The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-10 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

The jury on the trial of the man Crouch fur the murder of
his wife, after being locked up without food till a late hour,
returned a verdict of guilty, and Baron Alderson passed sen-
tence of death on the prisoner.

William Henry Gaver, 42, a person genteelly dressed, and
who was stated to be an attorney, was indicted at the Old
Bailey for feloniously uttering a forged certificate of mar-
riage, alleged to have been solemnised between himself and
one Amelia Drayson. The prosecutrix had agreed to live
with the prisoner as his wife, and the copy of the register had
been prepared to show, in order to produce a belief that she
was married to him. They had become acquainted in con-
sequence of the prisoner being employed by her to copy ma-
nuscript for the press. The jury returned a verdict of guilt 7,
and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but in
consequence of the circumstances of the case, a representa-
tion in his favour will be made to the Secretary of State.
Mr. Wilkins applied to postpone the trial of William Bur-
ton Newenham, charged with the abduction of Miss Wortham,
until next sessions. No opposition being made to the motion,
the I4arnod Judge ordered the trial to stand over until next
sessions.

At the Excise Court, John Sykes, tobacco manufacturer,
of Red Cross-street, Barbican, was charged on various infor-
mations with having in his possession articles for the purpose
of adulterating tobacco—namely, sugar, molasses, logwood,
nutgalls, and copperas, by which he had incurred penalties
to the amount of 8001. He was convicted on one informa-
tion, and fined 251.
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Henry Dawkins,, a warehouseman;
,in the service of Mr.
Swhinson, a worsted and fringe manufacturer in Wood-
street, was charged at the Guildhall with stealing a large
quantity of goods from the premises of his employer, and
George Buxton, of Eden-place, Hoxton, fringe and line-
manufacturer, was charged with receiving a portion of the
stolen goods. They were both remanded.
A well-dressed man, named Thomas Franks, was charged
with having written and sent to the Rev. Clement Strong,
78, Oxford-terraee; Bayswater, a letter, couched in such
violent and threatening language, as to cause him (com-
plainant) to consider his life in danger. He was held to bail.
Margaret Mprgan, a young, handsome, an& very fashion-
ably-dressed Vrencliwoman, was charged at Marlborough-
street with robbing Mr. Thomas enraham, of No. 7,-Trevor-
square, Knightsbridge, and a member of the Stock Exchange,
of ten shillings in silver. She was committed for trial.
John O'Connor, a boy thirteen years of age, was charged
at Queen-square with a gross imposition on Mr. Spottis-
woode, of No. 16, Great George-street, Westminster, by ob-
' taining money, under the representation that his mother,
whom the complainant had frequently relieved, had been
knocked down by a cab and had her leg broken. One of the
officers of the Mendacity Society stated that he had known
the mother for some years as a begging-letter writer. She
had met with no accident. He was sent to hard labour for
three months in the House of Correction.
COURT•---FILSIZIONALBLE.
Last evening the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury
entertained at dinner the French Ambassador and the
Countess de St. Aulaire, Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch,
Baron Nieumann, Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry,
Marquis of Normanby, Marquis of Gririby, Earl of Pem-
broke, Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam, Viscount and Vis-
countess Sydney, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, &e., at
their mansion in Grosvenor-square.
The Marquis of Anglesey received Viscount and Vis-
countess Palmerston and a select party at dinner, on Wed-
nesday evening, at Uxbridge House.
The Dowager Countess of Sefton had an evening party on
Wednesday, at the f&milv residence in Arlington-street. -
His Excellency the Finch Ambassador and Countess have
a dinner party at Manchester House on Monday next, after
which the Countess has a soiree.

The Duke of Devonshire has arrived at Devonshire House,
from Kemp Town, Brighton.
The Marchioness of Hastings and her youthful family are
expected to leave Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, early in
the ensuing week, for Donnington Castle.
At Almack's on Wednesday night, as was expected, there
was rather a full meeting, amounting to at least four hundred.
The Marchioness of Londonderry, the Countess of Jersey,
and Viscountess Palmerston, were prevented by other en-
gagements from presiding over the honours of the assembly.
The Polka was danced no less than four times. We cannot
find room for the full list of company.