The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-05 00:00:00

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LAW AND POLICE.

THE LAW OF COPYRIGHT.—In the Court of Queen's
Bench the matter of Mr. Ashford was heard. In this in.
stance there was a rule calling upon Sir Robert Carden
and Mr. Graves, the eminent publisher, to chew cause
why the first-named gentleman should not state a special
case for the consideration of this court upon thirty-
seven complaints made by Mr. Graves against Mr.
Ashford, a printsoller of Cheapside, who was fined for
unlawfully selling photographs of " The Railway Station"
and other pictures, the copyright of which was said to
belong to Mr. Graves. The point for Ashford was that
the engravings were not sold or delivered by him, but that
only a contract was made for the sale. The rule was
made absolute, so that a special case will have to be
stated.

A QUESTION ro a THE JURY.—The Bail Court
was occupied for nearly a whole day in hearing
a case where. Mr. Levy, a general merchant, brought an
action to reel vcr £5O on a bill of exchange, alleged to have
been accepted by Mr. Bishop, an attorney's clerk. Five
persons were sworn, who said that to the best of their belief
-and they had frequent opportunities of judging—the hand-
writing of the acceptance was that of the defendant. For
the defendant it was stated that the acceptance was a
clever forgery, and two persons were called who swore in
direct opposition to the idence tendered on behalf of the
plaintiff. • The jury ultimately found for the plaintiff fur
the amount claimel

DnEacn OF CONTIIICT. In the Court of Common Pleas
the judges deci(lcd :he case of Claydon v. Green, which
was an action for breach of contract. It arose out of the
sale of a public house with a provision in the agreement to
transfer the license. It turned out that the license was
taken out in the name of the defendant's son, who was
abroad in America, and under the General Licensing Act
the license could not, therefore, be transferred. The
vendor had, therefore, no power to perform his contrast.
The action having been turned into a special case, the
court gave judgment for the plaintiff, and awarded him
£lO2 14s. 3d. damages.

CURIOUS CASE of ASSAULT.—The same court heard
the appeal of Mr. Ashby, an officer connected with the
burial ground of St. Pancras, against his conviction for
assault by a metropolitan magistrate. The burial board
granted a private grave to Mrs. Ann Rowbot-
tom, for the burial of her husband, in perpetuity ;
but by a provision of the board, which applied
to all tombstones, &c., if the-grave were not kept in good
repair the grant would be void. Since that grant was
made, the board, for good reasons, have prohibited any
persons other than then appointed to set Rowers and
seeds on the graves. Since the death of Mr. lloWbottom,
Harris, a gardener, has always been in the habit of
planting flowers on his master's last resting place ;
but one day Mrs. Harris was sent, and was
ordered off the ground by the appellant, and, not com-
plying with his request, was by him turr ed out,
which was the assault complained of, and for wh'cli the
magistrate convicted Ashby, For the appellant it was
submitted that the assault was a justifiable one,
as Mrs. Harris was planting flowers contrary
to the order of the board ; whilst on the other
side it was urged that the orders of the board
could not affect Mrs. Rowbottom, as the grant was made
to her before-any restrictions were made.—The Lord Chief
Justice was of opinion that the conviction was correct.
Even admitting the absence of restriction, the grant was
made with the proviso that the grave should be kept in
good repair, and could that be so it a lot of weeds were
allowed to grow all over it ?—Rule discharged.

THE EARL OF SHAFTESI3URY AND MS STEWARD.—The
case of Mr. Waters, the late steward to the Earl of
Shaftesbury, should have come before Mr. Commissioner
Holroyd in the Bankruptcy Court. At a former sitting
it appeared that the accounts between the bankrupt and
the earl were being taken in a suit in Chancery, and that
it was desirable the result should be ascertained. It was
now stated to the court that the bankrupt was suffering
from an attack of smallpox, and a medical certificate was
produced to that effect.. In the absence of the bank-
rupt, the commissioner adjourned the proceedings till
November.

ILLEGALLY 'USING CORPORATION WATER.—At Bolton
Police•court, Daniel Cain was charged with the above-
named offence. It appeared that the defendant paid for
water for brewing purposes only, whereas he had also
used it for the supply of the steam boiler and engine. A
fine of 10s. and costs was imposed. The same man was
also fined ss. and costs for affixing a lead pipe to a com-
munication pipe.

HOPEFUL—At Boston (Lincolnshire), on Wed-
nesday, wheat declined in price to the extent of tis. per
quarter. In barley, says the report, " nothing was doing,"
and oats remained stationary.

ILL-TREATING A Boy.—A man named James
Wynn has been charged at the Wolverhampton Police-
court with ill-treating his son, a boy 9 years old. Evi-
dence was given to shew that the prisoner's wife died in
April last, and left him with three children, of whom the
boy is the oldest. He wished the boy to nurse the other
children, but as he did not do so satisfactorily he took a
dog-chain and chained him up in the house in such a way
as to occasion great discomfort to the lad. A sofa was
near the place where the lad was chained, but he was not
able to sit or lie upon it. The prisoner was remanded.

At a meeting of the Leeds Town Council on
Thursday, the mayor stated that of the £l,OOO granted to
him by the corporation for certain expenses in connection
with the Prince of Wales's visit, he had spent only £633.
If no additional accounts were sent in he would have
pleasure in handing over some £360 to the borough trea•
surer. At the same meeting, two members of the council
endeavoured to force every member of the corporation to
provide himself with a cocked hat, to wear on special
public occasions. The councillors, generally
that they would be laughing-stocks, refused to accede to
the proposal. considering

The Belgian papers publish a letter, dated May
23, from Miss Burdett Contts to M. Wouters-Tiry, the
president of the Liege excursionists to England, in which
she thanks them for the present of the beautiful album
presented to her in their name by Baron du Jardin, the
Belgian Minister in London. In it she says :--" A slight
indisposition, which compelled me to leave London, has
alone prevented me from not sooner returning these few
words of thanks. I beg of you, sir, to be my interpreter
to those who have joined in the idea of affording me so
much pleasure, and of causing me such a delicate and
charming surprise."

TIIE BATH AND 'WEST OF ENGLAND SOCIETY'S
SIIOW.—The present meeting at Falmouth is expected to
be one of the most succersful ever held by the society.
The half-crown produced astonishing results. During the
Oay 8,400 persons paid for entrance, producing £1,050,
against 5,049 persons and £607 receipts the corresponding
day last year. Not only were the visitors on this third
day 3,350 more than at Salisbury last year, but they were
3,530 more than at the previous year's exhibition, 4,190
more than at Exeter in 1803, nearly 2,000 more than at
Wells in 1862, axd 1,120 more than at Truro in 1801.
Hereford and Bristol are the only recent instances wllea
the Wednesday has been in excess of '1 husday's munlwv ;
and it is no disgrace to Falmouth to have been diski eel
by such competitors,—Wcstcrn Morning Nays,

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