The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-02 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 1.
(Before Mr. Commissioner HoLgorn.)
IN THE BANKRUPTCY 05' GREENHOW AND FOSTER.
The bankrupts were distillers and rectifiers in St.
John-street-road and in Old-street, St. Luke's. This
was a meeting for the choice of assignees. The balance-
sheet is in course of preparation by Mr Hutton.
The firm originally consisted of Greenhow and West.
Mr. West, it was alleged, retired about two years
ago, when Foster went in. West sought to prove
for 1,7001. due to him by the firm. A deed of disso-
lution was produced, but it turned out that the disso-
lution of partnership was not gazetted.
The claim was ordered to stand over for the investi-
gation of the official assignee. Mr. James Warren,
of Walbrook, was appointed trade•assignee.

',INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Jan. 1.
(Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.)
IN RE THOMAS WENTWORTH.
I'his insolvent, a cowkeeper at Camberwell, who
p etitioned under the Protection Act, was opposed by
a creditor named Foulkes, and was supported by Mr.
Nichols.
It appeared that the insolvent was discharged by
this Court in February last, under the Ist and 2d
Victoria, at which time it was asserted by the cre
ditors that he concealed property from them. The
insolvent admitted that he had "sent away" a chaise,
horse, and cut, but declared that the present opposing
creditor was aware of that fact at the time. Mr.
Foulkes, however, denied the latter statement.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said the insolvent had
admitted having committed perjury under his former
insolvency, and after such an avowal, the Court could
not held this a case for the exercise of the merciful
provisions of the Protection Act.
Mr. NrcuoLs submitted that the concealmeat was
an offence under the former petition, and could not be
punished under the present application.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS said he certainly should
not grant a final order ; but, as it was a case in the
list of Mr. Commissioner Law (for whom he sat), he
would adjourn it for that Commissioner to exercise
his discretion, although he should certainly recom-
mend that no protection be granted.
Mr. NIcHoLs said in that case it would be better
for the matter to be decided at once.
Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS then dismissed the
petition.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
William Blackburn, a well-dressed young man,
was charged with having stolen a theodolyte,
value 251.
Mr. John Symonds Marratt, optician, of 63, King
William-street, said, the prisoner came to my shop
on Wednesday to inquire about a theodolyte, but I did
not see him till Thursday, when he again called, and
he then told me he was one of the firm of an uphol-
sterers' house in Great James-street, Bedford-row,
handing me a card of the establishment, and that a
customer of the house wanted a theodolyte. He said
he wished to know what commission I would allow
upon the sale of the article, and I agreed to allow
him 10 per cent. He very much pressed me to go
to his warehouse to select furniture to the whole
amount, which I refused to do, and we finally agreed
that the purchase was to be a cash transaction. I was
to send the theodolyte on Saturday to 21, Feather-
stone-buildings, Holborn, where his friend, whose
name he said was Mr. Hutt, would pay the amount. He
showed me a note purporting to come from Mr. Hutt,
and stating that if the article were sent at a certain
time on Saturday evening, he would be there and
settle for it. I sent it according to his directions,
with strict injunctions to my servant not to part with
it without the money. After waiting a long time my
man returned, not with the money or the article, but
with the stand on which the article had been placed—
(Laughter)—and he informed me that the gentleman
who made the purchase took the theodolyte off the
stand, and from one room into another, just to show it
to his friend, and never returned, but walked away
leaving the stand upon the table. Upon inquiring of
the landlady of the house, he learned that the gentle-
man had only just taken the apartments, and that he
had gone out.—(Laughter.)
Alderman HUMPHBRY—And you were to have
allowed him 50s. upon the sale of the article to his
friend ? Witness—l was.
Alderman HUMPHERY—He was, of course, a
stranger to the house? Witness—They knew no-
thing at all about him there, or about his friend Mr.
Hutt. I had given the most positive directions to my
man sot to leave the theodolyte without the money.
William Gray (shopman to the prosecutor)—The
prisoner came to me in the first instance, and asked
me whether we had an instrument of the sort; and I
showed him the theodolyte, and told him the price
was 251. He then asked me what per centage would
be allowed upon the sale ? I told him I could not tell,
but that Mr. Marratt would be at home at 6 o'clock.
He represented himself to me as having come from
an upholsterers' house in Great James-street, Bed-
ford-row. After Mr. Marratt had seen the prisoner,
I received instructions to take the theodolyte to Fea-
therstone-buildings, Holborn, and not to part with it
without the money.
Alderman HUMPHREY—And why did you ? Wit.
ness—The thing was done in such a way it was im-
possible to suppose that a robbery was intended. I
was to receive 251., and the prisoner was to call and
settle with Mr. Marratt on Monday. I arrived at
Featherstone-buildings at a quarter-past on the
Saturday evening. and a young woman showed me
upstairs to the first-floor front. I saw the prisoner,
and he told me his friend would be there in a few mi-
nutes. He walked about the room, put his hand upon a
pianoforte which was there, and asked me whether
Mr. Marratt would want that.—(Laughter.) I said,
" I thought not, as he had one already." He then
went out of the room and I heard the bell ring, and
then in he came again, and said his friend was come
and he would show him the instrument ; so off he
took it, leaving the stand upon the table, and me in the
room.— ( L augh ter.)
Alderman HUMPHERY—Why did you not follow
him out of the room ? I suppose you stayed there to
take care of the stand?—(Laughter.) Witness—l
saw him, as I thought, go to the bedroom, where he
said his friend was, and I had no notion of a fraud. I
sat down for a few minutes, and afterwards I saw
the landlady, who, in reply to my questions, said the
gentleman had gone out ; that he had taken the lodg-
ings that morning, and was to come in on Monday,
and that she knew nothing whatever about him. I
then saw that I was "done," and I went home with
the stand.—(Laughter.)
Mr. A. R. Wood, a pawnbroker, said the prisoner,
whom I had never seen before, came to me at seven
o'clock on Saturday evening to ask me whether I
would take in a theodolyte, and he afterwards came
between eight and nine with the instrument, upon
which I lent him 41. He told me he was a surveyor,
and had used the theodolyte in 1845 and 1846 in rail-
way business, and had earned as wiuch as 8/. a-day
with it. He pledged it in the name of " William
Hutt, 37, Windmill-street, Toth nham-court-road."
Here the theodolyte was produced and identified.
Committed for trial.
MAR LBW? 0 UGH-S TRE ET.
Louis Joel, bill discounter and jeweller, Little
Argyll-street, was brought before Mr. Bingham for
further examination, on a charge of having forged
a bill fur 1,0001., purporting to have been accepted
by a young gentleman named John Marcus Clements,
and on a second charge of having fraudulently ob-
tained three bills for 7501. from Lieutenant Garland.
Mr. Humphrey was present on behalf of the prose-
cution, and Mr. Ballantine and Mr. J. A. Jones, so-
licitor, for the prisoner.
The depositions were taken in accordance with the
evidence given on the former exsmination, which has
already appeared in the public prints.
When the depositions were being read over,
Mr. Pullman wished to have it understood that he
had been retained as counsel, under the instructions
of the guardians of Mr. Clements, to assist in inves-
tigating the debts of Mr. Clements.
Mr. Ballantine said the account stated to have
been furnished by Mr. Joel to witness, as the account
of the transactions with Mr. Clements, was not all in
the same handwriting. Was the account sent to
witness in that state or not ?
• Mr. Pullman replied that the account was covered
with remarks in the handwriting of Mr. Clements.
There was also one remark in witness's own hand-
writing.
When the depositions had been completed,
Mr. Campbell, the solicitor concerned fur the Lon-
don and Dublin Bank,
is
applied to have the bill given
back into his possession,
wasclosed,
edhe had
a dnly parted with
o
it on the understanding that
woulds be returned to
him when the evidence
indispen-
sable to have the bill in the proceedings lt was
on behalf of the London and Dublin Bank
Mr. pending
Mr. Humphrey objected to the bill being given up.
The bill had been made part of the evidence
.n
of prosecution by the Queen, and therefore l*:1 Case
must
remain in the custody of the proper officers.
Mr. 13INGuam said, the solicitor was under a wrong
impression about any understanding that the bill
would be given back to him. Nothing of the sort
took place. The bill would be kept in safe custody,
but would be forthcoming for the purposes of the
solicitor whenever it might be required.
• Mr. Campbell said, in a recent case a different deci-
sion had been arrived at.
Mr. BINGHAM said, the case referred to was one of
misdemeancur only. The present was a case of felony,
and that made all the difference.
The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute.
The second charge, for fraudulently obtaining three
bills for 7501. from Lieutenant Garland, was about to
be called on, when
Mr. Ballantine rose and said, his client wished the
case to be further adjourned, in order to give him
further time to consult with his friends,and
prepare
his answer to the charge.

Mr. BINGHAM had no objection to do what the
rules of the court allowed. He thought, however,
that it was the object of the prisoner to get the evi-
dence concluded as soon as possible, that he might be
in a condition to apply for bail to a judge.
Mr. Ballantine said the commitment on the first
charge placed his client in a situation to apply to a
judge for bail. The second charge was a misdemea-
nour, and in such cases a magistrate was obliged to
take bail.
Mr. BiriouAm--In cases of felony bail is allowable,
and in cases of misdemeanour it is compellable.
Mr. Clarkson here entered the court, and said, he
was anxious to say a few words for the purpose of
setting a matter right which had been incorrectly
stated in the report of the former examination.
Lieutenant Garland, for his own honour and for the
honour of the regiment to which he belonged, felt it
to be his duty to make the correction. It would
appear that Lieutenant Garland had not paid some of
the bills for which he was liable. Now, the fact was,
Lieutenant Garland, with the assistance of his father,
had paid every bill for which he was liable, with the
exception of those instruments which had been ob-
tained from him under circumstances that formed the
ground of the present proceedings.
Mr. BINGHAM said he certainly understood it to be
the case that Lieutenant Garland had paid all his bill
liabilities except the bills reported to have been frau-
dulently obtained from him.
Mr. Clarkson said, with reference to certain letters
alluded to on the former examination, which Lieut.
Garland had sent to Mr. Joel, in relation to the
settlement of his account, he begged to say he had
those letters, and at the proper period would present
them to a jury, to show that Lieutenant Garland had
never declared he was of age at the time when he was
involved in bill transactions.
Mr. Ballantine assured his Learned Friend there
was not the least disposition on the part of the pri-
soner to cast any reflection on Lieutenant Garland.
His client's defence rested on grounds totally inde-
pendent of any such reflections, and at the proper
time he would produce his defence.
Mr. Clarkson was understood to say ho did not
pledge himself to confine the proceedings to the pre-
sent charge. This was not a solitary transaction. He
wished further to remark, it had been stated by Mr.
Fitch that when he had an interview with Mr. Tees-
dale on the subject of the bill in his hands, he had
offered to produce Joel within an hour if required.
In addition to the negative of Mr. Teesdale he had
Mr. Teesdale's clerk to state that this was not the
fact. He was not sure that Mr. Fitch had not other
bills in his possession.
Mr. Fitch pledged his honour this was not so.
With reference to what he had previously declared
he had said to Mr. Teesdale about producing Joel if
necessary, he repeated that he had made such an offer.
The discussion was cut short by Mr. BINGHAM
naming two sureties of 7501. each and his own recog-
niz ince in 1,0001., as the bail for the prisoner, who is
to come up again next Monday.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Jeremiah Donovan a powerful Irish labourer, and
Caroline Donovan, his wife, were placed at the bar
for final examination before Mr. Hammill, charged
with the following murderous outrage upon an elderly
man named David Murphy, living in Castle-court,
Whitechapel .
The complainant, who exhibited the cicatrices of
two dangerous wounds in his head, and was extremely
debilitated, notwithstanding that more than a fort-
night had elapsed since the injuries had been inflicted,
stated, that whilst turning into Goulaton-court,
Whitechapel, to visit his son, at ten o'clock on the
night of the l'ith ult., he heard loud cries of "Murder,"
and on turning round to ascertain the cause of them
saw a young man named Sullivan, who was a stran-
ger to him, flying down the court in great terror,
pursued by the two prisoners, the former of whom
had a thick bludgeon in his hand, and who levelled a
violent blow with it at Sullivan's head. The blow
fortunately missed its aim, and Sullivan having called
to him for protection, he ran between him and his
assailant, in the hope of facilitating his escape, but
the instant he had done so Donovan struck him such
a terrible blow on the skull with the bludgeon that
he instantly dropped to the ground insensible, and
upon recovering consciousness, several hours after-
wards, found himself in the London Hospital, in
which institution he had remained ever since, in ex-
treme pain and suffering.
Townshend, a constable of the H division, stated
that, upon hearing the cries of " Murder," he ran to
the court in question, and found the com-
plainant supported in a sitting position upon
the kerb-stone, bleeding profusely from several
wounds in the head, his clothes completely
soaked with blood, and still perfectly sense-
less. He immediately raised him from the ground,
and conveyed him to the London Hospital, the pri•
soners in the meantime having been captured by an-
other constable and lodged in the station.
The young man Sullivan's description of the trans-
action accounted for the other injuries the plaintiff
had sustained, and from him it appeared that, having
occasion to call upon a relative residing in the same
house in which the prisoners lodged, he was informed
by the male prisoner from an upper story that his
relative was not at home, but, not believing this
assertion, he continued knocking at the door, upon
which the two prisoners rushed out upon him, the
first armed with a bludgeon and the female prisoner
with a hammer, and that after the complainant, who
had simply interposed for his protection, had been
struck to the pavement by the male prisoner, who
dealt him such a blow with the stick on the side of
the head that he " bled wonderfully" from the effects
of it, the female prisoner ran up in a fit of ungovern-
able rage, and exclaiming, "There, then, take that,
you -," dealt him, senseless as he already was
from the effects of the first attack, two other blows
upon the head with the hammer, and both instantly
ran into their house and fastened themselves in.

The prisoners in general terms denied that any
instrument had been used whatever, and called three
Irish witnesses, named Honora Harnett, Bridget
Donovan, and Anne Wray, two of whom acknow-
ledged that they had not witnessed the only material
part of the transaction, and declared that though the
male prisoner had certainly struck the complainant
with his fist, they had seen no weapon of any de-
scription used, whilst the third attempted to prove
that great provocation had been offered to the priso-
ners by Sullivan, from whom she (Wray) was obliged
to seek protection in the apartment of the prisoners,
and that whatever did take place, though she (lid not
see it, was done in her justifieation, though the in-
juries were inflicted by mistake upon the wrong
person. _ _ _

Mr. HAMMILL said that it was a most scandalous
outrage, and another specimen of the heedlessness by
which some of the lower classes were characterized.
But for the interposition of the complainant, who was
anxious that the case should be summarily dealt with,
he should certainly have sent it to the sessions, but,
under the circumstances, he would consent to refrain
from so doing, and should, therefore, sentence each
prisoner to pay the full penalty of 51., or, in default,
they must each stand committed to the house of
Correction fora period of two months.

Neither of the penalties was paid, and the prisoners
were therefore removed in the van.

TMIM ES.

A letter, of which the following is a copy, with
the inclosure to which it refers, has been received by
Nlr. Ingham :

" Parkhead, Milnthorpe, Dec. 31, 1349.
"Sir,—Seeing in tho newspapers, a few days back,
the inability of Mr. Yardley to meet the wants of poor
persons who had lost fathers and husbands from the late
visitation of cholera (from the poor-box), I inclose a
post-office order for 21. 10s. on the London post-office,
which, if convenient, you will oblige me by distributing
as you think fit to the most deserving. I do not give
this doustion for ostentatious charity; but because
Westmoreland has not had one case of this epidemio, I
do not see why we should not contribute to the relief of
those who have suffered so severely. You will think
me troublesome enough I fear. An acknowledgment
in the newspapers will oblige your obedient servant,

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