The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

IN RE ANN YOWLER.

In this case Mr. WOODRUFF& sought to make ab-
solute a rule to vacate a vesting order taken out by a
creditor who had since taken his debt, and discharged
the insolvent.

Mr. COOKE opposed the rule, and submitted, that
as there were other creditors, the vesting order ought
not to be discharged until their claims were satisfied.
Mr. Commissioner POLLOCK thought that no good
could be derived from maintaining a vesting order
after the insolvent's release from custody. The fact
of the detaining creditor receiving payment of his
debt was a consent to the discharge within the mean-
ing of the Act of Parliament, and, consequently, he
could have no right now to complain of the vacation.
The rule was made absolute.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.

Yesterday, Mr. W. Newton, sen., of the firm of
Newton and Son, civil engineers, &c., charged an
itinerant musician, named Joseph Rolani, with an-
noying him by playing near his residence.
The complainant stated that, being a person of
studious habits, and engaged in a profession of great
importance, involving mental calculations of the most
intricate nature, it was necessary that he should not
be disturbed by the organ-grinders and other music
players who infested the streets of London. His
servants had been repeatedly directed to drive them
away from the door, and the prisoner had on several
occasions refused to go. Last week, he (the com-
plainant) had remonstrated with him personally, but
to no purpose, as he had taken up his position again
that morning, and continued to grind his instrument
in spite of him. In a tit of exasperation, he went
out and kicked at the fellow's "music machine;' and
he believed he had broken it, which probably he was
not justified in doing. For the damage done, how-
ever, he should not object to compensate the man, as
he wished to do him no injury, but merely sought
the interference of the magistrates to protect him
from those perpetual annoyances in future. He
believed there was a gentleman present, residing in
the same neighbourhood, who had encouraged these
men, and who had attended with the view of getting
the question of privilege settled one way or the other.
Mr. J. Towgood, barrister (the neighbour alluded
to), stepped into the witness-box, end informed the
magistrate that there was no foundation for the state-
ment of the comida,inant, that he had encouraged
these men to annoy the gentleman (whom he had
never known till that morning) by inducing them to
play in the street. On the contrary, during the last
month or so the locality had been very rarely fre-
quented by them; and the prisoner, he believed, only

remained there about five minutes every Monday
morning. He usually had ld. from one of his ser-
vants, and was standing on the steps of his (Mr.
Towgood's) door when assailed by the complainant.
Witness had attended the Court because, finding that
a neighbour had ordered the man from his door and
assaulted him, he was anxious to know how far such
an interference was justifiable.
The prisoner—lle did not say words to me, but he
bruk me instrument. Ile kick me and he kick the
piano. He sent me away last week, and I did not go
to his house. He came and rap at the gentleman's
door, and he kick me.

The instrument was here produced, and proved to
be the ordinary self-acting piano carried by the Italian
and other street musicians.
Mr. HALL said, the words of the Act could not be

strained to meet the present case, as they only pro-
hibited these men from playing in the street, "on
account of illness or some other reasonable cause."

If the annoyance felt by unmusical or studious per-
sons was to be held as a "reasonable" cause within

the meaning of the Act, he feared that all these poor
people would be ruined, and every prison would soon
be full of them.

The complainant—l am often occupied in drawing
up specifications and patterns which, when enrolled,
stand as acts of Parliament to be legislated upon. I
could refer you, Sir, to all the law lords, who know
me well, who could speak to the importance of my
engagements, and to the necessity of my being pro-
tected from nuisances of this kind. If you will only
give it as your dictum that the Act does not authorise
the playing of music to the annoyance of other per-
sons I shall be satisfied. I do not wish to punish the
man.

Mr. HALL—But I cannot go so far as that. lam
often annoyed myself, when engaged in study, by
these visits opposite my own residence, but I
never thought of giving the Inen into custody, nor
do I believe the Act would justify me in doing so, un-
less I was persuaded that the annoyance, by being
unreasonably prolonged, was intentional.
Mr. Newton said he thought. a different construc-
tion would be put upon the word in a court of law.
He had no feeling of antipathy towards the poor,
and he begged the Court to accept a trifle for the
poor-box, as a proof to the contrary. (A sovereign
was handed over to the chief clerk.)
The Prisoner—Me instrument is bruk. The gen-
tleman bruk it. He kick it.

Mr. HALL—WeII, the gentleman said he would
compensate you for the damage done to your instru-
ment.

The prisoner thanked the magistrate, and then
followed the complainant out of court, no doubt with
the view of reminding him of his promise, but we
did not hear with what success.
QUEEN-SQUARE.

Yesterday Elizabeth Wilson, a middle-aged woman,
with a sun-burnt countenance, and large staring dark
' eyes, was charged wits having fraudulently obtained
12s. Gd. by pretending to tell fortunes.
Elizabeth Jerden, a respectable-looking young
woman, servant at the Old Swan, Paradise-row,
Chelsea, stated that on Friday morning the prisoner
came to the house, and having called for half a pint of
beer, asked the bar-maid if she would have her fortune
told. The girl at first declined, when prisoner, after
waiting for nearly an hour, put a similar question to
witness, who said she did'nt mind if it did not come
to more than Gd. Prisoner observed that she did not
do it for any one under ss. or 10s., and after informing
them that she lived in Mark-lane, Gravesend, added
in a low tone, that she did a great deal of business
about Chelsea, and that she had a young lady and
several servants in Cheyne-walk to see. She then
said she would write for witness and the bar-maid,
and it would be casting their nativity, and she then
went away. About four in the afternoon she re-
turned, and bringing two paper parcels demanded
12s. 6d. She said that one was for witness, and the
other for the bar-maid, but they were not to look at
them for one hour after she was gone. They paid her
the money demanded and she went away.
Mr. BOND—What did the parcels contain ? Wit-
ness (after some heiitation)—Nothing but blank
paper. She told me that the odd threepence was for
writing paper, as it had taken six sheets to write my
destiny, it was so very long.
Mr. BOND, as witness was about leaving the box,
said, " Have you ever been to school ?" Witness re-
plied, " Yes, Sir ?"

The bar-maid confirmed the other's account. -
Mr. BOND observed that it did seem, in these days
of intelligence and and education, extraordinary that
any person should be weak enough to be defrauded