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London, England, 1844-11-09 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, NOV. 8.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY.—Nov. 8.
IN THE MATTER OF TODD, A BANKRUPT.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. JAMES RUSSELL and Mr. BACON were heard
against the application.
Mr. ROLT replied; and
. .

The LORD CHANOELLOR affirmed the judgment of the
Court of Review, reserving the question of costs until
he had inquired into the practice of the Court of Bank-
ruptcy on the subject.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Nov. 8.
(Sittings in Banco.)
EINIELY V. TAPSALL.

This was an action for false imprisonment by the de-
fendant giving the plaintiff into custody on a charge of
forgery, on which charge he was at once taken before a
magistrate. It was tried at the Guildhall before Mr.
Justice Wightman, and the jury found for the plaintiff,
with 1001. damages.
Mr. Wthicims moved for a rule nisi for a new trial—
first, on the ground of misdirection of the judge who
ought, he contended, to have nonsuited the plaintiff ;
secondly, on the ground of misconduct on the part
of the jury, who, after being shut up for three
hours, stated there was no probability of their
agreeing, and requesting to be discharged, which being
refused they requested permission to have some refresh.
ment ; which request being acceded to with the consent
of the attorneys of both parties, they in a marvellously
short space of time drank three gallons of stout, and sent
out for two gallons more, which being refused, they
brought in their verdict almost immediately ; and,
thirdly, on the ground of excessive damages.
Lord DENMAN—The damages certainly appear large.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN-7lt struck me so at the time.

I;;dDENMAN—You had better take your rule on the
ground of the damages being excessive.
Rule nisi granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.

A man named William Howse was brought before
the Lord Mayor and Alderman Wilson, charged with
having in his possession 371bs. of tobacco, on which
the duty had not been paid. The Solicitor to the
Customs attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Hobler
appeared for the prisoner. The penalty sought to be
recovered was 1001.

Before the case commenced, the Custom-house officer
stated that a vast deal of inconvenience was expe-
rienced by the uniform refusal of the City police to
give up contraband goods found by them upon persons
whom they apprehended, although they well knew
the Custom-house officers who seized the goods in
their possession. The metropolitan police never felt
any hesitation upon the subject, and it was quite un-
intelligible to him why so apparently unnecessary a
system was acted upon.
A policeman stated that as he was going along
John-street, Crutched-friars, he saw the prisoner, who,
upon catching his eye, crossed the road. Witness,
suspecting from that fact that all was not right,
followed, apprehended him, and found upon him the
above mentioned quantity of tobacco.
C. A. Davis stated that he seized the tobacco in
the station-house. The article. was similar to that
which had been taken from the Ocean, from Rotter-
dam, the other day.
Mr. Hobler said, the only thing he could say for
his unfortunate client was, that he was very poor,
and had a large family. A mitigation of punishment
would be to him an act of mercy.
The LORD MAYOR said it was quite evident that
there were no mitigating circumstances in the case,
and the magistrates could not, at all events, either re-
duce the penalty or the term of confinement, if the
penalty were not paid.
The prisoner was then fined 1001.
A little girl, named Theresa Lewis, was brought up.
A gentleman, who resides in Cornhill, stated that
the child had evidently been educated to play the
character of an impostor. She was a proficient in the
art. Sometimes she dropped lucifer matches on the
ground on a dirty day, and began to cry out so lus-
tily that nobody thought that she could have meant
anything but real trouble ; at other times she dropped
eggs, and the tears burst out of her eyes as if she ex-
pected to be half murdered upon going home. The
tact she displayed was such, that gentlemen soon gave
her the means of supplying her loss, and she obtained
a very comfortable livelihood for those who employed
her.

The complainant had given her a shilling to make
up her deficiency on one occasion, and another gen-
tleman stated that he had made good her loss upon
another occasion, when she came the " egg rig."
The ALDERMAN sentenced the girl to confinement
in Bridewell for a month, and she began to bellow in
earnest, but those who knew her declared that her
art was as perfect as nature itself.