The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-27 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Before Lord Campbell, and Justices Crompton, Wightman,
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and Hill.)

The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in
hearing the arguments in a case which was only interesting
to the parties concerned. It was an apVication to the Court
in which the originality of an invention in a winnowing
machine was involved.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
(Before Mr. Justice Crowder and a Common Jury.)
CRATE (AN INFANT) V. RELIC.
This was an action brought by the next friend of the
plaintiff, a boy, aged 12, named Stoneham, against the
defendant for damages for an injury received by the
plaintiff, owing to the carelessness of ono of the company's
servants.

It appeared that the plaintiff went to the defendant's
saw mills at Pimlico, for the purpose of purchasing some
saw dust. After he had filled his sack and was raising
himself out of the pit, a workman came by carrying a lag
of timber, which fell on the plaintiff's arm and broke it.
The boy was in the hospital about six weeks.

The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages,
£lO.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Before Baron Bramwell and a Common Jury.)
ONION v. NEEDHAM.
This was an action to recover the value of a breech-load-
ing gun left with the defendant to repair.
The gun was left to be cleaned, and was not sent for for
some time. When it was called for it was not to be found,
and it is supposed it had been given by mistake to some
other party.
The value of the gun was the only question to be decided.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—the value of
the gun which was adjudged by them to be 30s.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(T.HIS DAY.

GUILDHALL.
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.—This
morning James Charles and Terence M'Clean, whose case
was fully reported in The Sun of yesterday, appeared upon
their bail to hear the Alderman's decision upon the
evidence.

Mr. Alderman Mechi said he had been very carefully
through the depositions, and was decidedly of opinion that

it was a case peculiarly adapted to the deliberation of a jury,
and that being so the defendants would be committed for
trial upon the same bail as before.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

AN UNWELCOME VISITOR TO A LICENSED VICTUAL-
LER.—James Wilson, a respectably-attired young man,
was charged with uttering a counterfeit half-crown, to
Mr. Bartlett, of the York Arms, Curzon-street, the pri-
soner having on a former occasion paid the prosecutor a
visit and tendered a counterfeit coin.
Mr. Bartlett said that on the previous evening the pri-
soner came in and called for brandy and soda water, which
his wife served him with, and he at once recognizing him
as having paid him a visit on a former occasion, when he
succeeded in passing a bad half-crown, got his wife aside.
The prisoner then threw down a half crown, which he at
once detected as bad, and on his pointing it out to him he
threw down a good one, which he gave change for, still re-
taining the bad one. The prisoner then became very inso-
lent, and wanted to know why he acted as he did, upon
which he told him that he would let him know the reason,
and gave him into custody.

Inspector Webb said the prisoner refused his name and
address when charged.

Mr. Bingham said perhaps he would give it now if he
was a gentleman.
The prisoner said he would.

Mr. Bingham said he would then remand him.

The prisoner said if he was to be remanded he should
decline giving his address. The prosecutor spoke of two
months ago, which he (prisoner) thought a long time.
A person said he saw the prisoner utter the first coin.
Mr. Bingham remanded the prisoner, ordering the So-
licitor to the Mint to be communicated with.

THAMES.

:NVITATION TO FORM A VOLUNTEER RIFLE "CORPSE.'

—Mr. Selfo handed to our reporter a letter, of which the
following is an exact copy, and which appeared to afford
great amusement to the magistrate. The superscription on
the envelope was as follows :—" For the Honerable Mr
Self or Mr Yardley hou may be seting now Mater who
reads it it is a letter of importance about forming Rifle
Corpse for Stepney." The letter, as well as the superscrip-
tion must be given verbatim et literatim.

Thursday May 26th 1859—For the Honerable Mr Self
Chief Magistrate of the thames police Court, stepney Dear
Sur i ham about to ask you a favour will you be so kind
as toe give me an answear to that favour wick i am about to
ask you by so doing you will oblige your umbel servant by
answearing this favour in one of the Dailey news papers the
Queastion wich i Am about to ask Dear Sir is about
the Preesent Condision of our war on the Contingnent
wich may lead to serous results though we have triead to
keep neauttral in not interferinge i thinks with all our wise
policey we shall have to Interfeer after all and wat i am
gonig to ask you Dear Sir is this will you be so kind in
using all your power in trying to ask the Gouvrment to
alow your a Rifle volunteer Corpse for the parish of stipney
and others Suburbs of the tower Hamletts wich woud
always be very handey in fear of and invasion in my opi-
nion and wood be a very great service to the Gouvrnment
of this Country in protecting our Shores in fear of Despots
abroad threatining our Country with and invasion because
you now as well as i do sir when the first napoliean were
spreading all of the country of Europes and wot is the pre-
decessor of France i mean Louise napoliean but
following the footsteps of his uncle Napoliean the
first in Causing wars all about Europes and i say
sir that we ort to be preapared aganst aney such
Despots that may try to invade us at sonic future day when
we evident be prepared because we all now the french have
never forgot waterloo and thats wot makes them how us a
grudge the Government and people of Europes, and now I
am about to Conclude dear sir in my leter wishing to give
no ofence by ofending you by asking you this Quaestion
will you be so kind in trying to ask the Government to
slow a Rifle Corpse for the parish of stepney and the others
suburbs of the tower Hamletts becaus all others places are
forming Rifle Corpses already and I think sir we might
form a very nice Regment in the tower Hamletts they coud
be practised in victoria park if we can get thorn formed i
am one that wood join directely in forming one of the volun-
teer for the tower Hamletts Rifle Corpse i now am about
to say all i have to say to you Dear sir will you be so kind
in giving answear in one of the Dailey papers by so doing
you will oblige your umbel servant a working man. N.B.
i wants to see Rifle Corpses hall over The kingdom."