The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 10.

DO: 77-
COLoRNUELNNPEIN:LG.SivRt.tiEnILNSAiTAINEBRDBITCOoR.A.)NLDIN. ANOTHER.
This case, which: stood over from, Saturday, tbr the pur-
poe of an affidavit being filed on the part of Mr. Wood, who
claims the Derby Stakes as the,owner of Running Itein,:that
he 'was such owner at the time of the race, was again
broUght before the Court this morning. -
'Mr.' MARTIN, who appeared for Col:Peel, intimated that the
affidavit required
.by the Court had now been' filed by' Mi.
Wood, and that on the part of the plaintiff he. was quite sa-
tisfied with it. _ .

Mr. Platt and Mr. James appeared for Mr. Wood.
The COURT stated, that being the case, there was no neces-
sity for hearing the matter further, and that the arrange-
ment as, to the terms of the issue, as agreed to en Thursday,
last, could now be adopted, and the rule drawn up accord-
ingly.

'The issues will then still be whether Running Rein was a
colt foaled in 1841, by the Saddle!' out of Mab, and Colonel
Peel allowed to give in evidence the acts and declarations of
Mr. Goodman, provided he proves • on the trial that Levi
Goodman was owner, or part owner, at the time of such acts
and declarations.

The cause will, it is expected, be appointed for trial.by a
special jury at Westminster about the first week in July.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins.)
FRANKLIN V, NEATR.
This action was brought to recover the value of a chrono-
meter. In 1840 a person of the name of Gilbert, a seafaring
' man, pledged a chronometer of the estimated value of 50/. or
601. with the defendant, who is a pawnbroker, in Duke-street,
Manchester-square, for 151. This person being about to leave
the country for some time, and being unable to redeem the
chronometer, sold the ticket tothe plaintiff, who is a nursery-
man at Kensington, for 5/. The plaintiff, however, could not
get the chronometer into his possession, the defendant having
refused to give him any satisfactory information respecting it
—in short, refusing to give it up.
The defendant, by his counsel, contended that the plaintiff
could not sustain the action.

Mr. Baron PARKE having summed up, the jury— returned a
verdict' or the plaintiff for 40/., less the amount lent by the
defendant, and interest from the time" the Chronometer was
pledged.

COURT OF COMMON FLEAS, June 10.
(Sittings in Banco.)
GOSLING V. BEDDER.
The Court was occupied the whole day in hearing argu-
ments upon the rule for, a new trial in this case, which in-
volved' only a question f accounts, and possessed' nothing of
general interest.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
The Sessions at the Old Bailey commenced yesterday
and
ore
before Sir C. Marshall, Mr. Alderman Johnson, the Recorder,
The grand jury having been
The RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge'. He said
sworn,
Civic authorities.
that the calendar contained the names of 300 persons for trial,
and he had no doubt that number would be considerably
augmented before the termination of the sessions. There'
were six cases in the calendar in which parties were charged
with cutting and wounding with intent to do some grievous
bodily harm. There were two cases of manslaughter, and
five persons were charged with the crime of wilful murder,
four of those persons having been engaged in the, same trans-.
action, and the other being charged upon a separate and per-
fectly distinct transaction., Although the cases were many
eyd
d seriousi description, yet on a reference to
the
t depositionshem o
not appear to involve any diffi-
cult question of law. He then referred to the charge'of mur-
der against Augustus Dalmas, and after having explained
the general principle of law with respect to the crime of
a very
rtYh
murder, he said the most important question the jury would.
have to consider in coming. to a conclusion upon this case,
would be the declaration of the dying woman ; and if the jury.
should find any difficulty, with respect to, this fact of the case,
it would be well if they would immediately apply to the
Court, and every assistance, and every information would be
afforded them respecting it. There was a Case of man-
slaughter of some inagnitUdd, in which several persons had
met their death by the upsetting of a boat. The question in
this case the jury would have to consider was, whether there
were more persons in the boat thanit could with safety hold ; and
also whether the party who stood charged was instrumental
in causing the boat to be so overloaded. If.it did appear that
the unhappy event had been the result of, accident, and not
of the overloading of the, boat, he apprehended that the
charge of manslaughter could not be maintained. He then
briefly alluded to the other cases in the calendar, and after
generally explaining the duties of grand juries, remitted the
jury to their labours.
The Court then proceeded to swear in the common jury.
There are 278 prisoners for trial, and, in all probability,
'from forty to fifty more will be committed before the grand
jury are discharged.
Several cases of petty larceny and misdemeanour were then
disposed of, and the Court adjourned at five o'clock..

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKENWELL.

Thomas Ryan, a blacksmith, residing at No. 11, Car:.
rier-street, Bloomsbury, was charged with. brutally as-
saulting Mary, his wife.
It appeared from the evidence, that on Tuesday even-
ing last the prisoner.came home, and upon some trifling
and unfounded pretext he quarrelled with his wife and
used bad language towards her. She remonstrated with
him, upon which he knocked her down, and with his
hob-nailed boot kicked the unfortunate woman on the
liead, producing a deep and serious weund over the right
eye, the flesh about which was in so inflamed and con-
tused a state; that the organ, was not visible. He then
seized. her by the hair and dragged her like a dog abOut,
the room, whilst she was bleeding from the wound. A
policeman, 57 E, arrested the, prisoner, who was rescued
from his custody, and the constable himself thrown
headlong from the street into a cellar. The prisoner
thereby escaped, and was not ,arrested until Sunday
night last.
Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine
of 54 or two months' imprisonment.
William Neale was charged with violently assaulting
John Osment, the landlord of the Red Lion public-
house, Cow-cross-street, Clerkenwell.
The prisoner was creating a rioiin the Red Lion on the
previous night, and the landlord attempted to expel hini;
when the prisoner kicked him violently in a delicate part
of his person, whereby the complainant was seriously
injured. ~
„A surgeon's certificate was produced, stating that the
injurywas of a very severe nature, and that Mr. Osinent'
was unable to attend The prisoner was remanded.:
William Alexander John Chapman, a pawnbroker, re-
siding at 74, Turntaill-street,"Clerkenwell, was charged
with receiving sixty-five fur skins: "thbut giving a 1
du-
plicate for the same the property of :..Davis, a furrier.
Anne Ballard, a poor woman,' A tliad received'. the
furs to sew them from Mr. `DayS,niiroved that she
pawned them, but received no duplicate.—The defendant
was fined 31.
Charles Bingham was charged with stealing 121., the
property of a•Mr. joSiah Reeve; 'a ' tailor, raiding in
Leather-lane.
The robbery took place'ou Friday night last, when
the prosecutor, coming hoine in a state of intoxication,
went to bed in the same room in which the prisoner slept
with the tivelve sovereigns in his breeches-pocket. He
awoke in a- few hours after, and missed the .money. The
Pris°ll4r, .i
was proYed, -had been Eeetrdisposingolmouey

for the possession of which he could not satisfactorily
account.—The prisoner was remanded.
Louisa Groves, age I six, and Sarah Bennett, aged
eighteen, were chared with being concerned in the rob-
bery of Israel Boulanger, a Frenchman, of 71. 12s. On
the night of the 14th of May, the prosecutor was induced
to go into a house -of ill fame, in Church-street, .St.
Giles, but had not been in the room more than a few
minutes, when the prisoners, another young woman
named Knox, and a fellow named Johnson, came into
the room. Johnson bade him deliver up his money.
The prosecutor did not understand English, but, sus-
pecting their purpose, buttoned up his coat. Bennett
and Johnson then attacked him in a ferocious manner,
and the light waS extinguished. Bennett fetched
a knife, which Johnson seizing, attempted to
cut the prosecutor's throat. He put up
his hand, to push the knife from his throat, and received
a gash in the wrist. Johnson succeeded in cutting
through the neckcloth, but the knife did not enter the
throat. Knox and Bennett then emptied his pockets of
their contents. Bennett, in the struggle, placed her hand
on Boulanger's mouth, to prevent his cries for assistance
from being heard. Police-constable Baker, 108 E, en-
tered the house just after the robbery had been perpe-
trated, and found the prosecutor bleeding profusely from
the wound on the wrist. All the prisoners then escaped,
owing to the prosecutor having been unable to commu-
nicate the facts in English to Baker ; they have, how-
ever, been apprehended since then, Johnson on a dif•
ferent charge.—The prisoners were remanded.
Charles Mathews was charged with having been
drunk, aqd with deserting his wife and five children,
whereby they became chargeable to Clerkenwell parish.
It appeared from the evidence of Aldberry, clerk to
the Guardians ; that five months ago, the prisoner's wife
applied for relief to the parish, alleging that her husband
had abandoned her, and that herself and children were
utterly destitute. They were received into the work-
ho use, where they remained ten days and were dis-
charged. From the period of their discharge to the
present time, the family had received parochial relief
to the amount of 4s. 10d. weekly ; each time the wife
appled fur it she alleged that she did not know where her
husband was. It appeared, however, from the statement
of the prisoner that he had been living with his family
all the time, and bad c3ncealed himself whenever the
relieving officer came to the house. On Saturday even-
ing last,,-being drunk, he went, to the workhouse and
was given into custody.
The prisoner admitted.that he had been at home. His
wife practised the fraud at his request, in order that he
might not be separated froni his family in the work-
house. He hoped:that whatever punishment should be
inflicted would be visited on him, as he was the cause of
the misrepresentation.
Aldberry, however, said he would prosecute in this
case, as this description of fraud had been of late very
frequent in Clerkenwell parish. The husband had been
at work, '

The woinan was accordingly given into custody, and
the husband discharged. '
The husband again entreated that he might be
punished ; he wai guilty, and he made his wife apply
for relief to save their children from starving.
Aldberry added that each time the woman applied for
relief she told the same story about the absence of her
husband.

The husband, who wept loudly, entreated-of the Ma-
gistrate not to - send his wife to prison. His children
were now in a state of starvation. .
GnEuxwoon 'ordered the woman to be remanded,
and thechildren to be taken care of by the parochial
authorities. -

•
Henry Prince, • a smart, clean-looking lad, about 16, was
charged'with gambling in Crawford-pamage,•ClerkenwelL
Police-constable 113 G deposed that, on the previous day,
he saw the prisoner playing at " heads and tails" with another
boy, in Crawford-passage, Clerkenwell. A gentleman di-
rected witness's attention to the fact, and complained of the
nuisance., .

. MA.citsTitAlTlSid they attract crowd, so as to obstruct
the public thoroughfare? Policeman—No,• they did not.
'MAGISTRATE—Theri how did, they play ? Policernan—
They were tossing up as they walked along:they street.
MAGISTRATE (to the prisoner)—What have you to say. to
the charge? Prisoner—Yesterday, my grandfather was in a
dying state. in Clerkenwell workbou§e,, and I was going to
see him. I agreed with the boy who was with me to toss for
ahottle'ofginger beer, the best five in nine. We Were tossing
when the constable came. My grandfather now is dead in
the workhouse; (the poor boy cried bitterly).
,The,MAQITRATE, after a gentle exhortation not to gamble
on the Sabbath, discharged him.
UNION-HALL • •• •

Jaws Carr was charged With committing the following
?rand:

Ann Clondsley; a young woman, stated that she. lived at
-Banstead, in Surrey,z and 'her parents being very poor, she
-came up to town on Friday to sell- 41X, bottles:of ketchup.
4ri. &Miring, in- town ..she defied •at several , liouses,
but not succeeding in disposing of ~the ketchup, she
was at length accosted 'by the prisoner, who said that
he was in the ,habit of selling, smuggled ,brandy; but
,added, if she entrusted him with the 'ketchup, he
would soon find a customer for it. She' accord-
ingly consented and she' accompanied him -a short dis-
tance, when 'he availed-'himself of the opportunity and got
Away
.from her, by running down one of the turnings lead-
ing out of the Borough.
• • The poor young woman having-given a description of the
'prisoner he was taken into custody soon afterwards, but he
had managed to get mid of. the article..:. ,
The Magistrate having characterised the fraud as,one of a
very heartless ,description,, sentenced the prisoner to six
week's imprisonment. ,