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London, England, 1845-01-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCELLOR' $ COURT, Jan. 17.
(Before Sir J. WIGRAM.)
BLAT V. SKIPWORTII.

The Court was again occupied with hearing the argu-
ments in this case, which lasted the whole day.
A notice in Vice-Chancellor Bruce's Court states that
bankrupt petitions will only be taken in the Court of
Review on Mondays.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, JaR. 17.
The Court took the special paper to-day. Nothing
of general interest came before the Court.

BAIL COUII7', Jan. 17.
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAms.)

THE QUEEN AGAINST THE INHABITANTS OF BESTS/40AL

Mr. WATSON moved for a rule to quash a writ of cer-
tiorari, issued in this prosecution some time ago, on the
ground that the materials were insufficient. The affi-
davit necessary for the purposes of his motion showed that
notice of the intended application had been given to two
of the justices to bring up the order of session. The
affidavit showed that notice had been served on two
justices of the county then present at quarter sessions.
He submitted, therefore, that the materials were insuffi-
cient, on two grounds; first, because the affidavit merely
showed that service had been issued on two justices
at quarter session ; and, secondly, the person
serving was not properly described and stated.
These points were fully argued before Mr.
Justice Matteson during last term. His Lordship
took time to consider, and in about a week after he pro-
nounced judgment, and decided that on the first point
such notice was insufficient ; and he seemed to think
the second a very grave question also, but forbore ex •
pressing an opinion on it.
Mr. Justice Wimassts —What case was that?

Mr. WATSON—The Queen and the Inhabitants of
Dorton.

Mr. Justice Wimr.mas said he should consult his
brother Patterson on the subject.

THE QUEEN V. GRIFFITHS.
Mr. EDWARDS moved for an order to cause Jones, the
gaoler of the town of Haverfordwest, to deliver up the
sum of 201., taken from the person of a prisoner named
Griffiths, under the fillowing circumstances:—lt ap-
peared that, in'lB29, Griffiths had rented two farms from
a Mrs. Foley, and some time after, he being indebted to
Messrs. Biddoes, the bankers, and being afraid of their
putting in an execution upon his farm and stock,
communicated with Mr. Harvey, the agent to
Mrs. Foley, who recommended that he himself should
put in a prior execution, and that a sham distress should
afterwards take place, and the goods thus be held secure
until the bankers were paid. All this was done, and
Griffith., having afterwards settled with the Messrs.
Biddoes, continued upon the farm till August of last
year, when being apprehensive of a distress at the in-
stance of Harvey, he drove some cattle off the farm,
leaving behind, however, enough for the purposes of the
distress. On the 9th September, he was carried before
a magistrate on a charge of stealing, and afterwards
remanded. On entering the prison, he was, as
usual with all prisoners, searched by the gaoler,
and this 201. taken from him by the gaoler.
Griffiths was afterwards bailed out, but on mak-
ing application for, his 201., Mr. Jones refused to re-
turn the money without an order from the Court of
Queen's Bench. That money was now required for his
defence.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—I cannot interfere: Let an
application be made to the Judge on Circuit, and he will,
if the money is not connected with the charge, order it
to be returned for the purposes of the defence.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 17.

(Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)

BREACH OF PROMISE-RUSSELL V. CLEMENTS.
Mr. Sergeant Shee appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Sergeant Talfourd for the defendant.
The parties, in this case, are both in rather a humble
condition, but, notwithstanding, the crowded state of the
Court indicated that the cause had excited much interest.
The assemblage were, however, evidently disappointed
when it was announced to the Court by the Learned
Sergeants that it had been agreed on both sides that
plaintiff should take a verdict for 451.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 17.
(Sittings in Banco.)
The Court disposed of several motions involving points
of practice, and of no interest to any one except the
parties concerned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
Two men, named Reilly and Chown., were charged
before the Lord: Mayor with having conspired together
to defraud the mate of a vessel which had just arrived
from a long voyage. The case,. which excited the
greatest interestwas occasionally interrupted by bursts
of laughter.

Mr. E. Morris, the proprietor of the East India
Arms Tavern, in Fenchurch-street, stated that while
he was in the cellar some person had gone up stairs,
accompanied by a sailor, and, another man having
speedily followed, there was reason to apprehend that
all was not right. Something was ordered to drink
by the two first visitors, and the witness soon after-
wards heard the clinking of a lock, and one of those
in the room offered to lay a wager of 201. or 25L,
upon which an officer was sent for, and the sailor, who,
was a jolly, open-hearted fellow, and the two prison-
ers, were suddenly stopped as they were rising to
depart, and informed that they must stay a little for
the sake of justice. It was in fact seen that the two
prisoners had laid a plan for robbing the sailor, and as
an attempt of a similar kind had been made about: two
years before in the same house, the witness was de-
termined to make an example of the men at the bar if
possible.

The following particulars were collected from the
impetuous and disjointed statement of the mate:—As
the.mate was going along Fenchurch-street, he asked
a man, who happened to be the prisoner Reilly, the
way to the station in the Alinories. Reilly said he
was going that way himself, and he would show the
way, but proposed that they should have a drop of
beer together;. and together they went into the East
India Arms, in one of the private rooms of which
they had no sooner sat down, than in walked the
other gentleman, Mr. Chowns, who seemed to be
quite a stranger, began to drink by himself, and pro-
duced a lock, which he said -nobody could open. The
mate, who never, he declared, had seen so foolish a
lock in his life, opened it with ease ; and another lock,
equally simple and foolish in appearance having been
exhibited by Mr. Chowns, he offered to open that
with as little difficulty, and then the challenge to bet,
which had been heard by the policeman, was made.
The mate happened to have securities for the money
about him, but no money, otherwise the wager would
have been very probably, as he said himself laid, and
the trick would have succeeded.

Here several flash notes and counterfeit sovereigns,
which were found in the posession of the prisoners,
were produced, as were some marked cards. They
were both known to the police as common cheats,
and one of them had been tried at the Central Criminal
Court.

It was not until the prisoners and the mate were
introduced to the Lord Mayor, that the latter had
any idea into what sort of company he had unluckily
got, and if it had not been for the keenness of the
landlord of the tavern, he would no doubt have had
to lament the incident which introduced him to their
acquaintance, although at ,thiat. time ;he had no cash
in his. possession. J),Ai
The LORD MAYOR—Why, my good fellow, it was
a very fortunate thing for you that you escaped so
well out of the clutches of these men.

The mate—l see they are a pair of d—d scoundrels,
but I could have opened twenty such locks, and I'd
lay any money of it. You never saw anything so
foolish. Why, one of these gentlemen offered to lay
me 401.

The LORD MAYOR—And if you had had the money
you would have betted ? The mate—Yes, I dare
say I should; and I'd have won, too.—(A laugh.)
The policeman here produced the lock which the
mate had opened, and another lock resembling it,
which was made so as not to 'be capable of being
opened at all. The sleight-of-hand substitution of
one of these locks for • the other, was one of the
modes of obtaining plunder; and in aid of that plan
the counterfeit money and bank-notes were kept in
pocket-books by the prisoners, who were both smartly
dressed, Chowns being attired like a respectable coun-
tryman.
The mate—Why, that gentleman that looks like a
farmer told us, when he joined us, that he was the
gamekeeper to the Earl of Pembroke, and he said he
had come to town to look for two of his master's
hounds, that were locked together with the same sort
of lock, and that wherever the dogs were they must
be together, as nobody else could open the lock.
The LORD MAYOR—Did he say the Earl of Pem-
broke's dogs had been stolen ? The mate---lie did
so ; and I advised him to go to the police about. the
dogs ; and I did think him a great fool, but I find
that I was the fool, after all.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Woolf, for one of the prisoners—But you lost
nothing by the transaction ? The mate—Nothing at
all. I gained by it, for I had some beer and I never
paid for it.—(Laughter.) What an unlucky fellow I
am. Here I come home after being shipwrecked
and being away three years, and the instant I come
ashore I get into the hands of a pair of rascals, and
then I am taken up by the police and brought here to
complain against them, and I want to have nothing at
all to do with them, but to call and see my relations
and be off to sea again. Was there ever so unfortu-
nate a man as -I am ? - .

The LORD MATOR said it would be lamentable if
such fellows escaped justice any longer.
Mr. Hobler, who appeared for the second prisoner,
submitted that there was no case against his client
for the Central Criminal Court.

The LORD MAYOR remanded the prisoners, and
stated that be would not take less bail for each of
them than two good securities for 1001. each, and
their own recognisances in 2001. each.
Adolphus Valentine Wyatt, eating-house keeper, of
Silver-street, was committed to Newgate for trial
upon the charge of having committed a felonious as-
sault upon Mary Ann Lee, his servant.
MARYLEBONE.•.•
Mr. John Clavering Savage, residineteVellninn-
road, St. John's Wood, and who is well known as the