The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-06 00:00:00

SEEDS.

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sa9.son, owing to the largo influx of American seed, prices
have ruled unusually low, notwithstanding that the crop,
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LAW INTELLIOENCE—(7Ias

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)

A DOUBLE BANKRUPTCY-IN RE THOMAS NORTH AND

JOSEPH NORTH.

This was a meeting for the last examination of Thomas
North, of Brighton, contractor, &c., carrying on business
in partnership with Joseph North, against whom a separate
petition has been filed, but has not been proceeded with, as
the latter is undergoing a term of imprisonment for forgery.
The accounts of Thomas North, prepared by Messrs.
Hart Brothers, and Hayles, commences May, 1859, with a
deficiency of £l5O, and he now owes to creditors £501; to
creditors holding security, £481; creditors, by goods debts,
£174 ; property in the hands of creditors (under a bill of
sale), £717; profits, £2,237 ; expenses, £1,996.
Mr. Roxburgh tendered a proof against the estate of
Thomas North, under the following circumstai ces. A
jndment had been recovered against Joseph North for £4OO
and property seized under afi fa, but the assignees of Thos.
North had got a verdict ; it was now sought to prove
against the estate, so that the Court might be moved to ap •
point new-assignees under the estate of Joseph North, as
they were the same persons as represented the estate of
Thomas North.

His Honour said Mr. Roxburgh was at present in a posi-
tion to proceed, but must give notice and proceed by motion.
Tho examination was adjourned, in consequence of some
disputed proofs and no accounts having been ailed by
Joseph North.

Mr. Roxburgh said that the interests of the parties were
very complicatory; as the case stood the creditors of Thctmas
would get 20s. in the pound, and those of Joseph nothing.

IN RE MENSOR.

This bankrupt was an upholsterer, at Brighton, and this
as an examination meeting, but adjourned, as Messrs.
Hart Brothers, and Hayles, had not completed the ac-
counts. The debts are slated at £2,600; assets, £1,050.
This bankrupt was a chemist, at Gravesend, and passed
on account by Messrs. Hart and Co. Debts, £1,550;
assets, £275.

A petition was presented this morning by Mr. Sorrell,
of Mark-lane, against Abraham Harris, of Railway-place,
Shoreditch, cigar merchant and tobacconist. The amount
of the debts and liabilities have not yet been ascertained.

CENTRAL CRIMI VAL COURT—(?his Day.)

OLD COURT.

The May sessions commenced to-day.
The calendar contained the names of 45 prisoners.
The Grand Jury having been duly sworn,
The Recorder, in charging them, said he was very glad
to have to inform them that the number of cases on this
occasion was not very large, indeed, it was much smaller,
considering the time that had elapsed since the last sittings,
than might have been reasonably expected. In most of
them it was quite unnecessary that he should particularly
direct their attention, hut there were two or three calling
for notice. The first was that of a man named
Delobe and a woman, Sullivan, who were charged, the one
with committing a rape on a girl 14 years of age, and the
other with aiding and assisting. There were some peen-
Ratifies in the case which it would be necessary for them in
considering it to observe : for instance, the girl had mani
featly told some falsehoods in her evidence, and they must
therefore satisfy themselves as to how far that would go
to shake her entire testimony. The prisoners were also
charged with an assalt and attempt to rob a man who was
induced to go into the house, and who found the girl there
in great distress. There was a very painful charge against
one Reynolds, the details of which were of a character
it was unnecessary that he should enter upon. There
was a very singular case in which Barbara Wilson was
charged with conspiring with two other persons to palm off
a child as her own Avhich really belonged to her sister.
It seemed that had the child been hers it would
have been entitled to some estate, and, therefore, she
represented it to be ono of which oho had just heen con-
fined, at a time when it was four months old. The only
other case he should refer to was one of which they had
probably all heard, that of Darden and Holcroft, who were
charged with robbing the Commercial Bank of £60,000.
The former was the ledger-keeper, and had, in fact, ad-
mitted- his defalcation; and the latter was a customer of
the bank, and be had assisted and participated in the frauds.
He apprehended that there would be no difficulty on the
part of the jury in coming to a conclusion that these parties
were acting in concert.

John Sales was charged with an assault with, &c., on a
child of ten years of age.
Mr. Sleigh appeared to prosecute, and prisoner was de-
fended by Mr. Tindal Atkinson.
The evidence in the case was not of a character suitable
for publication.
The jury acquitted the prisoner.