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London, England, 1858-05-01 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY.

(Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices.)

BIGG V. STRONG,

The further hearing of this part-heard appeal was
resumed this morning. At the conclusion of the argu-
ments of counsel, their lordships consulted together,
and afterwards delivered judgment.
This was an appeal from a decree of Vice-Chan-
cellor Sir John Stuart, declaring that the plain-
tiff was entitled to specific performance of an
agreement for the sale of 24 acres of land, called Carter-
lodge, St. Leonard's, dated the 11th of August, 1855.
The defendants pleaded want of power and authority to
enter into the agreement and no sale.

Their lordships were unanimously of opinion that the
plaintiff was entitled to specific performance of the agree-
ment. There was not only an agreement to sell the
lands, but there was also subsequent ratification and
adoption of the agreement by the defendants.
The Lord Chancellor dismissed the appeal with costs.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
COURT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF,
CROWN CASES RESERVED.
(Before Lord Chief Baro❑ Pollock, Baron Bramwell,
Justices Wightman, Willes, and Byles.)
THE QUEEN ♦. CRAMPTON.

The prisoner was indicted at the last Dorset Sessionz
charged with feloniously receiving certain goods alleged
to have been smuggled by two persons, who were in-
dicted with him for stealing,. One of the prisoners was
found guilty of embezzlement only, and not of stealing.
The question was, whether the prisoner could be con-
victed of receiving, as the other had been found guilty of
embezzling only.

The Court held the conviction to be good.
Conviction affirmed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DARING} ROBBERY.—Robert Hobbs, a determined-
looking young man, was charged before Mr. Beadon
with sttaling two coats from the shop of Mr. J. Parley,
c!othier, of 14, Tottenham court-road.
William Dean, of 10, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-
square, said that on the previous evening be was passing
along the Tottenham-court-road, and wben near the pro-
secutor's shop be observed the prisoner and another man
1 oking in the window, as it watching somebody inside.
He then noticed the prisoner separate from the other
man, and make a sudden snatch at the two coats, and
make off with them. He (witness) called out to some
one in the shop, and went in pursuit, and, overtaking►
him, brought him back, and on the way the prisoner
dropped the coats.
William Beamiut, shopman to the prosecutor, said his
attention was called to the robbery by the last witness,
be being busily engaged at the time serving a customer.
The articles belonged to his employer, and were of the
value of It.

In answer to Mr. Beadon the prisoner pleaded guilty.
The prisoner, who is pretty well known to the police,
and has been convicted of a similar robbery, said he had
nothing to say.

Mr. leadon, having remarked on the audacity of th•
prisoner, committed him for six months, with hard
labour.

THAMES.
OUTRAGEOUS AND UNPROVOKED A SSATILT, --E mma
Smith, a disorderly and savage Ratcliff-high way prosti-
tute, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with com-
mitting a violent assault on a young woman named
Elizabeth Vandermuller, a native of Holland.
The complainant, a simple harmless-looking creature,
said she was shopwoman to her mother, who carried on
business in St. George-street. On Friday morning she
was passing along the Commercial-road when she was
met by the prisoner and two other females. The
prisoner asked her the time, to which she replied, "I
have none watch, marm ; mine clock is at home,
marm." The prisoner immediately commenced
abusing her and said " Don't marm me, you are a street
walker like me and live in the Back-road, and have
huebaod and one child, and come out every night for
your living." She told the prisoner she was mistaken
and that she was a single woman. The prisoner then
re-coininenced her abuse, struck her several times, tore
her bonnet, and broke one of her earrings. She WWI
very much hurt by the prisoner.
Charles Sruinton, police-constable, 123 IC., said, when
the prisoner was given into his charge she delibe-
rately turned round and struck the prosecutrix five or
six times with her fists, and all, the way to the station.
house used the most diabolical threats.
Mr. Selfe said the prisoner had been guilty of most
outrageous conduct-, and sentenced her to seven days'
imprisonment and hard labour as a disorderly prostitute.