The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner (xoulburn.)
IN RE LIEUT.-COL. S. A. DICKSON.

This bankrupt was described as a Lieutenant-Colonel in
the Royal Limerick Militia, of many addresses, and now a
prisoner for debt. To-day he applied for his release front
custody, his liabilities being £12,000, of which £1,500 are
duo to Mr. Tait, Mayor of Limerick, and £350 to Sir
Thomas Bateman, M.P., the cause of the bankruptcy being
the failure of other parties, and heavy electioneering ex-
penses.

Mr. Reed, for the bankrupt, urged that he should be
discharged from custody.

His Honour—ls the bankrupt the great reformorof whom
wo have hoard so much lately ?
Mr. Reed—No, sir.

Mr. Bayley, for the detaining creditor—No assignee has
yet been chosen, and I do not seo why your honour should
depart from the usual course.

Mr. Rued—Bail to any amount can bo given.
His Honour—l do not see any reason for departing from
he usual course. The bankrupt can receive the applica-
ion after the choice of assignees.
Application refused.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. ',drop.)
MORGAN V. HILL.

This was an action to recover £5 55., the value of a pane
of glass put into' a window upon premises in the occupa-
tion of the Estates Company (Limited).
A Witness, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that the
goods had been supplied upon the express order of the
defendant.

Mr. Beard, for the defendant, said his client was simply
the housekeeper upon the promises in which the company
had its offices, and therefore he was not personally liable.

Plaintiff's witness declared upon previous occasions
orders has beers executed upon the 411110rity Of the de-

fendant, and the amounts had been paid. No account was
kept against the Estates Company.
Mr. Beard asked plaintiff whether ho had not debited
the Estates Company with the amount ?
Plaintiff's Witness—No, certainly not.
Defendant expressed a wish to be sworn, and he said that
a pane of glass was being fitted into the premises occupied
by the Estates Company, and it fell from the slings, being
broken. He ordered another pane from plaintiff, but it was
ordered solely for the account of the Estates Company.
Plaintiff's witness said he had subpoenaed the managing
director of the Estates Company to show that no authority
was given to defendant to order the pane of glass for the
company.

His Honour ordered that the managing director should
bo called upon his subpama, and upon his not appearing
fined him 405., which sum was awarded to the plaintiff to
meet any loss he might have sustained through the non-
attendance of the witness.
Plaintiff was then nonsuited.

CENTRAL CRIVINAL COURT.—This Day.

OLD COURT.

The adjourned February sessions of the Central Crimi-
nal Court commenced this morning before the Recorder
and the usual cfvic authorities.
The calendar contains 98 cases for trial. There was a
case of murder on the high seas, two of manslaughter, two
feloniously wounding, eight of forgery, the rest being of
the ordinary character.
The Recorder, in charging the Grand Jury, referred to
the case of Charles Anderson, a ship's carpenter, who
stood charged with the manslaughter of Jas. Marnchien
upon the high seas within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty
of England. The prisoner, it appeared from the evidence,
killed the unfortunate man by cutting hint down with a
chopper, but there wero circumstances which would have
to be considered by the petite jury, namely, the state of
mind of the prisoner at the time the act was committed.
With that, however, they had nothing to do ; their inves-
tigation was simply for the purpose of ascertaining whether
there was a prima facie case against the prisoner. If so,
it became their duty to return a true bill, and leave the
question of the sanity or insanity to bo determined by ether
persona. There was also, he said, a charge of manslaughter
against three men,but the evidence seemed weak against some
of the persons charged; therefore they would have to deter-
mine whether there was sufficient to justify then in retur-
ing true bills in each case. The only other case that was
referred to was the indictment against a person named
John Graham, who stood indicted with feloniously draw-
ing a trigger of a leaded pistol at William M'Evoy. The
prisoner, it appeared, chatged the prosecutor with following
him and his wife, which the prosecutor altogether
denied, and eventually the pistol was presented, the
hammer wont down, fortunately the weapon did not
go off, and, when the matter was investigated, it stated
that the hammer went down by accident, and that there
was no real intention to shoot the prosecutor, but merely
to frighten him. However, the matter was one which they
would deliberately consider, and upon the result of that
consideration would depend whether or not a true bill
ought to be returned against the prosecutor. The other
cases were merely of the ordinary description, in the dis-
posal of which he did not anticipate any difficulty would
arise.

The grand jury then retired.
THE SILK ROBBERY.

Thomas Charles Calvert, agent, Henry Brown, dealer,
and William Newman, barman, surrendered to an indict-
ment, charging them with stealing a quantity of moire
antique silk, of the value of £BO, the property of Sherbrook
Taylor and another.
Some delay was occasioned by the counsel for each
prisoner demanding the right to challenge the jury, the
desire being to have separate trials.
Mr. Avery, the Clerk of the Arraigns, said if the pri-
soners insisted on their right the trial could not take place,
as there were only 36 jurymen in attendance that day, and
the number required to be in court— each prisoner having
the right to 20 challenges—would be GO jurymen.
After some discussion, the right of challenge was with-
drawn, and the trial commenced by calling
George Alfred Morrell, who said he was in the employ
of Messrs. Taylor and Stokes, of Friday-street, Cheapside,
silk manufacturers. He knew the prisoner Brown. He
was a marine-store dealer in George-street, Portman-
square. Newman was a publican, also carrying on busi-
ness at the Swan Inn, in George-street, and he
was also also acquainted with Cuthbert. Brown
asked him to get him some moire-antique dresses,
and he stole two from the warehouse, and Brown gave
him £4 for them. After he had paid him the money they
wont to the Globe public-house, and as they were return-
ing Brown asked him whether he could get him 10 or 11
dresses. He told him he would let him know. On the
following Saturday he told Brown he had got the dresses,
and that he bad taken them to the Golden Last in Can-
non-street. The dresses were wrapped up in brown
paper. He afterwards went and got the dresses, and took
them to the Portland Stores, where he left them whilst he
went to see if Brown was at home. He found he was absent,
but heard he would be at the Swan in the evening. He went
there, and in a short time Brown came into the skittle-ground
where he (witness) told him (Brown) that he had got the
moires. Brown was to give him 30s. for each dress. Brown
toll him he had not then got the money, but pointed to
Cuthbert and said he would do as well. Brown then told
him (witness) to go and get the dresses and bring them to
the Swan. He went for them, and on his return he went
into the back kitchen, whore Brown brought in Cuth-
bert and then went out again. Some conversation
then ensued, during which he told Cuthbert there
were eleven dresses, and that he wanted .£l6 10s.
for the lot. Cuthbert said he supposed £l5 would do;
and the witness having agreed to that, Cuthbert said he
had not the money, but he could borrow £lO of Newman,
and that he would give his I 0 U for the £5. Cuthbert
then went to Newman at the bar and said, " Send me a
tenner bill." Newman said he could only let him have
£5, and after Newman handed the £5 to Cuthbert, he
gave it to him (witness), and he signed a receipt which
Cuthbert wrote out. Cuthbert then went and got the
parcel from the back kitchen, which he banded
over to Newman, who put it behind the bar, and
ho (witness) went away. Cuthbert promised to
pay the £lO on the following Monday. On the Sunday
previous, however, he saw his (witness's) master, and
from what took place at that interview the whole of the
prisoners were taken into custody and charged with the
offence. Newman had asked him previous to the present
matter to obtain him two silk dresses cheap. He did so,
and Newman gave him £2 for the two. The real value
of the two dresses was from £l6 to £l7. He had sold
Brown also six or eight dresses, all of which he had
stolen from his employer's warehouse.
The case is not expected to conclude to-day.

POLICE INTELLIGEACE.—This Day.

MARLB ORO UGH-S TREE T.
AN INTERPRETER IN A Fix.—Peter Pfaunenger, a strange-
looking man, described as an Italian, was charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Wilhelm Bock by cutting
his baud, supposed with a knife.
Prosecutor, a waiter, at M. Kuhn's restaurant, Hanover-
street, Hanover-square, said that the previous evening about
8 o'clock, the prisoner came to the restaurant and opened
the door, and began begging. He told the prisonerthat he
had nothing to give him that night, it being a practice to
give poor people at times-moat and bread. The prisoner
pretended not to understand him, and continued to hold
the door open. A gentleman complained of the prisoner's
doing so, and then he (prosecutor) requested the prisoner
to go away, but, as he took no notice, he had to remove
the prisoner's hand from the door and turn him round.
Directly he found his hand was cut, evidently by some sharp
instrument, the prisoner by this time having gone away.
Having gone into the restaurant and bound up his hand,
be went to look for the prisoner, and found him near
Very's in Regent street, and as soon as the prisoner ob-
served him he ran away. After pursuing the prisoner for
some distance he saw him enter a publichouse, and he then
caused him to be taken into custody.

Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prosecutor if the prisoner was
deaf and dumb.

The prosecutor said the prisoner last night spoke both
Italian and German, and said that ho was a native of
Milan.

Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prisoner if he wished to put any
questions to the prosecutor.
The prisoner remained silent.
Sergeant Edwards said that while searching the prisoner
last night ho dropped a knife (produced).
Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered Mr. Albert, the interpreter, to be
sent for; who, though he addressed the prisoner in Italian,
German, French, and English, pretended to understand
neither, remaining during the hearing of the case mute.

Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a few days to
see if anything was known about him.

THAMES.

PROVOCATION OR NOT.—James Potts, a tall, well-
dressed man, about 30 years of ago, with a face embro wned
by exposure to the sun in a tropical climate was brought
before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting Frederick
Webber, a butcher, dwelling in North-street, White-
chapel.
The complainant, a Geman, in broken English, said that
ho was passing along Greenfield-street, Whitechapel, and
was met by the prisoner, who struck him on the face with
his fist, and knocked him down. One of his teeth was
loosened, and he bled very much.
Henry Best said he saw the prosecutor with a carpet
bag in one hand and an umbrella in the other, talking to
a lady. The prisoner knocked him down and kicked him.
The_prisoner, in defence, said that he saw the prosecutor
taking-liberties of an indecent nature with his wife, and
knocked him down. He had been home three weeks from
sea, and did not know who the prosecutor was, and never
saw him before.

The prisoner's wife, a very respectable young woman,
was called into court, and Webber said ho did not know
her. He was talking to a female, but it was not Mrs.
Potts. He knew her before. She asked him whore he
was going, and ho §aid to her "What do you want ? "

While he was saving this the prisoner came up and knock°
him down. The woman he was talking to came into WS
shop every day.

John Chester, a police-constable, No. 23 If, took the
prisoner into custody at No. 23, Greenfield-street, and he
said ho had knocked down the prosecutor for insulting his
wife. The German was bleeding from the mouth.
Ellen Briar, the wife of Frederick, an engineer, said she
was carrying home a pint of beer for her husband's suPPer
between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock on Saturday night'
and met the complainant,whom she had known two years,
and while having a little friendly conversation with hit'
the prisoner crossed the road and knocked him down, and
then attempted to kick him. She said to the prisoner what
are you doing? The prisoner replied ho has insulted nI
wife. She said that is impossible, he has seen no other
female but me. The prisoner said if you want another
blow you can have one too. She said No, Lam not used t°
such articles. The prisoner was then given into custodP
Mr. Paget was satisfied the prisoner was mistaken 0r
labouring under some delusion.. The prisoner had coin'
mitted a wanton and brutal act upon an unoffending man'
Ile sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months
and kept to hard labour.