The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

EAST SURREY.

Mr. S. C. C. Fish, the Revising Barrister for the Eastern
Division of the county of Surrey. opened his first court at
twelve o'clock yesterday morning, in the Town-hall of Reigate.
Mr. Hart (solicitor) appeared on the part of the Censer-
ors, and Mr. E. Russell (solicitor), Mr. Jeanes, and Mr.
4(of the Anti Corn-law League), on the part of the
Liberals.
The claim of James Ivory, of the parish of Betchworth,
was objected to by the latter, on the ground that, although
paying upwards of 501. rent, he held under different land-
lords. On being examined he admitted that he paid 371.
liooe-rer* to one person, and 281 for land to another.
-The objection was, therefore, decided to be valid, and the
claim was rejected.
Mr. Oldborough Heniker, of No. 70, Chancery-lane. Lon-
don, claimed to register in respect of a rent-charge of 425. on
land in the possession of Mr. Frederick Heniker, in the parish
a Burstow.
The claim was objected to by Mr. 'lanes, on the ground of
Insufficient description of the property ; but the objection
being overruled by the Revising Barrister,
Mr lieniker applied for the expenses he had. incurred in
attending to defend his claim.
Mr. Jeanes felt himself justified in opposing the applica-
tion, as the objection that there was noilocal.description given
*IA the property was a perfectly fair one to raise.
Mr. Russell' (on the same side) said, that the question was
a v, -v important one, and one which was likely to arise fre-
the efI,ITSP tJ the revision. In the overseers' list
,he o.,..eript ion of the property was entirely omitted,
wit it, : lwther, strictly speaking, that did not
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ob-erved, that in tlio had
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hat itt the list which they h,i i reerived
~ was unereN fleseribed a,.a freehold rent-
lannd la Ow tyccupatioil of Frederick Heniker. Thee.
-(ore_ ih,r( the Court ought to he,,itate before trwttr.l-

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The ft EVIsEiTi BARRISTER admitted that if that fact were
esta:Aisliett he could not regard tite Oljection to the claim as
frivolo3s, and therefore could not allow the costs.
The overseer acknowledged the error, and received in con-
sequence a reprimand from the Court for his carelessness, with
.an intimation that he should not be allowed the expense of
printing his list.
Me claim was allowed, but without:costs.
The claim of George Coleman, of Otley, was successfully
objleted to by the Liberals, lie being only a trustee for the
property out of which he sought to vote.
The Court, at its rising, adjourned to ten o'clock this
morning. Tomorrow it will be held at Croydon.

CRINIINA—• COURT.—mONDAY.
OLD COURT.
Alf' e,l Carlile, surrendered in discharge'of bailto take his
trial on .an indictment for misdemeanour.
Mr. Clatkson conducted the prosecution, which was brought
forward at the instance of the Society for the Suppression of
Tice ; Mr. Ba;lantine appear' d for the defendant.
Jt appeared from the statement of the Learned Counsel for
the prosecution, that the defendant had .cifkrtied on. under the
name of " Ward," the business of a book and printseller, at
No. 103, Strand, and that on the sth of July last 'he .sold to'
an agent employed by the Society by which the prosecution
was proutOted, two obscene and indecent prints for the sum
of Bs., and on the 9th of the same month another priatof a
similar nature and character.
These diets were proved by the agent, a person of the name
of Alfred Charles Stifith, who was corroborated in the leading
iparticnlars by Police-sergeant Chadwick, of the F division.
In the course of the cross-examnation of the witnessef Smith,
lie ;2tated that he had been once at the shop of the dendant
before the first purchase was made, but denied that he hid
askei: to be supplied with the articles in question. He ad-
mitted, however, that on being shown some French prin
chts,
he
he
asked to be sho'." " something more eisrious," upon whi
swam shown into art .oner room by the defamlant, who pro-
&iced a portfolio contalt:ing 80 or 90 prints, from whiCh the
bitness selected the three which formed the subject matter of
the present indictment. He also
shop admitted that there
or its were
not an 7 indecent prints exibited publicly in the
windows.
The prints, Which were,.produced and /`3301€4 h 3 the jury,
were admitted LA; be of an utterly disgusting cil"."ll4er•
The cnse for the p:osecution having closed,
Mr. BALLANTINE subnOtted to the Court that the inu:.vd!
runt, which was at common'Jaw, was not sustained by the
evidence. The question he propounded to the Court was,
whether the stile to a single individual who went for the pur-
pose of purchasing the article was such a transaction as could
constitute such a public offence as was indictable at common
law without reference to the statute?, He (Mr. Ballantine)
coetend4 that such a selling and uttering was not an offence
At common law and therefore the indictment as framed could
not be susned. The Learned Counsel cited the dictum of
Lord Ellenborough in the case of " Smith v. Harden," 3
OtimpbelPs Reports, in support of the point he had raised.
The RECOItDEIr. remarked that his present impression was
agsli•st the objection, but he would make a note of it, and
poi n t out to the Judges, if necessary, on their arrival for the
present s.‘ssion.
Ilr. nALLANTINE then addressed the jury on the merits,
and called two witnesses to character. One of the wit.
nesses proved that the defendant told him that he had put
up the name of Ward before his shop because he did not
like to display his own name. The same witness added
that the defendant wag • the son of Richard Carlile, who was
alt hbjev, of I,otoriety yl•qrs ago, and that wo.s the
• :vas, tio:,,hlain had Iscpt I ..4.•k. id, u\lll
;rlo• Iti..4.9knEt? o safflined the! ka,,,e to the jury,
who return( dit ‘'erdict " Guitcy," aitt in ailmNer Id, 45
it, 4, tit, I) b. tht,rn )).‘ the Court, added to .their verdict
that e4l the defend: 0A bad the print, his i„,,

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itEcolimit ht wettlii postlionl thf!. 4.iAtonet;
ire hitt tilentioe,!,l di, point raised by Mr. liralahtihe b.?
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The- defendant was then`conweve4 tlu•ougl: lie dock into
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the both' or the prison. -- . .‘ : •
The (.!ourtf after waiting nearlv two hou,.. for want of
bilk. - being returned by the grand ii7Y, 1.117Tu5.1 of one or
taro paltry eaAe.i -of felony of it:o ',Wont:. ilitert•st, and al-
partied- at five o'clock.

lIOLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
THAMES.

"Teary Tiatoderta Hartel, a fine-looking young German,
who spoke no Englii'h, was charged with stealing a bill of ,
exchange for 801., the roperty of Mr. Peter Hanser,a German
sea captain trading to thiS Wintry. The circumstances of
the case, as well as others which came to light, exhibit great
depravity on the part of the prisoner. ln Tune last the prof
sectitor went to lodge at-a house in Parsons-street, Wapping,
where he found the prisoner, with whom as a fellow-courttryel
man he formed an acquaintance Perceiving that the Ft.:
sonar WAS in want,Mr.Hanser rendered him every assistance,:
sharing his apartment with him, and feeding-him at his own,
table. Captain Hanger having to sail for Hamburgh, whilst
on the voyage missed the bill of . exchange from a.pocket•
hook which used to lie in a trunk in the room'. occupied by,
himself and the prisoner, upon whom however hii suspicion
did not fall, not supposing he could be guilty of such base
ingratitude. Subsequent events, however, tended to show
that he was the thief, and then Captain Hamer remembered
that on one occasion he had left Hartel alone" in the room
when the key was in the trunk. The circumstances which
led to the discovery were these :—A gentleman named Popart
met the prisoner some time previous ,to the stealing
of the bill at the Hoof and Horseshoe, Queen-street,
Tower-hill, and hearing lie was in great distress, for the sake
of their common father-land, not only paid his bill, amount-
ing to 2/. 55., but also advanced him something to go on witli.
lie, however, had reason subsequently to entertain a poor
opinion of Hari's integrity, the latter having mentioned
his intention of dobg.his landlord in Parsons-street lw getting
his trunk of clothes oi:t at the window during the night.
Mr. Popart felt it his acts to mention the matter to the
landlord. and the design waif frustrated. Mr. Popart having
heard a few days ago that:the prisoner had been trying to nego-
tiate a bill of exchange with a German merchant in the City,
who. however refused to treat with him, as the bill was made
payable at Cronstadt (to Captain Hanser himself), he sus-
pected it was the produce of a robbery, and faxed the pri-
soner, who admitted the theft, and said he had forwarded the
hill to a brother at Hamburgh. He afterwards said he had
sent it to his sister, who resided there. Mr. Popart gave
information at Denmark-street , station-house on Saturday
night, and, after an active search of five hours, the prisoner
was arrested by Inskyector Donegan, of the II division, at No.
iO, Garden- place, St. George's-in-the-East. The inspector
subsequently searched lodgings previously held by the pri-
soner, and ound there letters written in German relating to
the robbery.
The prisoner, who admitted the theft through an inter-
_prt-ter, was remanded for a week, to afford Inspector Donegan
an' opportunity of procuring the bill from Hambusgh.
A young man, named John Ship, was charged on suspicion
.of stealing a sovereign and some xilver, theproperty of Ser-
gi.-ant and Lazarus, coal-merchants at, Wapping-wharf.
Mr. Sergeant stated. that at halfpa._st six o'clock on Satur-
daY morning. on entering the counting-house, he found the
loof had been broken open. A desk had also been broken
epee, from Kitioli the money was abstraeted. A small
red tape, iota which had. the appea.rance of hi ing
veltrunge, had also been removed.. Before getting at
r!ritutite.:,-looitie, the party must have access through a gate,
o`: 'the prisner': father kept the key ; stel:their sus
00: a, 0 in .consequence of the prisoner's-knowit

:A !he promis.ba. . • • .
w Rort.Noa;:,e ,i .tnt to hi,,, work at half-past-three tie
hel.)elt,-1
-04, tnond it eto;asi. He called on the prisatier's,father, wIT6 i
Ii -tst :do,e by, to, opon the gate, and, in doing .), old Ship 1
~,tser;e,l tleif.,oowlaalv had been there since. he 11-ft it last. 1
Wit ne--.- ~.lid that perhaps it was Mr. Sergeant ; mid wil.'l,
tip -e ~:p4 llt they fintud two of the, liorse..i loos.e.
, folic, -oolikt,tble '.!.7>t) K. apprehended the pri,*oner in 1.11,NN /
Gras el-line on ;,...,:it archly, and when Vad ,)f the charge he, aiti 1
he knew nothing alantt it. He had_,. on 'aim, and saitil he
had beet). to Barking-side blackberring.. Ou.,searchinq the
host /t: the witneAs
found, a quantity 0f.c14 a 1tr....s which theipri-
.3oavr's mother had
just released, paving for them with, Ili ao-'
~,,,r,io-n, two half-crowns, and five sitiliinp:s. Witness had
iho aseeti.iintai that the prisoner's father had, been paid his
r a__,,,,e-: on Settrday all in silver.
Under these suarti.cious circumstances the prisoner was re-
-,iirnose of instituting further and more search-
vow „,;! ork ,
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SOgTHWARK.
Yesterday Mr. Cope, a solfejtor, anti secretary to the Anti-
Bridge-Toll Association, attended, $ the request of Mr. Cot-
-tingham. for the purpose of answering a statement made at
this court on Saturday by a Mr. Wardley,,reflecting on his
'character while filling the above situation.
Mr. Cope, addressing the magistrate, said, that having
Taal an e.r parte statement made against him on Saturday. by
a )(r. Wardley in the newspapers of that (Monday) morning,
he had therefore attended to meet any charge that might be
brought forward against him in his capacity of solicitor to
the Anti-Rridge-Toll Association.
CrriNcilum said that Mr. Wardley had appeared
before him on Saturday, and complained of the treatment he
and oth Cs had received who subscribed to the Anti-Bridge-