The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-09 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice Mellor and a
Common Jury.)
SMITH V. MOTTRAM.

In this case the plaintiff, Mr. George Smith, who is a
solicitor, at Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, and
has a private residence at Canterbury-villas, 'Maida-hill,
sought to recover a sum of £59 19s. 6d., amount of loss
alleged to have been sustained through the purchase of a
horse sold him by the defendant.
The defendant pleaded not guilty, but was not repre-
sented by counsel, and offered no defence.
Mr. Smith, the plaintiff, stated that last October he saw
an advertisement in a daily paper stating that the adver-
tiser had a horse to dispose of which was suited for a
brougham. The horse was described as being 6 years old,
17 hands high, without blemish, and quiet in harness.
The jury returned a verdict for the amount claimed.

COURT OF-BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)

IN HE ABELLO.

This bankrupt was a Spanish merchant of Coleman-
street, and he came up to-day to pass his last examination,
and for the order of discharge. It may be remembered
that a few weeks ago the bankrupt left this country, in
order to look after some business in Spain. Immediately
upon his return he was arrested under a warrant. The
case was investigated before a magistrate, who finally
dismissed it, and the bankrupt then obtained leave to sur-
render to his bankruptcy. To-day no accounts were filed,
and his Honour adjourned the case, renewing the protec-
tion.

CRIMINAL COURT—This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Channel.)

In this Court Thomas Hunt, a ship-keeper, was indicted
and found guilty, in a case in which the parents of a child
six or seven years old wore the prosecutors. The miscreant
decoyed the child on board a vessel named the Zephyr,
to show her, as she stated, the different parts of the vessel.

The learned judge sentenced the prisoner to 15 years
penal servitude.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Smith.)
John Payne and John Carter, two omnibus drivers, the
former being in the employ of a private person, and the
other of the General Omnibus Company, wero indicted for
the manslaughter of Alfred Halford.

The deceased was a passenger on the omnibus driven by
Payne, and both vehicles were going in contrary directions
in the East Indian Dock-road, both being on the tramway.
Neither of the prisoners seemed to be under the impression
that the other ought to give way, but this not being done
a collision took place, and the deceased, being a passenger
on the omnibus driven by Payne, was thrown to the
ground, and sustained such injuries that he lingered for
nine days and died. The defence was that the night was
dark and foggy, and that the vehicles did not come in
sight of each other until it was too late to prevent the ac-
cident.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

In the case of Christian Olifier, pickle-merchant, who
stands indicted with the abduction of Elizabeth Tolly,
application was made to postpono the case until next ses-
sion, the grand jury having ignored the bill for felony and
found one for misdemeanour.

The application was agreed to, tho same amount of bail
being taken for his appearance. The other defendant,
Mrs. Houghton, who stands charged with him, was ad-
mitted to bail in two sureties of £5O each.

POLICE. INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY BY A BANKER'S SERVANT.—George Rolston,
servant to Mr. Charles Ca3sar Hopkinson, banker, of Nc
3, Regent-street, charged with stealing a quantity of plate
and a gun of tho valuo of £7O, the property of his em-
ployer, was again brought before Mr. Tyrwhittl by Ser-
geant Shellingford, 4 C, by whom ho was taken into cus-
tody at Southampton.

An assistant to Mr. Bartrum, pawnbroker, produced a
number of articles of plate pledged by the prisoner on dif-
ferent days in the name of Mr. Macaulay, as also did an
assistant to Mr. Harrison, showing that the prisoner had
been pledging the property some time before he absented
himself from his master's house.

The evidence having been read over, Mr. Tyrwhitt
asked the prisoner whether he wished to say anything.
The prisoner reserved his defence, and was committed
for trial.