The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-30 00:00:00

IN RE JAMES GEORGE CASSELAY.

The insolvent was described as a gas manufacturer and en-
gineer. He had been chief manager of the gas works
in Chichester, and also carried on extensive works of a similar
nature at Guilfurd. The amount of debts on his sche-
dule was upwards of 1,5001. He attributed his insolvency to
losses in trade, and also to a severe accident which he met,
whilst driving near Guilford, in consequence of his horse run-
ning away, by which his wife, who at the time was enciente,
had both her legs broken and her skull fractured ; he also was
severely injured himself at the same time. His present
opposing creditor was a person named Hodgson, for a debt of
121., who refused to accept the same composition as the body
of the creditors, but ran him to execution, upon which the
insolvent's brother, who held a warrant of attorney for 6501.,
put it in force and swept away all the property.
Several witnesses having been examined on both sides,
The insolvent, in reply to a remark of the Learned Chief
Commissioner, said that the place where he had to prepare his
schedule in prison previous to being admitted to bail, was so
inconvenient and crowded, that it was impossible for any one
to give the matter that attention which the Court always re-
quired.

Air. Commissioner REYNOLDS regretted that the matter was
out of his jurisdiction.
The insolvent was ordered to be discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

BO W-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
A respectable-looking woman, named Mary Ann Downes,
was placed at the bar under the following circumstances :
Charles Parry, the complainant, stated that he kept a furni-
ture shop in Great Wild-street. Last night, about I i o'clock,
the prisoner, who had been living with him for the last nine
months as his mistress, left him, taking with her 17 or 18 bed-
steads, of the value of about 151.
_ _

Mr. Ha nt.—l suppose this is a question of property? Wit-
ness—Yes ; I believe she claimed them as her property, but I
slon't knew on what grounds. I claim 'em as mine.
The prisoner, who appeared to suffer a good deal, and was
crying all the time, stated that about a year ago her husband,
who was a furniture dealer in a large way of business, left her
and went ever to America, taking her own niece 4i him as a
companion. He left her 4001. in money whet h went away.
She then took up with the complainant, who had been a jour-
neyman of her husband's, and they took a shop in the New-cut,
where they kept fifteen journeymen. The shop was soon after
burnt down, but most of the property. was saved. When her
husband returned from America he seized upon all the property
they had as his own. She and the complainant then hired the
place in Wild-street, and she purchased all the timber and ma-
terials for the furniture in the name of the complainant, for fear
her husband should seize it again. She ascertained yesterday
that the complainant had picked up another woman, so she de-
termined on leaving him, and she took the property away, as
the timber had all been purchased with her own money.
A journeyman of the complainant, who saw the prisoner take
away the bedsteads, said that she did so openly, and, as she said,
because Charles Parry had behaved improperly to her. She
claimed them as her husb.ind's property, having been pur-
chased with his money. Witness had lived with the com-
plainant and prisoner as journeyman for four months, and he
should say that the prisoner took the principal part in the
business, and certainly appeared to have the money.
Mr. HALL said the case was quite clear : this was not a
theft—it was nothing more than a mere assertion of right. He
could not legally under the circumstances send her for trial.
The complainant might bring an action against her if he
thought he had any right to the propel ty ; there was, how-
ever, no case of larceny proved at all.—The prisoner was then
discharged.

MARLBOROUGH•STREET.
(THIS DAY.)

William Chester, 2. young man of fashionable appearance,
and who stated that he only arrived in London from Hamburgh
yesterday, was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking
care of himself, at two o'clock this morning, in Regent-street.
Police-constable, 52 of the C division, stated that, while on his
beat a cab drove up, in which was the defendant, and the driver
gave him in charge for breaking two of the cab windows, one
of plate glass, of the value of 14s. 6d., and the other of com-
mon, of the value of 3s. The cab-driver also claimed 3s. as
his fare. On taking the defendant to the station-house he be-
came completely insensible, from the effects of drink, and was
consequently locked up for the night.
The defendant said he was sort y for having so far forgot him-
self, but he WAS willing to make any compensation the Magis-
trate might award.
The cab driver said he hoped he should be allowed for his
broken windows.

The defendant said it certainly did occur tohim that 14s. 6d.
for a cab window was a great deal to charge.
Mr. HARDWICK—It is decidedly too much ; the public must
understand that they are not liable to pay such exorbitant
prices.
Inspector Beresford of the C division said, that at the sta-
tion-house the driver admitted that the defendant had broken
the glass by accident.
Mr. HARDWICK said that would take the case completely
out of his hand ; he should, therefore, discharge the defendant,
and the driver must summon the gentleman to the Court of
Requests.
'1 he driver said it was very hard that he was to get no re-
muneration for his broken windows.

Mr. Fitzpatrick (the Chief Clerkj—Then you should not
take drunken persons into the cab.
The defendant said he did not wish the driver to lose anything
by his folly, and generously paid him the full amount claimed.
JUVENILE VAGRANCY.—Elizabeth Caton and Bridget
Cain, the former eight years of age, and the latter seven, were
committed for ten days each to IVestminster Bridewell, for
begging last night in Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. They were
taken into custody by one of the officers belonging to the Men-
dicity Society, who stated that they were sent out to beg by
their parents, but they could not be induced to tell where they
lived. Caton was committed for a month some time back, and
the day following her being discharged from prison, she was
again found begging.

UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
AN AWKWARD MISTAKE.— - William Thomas was charged
with sellirg spirits without a license.

On the-pieceding day a Custom-house officer, in passing
along Union-street, was accosted by the defendant, who said
that he had some smuggled brandy for sale. The officer ex-
pressed a wish to see it, upon which the defendant, ignorant as
to who the party was, pulled out a bladder, and filling out a
glass of the liquor, charged the officer three pence for it. The
officer, upon this, announced his calling, and took the defend-
ant into custody.
The prisoner was sent before the Commissioners of Excise,
to be dealt with.