The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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IN RE ROBERT NELBIES.
COURT, July 24.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS'
The insolvent in this case, who appeared to be an old
man,
applied on his petition to be discharged,
to ndfil sickly
which, e was compelled to apply to the Court as
akhlyic h,
a pauper, and succeeded in getting 5/. to defray the law
expenses.
Mr. WOODRUFFE opposed the insolvent on behalf of
Mr. Meadows, on the ground of withholding certain ac-
count-books, and concealing property. He was examined
at great length with respect to a freehold property which
he had possessed at Barnet, and in right of which he
voted at the last election for Middlesex. In his exami-
nation he admitted that at the time he voted the pro-
perty was out of his hand, another person holding it as
collateral security. At that time he had no right to vote.
Mr. Commissioner LAW said although there were some
suspicious facts connected with the case, they were not
sufficient to justify a remand.
The insolvent was then discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKENWELL.
Two men, named Ray and Long, who have been re-
peatedly convicted at police courts, were brought up in
custody of Inspector Barton, of the G division, charged
with the following daring attempt at fraud:—
The inspector said he was on duty in the station-
house at Bagnigge-wells on the previous night, when
the prisoners boldly entered the charge-room, and, in a
peremptory manner, claimed the interference of the
police. They said they were recruits belonging to the
90th Regiment of Infantry, and had been billeted upon
the Union Tavern, in Baker-street, but the landlord,
Mr. Anderson, had refused to receive them. Thereupon
they produced a billet. Witness inspected it, and found
that it was indeed a genuine billet, which had been signed
by Sergeant Scotehmer, of the G division of police,
but, on closer examination, he discovered that the origi-
nal date of the billet, " 16th July, 1844," had been
erased, and 23d July, 1844, substituted. Witness asked
them from whom they received the billet, and they re-
plied from Sergeant Lambert, of the East India Com-
pany'sservice,
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that and again peremptorily demanded that
the police would enforce their reception at the Union.
nut
knowingbillet,
The inspector, however, determined upon furnishing
he locked up " the recruits " who immediately acknow-
ledged the fraud.
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Mr. COMM—What do you think their object was?
East India t l a
Company very
different
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Inspector Barton—l have no doubt but their design
was to rob the house, for they never asked for the money
(25.), which the publican who refuses to lodge them is
bound to give them.
The landlord of the Union described the prisoners
conduct'as most overbearing; he refused to lodge them
unless at the instance of their corporal.
Alfred Bennett, a staff sergeant, and a recruiting
officer, living at 17, Duke-street, Westminster, deposed
that the prisoners were not recruits, but were constantly
lounging about those places where recruits were en-
listed, fastening themselves upon inexperienced young
men, and plundering them whenever they had an oppor-
tunity. They were the most artful villains he had ever
known. He could not tell how the billet got into their
possession.
Mr. CONDE inquired for the precept (a printed;doott, s

ment issued from the Horse Guards, and authorising the
billeting of a certain number of recruits), which was,
after some hesitation, handed to the magistrate.
James Stephens, a sergeant in the 90th regiment, like-
wise deposed that the prisoners had not been enlisted into
that regiment, and to which the billet found on the
prisoners belonged.
Mr. COMBE—HOW did this billet get into the pri-
soners' possession ? Sergeant Stephens—l can't tell.
Mr. COMM. (holding up the precept)—How many re-
cruits received billets on the 16th of July, for which the
precept is dated ? Sergeant Bennett—Sixteen.
Mr. COMBE—Why the precept states three-and-twenty.
Sergeant Stephens—Well, so three-and-twenty might,
if they liked, have got billets, but only sixteen were in
attendance when the billets were distributed.
Mr. COMBE-But it further appeared, by this docu-
ment, that a halfpenny each was allowed for each of the
three-and-twenty to pay the publicans for stationery,
&c. How many recruits received the halfpenny ? Ser-
geant Bennett—Sixteen.
Mr. COMBE-But three-and-twenty have been received
and taken out of the public purse.
Sergeant Stephens—They would have received them
if they had been all present.
Mr. Co-min—lt is quite clear there is a system of public
plunder going on, and you will, if you persevere in this
attempt to deceive me, draw some very strong observa-
tions. The whole thing seems grossly irregular, and the
more you say the worse you make it.
The prisoners said they bought the billet for twopence,
from a recruit.
Mr. COMBE committed them to the sessions, again
observing on the gross irregularity of the mode in which
the billets were distributed.

CLOSE OF THE SESSION.-It is expected that the re-
gular business of Parliament will have been disposed of
by the end of the first week in August. The Parliament
will not, however, be then prorogued ; but the session
wilt be continued by adjournment to the 25th of August.
The purpose of this arrangement is to afford time for re •
ceiving the reports of the Judges, and making up the
judgment of the House of Lords upon the writ of error
brought by Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-prisoners.—
Herald.