The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-22 00:00:00

ECON DARIES'.-( T HIS DAY.)

(13P2fore Mr. Secondary 'OTTER.)
Co PHILLIPS V. COOPER.
14PL AINT BY THE J lila. —The plaintiff in this [IC
RR I'' A tobacconist, the defendant is an auctioneer
0:11(4ing, and the claim was 51.3. fir cigars supplied.
Pre; the case being called on none of the witnt SACS wet.,
De,tt,,at-, and after some delay a messenger was dis-
t in a cab to fetch them from the City -road.
tht ;1. having been detained for half an hour several of
to 2' iry complained of the inconvenieEce they were put
laid nd considered they ought to be discharged. They
11,0 it was very hard that forty-eight men of business
411:1 be called away from it, and lose their titre.
Iletimes when they attended the causes were INith-
-41,4.
jtll pt. HUDSON said this was a writ of inquiry, and the
eoultt not be discharged, as the notice was for be-
eep hours of eleven and one.
the "' jury said some alteration ought to be made in
0147 .cties.
seer the arrival of the witnesses the case did nrt last
linutes, and a verdict was given for the plaintiff.
aother case by the same plaintiff was withdrawn.

-OW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
44n Thomas, who represented himself to have been
i[tca,"lY an officer in the army, and Mary, his wife, were
ged before Mr. Henry with stealing and pledging
Illurniture of their landlord.
Itat,r_; Preston, 4, Arbour-street, Tottenham-court-road,
lethZ Plat he let the upper portion of his house out in
114r.5, and the two prisoners occupied a furnished
that, floor, for which they paid a week. He knew
Nit their circumstances were rather straitened, and
oth, induced him to watch them more closely than he
hsi-'ll9ise should have done. For the last week they
its ,o not been out of the house, and, as he was at a loss to
ka7, how they lived, he went up into the room and
ft,-21. the sheets, counterpane, and blankets missing
41;_ The bed. He taxed the prisoners with having stolen
sk,wa when the male prisoner exclaimed, "No, do not
that I have stolen them; I have only pawned them,
k ;II will replace them to-morrow." He, however, felt
to be his duty to give them into custody, and did so
ordin •
. The gIY•
mate prisoner, in his defence, said his friends
It: well off, and formerly he held a commission in the
to, Y• Since then he had travelled on the Continent as
htl bt for a commercial house, but of late he had been
'41)141,e to obtain any employment, and it was distress
litt„'eu drove him to commit this offence. For several
tkiiii4 they had been without food or coals, and the arti-
1, were pawned to keep them from starving.
*iti he fealale, who sobbed and cried during the whole
.I'nalon, said what her husband had stated was
`e ter .
r• tIENRY observed that their situation was a sad
lion' the wife, it seemed, had acted under the direc-
W-nr, the husband, and she must therefore be dis-
e'iser,; but the male prisoner must be remanded until
ititqu'esday, in order that some inquiry might be made
ne truth of his statement.
Preston said he was afraid it would turn out that
i as a writer of begging letters.
qt Ir. HENRY said that should be ascertained before he
brought up again.
The ,
''t female was then discharged.
4 A
EkliLßßO'-STREET—(THIS DAY).
ti:'°RAUDING AN M. P.— Charles King and John Cooper,
13,e former 17 and the latter 14 )ears of age, were
k°oeght before Mr. _Hardwick, charged with obtaining,
C;b:4lee and fraudulent pretences, the sum of 15a. from
Wykeham Martin, Esq., M. I?. for Newport, Isle
ight.
two"secutor deposed that he resided at Leeds
f° 'le. ent, but aas at present staying at No. 3, Suf-
hti`l'lstre et, Pall-mall, and that on the previous morning
d escending to breakfast the document produced
4 Pa' aded to him. On looking at it he saw it was a
ZllO,, fur 154., for a copy of a work called " Burder's
ilerig tons Ceremonies." He never ordered the work,
%Ills he indebted to any one for a copy of such a
°ult.
44" illiam Henry Alderman, servant to the prosecutor,
trt ed that yesterday morning the prisoner Cooper
14r ,ught the receipt produced, and said he had called fir
I. for Mr. Martin's copy of "Burder's Religious Ceremo-
ets." Believing the prisoner's statement to be true,
i
,--ness gave him 15s. on account of Mr. Martin.
-Lnomas Field, en officer of the detective police, said
111(341 information he had previously received he followed
prisoners yesterday morning into Suffolk-street.
e prisoner Cooper lef, King, and went to No.3_ine
41,11 t street. After stopping there about five minutes h
ape
out and joined the prisoner King, to whom he
‘tie-Z? Some money. Witness then went up to them and
vk 4 them into custody. Oa telling them the nature of
tie charge against them, the prisoner King said he was
:qe6guilty party and the sole mover of the plot. Wit-
-3 then conveyed them to the station, where they
I,,el'e searched, fill on King witness found about 17
tl;4ipts ready ed up, and on comparing them with
t one produced he found the handwriting to be
kihijo same. These receipts were made out in the
ktl ilea of Lord John Hay, Lord Grey, and other noblemen
" gentlemen, and witness had not the least doubt, from
10 bYttematic way in which the papers he found upon
1„"i were arrranged, that the prisoners, although so
ene, had been carrying on a most twccessful trade;
gad".
if they were remanded he thought he should be en-
vs,
u'ed to produce several other charges against them.
ti The prisoners, who offered no defence, were remanded
Thursday next.
DRUNKEN PARSON.—Mr. George Evison, who
!sated that he was a clergyman residing at Hyde, Mid-
dlesex, was charged with bring drunk and incapable.
IftloUld, 128 C, said about a quarter-past two this
g; oraiug he found the defendant in a beastly state of
gituxication, in Kieg-street, St. James's, and in order to
ikcure his personal safety he put him into a cab and
,tt)nveyed him to the station.
Discharged with a caution.
P.
DRUNKEN DRAPER.—John Hughes, a draper, re-
hsing a 4 33, Dean-street, Soho, was brought up on a si-
',ilex charge.
The defendant, about four o'clock this morning, was
Been by C 138 lolling about St. Martin's-court as drunk
ski
"a
fiddler," and as he could not keep his equilibrium
the constable took him to the station-house.—Discharged.

DaurocEN DRUGGIST.—Joseph Smith, a druggist,
k.4b‘oi3lte.g at' the Garrick's Head, was also charged as
Bryce, 181 C, said, about four o'clock this morning he
11,9,a 0... duty in the Haymarket, when he saw the defen-
dnt lying on his back, dead drunk. He procured as-
48tat,c,., and took him to the station.
The defendant, whose face was much cut and bruised,
*as discharged.