The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-04 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

SPIR IFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
This EnrsoN V. NICKLIN.
-- was an aet;.on to recover the sum of 171. 18s. 6d.,
%tumult due on a-,1 attorney's bill.
The defendant pleaded that he had a set-off for work
"111:9e and performed, but he did not appear to defend the
enltsequently a verdict was taken for the plaintiff
for the full amount.
DEAMISH AND ANOTHER V. PAYNE.
This was an action to recover the sum of 11/. Ns. 11d.
pods sold and delivered, and upon account stated.
SHA.W stated the case to the Jury, and said that
:Ile Plaintiffs were ale and porter brewers in Dublin, and
"e defendant resided in Fenchurch-street, and was a
Publican. The defendant was in the habit of receiving
e°':ls from the plaintiff, and the amount named in the
declaration was for the balance of the account.
Witnesses were called who proved the delivery of the
goods, and
Mr, JAMES for the defendant, called witnesses to
Prove that the order was given on account of the father
°i the defendant ; it was, however, shown in evidence
bueaft the father of the plaintiff had been dead some time
of 9.ze the present debt was incurred. Another ground
gJefence was, that the business was not carried on in
4/ name of the defendant, but that of his mother.
several witnesses were called to prove that the defen-
nt has employed as a waiter to his mother. One
'*ltness, a porter, in the establishment of Mrs: Payne,
oul d swear that the defendant was tot his master, for
!li he often called him " Richard," and sometimes " Dick."
the
varn't my master," said the witness, "he vos ony
'QC vaiter."—(Laughter.) •
Mr. JAMES —Did the defendant engage you ? Wit-
. gess---In coarse not.
The Jury, however, did not think-this evidence suffi-
tient, and therefore returned a verdict for the plaintiff.
f On the application of
ground James, the writ was stayed
e°l' a fortnight, on the a the verdict being against
lipdene*, in order to go before the Judge in Chambers.
"t Court adjourned at one o'clock.

INSOLVEN TCOURT--(THIS DAY.)

IF RE JAMES ATKINSON.
Ole insolvent applied to be liberated on bail until the
rp
appointed for his hearing. His chief detaining cre-
itor was his mother, the others being small ones on
aetainers from the Court of Requests.
TllO Learned CRIEF COMMISSIONER examined him
Ivit,
va),‘", respect to the manner in which his mother's debt was
utraeted, or whether it was bona fide. In reply, he
Fat,Ql that his mother was actuated by spite against him
odging the detainer.
,„
to Court eventually ordered the case to stand over
Monday, in order that further inquiries might be made
t► isPeeting the orders frothe Court of Requests, as the
at which the insolvent's hearing came on would
eter-the period during which confinement under these
ect,ses were legal.
o'he Court was occupied entirely with bearing unim-
ttant applications for bail, of which there were no less
toiletty-one. Thirty were London, arid the remainder
y cases.

110 LICE INTELLIGENCE.

tOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
tkThere was no case of any interest before the Court
tnorning. '

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
.fitment
Sartin, a private in the 3d battalion of the Ist
,4'e.„Rialent of Foot Guards, was charged with robbing a
'4llor named Edward Huntley of a 5/. Bank of England
under the following circumstances:—
I .'-he prosecutor was yesterday morning discharged
v1.0n3, her Majesty's ship of war, the Sulphur, a bomb
dssel, lying off Woolwich, and on board which he had
en serving for a considerable period as an able seaman, _
had been drinking, about from one public-house
tt/h Ituotber during the day, and about seven o'clock in
evening met with the prisoner somewhere in the
Pthbourhood of Lambeth, and wishing for " a mess-
te to say a word to, and not have all the fun to him-
.7lf, they had something to drink together, and then he
rated bun to the Surrey Theatre. The performance
rt being in his (the prisoner's) opinion ship-shape
they left before it was half over, and proceeded in
tvab to see Madame Tussaud's Exhibition, at the
there
in Baker-street, Portman-square, but on arriving
:ere found it was shut up; they therefore adjourned to a
xie4Rhbouring public-house, and drank very intemperately,
atlast the prosecutor got into a cab in Conduit-street,
fond-street, intending to proceed home, and was bidding
Prisoner " good night," when he jumped up on the
°ithe P of the cab, and snatching the note in question from
wanlougst several others the prosecutor had in his hand,
lzras runeinK-
" off with it as fast as he could, but was
peu
'"u by police-sergeant, No. 7 of the C division, who
the note .4 the moment and secured him. He dropped
The e 13' .nst as he was seized hold of.
s°ner made no defence.
A
ve. "'Pant of the regiment said that he had borne a
good character since he enlisted.
ne was fully committed to Newgate.

UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Five lads were brought up for bathing iu the Surrey
')al on the preceding evening.
4.-rhe defendants were observed in the canal between
gen
and eight o'clock in the evening, and shortly after-
l'ds presented themselves in a state of nudity on the
lions, at a time that the young ladies belonging to a
ti:cling school in the neighbourhood were walking. As
0, , hour appointed for bathing, which was after nine
deeririt at night, had not arrived, a policeman took the
',ll(lants into custody.
oi'.lhe defendants said that they did not intend to insult
ele?. Person, and had gone into the water to cleanse theta-
-11,e3 after their work.
iO4‘ gentleman said that the schoolmistress was to blame
hot taking her scholars to that part of the canal where the
/8 were bathing, as all the inhabitants knew it was ap-
CaoPriated for that purpose, and that she could easily
xe avoided that spot:
to The MAGISTRATE said that he should not punish per-
-48 for. enjoying the recreation of bathing, which was
eli a luxury, and at this time of the year, and tended
bl preserve health. He thought the schoolmistress was
alrieable in taking the young ladies near the spot which
e °uld have been avoided according to the gentleman's
4
tte,e°unt. He, however, Cautioned the defendants to keep
4rch out of public observation as possible when bath-
and
t discharged them.