The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-17 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

TH2 FORGEHIES ON TH2 LEEDS BANK.—It is under-
stood that the case of Mr. Edgeley, who stands com-
mitted to take his trial for defrauding the late Leeds
Bank of mere than £lOO,OOO by means of forgery and
false pretences in connection with a forest company in
Servia, for which it was represented a concession had been
granted by the Servian Government, will be placed on the
list for trial before the judges on Wednesday at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court. Mr. Greenland still refuses, how-
ever, to return to give evidence, and it is thought that an
application will be made again to postpone the case.

WOOLF V. MOORE.--ACTION AGAINST THE SHERIFF OF
KENT.-Mr. Justice Blackburn had before him in the
Court of Queen's Bench the case of Woolf v. Moore.
It was an action against the Sheriff of Kent for the
escape of a debtor from his custody. It seemed that the
plaintiff sued an ensign named Fisher, and recovered
judgment for £l3O against him. On Fisher's return from
abroad the sheriff was requested to arrest him.
One Scott was sent to identify him. He was found at
an hotel, and arrested ; but he was allowed to
go at large on payment of £5O. Plaintiff said he never
gave leave for this settlement, and sued the sheriff for
£BO, the difference between the amount claimed and the
amount received. The defence was that Scott had settled
the affair, and that the sheriff had reason for believing
that he had a right to do so. Mr. Justice Blackburn
thought not. The jury, however, returned a verdict for
the defendant. His lordship said it was necessary in such
a case to give nominal damages at least. He therefore
ordered a verdict to be entered for the plaintiff ;
damages, ls.

IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY ACT.—
OUTLAWRY.—The Lords Justices of Chancery Appeal
have had before them an important case under the laws
of bankruptcy. One Stoffel, a debtor, had been outlawed,
and then petitio..ed for an adjudication in bankruptcy.
Having obtained protection, he applied for his release,
but Mr. Commissioner Goulbury. refused his application,
on the ground that he had no locus standi, as an
outlaw, in the court. He now appealed, and the Lords
Justices held that he was not in custody for debt, but for
contempt in avoiding the lawful custody of the Queen's
courts. They had, therefore, no power to order his dis-
charge.

ACTION FOR DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY.—In the
Court of Common Pleas, the case of Deacon v. Ferguson
was tried. It was an action to recover damages for per-
sonal injury. The plaintiff was a young -.voman who
managed the house of her brother, a tradesman. While
she was crossing a street near Grosvenor-square she was
knocked down by the defendant's horse, and the wheel of
his cart went over her right thigh and broke it. She was

in the hospital for eighteen weeks, and her leg was perma-
nently shortened. The jury found for the plaintiff ;
damages, 2250.

ACTION AGAINST TILE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COM-
PANT.—In the Court of Exchequer a case was tried in
which the late Greek Master at University College School
sued the Great Northern. Railway Company for damages
on account of injury sustained on their line. The com-
pany paid £250 into court. The accident haying been
proved and the doctors' evidence taken on both sides as
usual, the jury found a verdict for £5OO in addition to the
sum paid into court.

BIGAMY.—The Central Criminal Court has opened its
December sitting. The calendar was not so large a^ usual,
but it contained several crimes of the worst character.
The principal case tried was that of Edward Giles for
bigamy. The parties concerned appear to have moved
in respectable circles, and the proceedings were insti-
tuted by the father of the first wife. It was alleged in
extenuation of the conduct of the prisoner that his first
wife had been twice attacked by insanity, and had been
for six months in Bethlehem Hospital—facts which had
been concealed from him, and which led to a separation,
and that the second wife was fully aware of all the cir-
cumstances. He was sentenced to six months' imprison-
ment.

ATTEMPTED FRAUDS ON THE GOVERNMENT.—The
Middlesex Sessions for December has commenced
with a calendar containing the names of seventy-six pri-
soners. John Hall, the man convicted of an attempted
fraud on the Government in connection with the Abys-
sinian expedition, was brought up and sentenced t 9 fire
years' penal servitude. Inquiries had been made in the
interval since his conviction, and his antecedents disclosed
a considerable variety of rascality.
THE SEACOHBZ MURDER.—On Saturday, at the Chester
Assizes, James Markey was charged with the wilful mur-
der of Hugh M`Kewen, at Poulton-cum-Seacombe, on the
3rd February, 1867. M`Kewen was a marine store dealer
of eccentric habits, and it was known that he was in the
habit of carrying about on his person a large sum, esti-
mated by his friends at more than £2OO. On the morning
in question he was found murdered near the Great Float, a
sum of £92 being found in one of his pockets, which had
probably been overlooked by the assassin. The evidence
against the prisoner was, that he had been seen last in
company with the deceased, that he suddenly appeared
possessed of plently of money, having previously been
very poor, and that shortly after the murder he went
away to Ireland. The jury, after a few minutes' con-
sideration, returned a verdict of not guilty.

THE BISHOPRIC OF NATAL. —The Bishop of Cape-
town has given notice to the council of the Colonial
Bishoprics' Fund that immediately after the arrival of the
next Natal mail he will bring before them the means that
should be adopted for depriving Bishop Colenso of the
letters patent granted to him by the Crown. It is an-
nounced that the clergy and laity of Natal who elected
Mr. Butler have left the selection of a new bishop to the
Bishops of Capetown and Grahamstown, subject to the
approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury. On a selection
being made his Grace will at once proceed to consecration.
THE NEW BISHOP OF LICHFIELD.—It is stated
(says the Staffordshire Advertiser) that the new Bishop of
Lichfield will, shortly after his enthronement, visit his
former diocese in New Zealand to make certain necessary
arrangements there, but that he will previously hold an
ordination in this diocese. It is understood that the new
bishop intends to reside in the Episcopal Palace at Lich-
field, the lease of which has lately fallen in ; and that the
affairs of the diocese will, in his absence, be administered
by one of the colonial bishops now in England.

SURVIVING AN EXECUTION.—The Italian journals
relate a most singular story. A soldier who had deserted
and taken to brigandage was captured and condemned to
death. Being brought out to the place of execution, a
firing party of five performed their painful duty, and the
sergeant commanding them, perceiving that the man was
not quite dead, gave him point blank the coup de grace.
In the belief that this was really a finishing stroke, the
body was handed over to the gravedigger; but as night
was approaching the latter postponed his office until the
morning, leaving above ground what he naturally supposed
to be a corpse. The unfortunate man, however, was still
alive, and the cold night air, by irritating his wounds, re-
vived him. Painfully he dragged himself to the wall of
the enclosure, against which he managed to place a
ladder which happened to be there, got over, although all
bleeding and with his arm broken by the bullets, and de-
livered himself up as prisoner to the nearest guard-house.
The Ministers of War and of Justice each claim this re-
suscitated victim of martial law, but the belief is that he
will be pardoned. His wounds are not mortal, and 410
arm has been reset.