The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-27 00:00:00

COURT OF CONIMON PLEA-S.

,Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Justice Cock-
burn, Jastics William Wills, and 13y1e.)
MUNSTER V. THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.

This was an action tried at the late Surrey Assizes,
b.•fore Mr. Justice Ede, when the plaintiff was non-
suited. The question was one of considerable import-
ance to the public and railway companies, viz., whether
a passenger can insist on small artic:es of luggage, such
as rugs, shawls, &c., being labelled and put into the
luggage van with heavy goods, or whether the passenger
is compelled to have them in the carriage with him even
if the coaipany are willing to become responsible for
them. Last term Mr. I3ivili, Q.C., obtained a rule
nisi calling upon the defendants to show cause why the
non-suit should not be set aside.

Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Woollett were
heard against the rule.

Mr. Borill, Q.C., and Mr. Garth were heard in sup-

port of it.

Their lordships ordered the rule to be made absolute.
Rule absolute accordingly.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
IN BE J. 0. DILLON.

To-day was appointed for the last examination of
this bankrupt, who was lessee of the Lyceum Theatre.
Mr. Bagley asked for an adjournment, as Messrs'.
Butler and Carnings had not had sufficient time to
complete the accounts, which aro very complicated.
Mr. Lawrence, for Mr. Chandler, a creditor, said
that he did not oppose the adjournment, but would
examine his client as to a debt due to him for money
lent_

Mr. Chandler was then Extminzd at some length,
but the facts were not of general interest, and the
meeting was adjourned till the 15th July.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(T.bis Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ASSAULT AND WILFUL DAMAGE BY A PEDESTRIAN.
—James Larkin (but whose real name is said to be
Murphy), who some years since walked 1,000 miles in
1,000 hours, at Newmarket, was charged by Ed ward
Collins, a waiter, with comnaittirg a violent assault, and
with wilfully smashing a pane of glass of the value of 3/.
From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared that
he was a waiter, at Mr. Thorpe's, 121, Piccadilly, and
that on the previous day the prisoner came to the hotel
in a state of intoxication, and annoyed several gentle-
men, and having been ordered by Mr. Thorpe to put
him our, he (prosecutor) did so. As he was turning
away from the prisoner, and going towards the hotel,
the prisoner gave him a most violent kick in a very
dangerous part, causing him intense pain. Prosecutor
then entered the house, upon which the prisoner fol-
lowed him, and kicked his foot through a pane of glass
of the value of 3/.
The prisoner said Mr. Thorpe did not wish to press
the charge for the glass.
Mr. Bingham said he had no evidence of that, but he
had of a violent kick being given to an unoffending per-
son, and of the wilful damage, and for the former he
should order him to pay 40s•, and for the latter 605,, or
two months in default.

THAMES.
SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A TOLL COLLECTOR,—WilliamPerry, a morose-looking fellow, described as a labourer,
was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with violently
assaulting Wm. Wright, a toll-collector on the iron
bridge over the River Lea, and belonging to the Com-
mercial-road Trust.
The complainant, whose mouth was swollen, and who
suffered much inconvenience from the blows he received,
stated that the prisoner came upon the bridge on the
previous night on the Essex side. He asked him for
the toll, which the prisoner refused to pay. He told
him he could not allow him to pass across the bridge
until the toll of one halfpenny was paid, on which the
prisoner uttered the most foul abuse and struck him
three times on the mouth with his clenched fist. He
bled profusely, and had been in much pain ever since,
The prisoner, in defence, said he was drunk when he
committed the alleged assault. He had no recollection
of having struck any one. If ho had done so, he was
very sorry for it. He was a poor man, with a family,
and was anxious to go borne.
Mr. Yardley said the prisoner had committed an
assault as brutal as it was unprovoked, and that rlrunk•
enness was an aggravation not a palliation of the offence.
The toll c llectars roust, be protected in the discharge of
their duties. He fined the prisoner 305., and in default
14 days' imprisonment in Ilford Gaol.
Tne prisoner was unable to pay the fine and was sent
away to Ilford.

MYSTERIOUS DEATFI.—CORONER'S INQUEST.—An in•
quest was held last night at the Elephant and Castle,
Great Peter-street, on the body of Catherine Pocock.
A man named Rafts stated that the woman had lived
with him since 1835. She had been unwell for some
months, and on Saturday last wal compelled to keep
her bed. lie procured an order for the attendance of
the parish doctor (Mr. Hunt), and went for him, but be
was not at home, and witness was told to call again.
On his return t,) his house in Perkins' rents he found
the door, which he had left open, fastened. lie got in
at the window, and found the woman dead. Nobody
i.yut the deceased c3uld hava shut it, The coroner, re-
marking upon the strange nature of the cafe, adjourned
it for a few days.