The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-28 00:00:00

L NW INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 27.
The House sat yesterday to hear a;'peals ; the Peers presen
were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell.

GALBREATH V. ARMOUR.
The arguments in this art heard case were resumed, and
occupied their Lordships the whole morning. The case came
before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the
Court of Session.
The appellant is proprietor of certain lands situated in Kin"
tyre, within the county of Argyl . On part of the lands, the
town of Dalinlober is built, which contains a population of
about 1,500. In 1830 or 1831, a gas company was established
within the burgh of Campbelton, for the purpose of supplYing
the inhabitants of the burgh and others with gas. The magis-
trates of the burgh consented to the opening of the streets On
certain conditions, and in order to extend the business of the
company, they undertook to supply the proprietors and Una"
of the town of Dalinlober. The consent of the appellant was
not asked or obtained by the gas company to the opening of
the streets or roads. In such circumstances the ap-
pellant, in 18-10, presented a petition to the Sheriffs
of Argyll to interdict the respondents, some of whom repre-
sent the Gas Company, and others are feuars under the ap-
pellant. It was maintained before the Sheriffs that as the
feuars had the use of the streets as highways, they were ea-
titled to lay pipes for the conveyance of both gas and water,
and having the consent or tolerance of the Statute Labour-
road Trustees of the county, the appellant had neither right
nor title to interfere. The Sheriff on considering full written
pleadings found that as the respondents had right to their feuars
with freeish and entry, they were entitled to introduce ws:g
or gas into their tenements by means of Pi Pea I
of the
in the streets or roads. The judgment
Sheriff was brought under the review of the Court_
of Session by advocation. Lord Cockburn, on '2Bth of
January, 1842, recalled the interlocutors of the sheriff, advo-
cated the cause, and decreed in terms of the original petiti.ll
with expenses. His Lordship explained the grounds of dee,'"
sion, which may be stated generally, that he eensidered.tne
right of property vested in the appellant, subject to a right
,t to u-e the streets or roads for the ordinary purposes of super-
ficial access." This interlocutor having been brought under
the review of the Second Division of the Court of Session,
their Lordships, before answer, and reserving all objections to
the competency, ordered an issued to be tried by a jury al
whether certain roads passing through Dalinlober were under
the control and superintendence of the road trustees, nd
maintained and repaired by them. The verdict of the jury !T.'.
affirmative of the issue, and the Court below in applying t__"ll
verdict, altered the interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary'', "
1
dismisssd the original petition, and found the appellan-
and in
in the expenses incurred both in the Sheriff ht,
the Court of Session. Hence the present appeal was
the
of the 01"
complaining of the judgments of the Sheriff and
House. port
Mr. Kelly and Mr. James Anderson were heard in support
of the appeal ; and the Lord Advocate and Mr. Alexander
's Court an
M'Neall, of the Scotch bar, were heard for the respondents.
At the concluson of the aruments
Their LORDSHi
IPS stated that
they would give their judgment
in the case on Thursda next.
1 he remainder of they day was occupied with the arguments
in the appeal of Cunningham v. Macleod.

PoLICE INTELLIGENCE.

(YESTERDAY.)

;11ANSION-I1 OUSE.
A regular system of plunder has been for some
on by boys employed by news-agents, against their
rnoleerred
through various kinds of forgeries, and it has been
di'c3rticu-.
that the delinquents actually kept books detailing the p.
___,
lore of their accounts with each other, from which books it ''''''
evident their profits were very considerable. t before
A lad named Thomas Kip: was was on Thursday brought
on the
time cartried,,
the Lord Mnyor, in the custody of a policeman,
h
charge of having, in one case by himself, and in ether euesPee.s__"..rits
the assistance of other lads, plundered his ernployers noise; of
Simmonds and Ward, of Cornhill, news-agents, by u)
forged tickets and orders.
Mr. Simmonds stated that he sent the prisoner, who was
n
errand-boy to the firm, to the office of the Tim se
to pay for the insertion of an advertisementticket h
to a larger
ascertained that the boy had altered the
ds and
Charles
amount thanPierde ha been
Robert,, clerk to Meore• - raid. Si mra t, he gave Ward, deposed that on Tuesday week, the 17th inetanon -,.--s•
the prisoner 4/, to get an advertisement inserted in the 1 t""
aid the charge
The prisoner went away, and, upon his return, s- The Pr'''
would be 61., and witness handed him the 2/. extra., 'nines,
soner brought back a ticket from the office of the
charging 51. 10s., and returned to witness ten shillings.
at the
ticket produced had beengiven by him,
Mr. Robert Cannon of the Times office deposed thn
Tickets of the given as re.c,...eipts.liel
beaPd 00
sent ticket had been altered from N. to 5/. toe'
recollection from whom he had received the money,
certainly received no more than Si. with red ink, to
and had originlhY
re.
It was said that the addition had been made
correspond with Mr. Cannon's writing thehe tickeltos,
following
figure
the forger having used a dirty steel pen,l able.
the 5 turned quite black, and thus made the forgery Pe Ps was
Henry Lowden, another errand-boy to the prosect!!or , /is'
;,,,, the
subsequently put to the bar, together with Thomas .tIL--w,
former prisoner. but bu
thattbe
had A I
' received
a number stated
copies
othis a case
n o w
sonep ap: fr , t
bh
ye meansi s_e_or !
a forged order, and Feld them at a reduced price. The W. 1.!.
he said, had a large foreign connexion, but no London busi
ness of the kin
C. P. Robertd. said he was accustomed to give orders similar
to an order produced, to the following effect : t
" Please 0
give the bearer four quires of the, Pictorial Times, for Sim'
monde and Ward. ,‘ C. P. IL"
" June '2l 1845.
Neither that, order nor another of the same description was iii,
his handwriting. One of them he believed to be in the hand,
writing of the prisoner Lowden, and the other in the hae°
writing of another boy whom the firm knew.
Stephen Anderson, a boy in the employment of Mr. Sawyer,
of Pope's Head-alley, newspaper agent, stated, that on Seer'
day he received the money from Mr. Sawyer to buy a quire
of the Pictorial Times, and, as he went along, he met th.
prisoner King in St. Paul's Church-yard, who asked b
where he was going. When witness mentioned, King del
him a quire cheap, and witness gave him 11. 15. 6d., the. fe
price, whereupon he gave to witness three-halfpence for ht,'
self. . Witness carried the luire to his employer's office. ICTI4;
mentioned to witness, as a cause fur selling the papers, that .
had paid some over money at his office, and they
pay him again, and he had bought the quire to take it out' he
Mr. Ward, the partner of Mr. Simmonds, stated that the
prisoner King admitted that he had sold the quire of the
goo!,
Pictorial Times to the last witness, but he could not
for the manner in which he had become possessed of tho colifuo.s.
Mr. Simmonds slated that the forged request, or order, Pr,
of the prt
duced, dated 23d of May, was in the handwriting
toner King, and ~ the
would not
C. P. Robert also identified the handwriting of King 1-- the
to write
order, and said that he had not authorised King
order. 40"
Yesterday another of the boys employed by newsp spa
_.
was taken into custody, and brought before the Lord Iklaf.crem,
Mr. Simmonds stated that the prisoner had been in liisio*eeee
ploy ment, and he produced a forged request in the pr o'
writing for two quires of the Pictorial Times. detee'
The Loan MAYOR said he was happy to see that the
and
tion of so nefarious a system of robber 3, had taken Pluehe.'reaen
directed that all the prisoners should be brought before Kill be
Monday next, on which occasion several other charges tv
brought forward. lithographic
A person in the employment of Mr. Dickenson, ~ed by his
printer, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, was eher.
master with having left his work in an incomplete state.
The defendant pleaded nnuiltv.
The Loan MAYOR—The greatest mischief
done by workmen who are careless of their employe;
own,
terests, and leave their work unfinished if offered Tne e_ whoa
tageous terms, or temptation of drink. Those
utterlypersons, it.
I shall take good care always to punish, seem to he it is, °
isorant of the state of the law. I will tell them whet a IV.,
order to learn them, on this occasion. By the 4th Georg rk,
to de '''°
chap. 34, sec. 3, it is stated that persons contracting term
and absenting themselves from the service before the 11
the contract, whether that contract be in writing forapetnioi
is fre,queouttel.
be completed, may be committed to hard labour
ro
not exceeding three months. It is also stated that a P.,rioe,
tionable part of the wages, during the time they are i° !',„Dish
shall be abated lieu thereof the prosecutor ine,Y..l;ges,:
the offenders by abating the whole or any part of the"ether.
or discharge them from the contract and service altog
shouhl
Now if this most useful law were regularly enforced e
i 7reoti°" t°
have very little of this general complaint. It is InY -13 - t
commit the defendt under this Act. thie ta°s
The defendant appeared to be quite bewildered la,. i
jeleke.n;
disagreeable intelligpence, and looked imploringly ethed to PUtillhe
son, who immediately said that he by no means wishieece --
the defendant by imprisonment, to whatever inconveh
might be subjected by the neglect of his service. 0.0 back
The Loan MAYOR—Defendant, are you willing to
to your master, and complete your work? The d
Certainly, my Lord. I shall be very glad to do 50•11 indebted
The Loan MAYOR— Very well. You are In" train ear'
to your master for his interposition 'o prevent rne, nothing
rying the law into effect. If he had not inter
should have kept you from prison. You are now d''better irr
The defendant departed humbly, and apparentlY
stopleyert
formed uon th subject of his obligation to his of the
who thanked the Lord Mayor for the tone and substance
rebuke. urges
George Poshay, a man who had been tried at th!ehargee
Criminal Court, and been frequently in Bridewell tiP°.l't during
of robbery, was brought before Sir John Pale, who "ode the
the latter part of the business for the Lord Mayor, u
following circumstances : b the Gel
Mrs. Christie stated that on Thursday she cone she lost,
steam-vessel from Gravesend to London-bridge, and
„y, whir
aboard a half-sovereign, some silver, and a hallPel,3-ba sneer;
she remembered had a hole' in it. She was informenvoa tek
son on board that the was robbed, and the Pere°
into custody. A PSS.'
City Policeman Wollen (No. 226) stated that hewrfea:iseoia
Fenger on board the Gem from Gravesend, with hita r Peg:
When the vessel got to London bridge the Prir 'along° ei
into her from the Hull steam-packet, which be
gown 11_
walked over to the lady who prosecuted, raised h r tr
put his hand into her pocket. Witness Mimed telY t°°-
tn:r
if 'aovereige'f°
prisoner into custody, and found upon bins a he-- s
shillings, and a halfpenny with a hole in it. whet a I last 6eir
Sir J. Piase—Well, prisoner, I told you
, ..„
you that it would come to this. life bel,se
The prisoner—Never. I never saw you in n'Y , oir ne- '
Sir J. Prars:--Why, you have not even changen Y
in
remarkable as it is. rno being
The prisoner—Can't recollect ever seeing You' -
keY
trouble afore. nciPel turn for'
Sir J. Pram—Perhaps you may know the pri ~ onleit
of the Compter, if you don't remember me. (')%e no be%
ward. Do you know the prisoner ? Gooch —l': ander les'
tried at the Old Bailey, and I have often had him
I be on
and key.why, I' 0.
The prisoner —Lord 1 Do you hear that?
my oath I never saw either of you, . 'nese to
money that was took front me. nwillina 00
The husband of the lady showed extreme 1, ._,istecl tsPei
allow his wife to prosecute, but Sir John Pirieann'_anolttal
binding him over to produce her at the trial,. e ri_o'tivity a a
the prisoner, after having highly commended in '
and besides, that's nil
cleverness of the policeman.
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