The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-17 00:00:00

THIS DAY.)

LAW INTEL.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lords Justices.)
Ai?PEAL.-STEEL V. STEEL.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)

WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT.
FORGED NOTES-IMPORTANT CASE-SA,MUELS T. THE
COMMERCIAL GAS COMPANY.
Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff.
The action was brought to recover the sum of £5 good
and lawful money, in lieu of a forged £5 note taken from
one of defendant's collectors.

Plaintiff stated that the collector in question called for
his account, £3 10s., and plaintiff paid him a £2O note, and
received in return with the other change the counterfeit
£5 note, the subject of the present action. That forged
note was paid to a person named Abrahams, and by him
paid into his banker's. It Was returned from the Bank of
England marked forged.

The collector said that ho did not give plaintiff the note
in question. Plaintiff paid him by cheque, and received
the balance in gold and silver. There was no name of the
collector on the back.

A gentleman named Bumpstead, clerk in the Bank o$
England, was called, and proved that the note was a forged
one.

Mr. Beard said, upon the evidence adduced, the prepon-
derance was in favour of his client, and he should have a
verdict.

His Honour said plaintiff had sworn positively that he
took the note from defendant's collector, vho in the hurry
of business might have omitted to put his name on the
back.

Verdict for the plaintiff, with costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CAPTURE OF NOTORIOUS FOREIGN THIEVES.—Three
foreigners, named Theodore Vincent, Joseph TeHon, and
John Desire, were charged with stealing a parcel of valu-
able books from the shop, andi the property of, Mr. Wzn.
Boone, bookseller, 29, New Bond-street.

Horsey, 224 A, said that on the previous evening, about
six o'clock, he saw the three prisoners in. New Bond-street,
Tirion having a cloak and something under it, both of
which he passed to one of the others, and they all three
then went into the Globe public-house in South Molton-
street, and on his looking through the window he saw them
sitting at a table examining some large books, now pro-
duced. Two of the prisoners afterwards having exchanged
a part of their attire, they all three came out, and having
seen him, started off into Oxford-street, walking very
sharply. Ho followed and took Desire into custody on
suspicion of stealing the books, and on asking whit he had
got, he said, " New book—me take to Baptist Noel."
Seeing that they wore not new books, he took them into
custody.

Mr. William Boone, the prosecutor, said the books pro-
duced were his property and were taken from his shop,
where they were placed tied up in a parcel. Two of the
prisoners (Tirion and Desire) had been in his shop early in
the evening and asked for a French dictionary, and he
(prosecutor) had occasion to go to the extreme end of his
shop, and thus afforded an opportunity for the books to be
taken.

Mr. Albert, having read over to the prisoners the evidence
in French, the prisoners through hini said they had nothing
to say.

Sergeant Rogers, of the C division, was in attendance to
prove convictions against sonic of the prisoners.
The prisoners were remanded till Wednesday next, when
they will be committed for trial.
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Terion has suffered 12 months' imprisonment for a rob-
bery at a jeweller's shop, on which occasion ho threw snuff
into the eyes of the prosecutor, Mr. Jacobs, of Pimlico,
besides other terms of imprisonment. Desire has also only
just come out of prison. It is expected that other charges
will be preferred against them.

THAMES.
ROBBERY ON BOARD SHIP.—Michael Watson, the chief
mate of the ship Ceres, lying at Pickle Herring-stairs,
Horsleydown, and nephew of Mrs. Robinson, of Sunder-
land, the owner of the ship, and connected with respectable
families, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with
breaking open a desk in the cabin of the vessel, and stealing
£29 in gold therefrom.

It appeared from the evidence that Captain Vim. Catch-
pole, the master of the Ceres, left the vessel yesterday
morning on business, and upon his return iii the evening,
at half-past 6 o'clock, he found the prisoner was gone, and
upon going into his cabin, discovered that his desk had
been broken open, and all the money, 28• sovereigns and two
half-sovereigns, abstracted. The captain quickly directed
the whole of his crew to proceed in various directions in
search of the prisoner, and in the course of the same night
the carpenter, cook, and a seaman belonging to the Ceres
found him in the Gun-Boat beer-shop in High-street,
Shad well, very tipsy and lying with his head upon a table
in the kitchen.

It Appeared from the statement of Mr. Michael Cook, the
landlord of the Gun-Boat—who was described by Mr.
Yardley " to have acted very properly, and with as much
care as honesty"—that the prisoner was a schoolfellow of
his 18 years ago, and he had seen him very frequently
since. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner was with a girl
at the Bell, in Ratcliffe-highway, and she took his watch
from him and suspended it to her own neck. On leaving
the Bell they went to another public-house, and then came
to the Gun-Boat. The girl said the prisoner had a deal of
money about him, and he insisted upon the prisoner, who
was very tipsy, giving it up to. him. The prisoner did so,
and the money, 26 sovereigns and two half sovereigns, was
counted out upon a table. The prisoner then went to sleep,
and upon the crew of the Ceres arriving at the house and
giving information of the robbery, he took the prisoner to
the station-house. Mr. Cook previously searched his
pockets and took from them 18s. more, so that only £1 12s.
was lost to the prosecutor.

The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, hung down his head
and said he was very sorry for what he had done, he was
intoxicated when he committed the robbery or ho should
not have done so.

Mr. Yardley, after enlarging on the fearful effects of
drunkenness, convicted the prisoner of larceny, and sen-
tenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour.
SINGULAR CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—OH Friday last a
person named Isaac Brewer was charged at the Thames
Police Court, with stealing a hat-box, the property of
Samuel Marks, who had been formerly prisoner's employer.
Mr. Lewis appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Beard, of
Basinghall-street, for the prisoner.

It was shown that prisoner, a most respectable man,
was now in the service of a house.

Mr. Beard proved that the hat-box had first been bor-
rowed and then given.
The Magistrate said no man in lita' 4'ionses could suppose
prisoner stole the box, and he would be discharged.
It was mentioned that an atijf),for false imprisonment
would be brought.

THE WEATHER IN THE CHANNEL, &C.—DOVER,
Tuesday, 7 p.m.—The weather moderated this morning ;
but it now blows a sharp, biting wind from the east. The
mail packet Alliance with two mails left for Calais at 6 a.m.,
and the mail packet Queen with two mails arrived from
Calais at 7 40 a.m., and took her departure this afternoon
at the usual hour with the French mails. The Prince
Frederick William arrived with the mails f.tom Ostend this
morning at 4 o'clock, but was not let into harbour until
6.30. No mail for the North of Europe via Ostend since
Saturday night, for the Belgian Government mail packet
that ran to the leeward yesterday morning and landed hei•
mails at Newhaven has not come up to Dover yet. The
Prince Frederick William goes with the mail to Ostend to-
night at the usual hour. Her Majesty's steam yacht Black
Eagle, Master Commander Petley, arrived here to-day in
readiness to embark to-morrow his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales for Ostend. His Excellency Lord
Bloomfield will cross over to Calais to-morrow morning by
epeciv.l packet en Mao to Berlin.

This was an appeal from a decision of Mr. Commissioner
Perry, of the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy, re-
fusing a certificAte to the bankrupt, Mr. Steel, a timber
merchant and shipowner, in Liverpool.
Mr. Bacon, Q.C., and Mr. Deighton supported the ap-
peal; Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., and Mr. Aspinal appeared for the
assignee. A

At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel their lord-
ships delivered judgment. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and
Lord Justice Turner were decidedly of opinion that the
bankrupt was not entitled to any certificate whatever, on
the ground of fraud, conspiracy, and deception, in granting,
accepting, and discounting accommodation bills with Mr.
Lord, in the name of the firm of Messrs. Hallet and Com-
pany, which were zit authorised by, or known to, Messrs.
Hallet and Company, before. Mr. Lord absconded from
Liverpool.

Their lordships refused the certificate absolutely, and
also refused the petition, with costs.

ILLNESS OF A SUITOR -- IMPORTANT QUESTION.--WEI,

HENSR V. CROWDEN.
Mr. Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, appeared for the
plaintiff.

On the part of defenlant, it was urged that the cause
should be adjourned until a witness (defendant's partner),
who was labouring under a complication of ills, could
attend.

Mr. Buchanan said that the witness in question had been
examined once, and he did not think would be again re-
quired.

Defendant could assure his Honour that the abSent per.
son was required.

A note was handed up to his Honour, which stated that
a number of defendant's family, and he himself, were suffer-
ing from an attack of illness, and his Honour thought he
should grant the adjournment.

Mr. Buchanan—We are quite prepared to go on. I
have brought all our witnesses with us, and if the case is
to be adjourned we should have costs.

His Honour—No ; I cannot grant costs ; you know, Mr.
Buchanan, the circumstances are without the witness's
control. We cannot grant costs. It is the act of God.