The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-27 00:00:00

THURSDAY .EVENVNG, AUGUST 27, 1;4 5 7

sent to Mr. Hubback in mistake, it being Mr. Do- '
herty's intention to have let Mr. Hubback have
the Indian corn. As to this charge, it would never
have been brought, had Messrs. Bingham's claim
been satisfied. They had made every possible at-
tempt to get their claim covered, and finding they
could not do so they determined t 3 prosecute. The
very fact of Mr. Doherty returning from America
was sufficient to show that he at rent was innocent
of any criminal intention. For the purpose of show-
ing how the mistake had arisen, he called
Mr. 0. Corr, clerk to Mr. Doherty, who said the
defendant was one of the largest importers of pro-
duce in Liverpool, ad a great many bills of lading
were passing through his office every day. The
duplicates were put on a file and the originals
kept in a drawer. A great num'.eer of the origi-
nals were taken from the drawer almost every day
in the course of business. Between the 9th and
13th of May there were some bills of lading per the
Andrew Foster in the drawer. - It WdB then known
that that vessel was lost. Those biil4, not being
required, were put upon the file. Shortly before
the bill in question (per Centurion) was handed
from the drawer the bills per Andrew Foster were
taken from the file and put into the drawer by Mr.
Doherty. The Centurion was reported to have
cleared out from New York on the 25th of April.
In reply to Mr] Aspinall witness said that seve-
ral statements made a fortnight before these trans-
actions to the Borough Bank by Mr. Doherty were,
he believed, incorrect. At that time Mr. Doherty
was very much pressed for money. When he went
to America Mr. Doherty left only a pound or so
with witness to carry on the business. He returned
to surrender under an order in bankruptcy. In
forwarding a bill of lading it would be necessary to
examine it for the purposo of ascertaining its worth.
Mr. Aspinall having briefly replied, -
Mr Mansfield said he could not undertake to dis-
pose of so important case on so sltht a hearing, in-
volving, as it did, points which, would require the
greate-t legal acumen to determine. The substan-
tial matters in the case, as s'a+ed by the learned
counsel for the prosecution, had, he thought, been
completely borne out ; and under the circumstances
disagreeable as the duty was he had no other course
to adopt than to send the case for trial at the as-
sizes, allowing the defendant the privilege of bail,
himself in 2,0001. and two sureties in 1,0001. each.

LAW INTELLIGENCE, Aug. 26.

SHERIFF'S COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast.)

THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY V. THE
SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY.

This was a summons taken out by Arthur Mac-
namara, of the London General Omnibus Company,
against William -Robert Pope, the secretary of the
Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Company, to recover
the sum of 1/. 35.. damn., alleged to be done to
one of the plaintiff's omnibusts, by reason of the
negligent driving, of one of the plaintiff's servants.
Mr. Buchanan appeared for the Loudon General
Omnibus Company ; and Mr. Pope, the secretary
of the Saloon Company, appeared for the defen-
dant.

About 5 o'clock on the moiling of the 17th inst. I
visitel Mr. Bonsor's premises, and found 27 car-
casses of sheep in a stinking and putrified u'ate.
They were sheep that had Leen drowned. Their
throats ba I no doubt been cut after they were
taken out of the water, and att?r they had died.
They were quite unfit for human fond. The flesh
was white and soddened, and it presented a very
different appearance from the flesh of sheep killed
in the ordinary manner. They had evidently been
drowned. The flesh was not solid.

Cross-examined—l have, scores of times, seen
the carcases of drowned lamb,.

Re-examined—lf they had been drowned and
afterwards bled copiously, they might have been
wholesome food.

The Lord Mayor—l have listened very atten-
tively to this case, and, after the evidence of Mr.
Bonsor and Mr. Pocklington, I do not think that
I could convict the defendants. I think it right to
state that I camel this summons to be issued in
consequence of a cpmmumcation that reached me,
to the effect that a number of drowned sheep had
been dressed in Nottinghamshire and sent to the
London market:

Mr. Lewis—l hope your lordship will think it
right to disclose the name of your inform tilt, as
my clients, who are highly respectable persons,
have been put to very great expense in this matter.
The Lord Mayor—l have received communica-
tions from gentlemen living near the defendants
stating that the defendants are very respectable
persons. lam very, much indebted to the parties
who gave me the information which has led to this
inquiry, which, I trust, will be attended with
beneficial results. At all event?, it will show the
people in the country that they are not to send to
London meat which they would not dare to expose
for sale in their own market.
The summons was then dismissed.

asslulting two seamen on board that vessel on tLe
27th July last.

The detail,: of the case were fully reported. in the
SIM, of Tuesday.
A gentleman attended from the office of the
American consul, and Mr. Foggo for the prisoner.
Mr. Trail having been informed that the two
seamen assaulted by the pris9ner had left this
country for America, said he should deal with the
prisoner upon the evidence which appeared on the
clerk's book, taken at the time of the examination.
Had the complainingparties been present he should
most certainly have sent the case for trial.
The prisoner was then sentenced to four months'
hard labour, in default of paying two fines of 5/.
each, and 7/. 11s. 3d. cot of warrant and bringing
him up in custody from Sunderland, making toge-
ther 171. 11s. 3d.
The prisoner was removed in custody.