The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-06 00:00:00

V. BRIAN,

This was a summons to recover the balance*of a sum of
money advanced as a loan upon a promissory note pro-
duced. The promissory note was for a 10s., to be paid in
14 days.
His Honour—How much did you advance upon this
note ?

His Honour—So you charge 10s. for £5 for 14 days. Did
you ask any inquiry fee ?
Plaintiff--28. 6d. But we allow the note to be paid by
instalments. We tell the people so.
His Honour—You put in a written contract which is
binding, and then mention a verbal one which is not. You
very well know that you can sue on the 15th day, and that
after charging 300 per cent. However, here is the note,
and in all cases of this kind I shall make an order to pay in
10 days.

Mr. Wood (for defendant)—Will your Honour allow the
claim to be paid by short instalments ?

His Honour—No ; these things are crying evils ; the
poor are robbed by them to an alarming extent, and it is
time they were stopped. I will do all I can towards doing
so, and the people signing these notes must pay at once.
Order accordingly.

ACCOUNTANT IN BANKRUPTCY.-JOHNSON V. ROGERS.
This was an application for a new trial by defendant,
against whom judgment had passed in default of his ap-
pearance on the last occasion.

Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff, and opposed the
application. The sum for which the plaintiff had obtained
judgment was one charged for making out defendant's
balance-sheet for the Bankruptcy Court, and plaintiff, who
is an accountant, had not been paid one penny.
The defendant said that plaintiff agreed to make out the
balance-sheet for the sum allowed by the Court, £l2, and
plaintiff should have obtained that sum from the assignees.
Mr. Buchanan said that defendant had received out of
the estate in bankruptcy £26, and should have paid plaintiff.
His Honour said he would grant a nsw trial, if defendant
would pay £l2 into court, and the costs of the day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SHOPLIFTING AT SWAN AND EDGAR'S.—Mary Morella,
a respectable-looking woman, was. placed at the bar before
Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing, at 10, Piccadilly, 76
yards of silk, of the value of £l5 145., the property of Wm.
Edgar and others.

Frederick Gore Beaton, assistant to the prosecutors, the
well-known silk mercers of 10, Piccadilly, said that on
Saturday afternoon the prisoner came into the shop and
purchased 141 yards of silk and some lining, which came to
13 7s. 71d., which she requested to be sent to 16, Argyll-
place. He (witness) was spoken to by a person which in-
duced him to go outside, and he then noticed the prisoner
hitching up her dress outside. He returned to the shop
and asked her to step inside, and she did so.
Mr. Robert Hope, one of the partners in the firm, said he
saw the prisoner return to the shop, he standing close to her
at the time, when he saw the silk produced drop from under
her clothes. It was 76 yards in length, and of the value of
£l5. He asked her to go into a private room and she did
so, but seemed all the while very anxious to get away.
Edward Warren, police constable 66 C, said he took the
prisoner into custody and received the silk produced at the
time.

The prisoner was remanded, there being strong reason to
believe that she is a practised shoplifter.