The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-02 00:00:00

A Fl? a CAS WITH BROITE.RS.

At Bow-street Police-court, on Friday, Mr. Vaughan 111
engaged in investigating a case wherein two person:
named Jennings—man and wife—were charged wit'esi
series of violent assaults. It appeared that the prilL°ll,
occupied a room in one of the courts with which the
diate locality of Bow-street abounds, and ,
indebted to their landlord to the extent of B°l
nine shillings, which he offered to fordo e
the possession of the room was given up quietly. His ,
not being accepted, tho brokers were instructed to inikel
distraint, and entered the apartment for that purPoe; re
as soon as they were observed the prisoners seized holt',
them, and, in the words of ono of the witnesses, "1.1'11„

them neck and crop downstairs." The assistance of a folic;
man was obtained, and he accompanied the brokers c
their return to the house. But Jennings and his wife
not content to let the men of the law do as they Pled
and whilst the former gave one of the brokers 3 g,
thrashing with a poker and stabbed the other in the s'-1,0
his wife confined her attention to the policeman, and f°,o
him several severe blows in the face. The husband "hd
left the room and visited another apartment, and aect,be
the inmate with having instigated the landlord to sigli,ej
distress warrant. This was. denied; but Jennings se'v
hold of the other lodger by the throat and triea
strangle him. Assistance soon arrived, and ae
cused and his wife were lodged in the police station•
magistrate thought it a bad case, and ordered the P 357141
be imprisoned for two months for the assault on
brokers, and one month for the assault on his fellow-te115°,6
and tho woman was ordered to be incarcerated for °
month with hard labour.

ALBERT ASSURANCE COMPANY.

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Mr. A. J. Murray, for Mr. Lee, the prosecutor e• to
directors of this company before the magistrates, et of
Marlborough-street Police-court, applied to Mr. 131°°0
chief clerk in Vice-Chancellor James's Chambers' cf
Friday morning, for an order to inspect the heel'sot
the company. The applicant stated that the liqui"rdes
had given his consent to the inspection provided the ():1 ba
of the court could be obtained.—The Chief Clerk sei"ts
had no power to make such an order, for by so doing y,
court would be sanctioning the prosecution. The al'c'cla
cant, in fact, was asking for an order which would Willi
the winding up of the company. This would be
ad
effect, because the room was full of becks dO
papers.—The applicant stated that all the parties,gtbe
understood that no impediment should be thrown 'l2 d
way of the winding-up. The chief object was to WI
et
the minute book, which, he understood, was not in °ell
all.—The Chief Clerk said he did not feel irlie
to grant the order. The Judge might, perhaps,
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should, therefore, refer the matter to the court. lid
Mr. Edwin Howard, a solicitor in the Poultry, aPF cr
for leave to inspect and take a copy of a list Of et be
holders in this company. The applicant stated thuds
was a policy-holder to the amount of £l,OOO, and :01
the application on the part of himself and scps
other policy-holders, for whom he was coneerl'evol
solicitor. He had applied to Mr. Price, the prelislopi
official liquidator, and Mr. Price had vele'l: 00
he could not comply with the request withooeof
leave of the court.—Messrs. Lewis and Munns, brd)
of Mr. Price, asked for time to answer Mr. 11°W.t,io,
affidavit.—Mr. Howard pressed his al)Plica'Dotl'
contending that it was a matter of right cog
to himself and individual policy-holders that 00,501
of lists should be supplied.—The Chief Clerk 00
how many policy-holders there were.—Messrs. Letting
there were 23,000.—The Chief Clerk said that by
the order every policy-holder might make a similar
cation. This would impede the business of the CO°4
He should adj mum the application until Friday neat.