The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-17 00:00:00

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, May 16.

IN RE PATRICK WILLIAM MACMAHON.
This insolvent, a captain in her Majesty's 44th
Regiment of Infantry, but now a prisoner in the
Queen's Prison, came up for hearing upon his petition
to be discharged. Mr. Nicholls appeared to oppose,
for Captain Archibald Taylor; Mr. Dowse for several
creditors, named Bate, MacFadden, Homan' and
Smith. Mr. Bagley appeared for Messrs Schmidt
and Kohler ; Mr. Parnell for Mr. Toole ; and Mr.
Sargood represented Captain Donnellan, insolvent's
uncle. Mr. Cooke (with Mr. Lucas) supported the
insolvent. The case was protracted until seven
o'clock, and was even then but very partially opened,
so that it would not only be unjust to the parties, but
unintelligible to the reader, to do more at present
than simply mention the case. The case was ad-
journed.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, May 16.
(Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge.)
The Court sat this morning at Clerkenwell for the
purpose of disposing of bail cases.
THE ARGYLL-ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET.
—Emile Laurent, Robert Bignell, George French
Bryan, and Christopher Brown, stood severally in-
dicted for keeping an unlicensed music and dancing-
room, at Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.
For reasons which were given at the last sitting of
the Central Criminal Court, no evidence was offered
to-day when the cases were called on.
The jury, therefore, under the direction of the
Learned Judge, returned verdicts of Not Guilty in the
whole of the cases, and the parties were therefore
discharged.
Sarah Thorn, the young woman who was convicted
at this Court, on Wednesday" week, of decoying
away and stealing Hannah Sarah Dean, a child four
years of age, and who was remanded so that inquiries
might be made into her character, was brought up
for judgment.
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have had for stealing the child. The sentence of the
Court was that she be imprisoned, and be kept to
hard labour for six months.

James Hebbron, an elderly man, who walked
with crutches with great difficulty, was placed ata
bar charged with assaulting John Taylor, a polic-
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From the evidence of the prosecutor (who was still
very ill from the injuries he had received) it appeared
that in March last he was on duty in Hatton-wall,
and at about three o'clock in the morning he was
accosted by the prisoner, who inquired of him the way
to Short's-gardens, Drury-lane. He directed him the
usiway to go, but had scarcely done so when the prisoner,
using a most offensive epithet, knocked him down.
Upon this prosecutor, on gaining his feet, attempted
to take him to the station-house, but on reaching
Crawford-passage the prisoner kicked him, and swore
that he would.murder him. A scuffle hereupon ensued,
and they both fell to the ground, prosecutor falling
first, with the prisoner on him. Prosecutor called
for assistance, and on another constable coming up,
he removed the prisoner from him, who exclaimed
that his leg was broken, which turned out to be the
fact. Prosecutor was much injured, and spit up blood
for a long time.
The witness was cross•exatained, but not the ,