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London, England, 1844-05-13 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S NEWS

QUEEN'S BENCH.--(THIS DAY).
(Before Chief Justice DEN3IAN, and a Common Jury.
LOCKIER V. PATERSON.
Mr. Platt, with whom was Mr. Gunning, appeared for the
plaintiff, Mr. Jervis and Mr. Bramwell for the defendant.
This action was brought by Mary Lockier, executrix of
her late husband, to recover compensation in damages of
Mr. John Paterson, a baker, carrying on business at 10, Green-
street, and 72, Princes-street, Leicester-square, for an alleged
illegal distress. The facts, as detailed in evidence and by the
Learned Counsel, are briefly these :—ln the month of August
last the defendant entered into possession of the premises
at No. 10, Green-street, which were formerly occu-
pied by a baker of the name of Miller, who became a
bankrupt, and of whose assignees he purchased the premises
and business. The shop is situated at the corner
of Green-street, Leicester .square, and adjoining thereto is a
small shop, in which the plaintiff carried on the business of
a tobacconist and newsvender. In January last the defen-
dant, after repeated endeavours to obtain the rent then owing,
put in a distress, which was withdrawn on the following day
on the payment of the rent. The distress was stated to be
illegal, on the ground that the plaintiff was a quarterly tenant.
It appeared in evidence that an agreement was entered into
between Miller the bankrupt and the husband of the plaintiff
to pay 15s. a week for the shop and adjoining premises ; but as
the plaintiff's late husband received a sum of money in quarterly
payments, Miller consented to take the rent quarterly, but
the agreement did not appear to have been altered. On the
part of the defendant, it was contended that he acted en the
belief that the plaintiff was a weekly tenant, and that, whe-
ther that were so or not, he was entitled to make a distress if
only a shilling were owing at the time.
Lord DEN MAN having summed tip the evidence,
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
91. 14s.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.

ELIOT V. ALLEN AND ANOTHER.

This case, which has already occupied the Court two days,
was resumed this morning, when
Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD replied on the part of the plaintiff.
Lord Chief Justice TINDAL summed up the evidence and
left it to the jury to say which of the defendants was liable,
if they thought either of them was—whether they had esta-
blished their plea that the plaintiff was a pauper, or that
the state of his mind was such as would justify them in confin-
ing him in the workhouse, and if they had not established
their plea, what amount of damages they considered the plain-
tiff entitled to.
The jury ret ired: to consider their verdict, but had not re-
turned into Court when we went to press.

INSOLVENT COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
IN RE DANIEL FRYER.
The insolvent in this case had carried on business as a piano-
ffirte maker, and was opposed in person by two creditors, on
the ground of having fraudulently made away with property.
The Learned Chief ComusstoNEß said, that although very
strong grounds existed for suspicion, yet the facts, as proved
in evidence, were not sufficient to ehable him to remand the
insolvent.
The insolvent was then ordered to be discharged.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
An elderly little woman, of singular appearance, was
charged with having been drunk, and using abusive and in-
sultinglanguage. ller name was as remarkable as her
parson,
Jane Seymour.
Police-sergeant Peek, of the E division, deposed that the
prisoner, who sweeps a crossing, was drunk, and used lan-
guage of an insulting description to a lady who gave her
only a farthing, saying "What a pretty lady you are, to
hand me a farthing.
Sergeant Lester said the prisoner was in the habit of getting
drunk, and there were many complaints of her using insulting
language towards persons at her crossing.
Mr. LONG—What have you to say to this charge? Pri-
soner—l am very sorry for it your Worship, and I promise
you it shall never occur again.
Mr. LONG sentenced her to pay a fine of ten shillings, or
seven days' imprisonment in the House of Correction.
me woman had not the money, and she was locked up.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Ann Wright, a tall powerfully grown young woman,
about 27 or 28 years of age, dressed in extremely gaudy and
vulgar style, was placed at the bar, charred with stealing a
purse, containing gold and silver, to the amount of 101., from
the person of a gentleman of very high respectability, resid-
ing at the West-end, but whose :name, for what reason or
cause, we could not learn, was not allowed to transpire. The
following are briefly the circumstances of the case. Between
twelve and one o'clock this morning, the complainant was
stopped by the prisoner and another female in her company,
in Cleveland-row, and while stopping for a few seconds in
conversation with them, they succeeded in extracting from
one of his trouser's pockets the purse and contents in ques-
tion with which there is no doubt the prisoner's companion
instantly made her escape. 'The complainant, however, after
some resistance, succeeded in detaining the prisoner until the
pollee took her in charge. On being searched by a female at
the station-house, neither purse or any money was found in
her possession. •
On the prisoner being placed at the bar, Inspector Frowd,
of the E division informed .Mr. Maltby that the complainant
had not made his appearance, although he had been ex-
pressly directed to be in attendance by half-past ten o'clock.
Mr. MALTDY asked if the prisoner was known.
Inspector Frowd said—As a very disorderly and drunken
character as a prostitute, but not, as he believed, a thief.
She was ordered to be detained until a later hour.
Ann Wilson, a nymph of the pave, well known to the pi>.
lice, was charged with robbing a gentleman in Burlington-
gardens, at twelve o'clock last night, of a purse containing
10s. or 12s. in silver, under precisely similar circumstances.
The complainant not being in attendance, she was also
pat back.
UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Jackson was charged with stealing a quantity of
plate from the house of Mr. Josiah Westley, pempsey's-ter-
race, Camberwell.
Harriet Jewel, the servant, stated that sho was cleaning
the steps of her master's house on the preceding morning,
and had occasion to leave the door for a moment ; when she
returned she saw the prisoner coming up the area steps,
putting something in his pocket. She knew he had been in
the kitchen, and followed him about a mile, and meeting
with a policeman, gave him into custody. The witness here
identified the two silver forks and the two spoons as her mas-
ter's property. •
Mr. George Taylor, of South-place, Camberwell, stated,
that on the morning in question he saw the prisoner walk
quickly along, and when he came in front of witness's house
he threw something into the front garden amongst the
flowers, which he (witness) found to be the silver forks and
spoons produced.
The prisoner, who denied the charge, was remanded, as
the other articles of plate have not yet been found,
George Hyatt, a smartly-dressed young fellow, was charged
with stealing a purse containing 2/. Bs. 6d. from the person
of Mrs. Ann Wade.
The complainant stated that as she w9,s walking along the
Borough she caught the prisoner's hand in her pocket, and
held him until a policeman came along. She then gr.ve him
into custody on missing her purse containing the above sum.
The prisoner, however, contrived to "ding" the purse and
its contents to a companion who is expected to be taken into
custody.—He was remanded.
John Downs, an extraordinary looking old man, was
charged with pilfering various articles from different shops in
the New. cut.
A large bag, which the prisoner carried was produced, in
which was found a variety of articles, consisting of pieces of
beef, mutton, veal, kidney, mutton chops, red herrings, salmon.
&c. It was stated that the prisoner was an the habit of
sneaking along by the sides of shops, and snatching Up