The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-08 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE OXFORD AND CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL CO:
Mr. Kay, (.0., and Mr. Napier Higgi
Ippeared before Vice-Chancellor Giffard upon this pe.

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nding up of this
)rupany, and that it might stand over in order to give
;he shareholders an opportunity of deciding at a meeting
summoned for the purpose, whether the winding up should
be voluntary or compulsory. The Vice-Chancellor made
an order for a compulsory winding up, to which, as he
lbsented, creditors were entitled almost ex dcbito justitice.

HEAVY SENTENCE ON A GAROTTER.--At the Central
Criminal Court, William Brown and Michael Forrest
were indicted for a robbery with violence. On the evening
of the 11th of March, about half-past ten o'clock, a lad
named Owen, living in l'othill-street, Westminster, was
in a yard there feeding some rabbits. He heard a
disturbance, and, on looking out, saw three men upon a
man who was on the ground. The prisoner Brown
had his hand over the man's mouth, while the others
were striking him shamefully on the face and head, and
kicking him about the legs and body. Brown, while bold-
ing the man's mouth with one hand, had the other in his
pocket. He said at length, " I have got it," and ran away,
as did also the others. The lad Owen followed, until he
met two policemen, and told them what he had seen.
They followed and arrested the prisoners. Owen knew
Brown by sight, but did not see the faces of the two other
men. The constables brought the prisoners back to the
,injured man, who was then being supported by several
'persons, and having been confronted with them he
eco g,nis e d them both, and then fell backward insensible.
Mr. Justice Willcs, in sentencing Brown, remarked on
the enormity of his offence, and said that in such a case a
aeavy sentence was necessary. The accused was then
ordered to be kept in penal servitude for ten years. The
other prisoner was acquitted.

FORGERY BY A CLERIC-At the Mansion House,
.efore the Lord Mayor, Alfred Henderson, 20, clerk, was
charged on remand with forging and uttering a cheque for
£36 15s. On the 4th of April Mr. Richard T. W. Cave,
C.E., of Liverpool-street, went to the University Boat-
race, leaving his clerk, the prisoner, in his office. He
returned in the afternoon and found that the prisoner had
gone for the day, that a drawer in his desk had been forced
open, and that his cheque-book was missing. He immedi-
ately went to the City Bank for the purpose of stopping the
cheques, when he ascertained that one for £36155., bearing
his signature, dated the 16th fl January, and taken from
the cheque-book, had been presented and cashed, the per-
son receiving from Mr. John King, the cashier, four £5
notes, numbered from 82,667 to 82,670, and the rest in
cash. The prisoner went to his master's office on the fol-
lowing Monday morning, and he denied all knowledge of
the robbery. However, on the Wednesday after he passed
one of the.notes to Mr. Edward Lyon, a clothier in the
Borough, and another to Mr. Hewett, a dealer in Black.
man-street, on both of which he wrote the name of a
person having rooms in the same house as Mr. Cave. In
the opinion of his master the forged cheque was in the
prisoner's handwriting. The Lord Mayor committed the
prisoner for trial.

A NOVEL POINT IN RELATION TO COSTS.— In the full
Exchequer Court, the case of Williams and another v. the
Neath and Brecon Railway Company and the Swansea
Canal Company, involved a novel point in relation to the
proceedings to recover costs where they had been awarded
by a committee of the House of Lords on a private bill.
A bill came before the House of Lords in April 1866, but
the promoters not appearing, costs were awarded by the
committee to the plaintiffs, who were petitioners against
the promoters. In October 1866 the plaintiffs gave notice
to the Swansea Canal Company of an application to the
taxing master to tax the plaintiffs' costs as against them,
alleging they were the real promoters of the bill. On
October 10 the plaintiffs delivered their bill of costs to
the canal company, and they were taxed on November 16,
and on November 30 the taxing master delievered his cer-
tificate. On April 16, 1868, the plaintiffs filed a declara-
tion, and signed a judgment against the canal company
without issuing any suit of summons. Mr. Henry James
now moved on the part of the defendants to set aside the
judgment on the ground that the taxing master's certi-
ficate was given too late, and also that the proceedings
were irregular for want of a writ. The question turned
upon the construction to be put an the 3rd and sth
sections of the 28th and 29th of Victoria, chap. 27. After
hearing Mr. Watkin Williams in support of the judgment,
the court held it to be bad, and set it aside, with costs.

LORD EDWARD HOWARD AND THE INLAND REVENUE.
—ln the same court the above-named case was heard.
The facts were, that on the marriage of Lord Foley
with Lady Howard in 1849, divers sums, amounting to
£278,000, were settled upon trust for investment in the
purchase of land, with power of interim investment on
mortgage. Nearly the whole of this amount was invested
on mortgage. On the death of three of the trustees new
trustees were appointed, and on their appointment divers
sums owing on mortgage and forming part of the settle-
ment fund were transferred by separate deeds. The ques-
tion before the court was whether the appointment of new
trustees having been stamped with a £1 15s. stamp, the
transfers are liable to ad valorem duty of 6d. per £lOO im-
posed on transfers of mortgage by the 28th and 29th
Victoria, chap. 96, sec. 17. After the arguments the court
took time to consider judgment.

RELEASE OF FENIAN PRISONERS IN DUBLIN.
Wre learn that on Wednesday evening " Colonel'
Nagle, one of the principal persons in the " Jacknell"
expedition, together with Patrick Nugent, in whose case
an abortive trial took place at the last Sligo Assizes, Fre-
d.-rick Fitzgibbon, Andrew Leonard, and Daniel Lee,
other members of the expeditionary force, were released
from custody. They intimate their intention of proceeding
to America on Saturday. Nagle on Thursday morning visited
Mr. G. F. Train in the Marshalsea Prison, and during ti e
day went through the law courts.

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.—Direct communi-
cations which have been received from the Duke if
Illinburgh fully confirm the favourable reports which
have been published. His Royal Highness describes him-
gel as well and comfortable, and quite recovered. For-
tunately, the bullet, although penetrating to the ninth
rib near the spine, and taking then a circuitous court e
around the body to the position whence it was cut down
upon and extracted, seems to have been a email revolver-
bullet, impelled by a light charge, and to have done the
minimum amount of mischief _to the tissues,--British
41alical Journal,