The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-23 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

RAILWAY KEYS.—A case involving in some measure the
right of persons to use keys for the purpose of unlocking
the doors of railway carriages came before Mr. Alderman
Gibbons, at the Mansion House, in the shape of a sum-
mons against a Mr. Thomas Good, for having unlocked a
first-class carriage at Cannon-street. But it was by no
means a test case, for the defendant appeared to have
acted with considerable and unnecessary violence to the
inspector at the station, and for this, perhaps, as much
as for the breach of the bye-laws, he was fined £4 Bs.
FORGERIES BY A LIVERPOOL MERCHANT.-Mr. Colin
Alexander Drysdale, who carried on an extensive business
as a hide and leather factor, in College-lane, Liverpool,
has been brought up at the police-court of that town,
charged with forging and uttering a bill of exchange for
£143 is. 11d. He had an account at the National
Bank of Liverpool, and in June last he paid in there
the bill in question, which purported to be accepted by
Mr. David Alexander Scott, tanner and wool merchant,
of Silver Mills, Edinburgh. The bill was negotiated
and sent to a bank in London. Their officials there com-
municated with their correspondents at Edinburgh, when
the forgery was discovered. The bill arrived at maturity
on the 2nd inst., and was retired on that day by a Mr.
Kneeshaw, a banking agent, who received from Drysdale
the amount for which it was drawn. The prisoner was
committed for trial at the assizes, being admitted to bail
on finding two sureties in £5OO each. It was understood
that there were other charges against him, but they were
not gone into.
BURGLARY.—Two experienced thieves have been tried at
Lewes Sessions for a robbery at Brighton during the
races there in August last. Master Vivian, a son of
Lord Vivian, happening to pass down the staircase
about noon, when all the household were at the
races, saw two men in his mother's bedroom.
They took the alarm, and made their way out of
the house as speedily as possible. In the meantime
Master Vivian found an elder brother, and the two young
gentlemen followed the thieves. An interesting chase
ensued; the men separated, and so did their pursuers, who
thus never lost sight of them until they were severally
hunted into the hands of thepolice. In the possession of one
of them jewellery of the estimated value of £l,OOO, taken
from Lady Vivian's room, was found. They were con-
victed, and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude
each.

Borr v. BAMFORD.—In the City of London Court,
before Mr. Commissioner Kerr, an action was brought to
recover £5, " money lent." It appeared that defendant had
received an anonymous letter containing a£s note. It
subsequently appeared that a nephew of the plaintiff had
robbed his uncle's firm of between £5OO and £6OO,
and distributed the money for charitable purposes. A
good deal was sent anonymously to Government clerks.
Amongst those who benefited by the charity of Mr. Bott's
nephew were the Bishop of London's Church Building
Fund and the Royal Maternity Charity. The defendant
(a Government clerk with a sick wife at the time) was very
glad to have the £5, but on learning the circumstances of its
being sent gave an I 0 U to the plaintiff for the amount.
—His Honour : You must pay this money, Mr. Bamford.
No doubt it is a hard case upon you, but then you have
given an I 0 U.—Defendant : Your Honour knows how
badly we are paid, and I wish to have time to clear this off.
When I received the £5 I confess it was a most accept-
able sum, and I used it innocently. I did give the I 0 U,
but it was more as a question of honour than anything
else.—His Honour: Well, there is the I 0 U, and you
must pay the money ; perhaps, under all the circum-
stances, the plaintiff will give you time.--Verdict for
plaintiff, with costs,

EARLY WINTER.—Pendle Hill is covered with
snow, and through Emit Lancashire about six inches of
f-l! on Monday morning. All the hills by Buckden
• tlrwell arc covered with snow, and the tempera
tut, • ry cold.

•1N PARIS. —A tradesman of the Quartier
.; tin was walking with his wife in the Rue de
or two ago about eleven, when he stopped
a In. !.. Lo light a cigar. The lady, who had gone slowly
on, !ely accosted by an individual, whom the bur-
ban.', approaching, told to go away or he would call
The ruffian replied, " You shall not have
tira.!," and drawing a poniard struck him three times in
the trektst. The assailant was arrested. One of the
wounds is serious, but hopes are iiiiertained that it will
not prove m0r4.4