The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(i'his Day.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
Before the Lords Justices.)
IN RE THE LONDON AND COUNTY ASSURANCE COUTASI

EX PARTE JESSOP.
Lord Justice Turner, in delivering judgment, said that
this was a motion to discharge an order of Vice. Cha-
ncellor Sir It. T. Kinderkley, which ordered that the
appellant's name should be placed on the list of contr.'.
butories as a member of the company
His lordship considered that the appellant had power t.O
transfer his shares, and that there was a bona tide valid
for 454 share.
transfer of his shares to Mr. Sheridan, before the
agreement to wind up the company in Chancel,
and therefore the order of the Vice-Cbancellor
should be reversed, and the name of the appellant
taken off the list of contributories, with costs out of the
estate.

Lord Justice Knight Bruce was entirely of the saple
opinion.

Ordered accordingly.
APPEAL.—PETITION FOR JUDGMENT.—TUCKER V.
LEVRIDGE.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce, in delivering judgments
said that the contention in this case was, whether a 803
of 10,000/ , provided by the testator to his daughter,
Catherine Helen Tucker, was on her death realty or Per;
sonalty ; and whether the heir-at-law or the widow n'
the testator, William Tucker, was entitled to take it sg
realty or personalty. His lordship said that be Enna'
I.ok to the relative position of the parties at the
time of the death of the testator. His lordship COn'
sideied that the testator, by his will, had converted hie
realty iLt, personalty, and that the heir-at-law had not
made out a sufficient title to the fund in question. It
was a hard case.
Lord Justice Turner said the question was, whether
the sum of 10,000/., or any part of that sum, belonged
to the real estate of the late William Tucker, and so br;
longed to the heir-at-law, or to the personal estate, and
belonged to the widow. Vice-Chancellor Sir John
Stuart decided that the whole sum in question be"
longed to the widow, and the present appeal is from that
dec:sion. His lordship concurred in opinion with Lord
Justice Knight Bruce, and their lordships dismissed the
appeal with costs.
The counsel for the respondent consented not to ask
costs on condition that the case would rest here, and
not be appealed to the House of Lords, which the cowl"
eel for the appellant agreed to.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A HOESE.—SINGTJLAB
—Thomas Langdon, the licensed proprietor and driver
of cab 1,817, was charged before Mr. Beadon, by Mr'
William Love, chief constable of the Royal Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruellY
beating a horse.
The defendant sail he would plead guilty.
Mr. Beadon, however, said he would hear the case.
Mr. Love said the circumstances of the case were veil
aggravated, owing to the defendant, instead of having
used a whip, made use of a peculiar weapon, which 116
(Mr. Love) was sorry to say was much in use airiong
cabmen, and which was calculated, besides doing serious
misch.et to the horse, to cruelty torture it.
From the evidence of Rutherford, one of the society'o
officers, it appeared that early on the 9th of June, be
saw the defendant in Regent-street driving a horse and
cab, the defendant dealing the horse several severe
blows right and left on its sides, and keeping up ell
incessant beating. He wont after defendant, and, on
overtaking him, took the weapon from him. (The weaP°l
was here produced, and strongly resembled a piece
twisted cowhide, about a yard long, and from the fact of
its being twisted calculated to inflict severe torturel
The horse, which was a very good one, was panting, an
bore the appearance of having been much ill-used.
The defendant said the horse was a confirmed slug
he could not get it along wi'h the aid of the whip, to he
borrowed the weapon to try the effect of it.
Mr. Beadon indignantly denounced the defendant''
conduct as being most cruel and monstrous, and said it
was a wonder the horse's ribs were not broken ; and the
best punishment for such a man would be to serve hie;
in the name way as he had served the horse. He weal°
mark his sense of the defendant's conduct by fining bial
40s. and costs, or 14 days' hard labour.
The defendant was locked up in default,
It appears that a groat many cabmen carry a weapoll,
of the kind with them, and use it when unperceived 0
a night.