The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-12 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

After the Recorder's charge to the Grant. Jury the
court proceeded to try the usual mint cases, none c.which
possessed any public interest.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-7kis Day.

MARLBORO UGH- S TREE T.
TiE CABMAN AND HIS FAZE. —Ernest Blake, a young
man of respectable appearance, who gave his address
Southwick-street, Shepherd's Bush, and described himself
as a clerk, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with being
chunk and wilfully breaking a pane of glass in Hansom
cab 3,161.

George Pink, cabdriver, badge 16,206, said that about
10 o'clock last night the defendant hired his cab in Bruton-
street, and told him to take him to any station of the Me-
tropolitan Railway, he did not care which, so long as the
faro was only a shilling. While going along Bruton-street
the defendant ordered him to let down the glasses, and
then calling on him through the trap door to " drive like
h-- or --," and then pulled up the glasses in such a
way as to imprison himself, and it took two of them to
liberate him, one of the panes of glass being broken. The
defendant refused to pay for the damage, and said he was
the son of a clergyman ; talked of his solicitor, and was
very bounceable ; and he then had him taken to the
station-house, where he was very impertinent to the in-
spector.

The defendant said it was all perfectly true.
A constable said the defendant was not sober and
rather violent.

The defendant was fined 55., and ordered to pay Is. Gd.
ho damage sad ss. costs.

WESTMINSTER.
A NOVEL APPLICATION.—A lady-looking woman, with
a child in her arms, applied to Mr. Arnold for advioe under
the following curious circumstances. A lodger had left
her house, taking with him the latch key, but leaving in
tho room a cat and kittens; she wished to know if she
could demand a week's rent.
Mr. Arnold—You had better distrain upon the cats.
(Laughter.)
Applicant—Destroy them, sir? (Renewed laughter.)
Mr. Arnold—No, seize upon them.
Applicant—l don't want to do that ; but cannot I re-
cover a week's rent ?
Mr. Arnold—l think not.
Applicant then left the box.

THAMES.
A TUBBULENT SEAMAN.—Robert Brown, a seaman, aged
39 years, was brought before Paget, charged with being
drunk, disorderly, fighting, and violently assaulting Fre-
derick Barrington, police-constable, 215 H, in the execu-
tion of his duty.
The prisoner has been recently discharged from the
ship Berkshire, now lying in the Victoria Dock. He was
drunk on Saturday and fighting with another man. The
policeman, Barrington, attempted to remove him, and ad-
vised him to go home. He made a fierce attack on the
constable, and completely disabled him. It required the
united exertions of six or seven men to remove him to the
station-house. He pleaded drunkenness, and did not know
what he was about.

Mr. Paget said if sailors came on shore they must be-
have 'themselves, and not get drunk and attack persons
without any provocation. A. most unprovoked and brutal
assault had been committed. Policemen had difficult and
irksome duties to perform, and while performing these
duties in a proper and impartial manner must be protected.
Lie sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to
hard laLour for two months.

THE EARL OF WESTMORLAND AND HIS CREDITORS.
—Four summonses came on to day at Chambers, before Mr.
Baron Bramwell, in reference to the Earl of Westmorlaud.
Three of them had been taken out on the part of the Earl,
for liberty to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to sell his
property by private contract instead of public auction, and
in a case of a new execution a public sale was preferred.
The execution creditors asked for a sale by contract.
It was stated that the property, other than that
claimed by the dowager countess, would fetch about
£5OO more than by public auction. The first execution
was to Mr. Solomon for £3,000; the next by Messrs
Beyfus for £9,000 and upwards ; and the other executions
would take, if any was left. Mr. Baron Bramwell made
the order for leave to sell by private contract, and as to
the interpleader. matter. it was to stand over until Messrs.
Beyfus's issue was tried.

The Juli, sessions of this court commenced to-day.
There are 9b /Two prisoners and 23 females for trial. Two
charges of wilful m,-der will he found in the calendar,
and several cases of maLoaughter. One of the most im-
portant trials as far as the P,blic are concerned is that of
Mr. Samuel G. Finney, the late manager of the English
Joint-Stock Bank, for having publis,ed a false and frau-
dulent balance-sheet with intent to lefraud the share-
holders.