The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-20 00:00:00

LAW

INTELLIGENCE.—ahis Day.)

ROLLS COURT.
(Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.)
WILLIAMS Y. PAGE-LIABILITY OF MANAGING DIRECTORS.
This important cause came on for judgment this
morning.

The plaintiff, an original shareholder of an attorLive
railway company, for forming a line from the Eastern'
Railway to Cambridge, filed his bill against the defend.;
ants, managing directors of the projected line to Slecenp,
to pay to him a proportionate share of 9,7751., .erroneously
paid by them to subsequent shareholders of
the company for additional advances made, by
them, to enable the directors to comply with. the
standing orders. Abbe House of Lords, and obtain sn
act of Parliament for making the projected line. The:
company was opposed, and failed in obtaining an act of
Parliament, and the project of forming this line .was' •
abandoned.

The defendants considered that the additional share•:
holders were preference shareholders, and paid them hi
full the money advanced by them, to the amount of-
9, 7741.

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The plaintiff claimed 22/., as his proportion of this
money, due to him on his shares as an 'original share
holder.

His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, was of opinion
that the additional shareholders were not preference
shareholders for the advances made by them to enable
the directors- to the company, and that the
defendants, the managers and directors of this abortive
tympany, had no right to pay to the additional share.
holders the sum of 9,775 t., the money of the company.‘
His Honour held the defendants liable for the amount,
and granted a decree in flavour of the plaintiff for the
sum claimed by him 2/. 2s. with costs. His Honour
allowed the cause to stand over for calling other
shareholders and their representatives as defendants in
the cause, before passing decree against them.

-COURT-GYBANIERUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner broulburn.)

IN BE PARKER AND RONALD -EZTENSIVE MEROANTII4I,..

FAILURE.

To day was appointed for the choice of assignees
tinder the estate of these bankrupts, who were described
as of Bread-street, Cheapside, commission agents.
From the preliminary statements handed in by Mr.
Hayles on the part of Messrs. Hart, Brothers, it appears
that the trade debts are only about 1,000&, but there
are liabilities on billq in favour of Ronald and Co., of
Paisley, to the extent of 18,0001„.of which the Western
Bank hold bills to the amount of 9,5501., and the Union
Bank of Scotland 1,0001., but it is expected the liabilities
will to a great extent run off.
Mr. Jones, Regent-street, was appointed assignee.

CITY SHERIFF'S COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)
MORGAN 'V. CARTER-A SINGULAR CASE.

The plaintiff in this case sought to recover a sum of-
money, paid as hearing fee, from defendant, under the
following singular circumstances :—Plaintiff instructed
Messrs, Linklater to recover a sum of money from de•.
fendant, for which Messrs. Linklater wrote in due course.
That was on the 18th Dec. About the end of the month
Mr. Morgan removed the business from. Messrs. Link-
later's hands, and issued a summons, served upon the
housekeeper's daughter, frOui this court. On the Bth
of January in the present year, Mr. Carter called
upon Messrs. Linklater, and paid the amount for
which they wrote to hiM. Messrs. Linklater's
clerk took the money, and gave Mr. Carter a
receipt. On the day the summons was returnable Mr.
Carter happened to be in this court; and hearing higi
name called, he stepped into- the -box, and producing
his receipt, his Honour found verdict for defendant.
it, was now argued that defendant had no right to pay
that money without seeing that no process was against
him,

His Honour said Messrs. Linklater's clerk had no.
right to receive the money.
A gentleman from Messrs. Linklater's office said it
was rather singular that he should, have been in court
if he did not receive the-summons. - -
His Honour—lt is a singular case altogetheri It id'
singular that a sblicidor should receive money 'after 'the
businesals-rernoNted from the office.. You have no claiti—
against defendant. As the service is not quite cons•
pieta, I'll return half the hearing fees.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(rhis Day.)

MARLBOROUGH.STREET.
ATTEMPTING TO PICK POCKETS AT HER MAJESTY'S
THEATMO.—Williant Popjoy Ktpliin, a middlei-aged man,
was charged before Mr. Beadon with attoroptineto:piols
pockets at the entrance of her Majesty's Theatre.,
Detective Sergeant Tanner, 29 A, deposed that this
morning, about a quarter-past one, he saw ther prisoner
at the entrance of the above theatre, Opera Ctinetatle.
There was a great crowd assembled to see‘her MajestYi-
and amongst them he noticed the prisoner pushing about
for more than ten minutes. The prisoner then suddenly
made a rush and got in front of two gentlemen, and
witness distinctly saw him put his hand towards their
watch guards, and immediately withdraw it, in suck
a manner as to lead him to believe that he bad
got one of their watches. Witness at once made towards
him, but the prisoner taiing previously caught sight of •
him ran off up-tharles--stitet, into St. Albasee-placep
where he was stopped by falling into the arms of two
police-constables who were standing there, He subse-
quently searched the prisoner but found noth;ng upon
him; The prisoner had been previously convicted, but
since then he had informed the witness that he had been
in the Crimea, and had his discharge at his lodgings.
Witness aocOrdingly proceeded to his lodgings and found
a discharge in the name of Wm. Popjoy, as also-a
Crimean medal.

The prisoner denied being in the Haymarket for the
purpose of picking pockets. He served in the Baltic on
board the Childers, was invalided home, and sn'bse•
queutly discharged with a medal. •
Mr. Beadon said he should remand defendant for a
week, and if there was nothing else against him he
ehould discharge him.