The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-19 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Sittings in Banco before Lord Campball, Mr. Justice
Wightman, Mr. Justice Erie, and Mr. Justice Cromp-
ton.

CRIMINAL INFORMATION..-THE QUEEN V. SIR J. A.
MORRIS, BART.

In this case Mr. Bevil Q.C., applied to the court on
behalf of a Chancery barrister whose name did not trans-
pire, for a rule calling upon Sir J. A. Morris to show
cause why a criminal information should not be filed
against him for writing and sending that gentleman a
letter, of which the following is a copy :

" Carlton Club, Pall-Mall, London,
March, 18, 1853.

" Sir,—l herewith, until the' Vice Chancellor has
delivered his judgment in re Morris v. Morris, write to
express to you my opinion concerning yourself, which
is, that a more contemptable scoundrel than yourself
exists not.

" Words would be lost upon you, so I say no more
than that I fervently hope and trust that God will mete
out t r you a due punish ent for concocting and writing
the silly falsehoods and calumnies you did at the ex-
aminers office.

"If your employers instructed you to throw out the
poison, then I trust they will be equally punished with
your contemptible self during your respective life time,
In the next life it is not difficult to foretell the part of
such unmitigated liars, scoundrels, and defamers such
as you and they must be considered by all men not
barristers." "JOHN A. MORRIS"

Lord Campbell asked the learned counsel if he applied
on the ground that the letter was a libel up'n the whole
profession. He remembered when at this bar that an
application was made in respect of a libel on a company
of brewers, but I suppose you do not rely on the general
charge contained in the letter ?

Mr. Bovill said the bar generally, and, he believed,
the sol;ctors, did not assume the charge to themselves.
The letter no doubt was written in consequence of cer-
tain proceedings in Chancery, instituted by Sir J. A.
Morris against his mother, Dame Julia Morris, relative
to family affairs, and with Sir John considered the bar-
rister in question, and those who instructed him, bad
insinuated that he was not legally married, and censer
quo t'y that his son was illegitimate. The application
was made with a view of preventing a breach of the

peao4
Rule granted.
In the the other courts nothing of interest occurred.

POLICE INTF.TJJGENCE.--(This Day).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

JUVENILE THIEVES AND MARINE STORE DEALERS
John Styres, 13, and Mary Ann Gray, 42, a marine
store dealer, of Robert-street, in the neighbourhood of
the Court, were again brouvlit up, the former charged
with stealing 85 leads from 22 and 32, Grosvenor-mews,
the property of a !Ir. Newman, and the latter with re-
ceiving the same, well knowing it to be stolen.
From the evidence it appeared that, the load being
missed from the premises, inquiries were made which
led to the apprehension of the boy, who owned he sold
it at the shop of the female prisoner. Police-constable
Peady then went to the prisoner Grey's shop, and asked
her if she had purchased anything of the boy. At first
she said some pieces of brass, and then some pieces of
iron. On the officer's further pressing her, ,he said only
some bits of lead—a pound or two. He then asked her
whether that was all, but as she prevaricated in her
answers, he made a search, which led to the discovery
of a large quantity of had, some brass tobacconist's
scales, and other articles.

Mr. E. wilmott, agent for the property, residing in
Davies-street, Berkeley-square, said the lead found was
only a portion of that r.tolen.
Mr. Bingham said although the boy had been several
times convicted, and the woman was seemingly respect-
able, he looked upon her as far the worst, for it wag
very scandalous that she should purchase such things of
a mere boy, as she must have been aware they were
stolen. lie should order her to pay the sum of 51., or
two months, and the boy he sliould send to prison also
for two months.

The boy Las several times been convicted.
THAMES.

AN ARTFUL FEMALE SWINDLER.—After the dispo4al
of the night charges at 12 o'clock, Ann Habb, a little
woman t.reseed in black, and with a bloated face, was
brought up on remand before Mr. Yardley charged with
obtaining money by false pretences in a very adroit
manner.

For the last five months there have been numerous
inquiries at every police-station in the metropolis after a
"little woman dressed in black, with a bloated face,"
who Lad committed numerous frauds. On Saturday the
10 h inst. she was caught. She applied to Dr. Horton,
of High-street, Stepney, for a couple of pills and a black
draught for her " Missus," who she said lived close by,
and requested him ti send his errand boy with the medi-
cine and change for a sovereign. The prisoner met the boy
within a few yards of the place to which he was directed
asked him for the change, which he delivered to her,
and, pointing ttut the house of her "missile," said, "go
there and deliver the medicine and ask for a sovereign."
Sbe would have got away with the change, as she had
done in numberless other instances, but fortunately Mr.
Horton, who bad suspected her, bad sent his assistant
to watch her motions, and he gave her into custody di-
rectly after she obtained the change.
John Pritchett, a boy in the service of Mr. Henry
Cavendish, grocer and cheese-monger, Mile-end-road,
said the prisoner came to h s master's shop on the 25th
of March and ordered a pound of fifteen penny butter,
to be sent to No. 12, Cottage-grove, Mitie-end, with
change for a sovereign. He was on his way to Cottage-
grove with the butter and the change, when the pri-
soner met him and asked if ho had the eggs, to
which he replied in the negative. She asked him
for the change. which he delivered to her, and she told
him to proceed to No. 12, Cottage Grove, deliver the
butter, and a,4IE Betsy, the cook, fora sovereign. When
he arrived at No. 12, and made known the errand he
bad come upon, he was informed that nothing was
known of the prisoner, nor had any orders been i-sued
fir butter and eggs.
paT rts
eh of
prisoner
tiB,l:ll7ret wagrop
..t.ere were several other cases cf a like nature against
theprisoner, who had distributed her favours over all
osleiLenced to four months' imprison-
ment.

DItATH Of LOUD DIINI,E RAM INE. Lord Duaferroline
(Speaker Abercronaloy) died at his seat, Colinto ho ,
near Edinbuorgneb,,fontSheatujruddagyesmoof
the morning,
retd
08f2.s.e81,81:osorned,
ruing
brother-in-law's seat,
dilieacidoYnsidSe'un :ay morning at his
K-rinet-house, Cla;:ktuannan,bire ; his death creates
vacancy on the So itrish bench.
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.—On the 113th inst. the
three dii eater, n'iniinated by the Crown, viz.. Lieut.-
General Sir G Pollock, G.C.8., Major-General Sir R.
J. H. Vivian, 5.C.8., and J. P. Willoughby, Esq.,
M.P., took the prescribed oath and their seats as direc-
tors of the East India Company.