The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-09 00:00:00

GIFFARD V. MAYER.

The plaintiff claimed £3 2s. 3d. for postage of defendant's
[otters. The defendant did not appear. His Honour gave
judgment for the plaintiff with costs.

,ICKETTS AND OTHERS V. MASTER-HOW TO SERVE A

JUDGMENT SUMMGNS.

Plaintiffs are coal merchants, and defendant is the well
known writing-master of Faringdon-street. Plaintiff
complained bitterly that he could not serve defendant with
a judgment summons.

His Honour—You should have sent him a pupil.
Plaintiff—Well, we did resort to that mode—(laughter)
—and you see we were at double expense.
His Honour—Well, let us hope the pupil was benefited.
Towever, we'll make an order, and lot lie in the office.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING MONEY AT SKITTLE
PLAYING.—Wybrow Kinghorn, a well-dressed man, wear-
ing a moustache, was charged with fraudulently obtaining
the sum of £5 from William Ardrey, a groom, and another
sum of £5 from John Vaughan, also a groom, by means of
skittle playing.

From the evidence of Ardrey it appeared that he went,
accompanied by Vaughan and two others, into a public-
house in Windmill-street, and called for some half-and-half,
and directly after the prisoner walked in and sat down, and
called for some port wine and water, and then asked him if
he had seen a female come in. He told him he had not, and
asked him to take some of their porter, which he did. A
friend of the prisoner's then came in, and soon after he
offered to lay his friend two bottles of wine to one that
he would throw a 141 b. weight thirty yards, and, the
bet being accepted by his (prisoner's) friend, they
all went to see the feat performed. On arriving
at the place, it was not found suitable, and then it
was proposed by prisoner's friend that they should play at
skittles, and the prisoner having offered to take 5 to 4he
would knock them down in three times, he (Ardrey) made the
bet, and the prisoner knocked them down in three times,
and took the five sovereigns which he had placed inprisoner's
friend's hands, and put them in his pocket.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—Did not go with the in-
tention of betting, and did not make the bet with the
intention of winning.

Mr. Leacllcy (the chief clerk)—lf you had won you would
have taken the prisoner's money.

Prosecutor—l don't know. (Much laughter.)
Mr. Bingham—l do ; you would have taken it. I know
too much of human nature not to know that.

Sergeant Silverton said he took the prisoner into custody
in the skittle alley, and found on him £l5. He was in cus-
tody in 1852, and knew him for the last four years as a
betting man.

Mr. Bingham, who at first remanded him, ultimately
discharged him on his returning the persons their money.

THAMES.

A DISORDERLY AND VIOLENT SON.-Mr. Clarke, a
respectable elderly man, residing in Tatton-street, Stepney,
opposite the Mercers' Arms tavern, came before Mr. Selfe,
and said he had brought up a large family creditably, and
that one of them, his son, a twenty years, was the bane
of his existence, and had made him very uncomfortable for
several years. He had apprenticed his bad son to a car-
penter, but he would not attend to his trade, and had
fastened himself on his parents, did no work, and led a
most idle and disorderly life. He had frequently remon-
strated with his son on his idle and dissipated habits, and
was met with nothing but abuse and threats. That
morning, in sheer wantonness, his son, while at the
breakfast table, seized the tea caddy, and threw all
the tea it contained into the yard, and when he
was remonstrated with by his mother, he abused her, and
said he would do as he liked. His wicked son had also
threatened repeatedly to stab his brother, then in court, put
the whole family at defiance, and produced nothing but un-
happiness in a dwelling where peace and concord would
reign but for his disorderly son's conduct.
Mr. Selfe could not help sympathising with Mr. Clarke,
and said he could not be compelled to support such a son.
He advised Mr. Clarke to inform his son that he would
keep him no longer, and turn him out of doors.
Mr. Clarke said he was unable to do so. His son put
him at defiance.

Mr. Selfe—Call other persons to your aid and eject him
from your dwelling, and if he threatens you, or commits
any violence, come again, and I will grant a peace warrant
against this bad son of yours.

Mr. Clarke then retired from the court.
A HARD BED.—ASSAULT ON TRR POLlCE.—William
Davis, a Welshman, a boiler-maker, employed in Black-
wall, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with being
drunk and disorderly, and assaulting Robert Sutherland, a
police-constable, N0._&59.K. _

The police-constable said—At 3 o'clock this morning I
saw the prisoner lying across the footpath in Bridge-road,
Poplar, fast asleep and snoring loudly. I roused him and
told him to go home, and he rubbed his eyes, stared at me,
and laid down again. I told him he must get up and go
home, and he said he would retain possession of his hard
bed. I got him upon his legs, and he came towards me
and struck me upon the chest. I retreated from him and
then advanced again and laid hold of him. He shook me
off and put himself in a fighting attitude to strike me a
second time. I again desired him to go home, but he would
not, and in a scuffle which ensued he threw himself down
and struck me with his feet once or twice. I called for
assistance and he was secured and taken to the station-
house.

The prisoner—l was asleep on the ground, and the police-
man came and kicked me.

Sutherland—l did not kick him.
The prisoner—He did kick me, and hit me on the side of
the head with his staff and bit my finger, sir.
The policeman was strictly questioned by Mr. Selfe, and
denied using any violence to the prisoner, whose clothes
were torn in the struggle which took place.
Mr. Selfe said the prisoner was drunk and violent, and
did not know what he was about. He fined the prisoner
55., which he paid.