The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

IN lIE SEARBY.

This bankrupt was described as of Queen-street, West-
minster, shipowner, &c., and appeared for his certificate.
Mr. Dodd, for the assignees, who were the largest creditors,
did not oppose, and his Honour granted an immediate
certificate.

SHERIFF'S COURT.
MINOR OR NO MINOR.-LAYTON V. ABRAHAM.

This was an action to recover the sum of £2 10s. for a
coat supplied to defendant's son.

Plaintiff said that the father was in the habit of dealing
at the shop, and had in truth given plaintiff an ordor the
day prior to the ordering of the coat by the son. The son
had, after the delivery of the coat, gone to Australia. He
had ascertained that the son was a minor.

Mr. Buchanan, for defendant, put in a certificate from
the Jewish synagogue, by which it appeared that the son
was not a minor.

His Honour thought the person who wrote the certificate
should bo present.

Mr. Layton said that defendant well knew that ho was
making the coat, and had promised to pay.

Mr. Buchanan—Well, I will call defendant.

Defendant said that he had promised to pay plaintiff for
the coat if the son remitted the money from Australia. He
told plaintiff that his (defendant's) son was going abroad.

LAW-MAKERS AND LAWS.—TAYLOR V. WALTERS.
This was a dispute relative to rate, and his Honour
said he had felt himself in a little difficulty, but an Act of
Parliament passed in the reign of George 11. relieved him.
Like other Acts of Parliament, however, the law was evi-
dentlymade by those who knew solhing about it. lie be-
lieved it was generally the ease that the legislators did not
understand some of their own Acts of Parliament.
Plaintiff agreed to waive his claim.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
GROSS ASSAULT ON A LADY.--Mr. Henry Brown,
builder, of 35, Moore-street, Sloane-square, was charged
With assaulting Miss Sophia Tiltman, of 29, Queen's-ter-
race, Bayswater.

Mr. Cornelius Tillman, brother of the complainant, said
that on the previous night he was proceeding, in company
with his sister, from the Lyceum Theatre, and in the
Strand wore arranging with a cabman to take them home
when the prisoner came up, thrust himself between them,
and acted in a very offensive manner. He told him he had
nothing to do with the affair, and, rejoining his sister,
hurried on, and when they got as far as Regent-circus per-
ceived that the prisoner was following tham. He expostu-
lated 'with him, when he put himself in a fighting attitude,
and his sister received a violent blow in the face, the pri-
soner at the same time making use of a disgusting expres-
sion.

The accused said he had taken too much wine.
Mr. Tiltman said the prisoner said he was employed by
the Eclectric Telegraph Company to watch them, and that
there were plenty of others doing the same thing, and that
he know them of old.
Miss Sophia Tiltman confirmed her brother's evidence,
and said the blow she received was, a very severe one.
Mr. Beadon said it was a gross assault, and fined the
accused £5, or two months' imprisonment.

THAMES.

A FRAUDULENT DEALER IN WOOD.-THE NEW ACT

—James Herren, aged 36, of No. 4, Charlotte-street,
Willow-walk, Shoreditch, coke and wood dealer, was
charged with fraudulently converting to his own use
eighteen hundred bundles of fire-wood, value £3 35., the
property of William Watts.

- Mr. Board, solicitor, conducted the prosecution, and said
it was instituted under a section of the new Act, called "An
Act to make better provision for the punishment of frauds
committed by trustees, bankers, and other persons trusted
with property." The 4th section of the new Act, the 20th
and 21st of Vict., cap. 54, stated if any person being a bailee
of anyproporty shall fraudulently take or convert the same to
his own use, or the use of any person other than the owner there-
of, although he shall not break bulk or otherwise determine
the bailment, ho shall be deemed guilty of larceny. In
this case the prisoner applied to Mr. Watts, who was a fire-
wood merchant, of No. 325, High. street, Wapping, for
permission to carry out wood, and his cart was laden with
1,800 bundles. Three invoices were at the same time deli-
vered to the prisoner, for him to leave with three persons
to whom the wood was consigned, and upon each invoice
was written, "Will call to-morrow," meaning that Mr.
Watts would call next day for payment. The prisoner did
not deliver the wood to Mr. Watts' customers, and it was
not known what had *come of it. Mr. Beard then put in
certificates from the parties to whom the wood was con-
signed, and said that, after hearing Mr. Watts, ho should
ask the magistrate to remand the prisoner, and apply for
three summonses for the witnesses to attend the next exa-
mination. Mr. Watts confirmed the statement of his
solicitor, and said he was to allow the prisoner 3d. per hun-
dred for the delivery of the wood to his customers. Ho
made the arrangement with the prisoner on Thursday last,
and on Friday he delivered to him 1,800 bundles of wood, and
directed him to supply Mr. Foster, of Fore-street, Cripple-
gate, with 100 bundles, 500 to Mr. Norman, in the same
street, and 300 to Mr. Gurney, in Ropemaker-street, Fins-
bury. -Ile gave three invoices, stating what each party
was to receive, and the amount. He went to the respective
parties on Friday; they had not received the wood. He
saw the prisoner yesterday, and said, " What have you done
with the wood P" and after making various excuses, he said,
" Well, I have chucked it over the bridge.
The prisoner made a rambling defence, and said the
bundles of wood delivered to him were all an inch too short,
which was denied.

On the application of Mr. Beard, the prisoner was re-
manded to the Clerkenwell House of Detention for a week.

DREADFUL DEATH ON THE NORTH-EASTERN
RAILWAY.—On Monday morning., a fatal accident occtrned
at the Rilliugton Junction of the above railway, four miles
from Melton, whereby Mr. Robert Smith, a gentleman
farmer, residing en his property at Thorpe Bassett, met
with adroadful death. Deceased was upwards of 70 years
of age. He left home in the morning to proceed to the
Pickering market, and for that purpose intended to take
the train from Rillington. The mail from York
to Scarborough passes before the Rillington train
leaves, and Mr. Smith appears to have recognised
some one in the mail train, and, as it left the station, ho
walked along the platform, conversing with the person in
the carriage. Near the end of the platform the line diverges
to the right, and Mr. Smith appears not to have noticed
this, and kept walking forward (some say having hold of
the handle of the carriage door), and stepped down between
the platform and the train. He was almost instantly killed,
his legs being cut off by the carriage, and his body seriously
injured.—Manchester .Examiner.