The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-26 00:00:00

LAW INT

BAIL COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Lush and a Common Jury.
JENKINS V. MOORE.

This was an action to recover £lO5 for money lent and
paid on account to the defendant, Mary Moore, an aunt of
the plaintiff, to which she pleaded that she was never in-
debted. _

Mr. J. 0. Griffiths appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Powell, Q.C., and Mr. W. J. B. Smith for the defendant.
From the statement Jf counsel and the evidence for the
plaintiff' it appeared that the latter was employed at a
shipwright's at Sheerness, and although a young man
from saving habits was enabled to accumulate over £lOO.
In the April of 1865 the defendant suggested to the plain-
tiff that he should assist her to get into business, and an ar-
rangement was made by him for the purchase of the Eagla
Tavern at Sheerness, on which he paid a:deposit of £2O,
and she entered into possession of the establishment. He
had previously lent her £BO, and after the purchase of the
Eagle Tavern he made her a further advance of £5. Ho
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obtained no acknowledgment for the different sums of
money at the time of lending them, but on the
event of a fire breaking out in the premises, by
which a considerable portion of the property of
the defendant was destroyed, he got an I 0 U from her for
the full amount lent, and dated the 2d of April, 1865, some
months previously, the ground of which was that it was
the day on which the £BO was advanced. The plaintiff
lodged with the defendant, but always paid her for his
board and lodging. On applying for his money the plain-
tiff was surprised by the defendant stating that she owed
him nothing, and when the I 0 U was produced she denied
that it was in her handwriting.
On the other side evidence was given, from which it

appeared that the defendant had been in the service of
most respectable families, and had saved up a large sum of
money for a person in her station of life, and that it was
most improbable that she should have borrowed any money
from the plaintiff, or that from his youth, and the nature
of his employment, he could have required the amount of
money which ho alleged he' had advanced to the plaintiff

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
(Sittings at Nisi Fritts, before Lord Chief Justice Cock•
burn and a Special Jury.)
VALENTIN V. HALL.

The cross-examination of the plaintiff was resumed this
morning, and her case is not likely to be closed before to-

morrow.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SERIOUSLY INJURING A BM—Eliza Narsh, a German
laundress, carrying on basiness at No. 87, Charlotte-street,
Fitzroy-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
violently assaulting a boy named William Carr, residing
at No. 8, Bennett-street, Fitzroy-square.
The complainant, whose head was enveloped in a ban-
dage, said, a little after 10 o'clock last night some niggers
were singing and playing outside a public-house, when a
boy ran into the prisoner's shop and called her a name.
The prisoner then came to the door with a can of water
and Jung it into the street, and it struck him on the head
cutting it very badly. I was afterwards taken to Dr.
Saul's in Charlotte-street, and had the wound attended to.
The prisoner (through Mr. Albert)—Was it not done
accidentally ?
The boy—She threw the can at anybody.
Mr. Tyrwhitt (to the boy)—ls all the blood I seer:about
you from the wound?
The boy—Yes, sir, I lost a deal of blood.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had you been in the shop ?

The boy—No, sir.
Police-constable Thomas Boyce, 55 C—Last night I saw
the;,boy coming out of the doctor's, bleeding so profusely
that I could scarcely see his face. The boy told me that
the prisoner had struck him in the head with a can, and I
took her into custody, when she denied all knowledge of it.
The can—a half-gallon ono—was smashed by one of the
boys about the ,street. The wound the boy had received
was about two inches in length, and it had to be sewn up.
Mr. Tyrwhitt —lt will be my duty to remand the pri-
soner to see how the boy gets on, because especially in
this hot weather there is danger of erysipelas setting in.
It was a most improper thing to throw such a can into
the street.