The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-17 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 16,

SECOND COURT.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius in London, before Mr. Justice
Crowder and a Common Jury.)

BINGHAM V. MORDAUNT.-FALSE IMPRISONMENT,

The plaintiff in this case, a lad of 15 years of age,
sued by his next friend to recover damages for
false imprisonment. The defendant pleaded not
guilty and a justification.
Mr. Huddleston and Mr. Pollock were counsel
for the plaintiff; and Mr. Serjeant Parry and Mr.
Griffiths were for the defendant.

The plaintiff had been in the service of Mr. Hin-
ton, the proprietor of Highbury-barn Tavern and
pleasure-gardens, and on the 9th October last he,
with another lad named Sudbrook were walking,
down King William-street to go to Highbury-
barn. A handkerchief was hanging out of the
plaintiff's pocket and Sudbrook took it and gave
it to him and told him to put it in his pocket.
He did so, and they proceeded on their journey.
When they got as far as the King William statue
they were stopped by a policeman, and the defendant,
who is a tailor in King William-street, afterwards
came up and told the policeman that they had picked
a gentleman's pocket, and, in answer to the policeman
as to whether he would charge them, said, "Oh
yes, I will charge them." They were accordingly
taken to the police-station and locked up for the
night. They were afterwards taken before the
Lord Mayor and discharged.
The defendant's case was that on the day in
question he was standing in his shop and saw two
boys rob a gentleman of his pocket-handkerchief,
and immediately caught up his hat and ran out of
the shop. Seeing the two boys passing a hand-
kerchief, he had mentioned the matter to the
policeman, having a very strong impression that
they had committed the robbery.
The jury found a yerdict for the plaintiff—
damages, XlO.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before the
Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.)
SHARP V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN

RAILWAY COMPANY-ACCIDENT.
This case was resumed this morning, with fur-
ther evidence on behalf of the defendants, with the
view of proving that the fence over which the cow
had escaped was of sufficient construction to be an
answer to the allegation of negligence.
The Lord Chief Baron having summed up,
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—
damages, £1,500.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
STOATE V. STOATE.-SENTENCE.
In this case Mr. Stoate, a barrister, who had
been found guilty, by a jury, of cruelty and deser-
tion, moved for a new trial, on the ground that
material witnesses whom he had intended to call
were absent when the case was heard.
Sir C. Cresswell refused the application, and, on
the prayer of Dr. Swaby, decreed a judicial separa-
tion, condemning Mr. Stoate in the costs.

THE EARL V. THE COUNTESS OF DEVON.
This was a suit for a judicial separation, pro-
moted by the Earl of Devon on the ground of his
wife's cruelty.
Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., applied to the court to
allow the noble lord to give his evidence by affidavit.
The noble earl's health was very precarious, and an
examination in open court might lead to serious
results.

Sir C. Cresswell declined to grant the request of
the learned counsel, but said he would allow Lord
Devon to be examined by a commission.

COURT OF ADMIRALTY.
(Befrre Dr. Lushington.)
THE HEN BURY.-SALVAGE.
The owners of the Colima sued the owners of the
Ilenbury for bringing her safely to London, hay-
ing found her in a disabled condition on the Irish
coast. When the Colima fell in with her she had
been out from Kurrachee 173 days, and all her
crew were ill of scurvy. The owners did not con-
test the facts.

The Court awarded £4OO to the owners of the
Colima, £3OO to the master, £2OO to four men who
had been put on board the Henbury, and £2OO to
the rest of the crew—total £1,200.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.)
IN RE WM. SLADE.
The bankrupt, a paper-maker, of Bagnor, and
other places in Berkshire, applied for his certificate.
The accounts showed a capital at the beginning of
1857 of £4,405. He now owes to unsecured credi-
tors, £6,599 ; to those holding security, £3,793 ;
liabilities, £5OO. He gives up property of £257,
with doubtful debts of £2,333 ; the property held
as security is valued at £11,150; and it is antici-
pated that there will be a considerable surplus
available for the general creditors. The profits are
stated at £4Ol ; trade expenses, interest, and law
costs, £1,070 ; houses and personal expenses, £360.
The principal trade creditors are Messrs. Hedges,
Wells, and Co., bankers, of Wallingford, who for
a debt of £3,700 hold mortgages of the bankrupt's
freehold and leasehold premises, paper mills, and
machinery, at Bagnor, Hurstbourne, and Hagborne,
in Berkshire, valued at £ll,OOO. There was no
opposition.

Mr. Lucas, on the part of the bankrupt, asked for
a first-class certificate.

His Honour said it appeared that the bankrupt
had speculated in mining shares, and thus incurred
a considerable liability. He had said yesterday,
and he repeated, that no man had a right to enter
into speculations cut of his legitimate trade, unless
he had a clear surplus.
Mr. Lucas said there would be a surplus in this
case if the property was well realised.
The Commissioner—He may take a second-class
certificate immediately.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.. Feb. 16.

MANSION4IOUSE.--Alfred Algerson,journey-
man baker, who had been remanded upon the charge
of having attempted to commit suicide by jumping
over the parapet of London-bridge, was again
brought before the Lord Mayor.
It will be recollected that after the charge had
been proved against the prisoner on Saturday last,
he made a long rambling, incoherent statement, to
the effect that he had been induced to commit the
rash act on account of mental distress, brought on
by his having killed his father, by administering to
him poison by direction of his mother, he not being
aware at the time of the nature of the dose he so
administered. The Lord Mayor said he did not
believe there was the least foundation for the state-
ment of the prisoner, but remanded him till yester-
day, in order that the state of his mind might be
ascertained.
Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, now handed to the
Lord Mayor the following certificate :
" Gaol of Newgate, Feb. 16 1859.
" In obedience to the instructions of the Lord Mayor, I
have the honour to certify that I have daily carefully ex-
amined Alfred Algerson since his admission into this gaolon
the 12th instant, as to the state of his mind. I have ascer-
tained that just previous to the attempt at suicide he had
been drinking hard, which doubtless led to the depression
and derangement. under which he acted. On a former occa-
sion he has attempted the same, but under the same perni-
cious influence. He states that he never had such a thought
except when he had been drinking ; that he now regrets and
is sorry for what he has done, and has expressed a resolution
never to allow himself to be brought under the influence of
intoxicating liquors in future.
" As regards his statement that he had given something
to his father when he was ill, which his mother said was
poison, it appears to arise from some general observation of a
drinking and abandoned woman, for he informs me that she
drank very hard for four years before her death. He like-
wise states that the doctor from whom the medicine was
obtained was found gnawed in his bed by rats.
" These statements appear to me absurd and unfounded,
and may be pure delusions. His conversation upon all other
matters, manner, and conduct, since under my observation,
have been quite correct, and have not exhibited any indica-
tions of derangement of mind.
" J. R. GlssoN, F.R.C.S."
The Lord Mayor—You see that the statement
that the medical man has very kindly sent me says
that your depression is brought on by drunkenness.
That is generally the case. We cannot permit you
to go at large to attempt each another attack upon
your life, and therefore you must find a surety--.a
good housekeeper—in £lO to keep the peace for
one calendar month, and in default of your doing
that you must go to prison ; but in sending you
there it is in the earnest hope that there you may
useful man.
Isaac French, a young fellow belonging to South
Shields, and who described himself as a clothier,
was charged before the Lord Mayor with having
fraudulently obtained goods of the value of £l2
from Messrs. Tallerman, wholesale clothiers,
Houndsditch, by false pretences.
Mr. Doyle, on behalf of the prosecution, said the
prisoner carried on business in South Shields as a
clothier; and in the month of October last, when
Mr: Tallerman was in the north, he paid a visit to
the prisoner, who gave him an order for clothing
amounting to £l2 Os. 11d. Mr. Tallernm, strum
by his youthful appearance, asked him if he was 21,
and received for reply that he was nearly 24. The
goods, ppon the faith of his representation, were
transmitted to South Shielasi awl iu the ordinary