The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-30 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.)

ROLLS' COURT.

(Before the Master of the Rolls Sir John Romilly.)
THU UNION JOINT STOCK MUTUAL BANKING ASSOCIATION

V. KING--JUDGMENT.

This was a suit by the plaintiffs to have it found and
declared that they were entitled to two mortgages over
three granaries, coach-house, and dwelling-house, built
by Octavine and Alfred King, on a piece of land in Den
bigh, of the value of 50t., given t) them by their father,
for cash advances made by the Bank to them to the
amount of three thousand pounds.
The father claimed a preference to the Bank on the
ground that he never gave the land absolutely to his
sons, but in use only to enable them to carry on their
business as builders. Octavius had become bankrupt,
and a claim was set up by his creditors also in preference
to the hank.

The father also alleged that the document lodged with
the Bank purporting to be a conveyanee of the piece of
land upon which the granaries, coach-house, and
dwelling-house were built was false and forged.
Hie Honour the Master of the Rolls was of opinion
that the Bank had a good and preferable claim on the
mortgages over the granaries, coach-house, and dwel-
ling-house in question.
His Honour made a double decree of foreclosure
against the father and sons, and those claiming under
them, with costs to be paid by the sons, but not out
of th• estate of Oatavins.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Sittings in Banco before Lord Campbell, Justices Cole•

ridge, Wigbtman, and Erie.)

EX PARTE MICHAEL FOSTER,-REFUSAL TO PAT CHURCH

RATES.

Mr, Lush, Q.C., showed cause against a rule calling
upon the Chancellor of the Bishop of Ely to show cause
why a prohibition should not issue is prevent his fur-
ther proceedings iu a suit against Michael Foster for
the subtraction of church rates. The rule was obtained

this tern by the Solicitor-General on the ground that
the notice of vestry of April 6, 1854, for making the rate
did not state that the money was to be expended in the
manner it bad been disbursed by the churchwardens.
The learned counsel stated that the wall, or arch or
gable end, of the church of Little Shelford, Cambridge-
shire, which separated the chancel from the nave,
required repairs, and on 30th March, 1854, a vestry
meeting was called for the purpose of taking into consi-
deration the state of the wall in the centre of the
church, and to receive the opinion of the architect
thereon, his plans, Stc.. and to make an order for the
necessary repairs. All the inhabitants had notice
the
eldvestry
on h
and it was agreed that the
repairs should be done.
An adjourned meeting was
h 6asth held,
April (on which the rule had been
te w
granted), when a rate was made for defraying the ex-
pense incurred in repairing the wall.

- Lord Campbell—This ai;pearstObe a complete answer
to the rule.

The Solicitor-General—lf your lordship think the
notice for rebuilding the wall a sufficient notice for the
alterations that have been made—,_

Lord Campbell—!t identifies the wall, and every
inhabitant must have known the meaning of the second
notice.

The Solicitor-General—lf that is the opinion of the
Court, it is useless for me to trouble your lordships with
any observations.
Dale discharged, with costs.
THE QUEEN V. PIERCE AND OTHERS.-THE LATE GREAT

GOLD ROBBED Y.
Mr. Bodkin said that he had been instructed in this
case to show cause against a rule obtained this term by
Mr. Wilde, Q.C., for the Corporation of London, on
Fanny Kay, to show cause why an ordetof Mr. Baron
Martin's should not be quashed, relative to disposi-
tion of certain Turkish Bends deposited by Agar with
Pierce for the benefit of herself and child. The learned
gentleman said, that as questions of great intricacy
requiring considerable investigation, relative to the
rights and privileges of felon's goods, were involved, he
asked that the rule might be enlarged or issued,
reserving the arguments when the order was brought up.
This course was assented to, and the rule made abso-
lute, and it was directed that the South Eastern Rail-
way Company and all parties interested, should have
notice before the order was brought up.

POLICE INTP.U.TGENOE.— (This Day.)

BOW-STREFT.

ROBBERIES IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.—Thomas Walker
was plaoed at the bar on remand, charged with stealing
a breastpin from a gentleman in St. James's-park on
Monday_ hat, just previous ta tho departure of the Royal
cortege 11...iita Buckingham-palace for the Chapel Royal.
On being taken into custody, the prisoner resisted vio-
lently, and attempted to bite the officer.

Tits magistrate sentenced him to six ai. onths'imprison-
meat.

John Mahoney was charged with robbery on the
same day.
This prisoner, it appeared, selected ladies for his ope-
rations. The police-constable captured him whilst be
was withdrawing his hand from a lady's pocket. His
hand contained four penny pieces. He was sentenced
to three month. imprisonment.
Two young men, named Bonser and Pierson, were
charged with picking ladies pockets on the occasion.
In this case it appeared that the two prisoners were
provincials. Holmes,
a police-constable, said he saw
the prisoners take some money from a lady's pocket,
and immediately took them into custody. On searching
Bonser 2/. 10e. 9d. was found, and 2/. Bs. on Pierson.
According to the statement of both the prisoners, they
stated that they arrived the day before from the country
—Bonser from Sheffield and Pierson from Peterborough,
with the intention of seeing the ceremony of the Princess
Royal's wedding. They had nointention of committing
felony, and the officer was mistaken in his identity.
Holmes adhered to his statement.
Mr. Henry—I Lye received an answer to the letters
that I directed to be transmitted to the addresses you
both gave, and I find you have both given false ad-
dresses, and I am afraid you both arrived .in Lon-
don, from the circumetauce of a return railway ticket
being found, for the purpose of committing a felony.
I stall commit you both for trial, and then jyou
will have an opportunity of enjoying the assistance
of a solicitor, as you wish to do so, but if you plead
guiltyl,,,wil:obdbiseproys.e of the case summarily. Are you
guilty or not guilty ?
Prisoner—If lamto be
punished for doing nothing,
I may as well plead guilty at once, though I never com-
Mr. nenrY-1 cannot receive such a plea under those
circumstances ?
Bonser—Well, then, I plead guilty, but hope your
worship. will order my money to be given to me when I
come out of prison.
Mr.
Henry_i have no power over the money. It
is very likely
to
be the proceeds of various robberies,
and will in the ordinary course be paid over to
her Majesty's receiver—all vanities found on felons are
paid over to that officer.
Prisoner pleaded guilty.
An officer said that Pierson was well known.
Mr. Henry sentenced the prisoners to six months' im-
prisonment.

THAMES.
A JIITENILE 13TRIGLAR DARING ROBBERY.—Michae
Neale, an Irish boy,
aged
Bear-street,
Ratcliff, was brought before
r. Yardley, charged with
breaking into an outhouse on the premises of Mr. Cox,
Pump-yard, Ratcliff, and stealing a 14 gallon copper
therefrom, l5, of No. 6,

istococko .mo
uptl: s
It appeared that the outhouse in Mr. Cox's yard was;
entered on Thursday g
-t, and an attempt made to
remove the copper, set in brick work. The attempt
On Friday the door of the outhouse was nailed up,
oon afterwards he again saw
failed, and the thieves only
awake half ,the night, but could hear nothing. Early
thisr
the
o y morning,
ro
police-constable, No. 245 K, saw
hed
policemen were on they
hmalrf. thceiorxwkoerpkt.
and
about Mr. Cox's premises, and
the prisoner beside .11 large copper in a court
drove
prisonerhnimi ng ,
away.loitering smith, a
S
in London-street, Ratcliff, and took him into
oustody. Mr. Cox, who had not long been asleep, was
aroused, and be discovered that the window of the out.
house had been entirely removed, and the copper taken
from the brickwork in which it was set and carried
through the aperture made by the removal of the
window.
Mr. Cox identified the copper produced, and it was
stated that many of his neighbours bad been plundered
of their coppers under similar circumstances.
Mr. Yardley asked the 'prisoner if he intended to
plead now, or preferred being sent for trial.
The prisoner—l am innocent. I never saw the
copper; never had it. lam as innocent as yer hopper's
wortohip, sir.
Mr. Yardley—You are committed for trial for robbery
and burglary.
ROBBERY IN TIGER BAY.—Acyprian, named Matilda
Ellis, better known by the very inelegant sobriquet of
Hell Cat, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged
with stealing a silver watch and I.os. from a black sea-
man, calling himself after the great hero of Camper-
down, Admiral Duncan.
It appeared that the sable Admiral put in with " a
lady" at the Black Hem, on Tower-hill, and a'ter
treating her with sundry glasses of grog, he accompanied
the " lady" to that most horrible place, Brunswick-
street, Back Church-lane, St. George-in-the-East, better
known as Tiger Bay. He went into the den No. 14,
where he fell asleep, and when ho awoke " the lady"
was gone.
Mr. Yardley—And your watch and money gone, too . 2
Admiral Duncan—Yes, ear ; dat is, it all gone, ear.
I axed for my watch, ear, and she said me not got it.
Thomas Berwick, a sailor, said that he saw the pri-
soner leave the Black Horse with the black man. He
told the black man he would be robbed, and sure enough
he was.
A policeman said a great many sailors bad been plun-
dered in Tiger Bay, which was the most vile place in
the district, and nearly every house in it was tilled with
thieves and loose women.
Mr. Yardley remanded the "hell-cat" until Tuesday
uext,