The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-16 00:00:00

This was an action in which the plaintiff had agreed to
refrain from prosecuting defendant's son, in consideration
of defendant undertaking to pay the value of tho goods
that his son had stolen.

His Honour, upon reading the form of the undertaking,
said—" This will not do. How did you obtain this 2"
Plaintiff—l entrusted defendant's son with four coats,
and he took them to a house with my man. He managed,
however, to get away from my man, and made off with the
goods.

His Honour— In fact he stole them.
Plaintiff—That was so.
His Honour—And you agreed not to prosecute upon
being paid ?

Plaintiff —I did try to catch him, and spoke to the police.
The police endeavoured to catch the son, and then the old
people came to me and paid me two pounds down, giving
me the undertaking upon which I now sue.
His Honour—Then you admit that you desisted from
prosecuting the thief in consequence of his relatives pay-
ing the value of the stolen goods ?
Plaintiff—l do.

His Honour— You have committed a very serious offence.
Have ypu ever hoard of such a thing as misprision of
felony ?
Plaintiff—Yes, I know it.

His Honour—And for committing that offence you have
rendered yourself liable to an indictment, upon conviction,
to seven years' transportation. It is perfectly clear that
you cannot recover in this case, and I am not sure that it
is not my duty to send the document upon which you have
sued to the clerk of the Central Criminal Court.

Plaintiff appeared rather astonished at the position in
which he had placed himself, and his Honour, after pinning
the undertaking to the process of the court, said I find a
verdict for the defendant, who is entitled to get back the
money he has already paid.
Verdict for defendant.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.
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BOW-STREET.

DRUNK AT A RAILWAY STATION.—Edward Jervis,
steward of a steamboat, was charged with being drunk and
making a disturbance at the Gower-street station of the
Metropolitan Railivay, and assaulting James Sharp, a
ticket inspector.
James Sharpe, ticket inspector, No. 31, said the prisoner
came to the station last night and wanted to go to Pad-
dington. He had the half of a return ticket. Witness de-
clined to let him enter the train, as he was so drunk that
it would have been dangerous to allow him to travel
on the line. Witness told him so civilly, but he declared
that he would go, using many oaths, and foul expressions,
in the hearing, and to the annoyance of other passengers,
including ladies. Witness put him off the platform, out-
side the gate, and shut it against him, while the train went
by. When the gate was re-opened he again attempted to
force his way in. Witness, with assistance of
the porter, proceeded to remove him up the
stairs to the street. Ho became very violent, and
struck witness in the face with such force that he himself,
from the rebound, fell back, and knocked his hand against
the bannisters, inflicting a severe wound. He then flung
himself down on the stairs and struggled so hard that it
was with some difficulty that witness and the porter, even
with the further assistance of a policeman called in from
the street, were enabled to get him upstairs. At the sta-
tion-house his hand was dressed by the divisional surgeon.
The prisoner's head was so strapped and bandaged as to
leave but little of his face discernible.

This statement was corroborated byJoseph George Page,
the station porter, and Policeman Frost, 168 E. _ ..

The prisoner admitted that he was the worse for liquor,
but said ho should have been quiet enough if Sharpe had
let him alone. He insisted that the injury was oc-
casioned by Sharpe knocking him down. This, how-
ever, was distinctly denied both by Sharpe and by Page.
Mr. Vaughan said it was quite clear that the prisoner
had gone to the station in a drunken condition, when
he was unfit to travel by the train. However, he seemed
to have received a severe injury, and in the hope that it
might be a warning to him when he wanted to travel by
the rail to go to the station sober, he (Mr. Vaughan) should
discharge him.