The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-21 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OR BANKRUPTCY. .5',71-)L.
(Before Mr. 3
William Basford appeared upon his petition to be
examined on hip first hearing. As soon as the case
was called on, _ . .

Mr. 'WATSON, barrister, rose, and in strong terms
objected to a course which he understood Mr. Hughes
(also a barrister) was about to take in regard to this
case. The bankrupt had been up on a former occa-
sion, when his petition had been dismissed. As coun-
sel and adviser to the insolvent, he (Mr. Hughes) had
become cognizant of all his secrets, and now he had
accepted a brief to oppose the very man he had
formerly been paid to assist. He trusted such a
course would not be sanctioned by the Court.
Commissioner EvANs-" 'Why—its unavoidable, I
suppose."—(Loud laughter.)
Mr. HUGHES then proceeded to question the bank-
rupt, who said his debts were, as stated in his sche-
dule, 2991., some shillings. He had not entered one
Mrs. Dent as a creditor. She had taken up a bill
for 30/. for him, and he was to repay her by his
future labour. He (Basford) was a trader, and had
petitioned the Court as such.
Mr. HUGHES supposed there was no necessity to
carry his examination further, in order to induce the
court to dismiss the petition. The applicant was a
trader—his debts, if truly and honestly set forth, were
above 300/. ; and he had therefore no claim upon the
consideration of the court.

The COMMISSIONER—The petition is dismissed.
Mr. WATSON—Surely your Honour will allow us
to examine Mrs. Dent—her evidence will probably
alter your Honour's decision.
COMMISSIONER—No, it won't. What, you want
peoplpeople to perjure themselves to get this man clear !
e
one in court heard him swear Mrs. Dent had
taken up the bill—that he was to pay her hereaf:-.er,
and therefore she is a creditor, and ought to have been
entered, and he owes more than 3001. I'll hear no
witnesses after that—l can see what it all means ; the
petition of the bankrupt has been dismissed once, and
now it is dismissed again. I will hear nothing fur-
ther about it.

CENTRAL CaIMINAL COUR.T

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and Mr. Justice
CRESWELL.)
THE CASE OF THE AUGUSTA.

On the Learned Judges taking their seats to-day, at
ten o'clock,
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN stated that he and his Learned
Brother had turned their attention since yesterday to the
arguments that had been put forth in this case, and they
had come to the conclusion that the best course to adopt
would be to postpone giving judgment till the next
session ; the defendant, in the meantime. putting in the
same bail for his appearance as he had done before.
James Taylor and Thomas R,:con, the one a tailor and
the other a bricklayer, were convicted of a burglary in
the dwelling house of John Liverside, at Southgate, and
stealing two bank noses, value 30L, fifteen sovereigns,
four half sovereigns. and a watch, value 155., and sen-
tenced to ten years' transportation.
John Axtell and George Axtell, the two boys who
were -convicted on Wednesday last of feloniously
breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William
Edward llarvey, and stealing a quantity of wearing
apparel, value 301., were ca'led up for judgment.
Mr. Justice CaessweLe sentenced them to solitary
confinement in the gaol of Newgate for 14 days.
Michael Read was sentenced to be imprison ?d for
seven calendar menthe, and kept to hard labour,
having been found guilty in the course of the session
of assaulting James O'Flaherty.
William llartridge, aged 17, and Edwin Hartridge,
19, brothers, were indicted for stealing two gold
watches, value 20/., and a quantity of jewellery, the
property of John Sarl and others, the masters of Wil-
liam, in their dwelling-house.
Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution. The pri-
soner, William llartridge, was defended by Mr.
Doane, and Edwin by Mr. Charnock.
The particulars of this case have been fully pub-
lished in the police reports within these two or three
days. The prisoner Edwin had been formerly in the
service of the prosecutor, Mr. Sari, watchmaker and
jeweller in the Poultry, but had been dismissed about
a year and a half ago. The other prisoner was in
Mr. Sari's employment up to the time of the robbery,
which was discovered by the shopman of Mr. Atten-
borough, the pawnbroker in Bridge-road, Lambeth.
Edwin llartridge pawned a gold watch on the sth of
August at Mr. Attenborough's shop. Oa the 7th of
September he offered another gold watch in pawn, and
the assistant remembering his face and recollecting
the name which he had first given, which was dif-
ferent from that he then mentioned, had his suspicion
excited. After a good deal of shuffling, the assistant
went with the prisoner to see where he lived, and
being baffled and taken from place to place, he at
length gave him into custody. Inquiry led to the
arrest of his brother, and both prisoners having told
improbable stories, they were sent for trial on four or
five separate indictments.

The first case tried was that of the watch pawned
on the sth August. In that the evidence failed
against William altogether, and the jury returned a
verdict of Not Guilty for both.
The other case was then gone into, that of the gold
watch offered in pledge on the 7th Sept. The jury
convicted both prisoners on that indictment.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, after commenting upon
the serious and unpalliated offence of which they had
been convicted, sentenced them to ten years' trans-
portation each.
The Court adjourned to Monday, the 21st October.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
J. Gardner was indicted for stealing a silk handker-
chief from the person of Mr. G. Cooper, and R. Rain-
ford was charged with receiving the same, knowing it to
have been stolen.

J. Burton, a policeman, stated that on Thursday last
he saw the prisoners together in Hyde-park, carrying
on their usual occupation of pocket-picking. He saw
the prisoner Gardner taking something out of the p:o-
-secutor's pocket, the other prisoner, Raeford, " cover •
inn " him during the operation.
It was proved that Rainford was before convicted of a
similar offence. He was now therefore sentenced to ten
years' transportation ; and the prisoner Gardner was
sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard la-
bour. The sentence on the other prisoner was after-
wards commuted to two years' imprisonment.
James Bozlctt was indicted for stealing several articles,
the properly of Adam Day.
The evidence was conclusive against the prisoner, and
he was found guilty.
COMMON SERGEANT—YOU and I have met before?—
Prisoner—Not at all my Lord.
Commox SERGEANT—Yep, we have ; and you are so
incorrigible that your fellow prisoners are not safe in
yoor company. Prisoner—l don't know what you mean.
CommoN SERGEANT--Yes, you de, very well. You
stole a handkerchief last, and it was found on your n,ck.
The sentence of the Court is, that you be imprisoned,
with hard labour, for one year.
John Green was placed at the bar, charged with at-
tempting to destroy himself by throwing himself into a
pond near Clapham common.
It appeared from the evitlence of a person named
Maria Russell, that she saw the prisoner near the pond
on the 11th of this month. He said that "from dust he
came and to dnt he would go, and would throw himself
into the pond." He did so, azd was taken out insensible,
but was restored.
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The pri3oner said that his board and a bag of nuts
were stolen from him coming from Camberwell fair, full
h, did not know what he was doing. Ile took a little
drink and fell into the pond.
'rhe jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to
five days' imprisonment in Ncwgate.

A collectio-a was made up for the prisoner, who seemed
to hare but little intellect. Ile was told that a board
would be purchased for him, and that he would get some
money to buy more nuts. The poor fellow seemed over-
joyed, and promised that he would not attempt to drown
himself any more.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
GUILDHALL.

On Thursday a young man of decent appearance,
named John Jones, was brought before Mr. Alderman
Hughes, charged with stealing ninety-nine yards of
carpet, the property of Messrs. Monkhouse and Whit-
field, of Ilarnpi.rd Castle.
William Oatley, of No. 51, Aldermanbury, stated
that he occupied the upper part of the premises, and
the warehouses below are o uPe • dby Messrs, Monk-
house and Whitfielti x
0 .
clock s eck the
cnagent, Mr.arg t so n
sl
Between five and
preceding evening
,
witness was at the house No. 5 Aldermanbury,
where be carries on the trade of a 'painter, and saw
the prisoner come out of the warehouse No. 51 with
the roll of carpet, apparently not in the state in which
it would be delivered to a customer. He ran over to
the warehouse, and told Mr. Margetson what he had
observed. Mr. Margetson pursued the prisoner down
Aldermanbury.
Mr. Marg,,4son statel that he overtook the prisoner
in London-wall. Ile was carrying the roll of carpet,
but he threw it down on being collared. Witeess
gave him in charge to a policeman. The property is
of the value o!' 4/. 1 2s.
The prisoner asked him if the piece of carpet was
unlike any other ?—The witness said it was not.
The prisoner asked if he had got others like it in
the warehouse ?—Witness said he had not.
Prisoner asked if the manufacturers had not made
and sold others like it ?—Witness replied he had no
doubt they had.
The prisoner asked how he could swear positively
to it ?—The witness said he had missed such a piece,
which he saw safe in the warehouse a quarter of an
hour before.

lkir. Alderman llnGuEs told the prisoner he was
mistaken when he supposed the property could not be
identified bee.iuse he had torn off the manufacturer's
mark.

The prisoner questioned the first witness whether
he could swear the piece of carpet produced was the
same that was taken out of the warehouse ?—Mr.
Oatley admitted he could not.