The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-16 00:00:00

i UTION TO BROKERS.

George Jo hn lireq, a broker, carrying on busi-
Des at No. 3, Lambeth-road, near St. George's Cl°
thedral, appee red at the Lambeth Police-court 10
answer• an ini "9rmation and summons taken out
against him b: / a poor woman namcd Twiler, and
charging him t hat he, being a broker employed in
levying ad ss for rent, did unlawfully charge a
for costs and charges than the law
permitted:
ement of the complainant, the wife
ofe greater
a'labouring
In, who has six small children, and
liramount
prom the itsl c
a m t

wb t.,
- had not been many weeks confined of the infant
i_ has in her al ms, it appears that she had rented
-e
tstirtrrn int for three years, and that during
the s,7Tae ay
that t, ~
arreai. ;of 15s. 9d. became due to the
on 0) o 22d of last month, to her great
211
l'.c ti
~ar.ett• :
Lllndcell, lita'nd front,
aeeomilahniis ledoobky
andh man-
made his man
surprise,' i
s his o
landiviro-. e
I h type, Mr. Wes t, you are not going
:sl i., sic said
't 'upon me for my appearing as a
ll:. ..
tt.(,:;111le lvitnes. i here explained
to avenge Y°"?'"1:_, , '' son." And he replied, 4, Oh,
is-Oness against 3.'u..
-o she applared as a witness
18 monthswcs
t, .
the defelidant, on a charge
at the session, and that
tn;oL4tia;ehrotauittily not..
twajost the son of . ,
upon her goads, her
him come to seizs
on seeing being 1 t witness in the
ott? fe I°l2 Y at this court ati,f4.
was that she
do wit h it).
-first implies,
former case h, est.
sioindsomething to ,
nJ)—Well, go on
J)efendant_yot in the slight
(1,,, the complain:
t.
wiAtillry.
oNuorrt;natiitzinch
~ .
and had been
sir my hum::
not a s i ing
out of work, and I bad. ' hir -, so that I did
so :qr. West v.sa 'ok the inven-
Complainant—wee
tin,
not know what to dG,- in the morn-
abouttory, tale left his man i'..70n1
wish.
I went to the
ing to about six in tilt *.."7C''"mg.
to distress me
landlord, who said he did 1 that ii3Ot b. e would be
by taking my few things, aDt:s -er, and to receive
satisfied to let the 15s. 9d. stand 0\ c the expense
it as I could pay, but that I must pu,- iitt me two
of the broker. A neighbour kindly
rstood to
le*-
gowns to pledge for ss. 6d., which I unde.
'
A. He
be the expenses, and offered it to Mr. We T_ had
refused it, and said his charge was 7s. 6d. .1. .1,,,,,
no earthly means of getting the other two shillii ''ne
so I again went to the landlord, and he gave 1. 0
two shillings. I then offered him the 7s. 6d., bu. '
he refused to take it out Of the hands of such a
wretch as he called me, and said I must put it into
the hands of the landlord. I did put it into the
landlord's hands, and he paid it to Mr. West. I
afterwards called on Mr. West, and said I had
heard he took too much. His reply was, " I did
not take a-- farthing from you. I suppose you
have been to the police court, but I don't care
a -- for Mr. Norton or Mr. Elliott, or any one
else." I wish to mention, sir, that Mr. West
took away the key of my door, and I have not been
able to get it from him since.
The defendant cross-examined the witness about
matters connected with the case of his son, and other
things which had no relevanoy to the proceedings,
and amongst the questions put was, whether the
witness had not expressed her gratitude to him for
his conduct, when she emphatically replied, " Mod
certainly not, but I did to the landlord."
The defendant next called his man in possession,
but he did not assist him, and his defence was that
he had received nothing from the complainant, and
what the landlord chose to give him had nothing
to do with her.
Mr. Norton observed that the overcharge of 2s.
was clearly made out, and notwithstanding the de-
nial of the defendant, he (Mr. Norton) could not
help thinking that the affair of his son and com-
plainant being a witness against him had a great
deal to do with the present case, as the whole pro-
ceeding on the part of the defendant was harsh and
cruel, as well as illegal, and he must therefore pay
treble the amount of the overcharge as well as the
cost of the summons, and half a crown to the com-
plainant for her loss of time.
- The defendant paid the 10s. ad.
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CO UMW Y MARKETS.

NORTHAMPTON-APRIL 14.

At this corn-market wheat was in less supply, but with o
very tolerable sale, at fully the rates of this day se's-
night, prices ranging from 43s to 52s for white, and 46s to
51s for red. There was a good business passing in barley,
:nailing 37s to 445, grinding 30s to 35s per qr. Oats in
fair sale, the turn in seller's favour, quoted at 24s to 300
per 24 stone. Beans, old, 38s to 40s ; peas, 38s to 44e.
Rye, —s to —s; malt, 63s to 72s ; flour, 33s to 37s per
sack.