The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-17 00:00:00

tata
Para -0 nsen bad gone round and received the gre,,tc.r
lisci i,el the money, the hills on which the amount psisc-;
feet marked were kept balle. Io one case the
i(1
talt that she owed 2a. 4d, Melt she f
R(416,,t° PAY, but plaintiff had summomed ht's for.sa. 61.
costs, to platllol,7olm ordered as. 4d. to be paid, without ,
utify•
Pret. °Noun said that by the keeping tl.e bills under,
Perf:ne, of having them signe I rend- poor pen:s:is
helplesa of diaproving the charge. In all those
the I:,;!Tere was a like complaint. his Honour said, as
plaaMas ware not forthcoming, and it was the fault of
1151"14 or his agent, he should hold that the cases were
The out to his satisfaction.
1106 Plaintiff was theref re nonsuited in each case,
has-
Nat° dewhere credit had been given to a wife wit
4.aefent's knowledge.
ye 110Nourt said that the whole system was bad, and.
io• • •
Adopt itoric.us to the poor people foolish enough to
eltim
-4INAL COURT—('r HIS DAY.)
(Before the RECORDER.)
Nerih• aaatql Botta*. A young man named .lelat Taylor,
,--"°d as a traveller, was indicted for stealing 169
tfeatli:etcf printed books, value ril., the property of Mr.
• ltuba, his ma=ter.
4411ri.,.-14Yoa appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
kr 440 defended the prisoner.
p - (NA .4INS having °pent d the case to the jury, pro-
o call the following witnesses:—
416';1:1 Henry Bohn stated, that he was a book-
bea,7 lork-street, Covent-garden. The prisoner had
lkokl his employ. His duty was to carry out small
b a to the trade, obtain orders, and eater the orders in
hooci),?,/t; but he was instructed never to leave the sample
4ai 1° the boxes in a hich they were carried at his
114 si`giugs, or elaewhere, but to bring them to the
411v-11'1'1/ever late it might be. In consevence of infer-
totll°4 witness received, he went with a police-sergeant
f°ll4llris"er'a lodgings on the 25th of November. He
hreea , in them a vest quantity of books in brown paper
',.reaely to bo carried away, others in a cupboar
d,
,*,ere°4lrs in a box. [hey books in the cupboard
"r'neipllly duplicate and triplicate copies of
ftndard," " Scientific" and "Illustrated Libr-
ote rof which be was publisher. He found in
home as
169 books. The least value of them
rate af7as 201, but they would be more to the trade.
°f them had only been published a fortnight be-
-411111840 prisoner had no authority to have the books
russession.
6re v°33-e zunined —The prisoner was in his employ
Za'eara, originally at a salary of 305., and latterly at
atitajaw,lek. He had been discharged, and witness took
:s n'e,!l in compassion, when his salary was reduced..
:,litat);:iwY was allowed' him, besides his salary. 11is
her
.°';'
to take the sample books, and put them intod
Vit lle could not tell by taking stock that he cow
Qat•:,,-laavered the loss of a few volumes, but be could
Ptil47oovered the loss of upwards of 100. It was the
„,-et's duty to take books to the reviewers.
tla• 47,11:4 Giles was very intimate with the prisoner..
qtrarar"tlnyr, in fact, was his private friend, and he in-,
o the ;against hina—(Laughter.) The prisoner was
of tidbit of giving him parcels of books to dis-
'
Illitaa.r3' Matthews, police-:ergeant No. 10, took the.
atlain'et" into custody,' and went afterwards to his
ero',,-P, where he found 169 books, which he had
itifiat to the court.
t was the case for the prosecution.
Boil r lIALLINTINE admitted that his client had been
told thef irregularities, but of no crime. Mr. Bohn had
tttaii",' that at first he paid the prisoner 30a a week,!totl;l, Le afterwards reduced the salary to 25s.—little
'NIL' in all conscience, and when he was late on Isis
titre:L-4' it was not unusual for him to carry his
qoaii of books home to avoid the unpleasaantry of a
1545 g LIP, or perhaps, what was worse still, a further
I'lati:l°,ll of salary, and that was precisely the way in
ra. these books'had reached the prisoner's lodgings.
14)7 ar ho had no intention of stealing them, or
the :1, ?aid have bren put cut of sight, but the fact was
+ita--.}1`1.1. discipline observed by Mr. Bohn in dealing
Ptak ts travellers had driven this young man into the
st,tt.t irregularity.
tlietr'cre'l wituebsei gave the prisoner an excellent cha-
Th. honesty, sobriety, and industry.
tfttai' Learned ItECORPER summed up, and the jury
Ivied a verdict of Guilty.
41. sentence was deferred.
ho AIITILLERY COMPANY.—A member of this body,
bin 471tikspd been summoned cn the retty jury, appeared_ in
Itti.vier,`°r'ri (a private's), and claimed exemption from
gettea'a under the company's charter. The Recorder,
thejr, overruled the objection, and be was sworn on
Y that tried the preceding case of felony.
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
R. 4 ttra (TIIIS DAY.)
I.‘44taa '-"ccernber adjourned general sessions for the
1.14, Nliddlesex commenced this morning, before
"rtsa' tlgeant Adams, assistant judge, and a Bench of
The -Istrat
eatc, es; at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-greer.
Q, radar clntains the names of 59 prisoners.
diet: Ricks was indicted upon three separate in-
-4Ppa7,lws, for having stolen several articles of wearing
l)at',"kand becl-clothiog, the property of Joseph Hiliord.
Art:lsego 21st September the clo-hes were left in the
they i'l'utor's room safe, but on his return he found that
eel,e,ad been stolen. On the 9th October Hilford
letter from the prisoner, containing the dupli-
-1041,1 Ile had ulna several occasions given the pri-
tettaaleave to pawn property for him. He was appre-
eeep:',in Dorsetshire, when he said that if ho bad not
hOthin urank he should not have done it; it was
ills, r but a drunken spree.
tended J'BRIEN, who appeared for the prisoner, con-
fri r;i: °Pun a recent decision of Lord Denman, that the
'eles°a-r heaying returned the duplicates, it was not
if Tt; haeaig no intention to keep the point,propehrt
tlinLearned JUDGE said he would reserve..,t.
ne
hfthe
Learned - -ounse
lthought fit, for the decision
t.
cea
-RIEN then addressed the jury.
kaster, prisoner received
character from his
LonDsulP having a good
summed up,
teeoll_ jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly
The him to mercy.
toljtee prisoner having
I.la. other two indictments,
withdrawn his plea of not guilty
fo„141s LounBcr,
' each offend seenced him to siz calendar months
• ---ce, ach term to commence at the same time.

4yA
ii,;:%-1-.BRo'..sTREET.—(THIS DAY.)
ark,-ItEar brought HAYMARKET THEATRE. —Joseph
"ftliii.yrras before Mr. Bingham, charged witha
tentle6 'rota the person of Mr. Jose Ricardo Jova,_
lake residing at the Tavistock Hotel, a gold watch,
11—"'
bProsecutor deposed that on the previous evening
ftteliciat into the pit of the Haymarket Theatre, with a
AQ :31:11:.1c1 there not being sitting room at the time, they
4ged to stand dat the back of the pit. About ten
04,,,,,L a constable told them they would find a seat
esit;" oear tha orchestra, and witness was pro-
shit, g thereto when the prisoner suddenly pushed him
INttis,Bt the wall with great force and made a tug at his
ptißo coat Pecket. Witness, then saw his watch in the
htm ntlets nand, and immediately he (witness) caught
1)111457 the collar and taxed him with having robbed him
mao watch, which the prisoner stoutly denied. Another
'"eei„-_` to.custody then came up and asked what was
The ..I.lr, and he ;an, the prisoner hand him the watch.
Witni,;"er roan ran out out of the house, followed by
,bil
°tabi;:s friend, who called for the police, and a con-
The arrived, the prisoner was given in charg
's e.
'(1111-:" Man, who is well known to the police, sue-
Ti; ln effecting his escape.
fq:Plittonor, who denied the charge, was remanded

Lau. IIN INFURIATED BULLOCK.
440, QC &night, about five o'clock, a bullock, which was
%et to be removed from Smithfield-market, sud-
treZhbarcke loose and set off down West-street at a
Ctrus pace. It then proceeded along Saffron-
sts,ket murch-street, Rae-street, and several other
town 81 into the Bagnigge-wells-road, round Wilming-
, illauart e, and into Lower Rosamond-street, breaking
Lrlisit'er of squares of glass in its passage, upsetting
4rsrel'incl fruit stalls, and overturning two cabs and
Of II 2'irkjuring the horses. On reaching the corner
14,41:::11...g-green-lane it dashed at a woman of the
.l
pe .kughes, one of the pew openers at St. Phi -
411 i (-ute]; Granville-square, who was in an instant
"rotier,aeveral feet into the air. The animal endea-
nittelu to toss her a second time, but she was fortu
rescued by the barman of the Jerusalem's
cit4a-b.',at the corner. The beast was about to gore
it tie'vgell its attention was drawn to two stalls,wh.ich
shaf,ed away, scattering the stores of each, consisting
~,e'rfish and fruit, in all directions. Having done
bet mischief it pursued its course by the House o
eotion into Clerkenwell-green. From the green
lopeetorned into Rosamond-street, and got into the
ths4c, space by tiv Home of Detention, where
%r.' was ntoiftsgegliii*glyben it lay down ia
baiftit SOiling the yard or Mr. Johnson, the
batiste After being there a short time, evidently ex-
etb„l", a man of the name of Thomas Fagan, in the
fore'. 7rnent of Mr. Johnson, put a tub of water be-
theee, beast. While drinking it the man incau-
ape:Vs and against the advice of M'Donald, G 150,
the"Ztcbed the animal, who instantly gored him in
St abdomen. lie was instantly conveyed in a cab to
the Bsrtholomew's Hospital. After having gored
'nth the or again started off in the midst of the
two collected, many of whom were knocked down
krPing to make their escape. The beast went into
ike-40:troond-street, where it endeavoured to toss
hq iuer female. It failed in the attempt, but knocked
u"n. She was taken up much injured. Rauh-
tiZi!e4tlY got into Upper. street, Islington, where it
see" Possession of the pavement, pursued by an im-
Tailse crowd. When opposite the shop of Messrs.
'and and Co., dyers, it forced its head through a
valuable square of plate glass, and broke the ma-
t ,l'auY framework. The animal was eventually
ged in the yard of Laycock's dairy, Liverpool-
isiad- Mrs. Hughes was taken into the Jerusalem's
.head, from whence, after having been attended to,
it: Was conveyed to her lodgings, at 20, Guildford-
rot, Eng, where she was put to bed and attended
medical gentleman, who said she had received
th'l°lls internal injuries. There was no drover with
e above animal, and in the course of the evening
,w.O other bullocks were in Goswell- street and the
`4ltY'lo2d, without drovers..
Th, -

orßight Hon. Dr. Lushington, Mr. Falconer,
tor„ r. Twiss, of Doctors'-commonE, are appointed arbitra-
c442 determine the boundary between the provinces of
dis,Ziaa and Nova Scotia, which has for some years been in
vr%te.