaulting the police.
Mr. Yardley said the prisoner was a savage fellow, and
had committed a moat unprovoked and savage assault on
the wretched woman before him. He sentenced the pri-
soner to one month's imprisonment and hard labour.