The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-01 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(77111S DA Y).

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Sittings at Nisi Prius, after Term, before Lord Chief

Justice Erie and a Special Jury.)

KEMPE V. NEVILLE.

This case was resumed this morning.
Mr. Edwin James having replied on the part of the
plaintiff,
The Lord Chief Justice summed up. He said the duty
of the jury was to administer the law as it stood, and by
that law the Vice-Chancellor certainly had power to order
the imprisonment of suspected immoral persons ; and fbe
question for them to decide was, whether there were
grounds for them to suspect the plaintiff was an immoral
person. If not, then they would say so, and also state
what damage she had sustained by her imprisonment.
t The jury, after an absence of four hours, came into
court, and stated that upon the question put by his lord-
ship whether. the Vice-Chancellor had used due inquiry
and proper vigilance in inquring into the charge, they could
not say either yes or no.
A verdict was then entered for the plaintiff, with leave

:o move.

POLICE INTELL TGER CE--( THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

DOUBTPUL CHARGE or ROBBERY.—Catherine Sulli-
van, 17, was charged with stealing a gold ring, the property
of Mrs. Mary Myers, wife of a tailor, 12, Old Compton-
street.

Mrs. Myers said that on Tuesday last she placed two
rings in a cup on the mantel-shelf, the prisoner being
engaged by her since Wednesday. The previous day
(Friday) she took the prisoner part of the way with her to
Ludgate -hill, having a large bundle of clothes to take
home to Mr. Samuels, and then told her to go back as she
had only left a sick child behind, and at the same time tell-
ing her to be careful of the rings. On reaching home she
missed one of the rings, and the prisoner had not returned
and did not. She therefore at night sought her, and gave
her into custody.
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked when she last saw the rings safe, and
how she knew no one else had not been in the room.

Mrs. Myers said she last saw the rings safe on Tuesday
last. She knew no one had been in the room. When she
spoke to the prisoner about it she was frightened.
Prisoner—Do I look frightened. (Here an interchange of
words took place between the prosecutrix and the prisoner,
which at length being terminated), Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the
girl what she had to say to not going back again.
The girl replied that she had lost her way, not being
used to the west end of the town, and living at White-
chapel.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said although it waS suspicious in the girl
not going back, still there was not evidence enough to
detain her, and discharged her.

THAMES.

STEALING TEA IN TIIE LONDON DiCK.—Robert Wood,
an elderly man, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with
stealing 111bs. of black tea, the property of the London
Dock Company. It appeared from the evidence of a deli-
very foreman, named Tilley, that his attention was called
to the suspicious movements of the prisoner this morning,
and he watched him and saw him go into a tea warehouse,
from which he soon emerged with tea dropping from his
person. The prisoner was soon captured and searched, and
111bs. of black tea was found in his pockets ; in fast, every
pocket in his clothes was filled with tea. The prisoner was
quite unknown in the dock. He had no business there,
and refused to give any account of himself. The tea was
valued at 2s. 9d. per lb.

The prisoner said he was guilty, and Mr. Selfe sentenced
him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour.

MILK STMALING.—Two Irish boys, named James and
Thomas Barrett, were brought before Mr. Selfe on a charge
of stealing milk. A cowkeeper and dairyman named
Matthew George Sharpley said he supplied milk to people
in Stepney, and he had lately sustained great losses by the
depredations of boys, who drank the milk out of the cans
he left at the doors of his customers. This morning he was
on the look-out, and saw the prisoners drink the milk out of
a can he bad left at acustomer's door, in Arbour-square, near
the court. He gave them into custody. The witness
added that he did not wish the boys to be severely punished
—he only wanted to put a stop to the practice.
Mr. Selfe—Then the only way to do that is to discon-
tinue the practice of leaving your milk cans at peoples'
doors.

Mr. Sharpley said he was obliged to leave the cans at the
doors of his customers who did not rise early enough to
receive the milk when he went his rounds.

Mr. Selfe—Then you must go round a second time—this
is not to be tolerated. You hold out a temptation to boys.
Roche, the gaoler of the court, said that he saw seven
milk cans at the doors of as many houses in the Commer-
cial-road on Sunday morning last.

Mr. Selfe said the milkmen might as well fasten apples
to people's knockers.

Mr. Sharpley—That is a different thing.

Mr. Selfe—Not at all, the temptation of milk is as great
as apples. Drinking fountains are placed in the streets
for thirsty souls, and the boys might have supposed some
exc3ssively philanthropic persons had placed the milk cans
at people's doors for their benefit. The boys were then
lectured and discharged.

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. I.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Easterly ; moderato breeze, and fine weather, but rather

SWANSEA, Nov. 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Prima
Donna, from the Channel. Sailed—Thebes, for Madras;
Edith Pepper, and Chinn Packet, for Caldera ; Merlin,
for Modena.

COWES, Nov. 30,—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Veritos,
from Porto Plata.

SCILLY, Nov. 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Westmore-
Land, from Bonda for Goole, leaky.

KINGROAD, Nov. 30.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Herron
from Quebec.

(Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.

lVhid S.
Arrived, Nov. 30.—Alarm and Bessie, from Newport;
Atalanta, steamer, from Guernsey.
Arrived, Dec. I.—Tamar, steamer, from St. Thomas;
Sultana, steamer, from Lisbon.
Sailed, Nov. 30.—Courier, steamer, fur Jersey ; Alliance,
steamer, for Havre.
Sailed, Dec. I.—Fox, steamer, for Portsmouth.