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THE SUN, LONiOON, WEDNESDAY EVENINd, JANUARII‘9, 1861.;

LAW INTELLIGEffe.E.—(THIS DAL)

Paid,

Closing
Price.

Butiness done

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Comaiesioner Holroyd.)
:N RE STREITFIBLD, MORMORR, AND CO.•--THE GREAT

73 75
93 94
11 11
41 5

LtiTHEI CASE.

This great case was resume to- day, and as early as half-
past 10 a few anxious persons lad assembled in the Court.
The various legal gentlemen, Messrs. Brough, Williams,
Kerslake, Linklater, Lawrence, Lewis, &c., appeared for
their several clients.
Mr. Edward Hart (Hart Enthers and Hayles) was ac-
countant for the creditors, Mr. Coleman for the bankrupts.
When Mr. Linklater commeiced his examination of Mr.
Laurence, one of the bankrupti, the Court was, compara-
tively speaking, empty, and tle interest appears to have
died out.
Mr. Linklater—Before we proceed, may I suggest to Mr.
Laurence the advisibility of answering each question
openly.
Mr. Laurence—lt is the firs; time I have ever been a
witness (but once), I will to the best of my ability answer
the questions.
Mr. Linklater—You will find it a good plan. It is very
painful to put the same question over and over again, and
it wastes a great deal of time.

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67 72
65 70
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The examination was then proceeded with, and WAS
specially connected with the many bill transactions of the
firm.

There is no likelihood of the case being completed to-day.

CRIMINAL COURT—(2 his Day).

(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.)
ALLEGED FRAUDULENT BANIERVETCY.

Lewis Robert Poole, Thomas Chapman, and Frederick
Ventris were indicted for illegally conspiring to conceal a
quantity of property from tae creditors of the first-named
prisoner, who had been declared a bankrupt.
_ . _

The facts of this case have already appeared in The S.m
during the time the prisoners were under examination at
the Guildhall Police Court. It will be recollected that
Poole carried on the business of a wholesale boot and shoe
manafaeturer at Northampton, and also in New
Oxford-street, and in August last was declared
a bankrupt, and the property in question which Poole
was accused of concealing amounted to upwards of £1,200,
The prisoner Ventris was a clerk in the firm of Messrs.
Quiller and Ball, accountants, and the part it was alleged
that he had taken in the transaction was the committing of
perjury in his examination in the Court of Bankruptcy.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine conducted the prosecution, and
the prisoners were defended by Mr. Best, of the Oxford
Circuit, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Poland, Mr. Sleigh, and Mr.
0 rrid ge.
The case will occupy the whole of the day.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
AILSON.

William Edmonds was indicted for feloniously setting
fire to a stack of hay, the property of Elisabeth Tibbels.
The jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the ground
of insanity,

POLICE IN7ELLII.'TENCE—(Thia Day).

MARLI3OROUGH-STRRET.

lITDE-PAIIR ROBBERIES LAST NMI-U.—Robert Haw-
kins, a rough-looking fellow, who gave his address in the
Kingsland-road, was charged, before Mr. Beadon, with
stealing a breast-pin, the value of £7, the property of a
gentleman named John Caunt, residing at 36, Halfmoon-
street, Piccadilly.

Mr. Caunt said that, between seven and eight o'clock the
previous night, he was passing between the posts near the
Serpentine, an immense number of persons passing at the
same time, going to see the skating and torchlight pro-
cession on the Serpentine, and, just as he got through, he
felt the baud of a person over his shoulder, and his breast-
pin was taken. lie immediately turned found and saw
the prisoner behind him, and feeling sure he had taken the
pin, he asked him for it, but he denied having it, and seeing
two constables come up, he gave him in charge.
Sergeant Joy, 9 C, said he know him as the companion
of thieves for about 18 months, and to be a frequenter of
Seven Dials and Westminster.

Prisoner—Why, you've never seen me before. Iv'e been
in " the meletia."

Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said he believed the prisoner had
been in the militia, but he was a thief notwithstanding.
Prisoner—Why, you fellows will swear anything.
Mr. Beadon committed the prisoner for three months.
ALLEGED ROBBERY OP A LARGE QUANTITY ON
WITCIIES, RINGS, &c.—John Tanner, cabinetmaker, and
James Glos, a cigar maker were charged before Mr. Beadon
on suspicion of being concerned, with another not in custody,
in stealing, at 21, Haymarket, 12 gold Albert guards, six
gold chains, 37 gold rings, two gold eye-glasses, two pair of
gold spectacles, seven gold watches, 11 silver watches, &c.,
of the value of £2OO, the property of Mr. John Mauro,
jeweller, 24, Haymarket.

Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough•street, ap-
peared for the prisoner Glos, and a solicitor's clerk for
Tanner, whose real name is Soterberg.
The system said to Le adopted was as follows :—A lad
was sent into a shop of a jeweller to tell him to send for a
timepiece, and the assistant being watched away, a dog-
cart was then driven up with a person in it, and the shop-
keeper called cut, and while his attention was occupied,
the robbery was committed.

After waiting some time for the case, Mr. Mesure not
being in attendance, Mr. Lewis asked that the pri-
soners might be brought up, as he had waited some time
for the case.

Mr. Boadon said he could not do so, and put back the
case till a late period of the day.

THAMES.
P.t.miti, 'eIm—DEATH BY FllB.—Mrs. Hogg, a
mechanic's wife, of 2, Turner's-buildings, Penny-fields,
Poplar, and Dennis Donovan, a cooper, of 4, Dolphin-lane,
Poplar, appeared before Mr. Selfe, on a summons, charged
with using abusive and insulting words to Daniel Donovan,

and calling him a robber and a murderer.
The defendant Donovan, a respectable and industrious
man and his family, were great sufferers by a fire which
broke out on the premises of the complainant, Daniel
Donovan, a shoemaker, in Penny-fields, Poplar, on the
18th of November last. Dennis Donovan's eldest daughter
perished in the flames. Another of his children was burnt,
and is up to the present time in the hospital, and Dennis
Donovan, whose head and arm were severely scorched, his
wife and two other children, by "God's providence," to use
the defendant's own words, narrowly escaped with their
lives. Mrs. Hogg, her husband and daughter, who were
lodgers in tho same house, also narrowly escaped with their
lives, and got out at the front window.
The complainant said the defendants called upon him a
few days ago and demanded compensation for the loss they
had sustained, andlipon his refusing to comply with their
request, they abused him, and applied very bad language
to him, and among other things Mrs. Hogg called him a
robber and a murderer, and said he had set his house on
fire. His namesake and countryman Donovan was no less
turbulent, and threatened him.
The defendants said the complainant had led them to
expect some compensation for the serious loss they had
sustained in the loss of their household furniture and effects
when he obtained the insurance money from the fire office.
Last week Daniel Donovan received £lOO from the fire
office, and when they asked him for a little help, he said he
would see them d-d first, and used other harsh expres-
sions.

Dennis Donovan put in a written statement regarding
the firo, the loss of his child, and other matters, and it con-
veyed some very extraordinary suggestions.
Mr. Selfe examined the complainant at great length, and
he said he and his children were from home on the night
of the fire. His wife was also with him. They went to a
raffle in Southwark. One of his children was three and a

half years old, and the other two years old. It might be
one o'clock in the morning when he heard of the fire. He
was then about to depart for home. He did not think it
strange to take such young children to a raffle and keep
them out until ono o'clock in the morning. He occupied

the shop, parlour, and back room upstairs. He left the
gas burning when he left home, and he supposed it set fire
to the house.
Mr. Selfe—How could the gas set fire to the house unless
the burner was improperly placed ?
The complainant supposed there was an escape of gas,
and in answer to other questions said he insured his goods
for £l5O on the 13th Aug. last. That was the first time he
insured.
Mr. Selfe put some other questions to the complainant,
which were not answered in the most satisfactory manner.
Dennis Donevan stretched out his left arm, which was
bandaged, and said this was burnt, and I have been unable
to do any work since. My head was also burnt. My daugh-
ter was burnt alive.
Tho complainant said that a subscription was opened in
Poplar for the relief of the defendants.
Mrs. Hogg said £27 was subscribed, of which £l2 was
laid out in furniture for her fellow-lodger, Dennis Donovan,
and the funeral expenses of his daughter paid. She did not
press her claims on the committee, because Dennis Donovan
and his family were the greatest sufferers.
Mr. Selfe said the circumstances of the disastrous fire
were well calculated to excite remark, if not suspicion, but
the peace must be preserved, and the defendants must pro-
mise not to go near the complainant again. The kind-
hearted magistrate having exacted that promise from the
defendants, ordered that Mrs. Hogg should receive £2
from the poor-box fund, and:that Dennis Donovan should
receive £1 from tho some fund. He gave the larger sum
to Mrs. Hogg because she had not received any portion of
the subscription, and had acted generously towards her
bereaved neighbour.
The defendants expressed their thanks to the magistrate
and left the court.

The next monthly return of the Bank of France,
to be published at tho end of the week, is looked for with
much interest. According to some reports, which require
verification, the bullion has declined from £17,300,000 to
about £14,000,000.

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