The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, _LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,' MAY 15, 1866.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Ifolroyd.
IN RE FRAZER-A COLLEGIAN'S HORSE BILL.

This bankrupt was described as a gentleman, of Mag-
dalene Hall, Oxford ; then of Portland-place, Brighton ;
then of St. Aiden's College, Birkenhead ; then of St.
Peter's College, Cambridge ; then of Haversham ; and now
a prisoner for debt in the County Gaol, Bucks; and to-
day he applied for his release from custody. Amongst the
creditors are Mr. Eli Elphick, 77, Rose Hill-terrace,
Brighton, £2,109, and many Brighton tradesmen. The
total amount of the liabilities is about £2,500. The cause
of the failure was the bankrupt's inability to meet two bills
Of Exchange to the amount of £2,200 given for certain
horses which Mr. Frazer had purchased.
Mr. Linklater opposed the application.

Mr. Munns, on the part of. the bankrupt, said there were
a number of horses which required looking after, and if
the bankrupt wet° kept in prison they night be lost to the
estate.

His Honour saw no reason to depart from the ordinary
course, and declined to entertain the application until an
assignee was chosen.
Application refused.

SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT.
(Before Mr. Dasent.)
THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. RICHARDS.
This was an action to recover £l5 18s., money paid to
the defendant twice over.
Mr. Horace Earle (Ashley and Earle, solicitors to the
company, Charles-square, Hoxton), for the plaintiff, said
the claim was admitted, but the defendant wished to pay
the debt by instalments. He (Mr. Earle) could not con-
sent to this, nor did he think that his honour would make
any such order when he heard the facts. The defendant
had sued the Great Eastern Railway Company for damage
sustained to certain goods on transit. He received a ver-
dict, and the company handed over a cheque to Mr. Apps,
his attorney, in November 1864. The company appa-
rently forgot this payment, for on the 24th January, 1865,
they handed to Mr. Richards a second cheque for the
amount, and defendant kept it. It was rather hard of the
defendant, after having been paid his debt twice over to
come forward now and ask to be allowed to pay back the
money by instalments.
Mr. Boyden, for the defendant, said that the company
had allowed the matter to stand over for a long time.
His Honour asked when Mr. Apps had paid over the first
cheque to the defendant?
Mr. Apps—Next day.
His Honour thought that he should only be acting fairly
by making an order that defendant should repay the
money in a month, but if he failed to pay, and were brought
before the Court under a judgment summons, ho would
certainly be sent to prison. He must pay full costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SERI OUSLY WOUNDING A HUSBAND AND WOE. -WillaDi
Hill, of 4, Hanover-place, Oxford-street, tailor, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting Matthew
Dwyer and Ellen Dwyer with a poker and shovel.
Matthew Dwyer, whose left hand was badly cut, and
right arm bandaged from the wrist to the shoulder, it
being badly wounded, said—The prisoner is the landlord
of the house I live in, No. 4, Hanover:place. About 10
o'clock last night, while in company of my wife, I knocked
at the street door waiting to be admitted. The prisoner's
wife said I was a nuisance. I said I should not be if they
would give me a latch key ; and I then asked to see
the prisoner, so that I might ask: him for a key, when
the prisoner came into the passage, and said, "You had
better go upstairs, or I'll use the poker, the same as 1
have done to others." I said, " You had better not, or
perhaps you will get more than you bargain for." The
prisoner then gave me three blows on the back with a
poker. My brother-in-law seized the poker from the pri-
soner, and the prisoner then ran into the parlour and took
up the fire-shovel and cut my left hand with it, and after-
wards gave me three severe cuts on the right arm. My
wife was also injured. I was taken to the hospital, as also
was my wife, and the prisoner was taken into custody. I
have four children and plenty of work to do, -but can't do
it owLig to the injuries I have received.

Prisoner—Did you not knock your arm through the
glass ?
Prosecutor—No.

Prisoner—l did not have a shovel.

Prosecutor—You did. You took it out of the fender.
Ellen Dwyer (wife of the last witness, here stepped into
the witness-box, her right arm bandaged and badly injured)
—I saw the prisoner with a poker in his hand trying to
strike my husband, and in trying to pull my husband
away the prisoner gave me several blows on the right arm,
but I cannot say whether it was done with a poker or
shovel. I afterwards went to the hospital, and the doctor
says he is afraid that I shall lose my arm. There are three
wounds, and a large piece of the flesh cut out.

After some further evidence in corroboration, Police-
constable Redford, du' A, said—After taking the prisoner
into custody, and the injured persons to the hospital, I
went back, and in the prisoner's room I found a shovel and
poker, and found blood on them.
Certificates were handed to the magistrate from tho Mid-
- dlesex Hospital, describing the injuries the persons had
received.
87 The prisoner was committed for trial.
92

WESTMINSTER.

CHARGE OF WOUNDING AN OLD MAN. —Ann Robinson
and Mary Jane Robinson, two stout women, were charged
with seriously assaulting and wounding John Caufield, an
old man, whose head was wrapped in a linen bandage, and
whose head was frightfully disfigured by lacerations.
He said he lived in Hooper's-court, in the same house as
the prisoners. He came home at nine last night, and was
about to enter his room when Ann Robinson struck him
with her fist and violently assaulted him, and her sister
came out with a poker in her hand and inflicted a 'severe
wound upon his head.

The police proved finding him bleeding profusely from
his wounds and taking the prisoners into custody. Ann
Robinson was under the influence of liquor. The prose-
cutor was perfectly sober.
The prisoners said that the prosecutor interfered with
them and drew a knife, with which ho attempted to stab
Ann Robinson, and then in a subsequent struggle fell and
hurt himself as he now appeared. It was declared that he
was drunk, and that no poker was used or seen, upon which
point there was a conflict of evidence.
Prisoners were remanded upon bail for further evidence.

THAMES.
SANGUINARY AFlMAY.—Williani Pike, a strong, broad-
shouldered, sunburnt seaman, was brought before Mr.
Partridge, charged with assaulting and wounding John
Watson.

The prosecutor, a very tall seaman, with large beard
and moustache, and a pale face, whose head was enve-
loped in several bandages, was in a very feeble condi-
tion from loss of blood. He said he first made
the acquaintance of the prisoner yesterday. At two
o'clock this morning he went into the house No. 17, Per-
severance-place, Palmer's-folly, Radcliff-highway, to treat
the people with some rum. He had been staying there a
fortnight very ill, and was tolerably well treated while
his money lasted. While he was dealing out the rum
a row took place between the girls and the prisoner.
He did not interfere, but the prisoner called him
foul names, and took up a beer can with which he strut&
hint a tremendous blow on the head and cut it open. He
fell as if shot, and lost a large quantity of blood. He was
insensible for some time, and when he recovered he was in
the hands of a surgeon.

The Prisoner—Did you not ask me to drink some rum ?
Witness—Yes, I did.

Mr. Partridge—No reason you should strike him.

The Prisoner—l did not strike him. One of the girls
struck him. I had been stopping with a girl there. He
had her acquaintance before me, and he wanted her to
stop with him again, which she refused to do.
Mr. Partridge—A dispute about a girl, and this is the
result. Will you swear that he struck you, Watson.
The Prosecutor—No, I will not. Ido not wish to press
the charge.
Mr. Partridge—The case is dismissed.
Charles Stroud, No. 270 K, said that he found the
prosecutor in the house, No. 17, Pusianance-place, lying
on tho floor and quite insensible. The prisoner Was
pointed out as the person who struck him, and he took
him into custody. On leaving tho house the prisoner
tripped him up and fell upon him. The witness then
produced a beer-can.
Mr. Partridge—Was it bent like that ?
Witness—lt was, sir, and by the blow. The prisoner
said I hit him.

Mr. Partridge fined the prisoner 405., which he paid.

At a meeting of the shareholders of the English
Joint-Stock Bank, held yesterday at the Baltic
Coffee-house, Capt. Mangles in the chair, it was
resolved unanimously that all cash balances and
future remittances received to the credit of the
bank should be paid into the Bank of England. A
committee of shareholders in connection with the
directors was appointed to negociate and to dispose
of the bank and its branches, together or separately,
as they may deem best for the interest of all con-
cerned, and to close up and liquidate the affairs of
the bank with the least possible delay.
The following gold ships from Melbourne are
announced to be on their way home :—The Luci-
belle, sailed on Feb. 23, with 802 oz. ; the Red Rover,
on Feb. 26, with 7,7650 z. ; the Sussex, on March 7,
with 34,0460 z.; the Red Jacket, on March 21, with
11,2550 z.; and the Golden Age, on March 23, with
3,2280 z. The Walter Hood has also sailed from
Sydney, with 11,1240 z. The whole amount by these
six vessels is valued at £272,880.