The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-01 00:00:00

?ROFESSIONAL BRETHREN..--KNAPP V. POLEY.

Plaintiff is a solicitor, of Gresham-street, and defendant
is a solicitor, of Welbeck-street. _ . .

Mr. Treherne, for the plaintiff, said this was a claim to
recover a sum of £lO Os. 6d. for money lent to, and paid
for, the defendant by the plaintiff. Plaintiff had lent the
defendant £6 3s. to enable him to take out his certificate ; a
further sum was also lent to pay some fees, and defendant
had given an I 0 U for £9 ss. Plaintiff had paid some
money ;for the defendant for clothes, and the debt
was swelled to £1 Os. 6d. more. He (Mr. Treherne) had
sued for £lO Os. ed., Lel the real amount was £lO ss. ed.
Defendant had pleaded a set-off for £25, but was not
present to support it.
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Mr. Knapp was called, and proved paying and lending
the various sums to the amount of £lO ss. 6d.

The learned secondary then directed the jury to find for
the plaintiff for £lO ss. 6d.
Mr. Treherne—l have only sued for £lO Os. 6d. Can the
particulars be amended.
The learned Secondary—The count for general damages
will cover that.

Verdict for £lO ss, 6d. and certificate for coats.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day'

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Wines.)
CHARGE OT MURDER.

Ann Green, 27, unmarried, was indicted for the wilful
murder of her female infant child.

The prisoner,-it will bo recollected from the facts that
have already appeared in The Sun, was a domestic servant
in the service of a licensed victualler in Hackney ; and very
shortly after its birth the body of the child was found con-
cealed amongst some rubbish. The prisoner denied having
given birth to the child, but the medical evidence proved
this to be false.

The jury found the prisoner guilty of the minor offence
of concealment of birth.

The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to 12 months
imprisonment.

STEALING A LETTER.

Benjamin -West Hartley, 21, grocer, was indicted for
stealing a letter containing a Bank of England note for £5,
the property of the Postmaster-General.
From the evidence for the prosecution it appeared that
the prisoner was in the employ of a post-office keeper in
Broad-street, Bloomsbury, and that on the eveing of the 6th
of October the prosecutrix entered the shop and wished to
register a letter as one containing valuables. It being past
five, the lady Iwas informed that she could not do so, and
the letter—which was directed to a gentleman residing at
Kentish Town—was afterwards dropped into the box in
the ordinary manner. It never reached its destination, which
it would have done had it not been taken from the letter-box
surreptitiously. It was also given in evidence that the
prisoner must have known that a letter containing a five
pound note was in the box, and that as he was closing the
shop he was within a foot of the box, which was unlockad,
in which the letter was deposited.
In his defence the prisoner said he knew nothing of the
robbery, but the stolen note came into his possession by his
giving change for it to a man named Johnson; and that
this assertion was true was evidenced by the fact that when
he (prisoner) changed the note at a public-house in Vaux-
hall, he signed his right name on it.
The prisoner received a very good character.
The-Jury retired to consider their verdict. After an ab-
sence of 20 minutes, they returned into court with a verdict
of Guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy.
The learnedludge said, under all the circumstances, he
should only sentence the prisoner to six months' imprison-
ment, with hard labour.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
STEALING A COAT.

Thomas Gower, 22, labourer, was indicted for stealing a
coat, the property of Joseph liyam.

The prosecutor, a clothier living in the neighbourhood of
Houndsditch, said the coat was his property, and had been
stolen, as he was positive it had never been sold in his shop.
The prisoner, who was undefended, said he bought the
coat of the prosecutor, in Newgate•market, and gave him
10s. for it.

The jury returned a 'verdict of guilty, and the Recorder
sentenced him to four months' imprisonment.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
enA.R.GIi OF LIBEL.
Thomas Nugent, schoolmaster, 46, was indicted for
unlawfully publishing a libel of and upon William
Wiseman.

The prisoner pleaded guilty, and expressed his great
regret at having published the libel, for which there was
not the slightest foundation.
The Common Sergeant said before passing sentence upon
the defendant ha should like to consult the judges as the
gentleman against whom the libel was published was a per-
sonal friend of his.
Sentence was therefore deferred.

THE LATE Slit lOIIN FRANKLIN.—The move-
ment for securing the erection of a memorial of Sir John
Irauklin at Spilsby, his native place, is advancing favour•
ably, soveral.gentlemen who had promised subscriptionsfor
a. proposed "Franklin Museum" at Lincoln—a scheme now
abandoned—have transferred their donations, and promises
of fresh support have also been obtained from other
quarters.