The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-01 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS; JAL 81
• SOUTHERN V. STACEY.

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This was ari action brought by the plaintiff, a geiitlenian re-
siding near Kingston, against the defendant, a stable-keeper, in
the same neighbourhood, to recover 171. 18a., being the amount
of the loss sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the un-
soundness of a horse sold him by the defendant in the month of
March last.

It appeared from the evidence, that in the month of March
last, Mr. Southern, who is, in some degree, connected with the
Retrospective Review, purchased a horse from the defendant, for
which be paid him thirty guineas, having, at the same time, re-
ceived a warranty as to his entire and perfect soundness. After
having him for a few days, the horse seemed lame, and Mr.
Southern sent him back to the stables of the defendant, who re-
limed to receive him ; stating, however, that if the lameness could
be traced to be of long standing, he would take him back, but if
the injury were recent, that he would not. Upon this Mr.
Southern sent the horse to Tattersall's, where he was sold, and
the gross loss was 171. 18s., the sum claimed in this action.
Two witnesses, present at the purchase, were called, but
though each could swear to the lameness, neither could swear
directly to the express terms of the warranty ; upon which a non-
suit was immediately directed.

SECONDARIES' OFFICE, COLEMAN-STREET, JAN. Si.
BURGO V. BOURGE.

This was an action, brought by-the Commissioners for improv-
ing the Precinct of St. Katharine Tower, against the contractor
under the St. Katharine's Dock Company, for building thoSe
Docks, for the value of a quantity of pavement belonging to the
parish, which the defendant removed and appropriated to his own
nse. Judgment had been suffered to go by default, and the Jury
were now sworn to assess the damages, which were laid at 185/.
7s. 6d.

The Jury assessed the damages to the full amount claimed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Euz. Mitts.—The LORD MAYOR
yesterday stated that he had received the following letter regard_
ing the poor widow of the above name, and her three fatherless
infants :
" A Lady who has seen the inclosed paragraph in the Newspa-
per, shall esteem it as a particular favour, if the Lord Mayor will
have the inclosed guinea conveyed (if the statement be correct) to
the poor woman, Elizabeth Mills.—Jan. 30, 1827."
. The letter inclosed a slip of the report which appeared in the
Morning Herald of last Saturday.
The LORD MAYOR said, that the report alluded to was certainly
correct, and he, from inquiries, could say that the poor woman's
statement was true, and he therefore directed the guinea contained
in the note to be forwarded to her, which Mr. Bedham, the Mace-
bearer, undertook to do.

GUILDHALL—Thomas Tuffs, the horse-dealer, who was
charged with uttering a forged cheque for eight guineas,
on the
firm of Sir Peter Pole and Co., was brought up for final examina-
tion yesterday, before Sir PETER LAURIE.
The only additional witness called for the prosecution was Ro-
bert Booth, formerly clerk to Messrs. Pole and Co., who stated
that the firm bad ceased to carry on the banking business for ten
months prior to the date of the cheque produced, and that no Ed-
ward Smith, the name signed to the cheque as the drawer, had
kept an account with them for nine years past. They once had a
customer of that name, who was a hosier in Cheapside, but he
died a long time since.
The prosecutor stated, that in consequence of something that
fell from the prisoner on the morning of the last examination, he
had inquired at the Whitecross-street prison, and found there one
Edward Smith, who, in reply to his questions, said he knew
many persons of the name of Tuffs; but he would neither admit
nor deny that he knew the prisoner, or bad any transactions with
him.

The prisoner's attorney said, that he was instructed that he
should be able to produce, on a future occasion, some person who
saw the prisoner take the cheque in question in payment for a
pony, as he had stated ; and he observed, that although the failure
of the banking-house was a matte&of considerable notoriety, it
was possible the prisoner might be as ignorant of it as the prose-
cutor evidently was.
Sir PETER LAURIE said, the 5/. horse-dealers of Smithfield
were the last class of persons among whom cheques might he ex-
pected to be found passing current. They were not likely to have
accounts open at banking-houses; and he thought it improbable
that the prisoner would have- received the cheque in payment as
had been described. The evidence made out a case which he felt
justified him in sending him to a Bury.—The prisoner was com-
mitted for trial.

MARYLEBONE.—Mr. Wm Jarman, formerly proprietor
of a boarding house in Thayer-street, Manchester-square, was
yesterday brought before Mr. Rawlinson for final examination,
charged with having uttered two bills of exchange, one to the
amount of 681. and the other to the amount of 481., to Mr. John
Walpole, a grocer, in Fitzroy-street, Fitzroy-square, who is also
one of the assignees to Mr.Jarman's estate.
Mr. HARMER attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Pews
fur the prisoner.
_ _

The prisoner had been remanded for the purpose of enabling
him to bring forward evidence to.show that the bills were bona
fide, and that he had received them from the two acceptors, J. H.
Patterson, Esq., of Guildford, .and J. W. Jones, of Walmer cot-
tage, Deal, in the regular course of business. Since the first
examination, Mr. Hodson, a solicitor, and Mr. Walpole, the prose-
cutor, had proceeded to Deal and Guilford, but they have been
unable to discover any such persons as Jones and Patterson.
The books of the prisoner were yesterday produced, from which 1
it appeared, that there were various sums entered to the full
amount of the bills in the names of Patterson and Jones, and Mr.
Price said he was prepared to show, by the evidence of Mr. Jar-
man's servants, and others, that Patterson and Jones were re-
who said, that about eighteen
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charge of having, on that morning, forcibly entered and robbed
the premises of Mr. Andrew Crawley, the proprietor of the " Two
Brewers," in White's-yard, Whitechapel. The house was disco-
vered to have been entered by a watchman, and, on proceeding
to a house in Parker's-court, the six prisoners were found enjoy-
ing themselves over a can of ruin (part of the stolen property),
and other liquor. A scarf and a shawl, which were identified by
the wife of the prosecutor, were found in the apartment.
The prisoners were committed for trial.
Four years since, almost to a day, the same house was broken
into, and robbed of a large stun in cash. On that occasion four
persons were apprehended for the offence, two of whom, after
being tried and convicted, suffered the extreme penalty of the law
at the Old Bailey.

On Sunday morning a wretched-looking woman
wag discovered to have died in St. Luke's watehhousa, Bunhill-
row. She was taken there on the preceding night by the watch-
man, who found her very tipsy lying in a state of nudity in Cow-
heel-Alley. She was set by the fire; and after being there some
time, she was removed to a back seat to sleep until the morning,
where alio had expired without making the least noise, or attract-
ing the notice of the watchhouse keeper.
DEATH OF A CLIMBING Bol7.—An inquest was
held at Hanwell, Middlesex, on a chimney sweep, aged eleven
years, upon whose body several marks of violent treatment ap-
peared. T. Johnson, the master of the deceased, deposed that the
injuries sustained by the boy were in consequence of his falling
down a chimney, which he was in the act of sweeping. The
Surgeon, who visited the deceased, stated that the boy informed
him that his wounds were produced from his having fallen down
a chimney, and that he had always been well treated by his mas-
ter. Other witnesses, however, deposed that in consequence of
the boy, impelled by hunger, having begged for bread and butter
at a neighbouring house, his master chastised him so severely as
to break a stick with which he had given him repeated violent
blows. Two surgeons, who hi.d opened and examined the body,
were of opinion that the death of the boy was caused by blows in-
flicted in various parts, his state being' very much weakened from
apparent want of food.—Coroner's Verdict " Manslaughter"
against the master of the 'deceased.