The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-18 00:00:00


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( Sittings in Banco.)
The Court took the special paper to-day, and was (templed
the whole morning in listening to arguments relating to tech-
nical points of practice.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HORSE.
Yesterday several proofs were exhibited in the Justice-room
of the injudiciousness of departing from the regulation laid
down by the Lord i%layor for preventing the obstructions which
have so long disgraced the great thoroughfares of the City. His
Lordship, after having inflicted the extreme fines in the cases
proved before him, after the public notice given that there
should be no exemption, was obliged to accept the services of a
brother Magistrate in the performance of the duties, on a day
appointed for the hearing of various charges against omnibus
and cab.drivers for loitering. On that occasion the Akierman
who acted as locum tenens for his Lordship, disposed of the
cases without inflicting either serious penalties or censure. The
consequence was, a report was quickly circulated amongst the
fraternity that the severity of the Mansion-house was at an end,
and Curnhill, the Poultry, and Cheapside, began to resume
their former appearance, and the drivers disregarded the orders
of the policemen, who were ordered to compel them to move on
at a proper pace.
Yesterday twelve omnibus drivers were summoned by the
policemen, who declared that the defendants had relapsed into
their old style of crawling.
His LORDSHIY-1 shall sit on every Wednesday myself to
meet with people of this description ; and I shall suffer no case
to escape. Let the summonses be made out accordingly.
His Loomis'? listened calmly to the numerous ingenious
reasons of the defendants, but inflicted the full penalty allowed
by the law in every instance.
One driver was summoned under peculiar circumstances.
He had, he acknowledged, loitered, but he could not help it, as
two omnibuses, the owners of which wanted to drive him off
the road, crawled along, the one before and the other behind
him, and prevented him from receiving a passenger.
The Loan MAYOR. having been informed by the policeman
that the case of the defendant was such as had been represented
discharged the man without putting him to the least expense,
and fined the two delinquents to the full extent.
GUILDHALL.
On Tuesday George Bowles, a porter. working at the
wharfs in Thames-street, was charged with stealing a
quarter of oats, the property of Mr. Muggeridge, of
Thames-street.

Mr. IIumphreys, the solicitor, appeared on behalf of
Mr. Muggeridge, a corn merchant, at the bottom of St
Andrew's-hill. On Friday last he had 270 quarters of
oats brought up to Puddle-dock, in two lighters. In
one 20 quarters were put. In the other 250 quarters,
contained in 500 sacks, were stowed. About eight
o'clock on Sunday. evening the prisoner was found on
the laystall adjoining the wharf, carrying a sack of oats
away, and as he admitted they did not belong to him, he
was detained on suspicion. On the following morning
another sack was found lying in the manure in the lay-
stall, and it was observed that a shoot from the lay-
stall to the wharf had been lowered, and there was no
doubt the thief had obtained access to the wharf from
thence. The prisoner was not employed on either the
wharf or laystall. Samples would be produced of the
oats found on the prisoner, and those contained in the
barge ; the sack would be identified, and it would be
proved that two of the 500 sacks brought up in the
Louisa were missing.
Sir GEoncE CARROLL committed the prisoner for trial.
James Marden,.a young man employed as clerk by Mr.
Finiger, a furrier, in Noble street, was charged with ab-
sconding with 301., which his master entrusted to him
to pay into Messrs. Masterman's.
Mr. Finiger stated that the prisoner had been in his
employ several months, and on the 8th of January he
gave him two crossed cheques for 221. 12s., and as much
cash as made up 30/., and desired him to take it to
Messrs. Masterman's, to bring back the pass-book, and
to bring a new cheque which he wanted for immediate
use. The prisoner went away about three o'clock in the
afternoon, and he saw no more of him until he was ap-
prehended on the 15th, when he had got rid of all the
cash except about 30s., but had the cheques still in his
possession. When the prisoner saw him he accounted
for his conduct by saying that he lost a sovereign, and
being ashamed to return he went on spending the money
till he was apprehended. Witness had warned him the
less he said the better it might be for him.
The ledger-keeper from Masterman's proved that 30/.
was not paid in to Mr. Fiuiger's account, and policemen
F 92 produced the two cheques, which he took from the
prisoner.
The prisoner said he was tipsy when his master gave
him the money, and being so at the time he missed the
sovereign he spent more money in drink, and was afraid
to return to his master.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
BO W-STREET.

A young man, who was dressed in the garb of a stableman,
named Henry Alford, was charged before Mr. Twyford with
obtaining, by means of forged orders, a quantity of horse
brushes, horse blankets, &c., from Mr. Davies, brush-maker,
of 33, trand.
It appeared that the prisoner was formerly a stableman in
the service of Mr. Henry Gray, the extensive livery-stable
proprietor, in Earl-street, Blackfriars. He was, however, dis-
charged from this employment about three months ago. About
a fortnight back he presented two orders, signed " Henry
Gray," to Mr. Davies, in the Strand, requesting him to send
half-a-dozen brushes of a particular kind, halt-a-dozen other
brushes, and a quantity of horse blankets. Mr. Gray was not
in the habit of dealing with Mr. Davies, but knowing him to
be a respectable man, and in such a way of business as likely
to require so many brushes, the latter gentleman immediately
executed the order. It was afterwards discovered that the
order presented by the prisoner had been forged. In con-
sequence of this information was given to the police, and about
a week ago the prisoner was taken into custody by a City
policeman.
There were three other similar cases of forgery against the
prisoner.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and he was fully
committed for trial.
Charlotte-Scott, charged with forging the name of an old
woman for the purpose of obtaining . the sum of 601. from the
Provident Institution in St. Martin's-lane, whose case ap-
peared in The Sun of the 10th instant, was brought up yester-
day afternoon for final examination, and fully committed to
Newgate for trial.
Two young men named Henry Johnson and Henry Timson,
both of whom had been remanded, were sentenced to three
months' imprisonment each, the one for attempting to pick
pockets in the pit of Drury-lane Theatre, and the other for
attempting to pick pockets in the Adelaide Gallery. Timson
was committed as a rogue and vagabond, and a solicitor who
appeared for him gave notice of his intention of appealing
against the decision of the magistrate.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
John Lowry was on Tuesday charged with having at-
tempted to pick the pocket of Mrs. Belcher, of Holies-
street, Cavendish-square, at flee Haymarket Theatre.
It appeared that the complainant and her son were
waiting at the box entrance of the theatre, on Monday
evening, when an attempt was made to pick the com-
plainant's pocket by the prisoner. The prisoner was
just at this moment spied by Mr. Gibbons, son of Sir
John Gibbons, the magistrate, who instantly went off
and procured a police constable. The prisoner was
seized by the constable, with his hand in the lady's
pocket, the prisoner having contrived to raise her dress
unperceived.—The prisoner was remanded for a few days.
BENEVOLENCE.—A donation of 14 from T., was thank-
fully acknowledged.
CLERKENTVELL
Joseph Headford, a respectable youth, 18 years of age
was placed at the bar, on Monday, before Mr. Green-
wood, charged by Mr. John Samuel Hunt, of the firm of,
Messrs. Hunt and Mortimer, the extensive silversmith's
of 24, Harrison-street, Gray's Inn-road, with stealing
three ounces and twenty-five pennyweights of silver.
It appeared in evidence that the prisoner had been ap-
prentice to the prosecutor fouryears, and was respectably
connected. In consequence of some suspicions that he
was dishonest, George Dixon, a private watchman, em-
ployed in the manufactory, was deputed to keep a strict
watch, and on Saturday evening hist, about six o'clock,
when the whole of the workmen had left the premises,
the prisoner remained behind, and was seen by Dixon to
00 into the ehltsers' shop, when a 109k up a gglipt

from a bench, and empti ' something into a palwv,
which he put into his poeitc.. Ho wns stopped Dixon
as he r as leavinp, the premize.;, who told him he On
not go until Mr. Hunt \ca.; sent for. They had a strrvie,

anti th prisoner tuceectied in

shop, fiere, in tt

the moment, the prisoner

left. his umbrella on the bench, and the three ounces of
had i,o,ri no b:71-1A,
found in a sheet of Punch's Alrawrcle, and on th, prisoner
was found a corresponding sheet of the same publication.
Mr. Hunt was sent for, and the prisoner was given into
custody.
The prisoner was cautioned by Mr. GlIEENWOOD, that
as he had no professional adviser, it would be as well for
him to say nothing. He adopted that course, and was
remanded until Thursday next.

LAMBETH-S7 REET.
On Tuesday Thomas e.lds, a ti‘11-collector at Strat-
ford, in Essex, appeared before Mr. Henry, to a.n.wer
a summons taken out at tke instanc, of the Messrs.
Meeson, coal. merchants, &4!.. nt StrAford. and whit.%
charged him with chargin.t toll wOgf::011S of th;.
complainants, the same heitr!- ex m;•.
Mr. Ellis, of Cowper's-court, City, s4)iicitor. appear, d
on behalf of the complainants ; and Mr. Clarkson, the
barrister. and Mr. George Daere, deck to the ...rust ,:e (.f
the road, attended for the defendant.
The bria facts of the case are these :—The Messrs.
Meeson had contracted with the Directors 4,f the North-
eastern Railway to cart a quantity of timber from their
wharf, at Stratford, to the Company's Stratford station ;
and having to pass through the turnpike-gate with each
load, they were charged a fresh toll at each journey.
The complainants considered that the fill charged for
the first
,journey was sufficient in law for the whole day,
and therefore claimed exemption on each of the subse-
quent passings. The question here raised being one of
considerable public importance, its decision was looked
for with more than ordinary interest.

Mr. Clarkson said that since he had entered the Court
his attention was directed by the worthy magistrate to a
case, the " Queen v. Roscoe," in the 8th folio of " Alder-
son and Ellis," which was perfectly analogous to the
present. and wherein the Court was unanimous in its
opinion that a second toll could not be legally charged.
Mr. Ellis observed that the complainants themselves
were trustees of the road in question, and having only
one object in view, namely, that of obtaining the decision
of his Worship on the point in dispute, they would be
satisfied by the defendant paying the costs.
This was agreed to on the part of the defendant, and
the parties left the Court. The decision is one, as has
been before stated, of great importance to the public.