The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-11 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER COURT.

(Before the Lord Chief Baron, Chancellors Watson and
Bramwell.)

The whole of the early part of the day in this Court was
occupied in the hearing the arguments of counsel in an
application for a new trial in a case in which the legality of
a seizure for rent was called into question. The Court was
of opinion that there was no ground for disturbing the ver-
dict.

QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Before Lord Campbell, Justices Erie, Hill, and Wightman.)

BETTS V. CLIFFODD.

The learned judges were occupied the whole of the day
in hearing the arguments in an application for a new trial
for the alleged infringement of a patent granted to the
plaintiff Betts for covering the tops of bottles, known as
Betts' patent capsules. A white metal had been used in the
producing certain coffin fittings, and other similar things,
which, it was contended, was an infringement of the
plaintiff's right ; .but the defendant's counsel contended that
such was not the case ; the metal used was produced in an
entirely different way, and also 'that the component parts
differed very widely from those vihich the plaintiff produced
his metal, and for which he had taken out letters patent.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE SMITH.

This bankrupt was described as of Brighton, cabinet
maker, and to-day came up for his certificate. The bank-
rupt had originally petitioned the court under the private
arrangement clause, but his propositionnotbeingthcearrvireod.
out, in consequence of his not having the money to deposit
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Mr. A. Read appeared for the assignees.
His Honour considered the bankrupt had acted properly
in coming before the court when he found himself in difficul-
ties instead of continuing trade:and reducing the dividend
for the creditors to 6d. in the pound. There were some
favourable features in the case, but as he had not kept a
proper cash book, the certificate could not be immediately
granted. It was his (his Honour's) rule to suspend the
certificate in the absence of a perfect cash book.
Mr. Linklater, for the bankrupt, urged that the bank-
rupt had been forward in placing himself in the hands of
the creditors, and met with their sympathy, but could not
carry out the arrangements, and the creditors were again
called, and he was advised to petition the Court. The
losses might to a great extent be attributed to the loss in
the realisation of property.
His Honour granted a certificate of the second class
after three months' suspension.
Protection granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SERIOUS INJURY THROUGH STONE THROWING.—Sarah
Payne, an elderly woman, was charged with seriously
injuring a young woman, named Caroline Lawton, under
the following circumstances :
The prosecutrix, whose face was enveloped in a surgical
bandage, and who evidently eeemed in great pain, said that
on the previous night she was crossing Earl-street, Soho,
when she suddenly felt herself struck in the face in a vio-
lent manner, causing her to fall into the road and to be
insensible for a few minutes. On recovering her senses
she felt intense pain about her nose, and the blood was
pouring from it profusely. She then found that she had
been struck by a stone or large piece of brick. She was
taken to a surgeon's, who dressed the wound, but the
haemorrh2ge not ceasing, some hours afterwards she was
taken to King's College Hospital, where it was found that
her nose was completely slit open, and it was sewn up. She
believed that it was not broken, however.

The prisoner said a parcel of boys had been annoziug her
and stealing apples from her. stall, when she went after
them, and of course threw the brick at them, but she did
not mean to hurt the prosecutrix.

The prosecutrix said she saw nothing of the boys.
A female named Dawson said she saw a boy running
round the corner of Earl-street, and saw the prisoner, who
was in a great passion, throw a piece of brick in the direc-
tion of one of the boys, but it went nowhere near him, it
being thrown almost at random.
The prisoner was remanded, to see the result of the pro-
secutrif s injury.