The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-03 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings in Bancn, before Lord C ►mpbell, Justices

Coleridge Erle, and Cr 01110,00.)
IN RE CEIARLES FREDERICK LEES.

Mr. Flood applied for a writ of certiorari to be directed
against this gentleman, of the Island of St. Helena, to
bring the record and indictment in the case into this
court, to stay all subsequent proceedings thereon, with a
view to a writ of error for an habeas corpus to bring up
the body of the prisoner. The prisoner was tried and
convicted for an assault at St. Helena, which conviction
and subsequent sentence was considered to be
illegal. The question turned upon whether the Island
of St. Helena was governed by its own laws in existence
before it was conquered or ceded by the Dutch, or whe-
ther it was governed by the common and statute law of
England.

These charters were handed in and read, but neither
of them embodied the corpus of the English law, but the
Chief Justice of the Island bad superior authority in all
matters of the kind.

After hearing the learned counsel at some length,

Mr. Flood said he believed he had omitted to bring
one charter, which embodied the corpus of the English
law.

The question was allowed to stand over for its pro-
duction.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.)
THE ROYAL BRITISH BANIC.-IN RH H. BROWN.

Today was appointed for the last examination of Mr.
Humphrey Brown, OEM of the directors •f the Royal
British Bank, and he was brought up in custody under
the Commississioner's warrant.

Mr Liuklater, for the assignees, asked for an adjourn-
ment, as the accounts, which were intricate, required
examination, and no doubt certain information for their
elucidation. He proposed two months.

His Honour said he could not name a day before his
vacation, but he did not sew how the bankrupt could
suffer by a delay.

Mr. Linklater said it would perhaps be better to take
an adjlurnment for a longer period with leave for Mr.
Brown to apply for an earlier day if prepared, as it had
been intimated that Lopes were intertained he would
obtain his release.

His Honour said he would grant protection till as
4th cf November.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.

ROBBERY OF SILK DRESSES BY LADY THIEVES.—
SYSTEMATIC PLUNDERING.—Susannah Bishop, 32, Ella
Bishop, 24, and Kate Bishop, 22, three well-dressed
females, were charged with stealing two silk dresses of
the value of 141. from Mrs. Percival, milliner, &c., 20,
George street, Hanover-square.
The prisoners are believed to have been carrying on a
systematic mode of plundering fashionable West-end
milliners.

Anne Seatle said—l am in the service of Mrs. Per-
cival, milliner, of 20, George-street, Hanover-square,
and on Saturday last, in the afternoon, the prisoner
Susannah came to the door and asked if Mrs. P. was at
home, and said two ladies were waiting at the corner of
George-street to see her. She told her she wae,and she then
left and returned with the other two. Took them into
the showroom asked them .to sit down, and left them
there. Missed two pieces of silk, and accompanied the
officer to Shepherd's-bush, where they were apprehended.
Charged them with having taken two pieces of silk from
20, George street, on Saturday afternoon. They made
alo answer to the charge.
Elizabeth Hill—l am assistant to Mrs. Percival. On
Saturday morning I placed .twce pieces of silk in the
show-room. One was a brown pieee about 21 yards,
the other drab, about 12 yards—the value of the two 141
Remembered being called into the show room on Satur-
day, and saw the three prisoners. One of them, Bate,
said she was Vansittart of Oatlands Park and of Harley-
street. She gave me an order for from 13 to 30 dresses.
as she was going to India in a month. I missed the silk
in the evening, and no persons bad been in the room
but two ladies who had been customers for 20 years.
Mr. Bingham said he would advise the prisoners to
reserve their defence. The charge against them was
very serious. There were two strong points against
them—one that they had received the charge in silence,
the other that one of them had represented herself as
Miss Vaneittart, of Oatlands Park and Ifarley-street, at
neither of which places were they known.
Remanded for a week.

THAMES.
CONVICTION OF A SON FOR. BEATING HIS MOTHER.
—Henry Somerville, a an 21 years of age, who looked
much older, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged
with violently assaulting Caroline Somerville his mo-
ther.

The complainant, a careworn middle-aged woman,
decently attired, and who gave her evidence with great
relactance, said the defendant, her eldest born, was the
bane of her existence. He would not exert himself and
expected her to support him. He kept bad company
and came home drunk at all hours of the.night. He had
destroyed her little home, and broke up all the furniture,
and when she remonstrated with him be abused her,
made use of the mast vile epithets, and knocked her
down by
a blow with his fist. He afterwards threatened
to take away her life, and beat her again.
'The prisoner, in defence, I know I was tipsy,
and broke a few things, but I know I did not strike
ker."
Mr. Yardley —Are you not ashamed of yourrelf, to
sand before me and admit that you destroyed your
mother's things I

Mrs. Somerville Bali that she lived at No. 12, St,
Thomas's-road, Stepney y and that her son had promised
to visit her, break
btr home, and annoy her again if
he was sent to prison. The marks of his blows wero
limbic on her person,
rte thought nothing of swearing
at her, and knocking be, down.
Mr. Yardley—l eenteoce the prisoner to one month's
impriso"mant and Lary labour, and if he annoys hismother again I will order loins to find bail to keep the
peace for 12 months ; and,as nobody will be surety for
such a fellow, he will have to remain in prison for a
year.