The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-19 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 17.

(Sitting at Nisi Pritui, before Baron ROLFE and a Special
Jury.)

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 20. JOHN DEANE -THE CUSTOM-HOUSE

FRAUDS.

(Continued from our paper of yesterday.)
Several witnesses were examined on behalf of the defen-
dant, to establish the case stated by the defendant's counsel;
which was in effect, that, under the denomination of " plain
silk," the defendant had imported ribands of an inferior
quality, made of in cartoons, which occupied the whole
space contained in the three cases, and on which he had
paid the full duty.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL. in reply. commented on the un-
satisfactory nature of the defendant's evidence, and the
facility with which, if so minded, he might have called per-
sons who could have explained the real nature of the trans-
action on which the charge was founded.
Baron ROLFE left it to the jury, upon a careful investiga-
tion of the evidence, to say whether the defendant was a
party to any fraud upon the Customs in the importation
which was the subject of the information.
After a short consultation the jury found a verdict for the
Crown, and assessed the single value of the goods imported
at 2,8401., which renders the defendant liable to penalties in
three times that amount.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COUR7'.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Daniel Dearlove, aged 35, chemist, was indicted for felo-
niously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of James
Dearlove, and stealing two bank notes of 1001. each, eight
sovereigns, and other moneys, his property.
• Mr. Wilkins conducted the case for the prosecution, and
Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner.
The facts of this case had very recently been before the
public when the charge was investigated at Lambeth-street
Police-office. The prisoner was the prosecutor's nephew.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner
was also proved to have been before convicted of felony.
The RECORDER inquired whether there was any clue
likely to lead to the recovery of any portion of the pro-
perty? The officers said they believed not.
Mr. PAYNE suggested that if judgment was respited,
possibly the prisoner might give some information upon
the subject.

The RECORDER said that the robbery was wanton and
mischievous, as the bonds and deeds were of great value
to the prosecutor, while they were perfectly useless to
the thief.
Mr. PAYNE then exhorted the prisoner to give such
information as would lead to the recovery of the
property.
The prisoner remarked that he knew no more about it
than the table that stood before him.
Mr. PAYNE remarked that no one could believe what
he stated.

The prisoner was called up for judgment, and sen-
tenced to be transported for fifteen years.
The Court then adjourned to Monday, July I.
His Majesty the King of Saxony, attended by his
suite, and accompanied by the Lord Mayor, Lord C.
Wellesley,Baron Gersdorff, and other gentlemen, entered
the Court during the above trial, and sat for some time
upon the Bench, apparently a good deal interested in the
proceedings.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKENWELL.

Two young men, named Downan and Hooker, were
charged with the following outrageous conduct :
The prisoners went into the upper gallery of the Sad-
ler's Wells Theatre on the previous night. The per-
formance had hardly commenced when they began to
make noises of the most offensive description, and so
loud as to be heard in every part of the house. Not-
withstanding the repeated cries of*" order," the pri-
soners became more vociferous, and the actors were
unable to proceed with the performance, which was
brought to a stand. The check-taker, Vincent Simpson,
remonstrated with the prisoners, upon which they used
such language as to disgust every body in the theatre.
He attempted to remove them, but they attacked him,
and beat him so, that the blood flowed from his mouth.
At length the police arrived, and the prisoners were re-
moved to the station-house.

In default of the payment of fine, they were committed
to prison for seven days each,
Two young men, named Andrews and Pratt, the one
a potman, and the other a lodger in the Hare and
Hounds public-house, Bloomsbury, were charged with
stealing 41. and a watch, the property of Mr. Stedden,
the landlord.

The prisoners broke into the bar on the night of the
9th instant, and abstracted the money and watch, which
were in the till. They immediately decamped, but were
arrested some days after;--Pratt, the lodger, at the
Queen's Theatre, in Tottenham court-road, and the pot-
man in St. Giles's.

The prisoners admitted their guilt, and were com-
mitted for trial.
Thomas Murray was charged with assaulting John
M'Dermott. On that morning, between one and two o'clock,
the complainant, one of whose arms was in a sling, and quite
disabled, was standing in Church-street, St. Giles's, when the
prisoner came up and accused him of being a "smasher" (aa
utterer of bad coin). APDermott indignantly denied the
charge ; whereupon a quarrel ensued, and blows were struck
on both sides. It was proved, however, that the prisoner, a
powerful man, struck the first blow, and afterwards beat the
complainant so violently that the blood flowed profusely from
his mouth. Police constable Allen came up and prevented
further violence. The complainant is a musician, who ekes
out a precarious subsistence by playing the violin at the
humblest class of public-houses, but it appears sufficiently
well to enlist the sympathies of a numerous body of sweeps,
costermongers, and ladies of the pave, who accompanied him
to the Court, and seemed to take a lively interest in the legal
proceedings.—The prisoner was fined 7s.
UNION-HALL.

Thomas Hart was charged, before Mr. Traill, with gambling
on Peckham Race-course.

Policeman 262 P stated that on the preceding day the
Peckham Races, near the Rosemary Branch, took place, and
that he was stationed there by orders of the Commissioners
of Police to prevent gambling. He had not been long there
before his attention was called to a crowd, collected at a
short distance from the temporary stand, and on going
up he observed the defendant at a small table.
There was nothing on the table at the time, but the defend-
ant was busily engaged in depositing something in his
pockets, which, on being examined, were found to contain
the articles for playing at the games of " thimble rig " and
" prick in the garter." The defendant, however, declared
that he had not had a single customer, and that he had not
played at either of the games.
In reply to Mr. TRAIL, the policeman said the race-course
was private property, that it was inclosed ; but that a
number of fellows intruded themselves by getting over the
palings ; the defendant was one of those who got into the
ground in the above manner.
The defendant said that he had only just arrived from
Leicestershire, and that being out of employ he tried to earn
an "honest penny," not knowing the law forbad the old
games of " and prick in the garter" on race-
courses.

Mr. TEAILL told the defendant that the above games were
unlawful, that on the present occasion he should not put the
law in force, but warned him not to exorcise his vocation
again on race courses.
This advice the defendant said he should adopt, and he
was therefore discharged, his apparatus being forfeited.

We regret to say that Mr. Monypenny, W.S.,
died at his house, Moray-place, on Saturday last. Mr.
Monypenny was brother of Lord Pitmilly, and long
known in this city as one of the most upright and emi-
nent members of his profession.—Caledonian Mercury.
IMPORTANT TO GROCERS AND OTHERS.--A fire,
which might have been attended with very disastrous con-
sequences, broke out on Sunday night, in a warehouse be-
longing to Mr. Benny, of Winchester. It was discovered by
the policeman on duty, who aroused Mr. Benny, and that
gentleman, aided by his shopmen, succeeded in extinguish-
ing the flames, though not before considerable damage was
done. The origin of the fire deserves to be generally under-
stood, as a warning to dealers in lamp oils. In the ware-
house where the oils were kept, the floor for sake of cleanli-
ness, was spread over with sawdust. This had been swept
together on the preceding Saturday night, near to the door,
which was found ignited, and there is little doubt that this
heap of oil-moistured saw-dust had spontaneously taken fire.
This opinion is confirmed by the experience of the South of
England Insurance Society, who found from experiments
leed,maantdteor.n_nk:lzirte cito(vzerretteiw.i.th sawdust,
among the West of England clothiers, that even wool mois-
tened with fish or lamp oil, was capable of spontaneous com-
bustion when heaped together. Stores where such oil is kept
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