The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-19 00:00:00

The company now offered to purchase the leasehold lands
from the plaintiffs,

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
;Before the Lord Chief Justice, Baron Martin, and Baron

BUST V. GIBBON.

This was an action for malicious prosecution, tried last
term, when a verdict for the plaintiff was returned for £lO.
A rule nisi was obtained to set aside the verdict, and enter
it for the defendant, or for a new trial, on the ground of
misdirection, the judge having told the jury that there was
so reasonable ground to justify the defendant from giving
plaintiff into custody. It appeared that a man named
Swatman, employed with Bust by the defendant,
absconded en a Sunday morning with some money,
with which the workmen should have been paid on the pre-
vious day. Bust was very frequently in connection with
Swatman, and was seen early on the morning in question
coming from his house, and had an opportunity of giving
Swatman information to enable him to commit the robbery,
which he could not have possessed himself. Upon this
defendant gave plaintiff into custody. Baron Wilde
directed that the circumstances were not sufficient to justify
the defendant acting as he did. This was the misdirection
complained of.

The Court thought that the direction was correct, and
refused to interfere with the verdict.
The rule was therefore discharged.

COURT OF DIVORCE.

:Before the Lord Ordinary, Mr. Justice Willes, and Mr.

Baron Channel.)
RYDER V. RYDER.

This was an application on the part of the Hon. Mary
Charlotte Dudley Ryder to amend an order made by the
Judge Ordinary with regard to the custody of the children.
It was complained that he had made an order which gave
no directions with regard to the eldest daughter and the
second and third eldest son, but merely directed that the
younger sons should remain at school and spend their vaca-
tion with their uncle, the Earl of Harrowby, and that the
parents should be permitted to visit them at certain times.
The application was founded on affidavits to the effect that
it would be injurious to the welfare of the children if their
interviews with their father were not restricted.

Mr. Sergeant Pigott and Mr. M'Queen appeared for the
appellant. Sir F. Slade and Mr. Twigs appeared for the
respondent.

After Sergeant Pigott had concluded his argument for
the reading of the affidavits, in support of his application,
The Judge Ordinary said the opinion of the Court was
that affidavits ought not to be read to prove that part of
the case now before them, as such a course would be anti-
cipating the decision of a jury that must eventually try the
merits of this case. These affidavits are made subsequent
to the order made, and therefore they could not in the
slightest degree affect it.
Mr. M'Queen contended that though the daughter was
over 20, and the other children who were not included in
the order were over 16 years of age, still, according to the
constitution in the Ecclesiastical Court. the Judge Ordinary
had jurisdiction over the children until they attained their
majority.

The case was proceeding when we went to press.

POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—(TMs Day).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A GENTLEMAN CHARGED WITH AN ASSAULT ON A
CONSTABLE.-Mr. Malcolm Drummond Lloyd, 6, St.
George's-terrace, Hyde. park, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, with assaulting Police-constable Sutton, 160 C.
Sutton said he was passing along Regent-street, when
the defendant, who was in company a soldier, came
behind him and pushed him violently. He asked what he
meant by it, when the defendant replied that he was a
gentleman. He told him that his conduct was not that of
one if he was, and he then pushed and pulled him about,
and a civilian then came up.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should like to hear his (the con-
stable's) definition of the word "civilian." It was an
attempt at soldiering, and would not do at all.

The constable, in continuation, said he told the defendant
to go away, and he then struck him en the back of his head
with his umbrella. The defendant was drunk.

By Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street—
Very drunk.
Mr. Lewis said the fact was the defendant had received
a wound on the head in the Crimea, and having been out
to dine it had taken an effect on him.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said assaults on the police could not be
passed over, and fined the defendant 10s., or 14 days.

THAMES.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY By A RETURNED CONVICT.—
James Toy, a repulsive-looking fellow, about 40 years of
age, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing a
bolt, weighing 301b5., and valued at 305., from the ship
Jane Linch, in the West India Dock. The prisoner was
seen on board ship by a man named Attersall,a rigger, em-
ployed on board, and he asked him what he wanted, to
which he replied a painter (rope), to make a boat fast. He
was informed there was no painters there, and were ordered
out of the ship. Some time afterwards iw managed to get
on board again and possessed himself of a copper bolt.
Attersall saw him on the dock quay sneaking away, and
went after him, on which the prisoner took the copper
from under his coat, and threw it into the dock basin. It
was lost. There was about 30 tons of similar copper on
board.

The prisoner pleaded guilty, and it was stated by a West
India Dock constable that he was an old thief, and had been
sentenced to six years' penal servitude. Since the prisoner's
return from transportation he had been summarily corr.
victed.

Mr. Selfe asked if there were officers present to formally
prove the former convictions and sentences, to which he
replied in the negative, on which the magistrate said he
would take no notice of them, and he should commit the
prisoner summarily. Ho sentenced the prisoner to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months.
The Prisoner—Thank you,, sir.

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Mr. Selfe—You will not be so lucky if you aro brough
here again and a case is made out.

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