The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-18 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

Alexander Bean, 29, baker, and Wm. Ginhey, 34,
milkman, were indicted for feloniously receiving ten
pockets of hops, the property of Wm. Dunk and an-
other, well knowing them to have heen stolen.
Mr. Ryland and Mr. Ballautyne appeared for the pro-
secution; and Mr. C. Phillips, Mr. Clarkson, and Mr.
Doane appeared for the defence.
The case was extremely long and complicated, but was
of little interest except to the parties concerned.
The prosecutors are hop and seed factors, residing in
Counter-street, Borough. The prisoner Bean is a mas-
ter baker, residing in Short-street, Lambeth. The other
prisoner is a general dealer. On the 26th of March last
the hops in question were missed from the warehouse of
the prosecutors, in Counter-street, but they were seen
in the warehouse at a quarter before six o'clock on the
same evening. The prisoner Bean subsequently engaged
a loft in the Borough-mews, John-street, West, in which
he placed the hops in question. The hops were identi-
fied by several witnesses as the property of the prosecu-
tors, and the prisoners were given into custody.
Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury for the defence, and
called several witnesses.

The COMMON SERGEANT summed up the evidence,
and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both
prisoners ; and they were sentenced each to seven years'
transportation.

POLICE I N TELLWENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.

George Paris, the driver of one of the East-end om-
nibusses, was brought or rather attended before the
Lord Mayor on account of the death of a child under the
following circumstances :
Mr. Malthen stated that he was sitting on the omnibus
driven by the defendant at seven o'clock on Sunday
evening, when he saw two children run into the road.
The defendant called out to them, but they were be-
tween ;the horses' legs before he could stop the horses.
'Witness immediately afterwards saw the hind wheel on
the breast of one of the children. The omnibus was going
at the time, according to the bent of his judgment, at the
rate of about five miles and a half an hour, and the de-
fendant did his best to stop the horses. The child died
in about fifteen minutes.

Mr. John Lannway saw the accident, and was con-
vinced that the omnibus was not going at greater speed
than four miles an hour.

Mr. F. Lucas, one of the Society of Friends, who
also sat on the omnibus, stated that not a particle of
blame attached to the driver, who did all he possibly
could to avoid the accident.

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Corporal John Shirley, of the Ist Battalion of
Grenadier Guards, saw the occurrence from the street.
lie was standing on the pavement opposite to the place
where the children were, and saw the defendant slacken
his pace when the people called out to let the children
get out of the way. Both children were knocked down.
Over the body of one of them, a girl about two years
and a half old, he saw one of the fore-wheels pass, and
the hand which rested upon her chest. The omnibus
backed off the body.
The defendant declared that he did all he could to
prevent the occurrence, and that he greatly lamented it.
The LORD MAYOR said although he entertained not
the slightest doubt that" the death of the child was occa-
sioned by an unavoidable accident, yet the defendant
must be detained until the result of the Coroner's inquest
should be ascertained.
A man named John Smith, who has been marked as a
contraband dealer, was charged with having had in his
possession a quantity of tobacco, upon which duty had'
not been paid. - _

The defendant was seen coming from the Belfast
foreign steamer, by an excise office, who suspected that
he had upon his person some smuggled goods. The
defendant denied that he had any, but a handkerchief
containing several pounds, was found concealed about
him. He, however, contrived to fling it into the Thames.
Convicted, and fined forty shillings.