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London, England, 1859-07-23 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices.)

Pr,TITION.-BUCKMASTER V. BUCKMASTER.

In taking the partnership accounts in this case a receiver
was appointed, and on passing the receiver's accounts 10
per cent. was charged on the gross amount.
Mr. Schomberg, for the petitioner, a military tailor, con-
tended that 10 per cent. only was chargeable on the nett
profits, and not on the gross amount received and expended
in conducting thd business, which, according to half- yearly
accounts exhibited, amounted to about £60,000 yearly.
Mr. Taylor opposed, on the ground that the larger the
amount of the accounts examined, the greater was the
trouble in passing the accounts, and the fee was payable on
the amount, according to orders of Court in 1852 and 1857.
Mr. Schomberg, in support of his argument, cited the
following decided cases, viz.:—`yells v. Wails-4 De Gex,
MacNaughten and Gordon's Reports.
The Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices considered that
10 per cent. was payable on the nett profits of the partner-
ship business only after deducting the cost of carrying on
the business, and ordered accordingly.
The Lord Chancellor said some new rules would probably
be made on the subject.

Their lordships allowed the petitioner his costs.

APPEALS.-SHAW V. JUGGINS.-JUGOINS V. JONES.
Plainitff filed his bill in the first suit to take the executor's
accounts in the administration of the estate of the late Mr.
Jugg-ins ; and the plaintiff in the second suit filed a bill to
administer the estate. The question raised was purely a
question of costs.

Tne Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices, with consent of
counsel, remitted to the Master in Chancery to take ac-
counts, with periodical rests, reserving the question of
interest and. costs till the hearing of the cause, with liberty
to apply.

POLICE IYI'ALLIGENCE,(7I-IIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CHARGE AGAINST A GENTLEMAN` OP OBTAINING
MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.--Alfred Moorhouse Tay-
lor, 23, described on the charge sheet as a gentleman, and
who said he was the son of a cotton spinner at Adlington,
Manchester, was charged before Mr. Bingham with oh-
taining money, by false pretences, of Mr. Alfred Biggs,
cigar importer, of 1, Pall-Mall.

From the evidence, which was very lengthy, it appeared
that the prisoner had recently been a customer of the
prosecutor, and in consequence of his believing that
the prisoner was of good family, and of his repre-
sentations that ho had an account at Messrs. Wood-
cocks' bank, Adlington, Manchester, he cashed a cheque
for £lO for him, and subsequently a second—the first of
which he paid to Mr. Sidney Frances, a merchant of
Bishopsgate-street, and which was soon after returned pro-
tested ; he, therefore, kept the seeml cheque back. The
answer returned by the 'maws being that there were
"No effects" and " Not known."

The prisoner said that he was a respectable person, and
that he believed at the time he gave the cheques there
would be funds to meet them. He had received a letter
from the bankers,

Mr. Broughton read the letter, and said it stated that
whatever money he liked to deposit with them could be paid
through Messrs. Barclay. He had given two cheques,
neither of which had been paid, and his deposit had not
been made, and to give a cheque without having an account
at the bank was a fraud.

The prisoner said he had studied at the University Col-
lege for a doctor, and was about to enter the cotton trade.
Bruce, 88 C, said, on taking prisoner into custody he
found on him a cheque on Robarts, Curtis, and Co. for £5,
and a writ at the suit of John Foster Hodges.
The prosecutor said he believed he should be able to bring
forward other charges.

The prisoner was then remanded, Mr. Broughton stating
that he would take his own bail in £4O and two in £2O.

THAMES.

STRIPPING HOUSES OF LEAD.—John M'Dermott, aged
16, and Eliza M'Dermott, his mother, 45, were brought be-
fore Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing 1 cwt. of sheet-load
from the roofs of two houses in Salter's-alley, St. George-
in-the-East. The prisoners lived at No. 5, Salter's-alley,
and it was proved that on two occasions the male prisoner
put a table in the yard behind his dwelling, placed a tub
on the top of the table, and a few boards on that, and ma-
naged to ascend to the roofs of the houses No. 5 and 6,
Salter's-alley, and strip them of the lead and lead-piping,
which he threw into a dust bin, and afterwards carried
away. The houses were greatly damaged by the rain
coming through the roofs, and this led to an examination,
and it was ascertained that the lead had been removed.
The robbery was clearly brought home to the male prisoner,
and he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to four months'
imprisonment and hard labour.. There was no material
evidence affecting the woman, and she was discharged.
MORE LEAD STEALING.—John Sale, aged 43, a fish
vendor, William Moss, 17, labourer, employed in the
navigation of barges, and William Lemon, 24, were
brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing 2 cwt. and
3 qrs. of sheet lead, the property of Messrs, Charrington,
Head, and Co., brewers, from the Five Bells, public-house,
Old Ford, Bow.
It appeared from the evidence that the whole of the lead
was stripped off the public-house on Tuesday night last, or
early on Wednesday morning. The prisoners Sale and
Lemon were at the house on Tuesday night, called
for a pot of beer, and with the consent of the land-
lord, Mr. George Willis, took the pot with them. The
two men were seen near the premises of Mr. Willis early
on Wednesday morning. Inspector Kenessey, of the K
division, and a constable named Tuckett, 170 K, subse-
quently traced the lead to a house, No. 1, Old Ford-lane,
on the banks of the river Lea. It was buried in rubbish.
Sale and Moss lived in the house, and were taken into cus-
tody. Lemon, who was dwelling at No. 4, Old Ford lane,
was subsequently apprehended. In the course of the in-
vestigation Mr. Selfe asked the lad, Moss, if he would tell
the truth, and make a clean breast for himself. He.said
he would, and was discharged and sworn. He said he was
called up on Wednesday morning by Sale and Lemon to
assist them in removing the stolen lead, and it was con-
veyed in his barge from the Five Bells to the back of the
house, No. 1, Old Ford-lane, and there concealed.
Mr. Selfe directed Inspector Kenessey to complete the case
by Friday next, and remanded Sale and Lemon until that
day.