The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-07 00:00:00

EX PARTE AS TO A PETITIONING CREDITOR'S DEBT.

IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Mr. Warrand, of Basinghall-street, applied tb open a
petition in bankruptcy under the following circum-
stances :—lt appe2red that the petitioning creditor had
obtained a judgment on one debt, and sought to make
the debtor a bankrupt on a bill of exchange.
His Honour at first doubted whether a petition could
be granted after judgment obtained.
Mr. Warrand submitted that the bill was wholly dis-
tinct from the judgment debt, and his client would make
an affidavit to that effect. This having been done,
His Honour allowed the petition.
The other meetings were adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— This Day.

GUILDHALL.

Samuel Moses, cap manufacturer, of 120, Royal Mint-
street, Minories, was charged before Mr. Alderman
Eagleton with obtaining by false pretences 14 felt hats,
value 11. 4s. 6d., and on the 26th ult., 8 dozen of felt
hats, value 8/. Ss., the property of Mr. J. A. Chester,
hat manufacturer, of 8, St. A ndrew's.hill, Doctors'.

commons.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was

formerly in the employ of Messrs. Bebarfald and Son,
Houndeditch. On the 12th September he called at the
prosecutor's warehouse and said he wanted some "felts"
for Messrs. Bebarfald and Son, to make up an order.
In consequence of this he wa; shown some, and he
selected 14, value together 1/. 4s. 6d., which he
took away with him--an invoice having been first
given to him, chrrging the goods to Messrs.
Bebarfald and Son. On the 25th September the prisoner
a called on the prosecutor, and had some sample hats,
which he took away with him to show Messrs. Bebar-
fald and Son, and on the following day ho returned and
had eight dozen in their names, signing a receipt for the
goods. Prosecutor had been in the habit of dealing with
Messrs. Bebarfald, but the former had never supplied
the latter with goods. The prosecutor subsequently
ascertained that the prisoner was not in Messrs. Bebar-
fald and Son's employ, and had not been sent by them
for the goods, and he gave him into custody.
Mr. Bebarfald deposed that the prisoner, who had
been their traveller, left them in August last. He
never authorised the prisoner to obtain the above goods
from the prosecutor.

Green, a city detective, apprehended the prisoner this
morning in Rosemardy-lane, and charged him with the
offence, but be made no reply to it. In the prisoner's
pocket-book he found some of Mess'rs. Bebarfald and
Son's trade cards and the two invoices of the goods
obtained.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
WIFE BICATING.--Charier Barman, a tall middle-aged
man, residing at 16, Porter-street, Newport-market, was
charged before Mr. Beadon with violently assaulting his
wife, Ann Hannan.

Complainant, whose eyes were dreadfully contused
and covered with a bandage, stated that on the previous
evening she was endeavouring to arrange matters be
tween two friends who were quarrelling, when the de-
fendant, without the slightest provocation, struck her a
violent blpw in the face with his fist, and blackened her
eye. She directly ran up stairs and went to bed, but she
had no sooner laid down than he rushed into the room
and struck her again with great force, and blackened the
other eye. He was proceeding to further violence when
her cries attracted the notice of a constable who was
passing, and who took him into custody.
The prisoner, in reply to Mr. Beadon, said he might
have struck his wife, but he knew nothing whatever
about it, as he was drunk at the time.
Mr. Beadon said that was a poor excuse for the dread-
ful beating he bad given his wife, and committed him
for six months.