The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-10 00:00:00

HINES V. BLINNHOEN.

This was an action to recover the !.tn of W. 6s. 6,1 for work
or labour none. it Kay appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Ryjand.for the defendant.

Mr. KA Y watud the case, and it appeared that the plaintiff
was a poor labouring man. The plaintiff ppplied to a person Of
the name of Mills, who was conducting some work on some
ground in Stockwell I'ark, the property of the defendant, for
work. Mills said he could not give the plaintiff any
wi.rk vviihout the consent of gr. lilitikhorn. The plain-
tiff then applied to the defendant, and he referred hint back
to Mills, with instruction to Mills to set him (defendant) on
some work. 'the plaintiff employed other men,and they were
set to remove a qua, ti:y of gravel. In all they removed 205
loads, and the agreement was to pay the plaintiff sd. a yard.
out of which he was to pay his men. As soon as they had re-
moved the gravel, they were set to cut down some trees, and
they felled, in all, 2l trees, and the agreement for these was
3s. 6d. per tree. On the Saturday the plaintiff applied for his
money, and he was told that Mills had abscenfled with the
money which was to have been paid to the plaintiff. The
plaintiff went with the defendant to the station-house, to giVe
informing' of the robbery, and on the way the defendant sail
that plaintiff should be paid the whole of claim. From that
time to the present he had nut received a farthing.
Two the men who were employed by the platnt:ff to assist
him corrobot ated this statement by their evidence.
Mr. ItyLA sus then addressed the Jury for the defence, and
stated that the defendant had sold the gravel and trees to a per-
son of the name of ,myth, who was at his own expense to clear
the grou d and tea the 'rtes.

Smith was then called, at.d proved that he authorised Mills
to en; age men to peirform the work, but that when Mills
absconced he engaged them himself._

Several other—Witnesses wvre called, who gave similar tes-

Mr: KAY having replied,
Mr. Secondary JAMES summed up the evidence, and the
Jury returned a verdict for the defendant.

INSOLVENT COL RTL.(T HIS DAY)

IN RE FREDERICK BURGIIART.

The insolvent in this case was descriVcirn7his schedule as a
tailor carrying on business at No. 15, Clifford-street, Bond.
street.

On the 6th of May last he came before the Court when the
further heating was ordered to stand over to tbis day, in order
to complete a deficient service. Messrs. R. S. Wright, of
Golden-square, and William Henson Stones, of Warwick-
street, in the same place, warehouseman, were that day ap-
pointed assignees, and the insolvent now put in affidavits upon
which was giounded an application for the removal of the latter
assignee. The allegations contained in the affidavit were that
the insolvent was the inventor and patentee of a certain struc-
ture in gar-burners, by which a saving of twenty per cent. in
.consumption might be effected. In this patent Mr. Stones
-had'a --share of one-fourth, and a gentleman named Var-
list offered a sum of four thousand pounds for their
joint rights. The affidavit further allegeld that the in.
solvent had a right conj ;jolly with Mr. Stones in a
patent (the invention, as we understood, of Mr. Val Marino,
who passed through this Court a short time since), for gene-
rating a purer description of gas from tar and water alone, and
the :esultcf which invention was tried before several persons of
high rank and scientific acquirements, who expressed an unqua-
lified -apiftoval of its merits. The Board of the parish of St.
George's, Hanover-square, offered the deponent a sum of
2,0001. fur his right during seven years, provided, upon an ex- •
periment made before them, it was proved to be beneficially
practicable, and, upon his applying to Mr. Stones to aid its
causing this necessary experiment to be made, he threw all the
obstructions which lay in his power in rendering the merits of
the invention apparent. ' The affidavit then went On to
state that the deponent believed Mr. Stones was actuated by a
wish to have whatever future profits might be derived from
those inventions made available to himself solely, after his
(deponent's) insolvency, and therefore prayed that he might
be removed from his office of assignee as an unfit and improper
person.

After a short discussion b(qvreen the Learned Counsel on
both sides, the Court ordered the case to stand over for
three weeks, all the creditors, in the meantime, receivieg
notice of the application, and copies of the affidavits upon Which
it was founded.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.)
A great number of trifling cases were brought before the
Court this morning, but none of them sere worth reporting.

BO W-STREET.-(TH IS DAY.)
A little boy, named Main was charged with stealing some
flowers from the indosure in Lincoln's Inn-square.
'1 he Gardener to the Trustees of Lincoln's Inn stated that he
saw the boy climb over the iron raiings, and pluck the flowers
produced ; they were not wort h much ; he did not know hlw
ranch, but very little—(we should estimate them at about half
a farthing.)
The little fellow expressed his sorravr, and in defence stwed
that he saw the flowers lying on the grass, and climbed over
to g 4 t them.

The Gardener produced the Act of Parliament, which pro-
vided that pertons offending. in the manner proved against the
prisoner, should be fined 40s. or sent to plisop for a month.
Air. JAanINE said that the fine must he paid.
The prisoner cried very much, and said he should lose his
situation ;he was quite unable to pay the tine. His mother,
a respectable, neat-lookirg woman, also cried very much, and
stated her utter inability to raise money to pay the fine.
Mr. JARDINE said he had the power to reduce the fine to
55., and that he should do so on the present occasion. The
prisoner must thf-retore pay 55., or be committed for a week.
He was removed crying, and we almost fear that he was sent to
prison,

:MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
criiiS DAY.)
William Cornish, James Staymaker, and John Lewis,
young men of vagabond appeal ante, and Harriet Bunse, Mary
Curtis, aid Mary Maters, young women of the lowest grade,
were charged with gambling in Hy-de-park.
The Park-constable, No. 4, stated that about four o'clock
yesterday afternoon, in consequence of his being informed that
a number of vagabond persons were lehaving in a very disor-
derly manner on the Bayswater side of Hyde-park, and making
use of ye. v gross and obscene language, he proceed, d to the
spot, and found the prisoners sitting together on the grass play-
ing at cards, wrangling and abusing each other in language of
a most abominable description. He procured assistance and
took all into custody. A complete pack of cards was found on
the prisoner Bunse.
11r. Hanbury, the Head Constable of Hyde-park, identified
all tne prisoners as infesting the lark for a long time past, and
conducting themselves in a very disorderly and indecent man-
ner. They were also in the habit of sleeping at night there,
either by getting into a hollow tree, or huddlir g together in a
heap, for the sake of warmth. He had even ripeatedly seen
them, at three or fur o'clock in .the morning, lying in this
manner at the foot of a tree, although it had been raining
heavily during the night. Numerous complamts were
continually being made by ladies and gentlemen, and
respectable tradesmen, who were in the habit of resorting
there, of the way in which their lei hugs were shocked, by
hearing the shameful imprecations trade use cf by the prisoners,
and witnessing occasionally acts of gross obscenity.
Mr. HARDWICK inquired why such characters were not kept
out of the park altogether? Mr. Hanbury said, at present it
was impossible, for, although they were nut allowed to pass
through the gates if observed, yet they gained admission by
climbing over the palings.
Mr. liaenwtex said idle and dissolute persons shoUld not,
under any circumstances, be allowed to infest the park in such
a vagabond way, and which no doubt prevented a great portion
of the public from the enjoyment of the air and exercise which
the place 'was purposely intended to afford. 11-1, was determined
to severely punish any persons found so offending who might
be brought before him, ,and he should, therefore, commit the
prisoners for fourteen clays each to the House of Correction.
James Young, and James Williams, fashionably dressed
striplings, and whose fri,nds, it appealed, are highly respect-
able, were brought up after a night's incarceration in the sta-
tion•house, charged with the silly and annoying practice of
knocking at doors and ringing bells at three o'cluelc this morn-
ing, in Archer-street, Piccadilly. Both of them were exceed-
ingly intoxicated at the time. '1 hey were each fined 75., which
they directly paid.

CLEIMEN WELT,.--(THIS DAY.)
At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. GKEENiV:IOD
said that a very illegal practice had recently prevailed in some
public-Louses of having private theatricals performed in them.
Yesterday a young man named Chi ds had been brought be-
fore him. From his statement it appeared that at a certain
public-house in Somers-town, a great number of young appt en-
ices were in the habit of as. embling nightly, each acting apart
in some performance—occasionally, too, each had a benefit. It
was needless for him to remark on the immorality to which such
things would lead. lz should, therefore, be put down ; and he
called upon the police inspectors to use every means in their
power to suppress the nuisance.
SHOPLIFTING.—A lad, not above fourteen years of age, and
who had been previously convicted under the names oeSmith,
Wilson, and V, 'Marts, was this day committed on a charge of
stealing forty handkerchiefs from a shop in Drury-lane.

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