The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-01 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.

CITY SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr, Prendergast, Q•C•)
BABRATT AND ANOTHER V. BICKFORD -IMPORTANT
QUESTION ON A GUARANTEE.

The plaintiffs in this action were printers, and
sought to recover the sum of 4/. 3s. on a guarantee.
It appeared by the evidence that the work was one
for a proposed new company, " The National Viitriolic
Company", and defendant had given a guarantee for
payment to the extent of 10/.
_

Mr. Beard, from the nffice of Mr. Buchanan, con-
tended that no action would lie on the guarantee, as no
consideration appears on the page of the document.
His Honour held that by a recen; act that was not
necessary. _ .

Mr. Beard then cross-examined the witness as to an
alleged admission by the defendant, and a promise to
pay. The urtness, however, would not swear to any
precise words, but he did not deny that he had given
the guarantee ; he said that if the party who ordered
the goods had been applied to, the bill would have been
paid. He (Mr. Beard) therefore contended that the
plaintiff had not made out his case, for no admission or
promise to pay had been made out, as the witnesses
dre •s a conclusion, although they could not state what
really took place.
His Honour said that it was clear that a guarantee
had been given by a person named Piokford, and that
defendant had been applied to, and that some conversa-
tion took place—that was not denied, and it was not
material what it was. In the absence of evidence for
the defendant, he must hold that the guarantee had
been given, and that defendant was liable.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

WESTMINSTER.

DISGRACEFUL MILITARY OUTRAGIL—Robert Gurkin
and Joseph Buxton were charged with a most disgrace-
ful outrage upon the police.
The two prisoners, who were not even alleged to have
eeu intoxicated at the time the offence was committed,
were placed in the dock. They had been given into
custody for felony, and the objects cf their violence, Ben-
jamin Brett, 262 C, and James Charwood, 104 B, both
had their beads covered with linen bandages, and were
in a very weak state. It seems that last night the de
fendants, who are soldiers in the 2d Regiment of Guards,
were at the New Star and Crown, Broadway, Westmin-
ster, when a man there called the police and charged
the defendant Gurkin with having robbed him of some
duplicates and papers, and Brett found him concealing a
portion of them. Brett proceeded with Gurkin a short
di,tanee when he commenced a violent attack upon
both him and the prosecutor. Charwood came to
Brett's assistance, when Buxton came up and joining
the other defendant, inflicted the most desperate
assault noon the two officers. Buxton taking off his
bel,„ struck the two men about their heads until they
became insensible, and were conveyed to the hospital.
Two otter constables were likewise assaulted by the
defendants, who escaped, but were afterwards appre-
hended. The wounds were inflicted with the heavy
brass buckle at the end of the belt.

Mr. Ge.rge Pearce, surgeon, proved that beside
other wounds and injuries, Brett was discharging
blood from the bowar, while Charwood had two severe
scalp wounds. It would he some time before the men
were in a condition to resume their duty.

L► the course of the inquiry it Was stated that
Brett had called upon a corporal with a file of soldiers
to assist in conveying the defendant Gurkin to the
station, but he had refused to du so.
Mr. Arnold said that he could not think of dealing
with so serious a case as this, which he should send for
trial. He then animadverted upon what appeared to him
to be unbecoming conduct of the corporal in refusing to
aid the civil power; and said that the commission of the
injuries the constablts bore was mainly attributable to
the corporal's non-interference when called upon.
Defendants were remanded.