The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-04 00:00:00

COI OF BANK WPTCY, Aug. 2.

The cases to-day were principally unopposed insolvents.
The only point of interest was on the peiition of an officer
of the army. The insolvent proposed to set aside 701. a year
out of his pay, and to give an order on the paymaster of his
regiment, under orders for foreign service.
The COURT asked him what security be could give, and
whether the paymaster, being at home or abroad, would be
bound to hand over the amount upon such an order?
The insolvent said the paymaster would not object; and if
he, the insolvent, broke his agreement, he would be I able to
be tried by court-martial and cashiered for acting in a manner
unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The undertaking leis
accepted, and the insolvent obtained his final order.

INSOLVENTDEBTORS' COURT, Aug. 2.
(Before Mr. Commissioner NICHOLLS.)
IN RE DEARELOVE.
Mr. Coors said that there were several witnesses in this
case which it was very desirable should be beard before Mr.
Commissioner Harris, and he had therefore to apply for the
case to stand over till Tue-day.
A gentleman who was in a, tendance said that it was a very
hard case upon him • he bad been in waiting four or five days to
be examined, and he was willing now to be examined, but he
could sot attend any more.
The Lea. ned Coxiutsstowita admitted that it was a hard
case, and said he should not insist.
Mr. Cools said, if the gentleman left his papers, that, per-
, haps, would be sufficient.
IN AT WOLTON.
This insolvent carried on business as a cabinet-maker, in
Judd-street, New-road. He had mil/ been in business from
November, 1844, to March, 1r445, and during that time had
contracted debts to the amount of 1.1451., for which be had
received consideration, exc. pt to the amount of 851. He wg+
opposed by Mr. Cooke, on behalf of many creditors, and gay,•
his evidence with great nonchalence answering the questions
laeoni,ally, and the same questions affirmatively, negatively, po-
sitively, and doubtfully.
The Learned COMMISSIONER asked the insolvent whether he
was aware that the law required hint to answer the questions for
the benefit of the creditors?—The insolvent said he was not.
The COMMISSIONIR said that unless he an'wered in a be-
coming manner he would be sent back to college to study the
law.
The insolvent, however, scarcely altered his tone. He said he
believed he knew a Sirs. Ensor, of Lordship-lane, Tottenham'.
She was a creditor for 6001. She went to his house when he
was out, and took furniture worth lOW. He had informed the
police, She might have gone by the name of Wolton. They lived
together for two years. He was " a little advanced in liquor,"
and had stayed out all night, and did not ask any questions
about the furniture. A stranger told him That stranger was
Mrs. Ensor, who told him next day that she bad taken the
goods, as she would not be played with any longer. The ex-
amination was continued at great length, but no satisfactory
account could be elicited as to the disposal of his property.
The case was likely to occupy several hours.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT.—C,oydon, Saturday,
CR( )WN COURT.—(Before Mi. Justice Coleridge
Frances Mary IVilson, a very well dressed oung
woman, and who was said to be respectably connected,
surr, ndered in discharge of her recognizances, to answer
four indictments fur larceny preferred against her by
Mr. Ceolc, a draper tesidieg in Croydon.
The case appeared to create very ereat interest. the
trial eccupied nearly nine hours, and was not concluded
until late in the day ; and dining the whole of this time.
the Gina was crowded almost to suffocation. Tht
moment the accused entere t the clock, she fainted, and
she appeared to be in an almost unconscious state the
whole of the day.
The first indictment charged the prisoner with steal-
ing at the parish of Croydon, on the 31st May, a petti-
coat, value 7s, a pair of stays, value 7s, four habit shirts,
a box of artificial flowers, value 5/., and sixty lengths
of ribbon, value 6/., the property of Thomas Cook her
master.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Creasy conducted the prosecu
tion, and Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Ballantine, defended
the accused.
From the evidence adduced on behalf ef the proven,
tion it appeared that the prisoner had been iu the ser-
vice of Mr. Cook, as his head milliner and manager of
that department, for nearly three years, and that she
boarded and lodged in the house, and received latterly
thirty-five guineas a year wages, and the utmost confi-
dence was reposed in her. For some time prior to the
month of June, Mr. Cook entertained an opinion that
his stock decreased in a manner that he could not ac-
count for, and he suspected thst some one about the pre-
mises was robbing him, and at length that suspicion was
directed to the prisoner, and he gave directions to the
other p, rsons in his employ to watch her. On the 18th
June he sent for Collier, an inspector of police, and gave
the prisoner into his custody. She handed over her keys
to the officer, and pointed out seven boxes as belonging
to her, which, on being opened, w, re found to contaiti
very large quantity of property, consisting of flowers,
gloves, linen, stockings, ribbands, the whole of which
Mr. Cook believed to be his property. Some articles
that the prisoner had given to a young woman named
Grainger, a dress-maker in the town, were
likewise taken possession of by the inspector,
and Mr. Cook spoke also to these being his property.
Mr. Cook now identified some of the articles that formed
the subject of the present indictment, and deposed to his
private mark being upon them, and that they had not been
sold. Mr. Cook and the inspector underwent a most
searching cross- examination by the learned counsel who
appeared for the prisoner, and it was admitted that she
was taken into custody suddenly, and without any ex-
planation being asked of her, and that she readily gave
up her keys and pointed out the boxes that belonged to
her, and that a number of documents referring to pro-
perty of the description alleged to be stolen, purchased
by her, were found in her desk. The prosecutor stated
that he had received a most excellent character
with her, and that he found her services so valuable
that he had raised her wages and, placed the utmost
confidence in her. He likewise admitted that
it was the custom of his establishment to allow the per-
eons employed there to take any articles they pleased
from the stock at the cost price, and all that was re-
quired was for the person who did so to give notice of it
to the cashier or some of the shopmen, and the amount
of the article was deducted from the salary of the person
who purchased it. It was also admitted that the accused
was engaged a good deal in making up articles of mil-
linery fur sale, and that she would therefore require a
considerable quantity of such articles as %ere found in
her possession, and it was likewise admitted that, al-
though in the first instance Mr. Cook had professed to
identify the whole of the property found, and which
ho estimated to be of the value of 100 E ; yet he had
only indicted her f r stealing a portion of it not worth
more than LOl. er 121., and this had been made the
sulsjeet off ur sesarete indictments, one of them refer-
ring to a cambric handkerchief, which had been seen in
her possession some time before the 18th of June, and
which shs had lent to one o, the she p:nen, who returned
it ti her oa that ineraing, when it wag well-known that
it bad bean arranged she should be t ,kern into custody,
the object apparently being the the officer should find
it in her possession. It likewise app sired that although
the Magistrates had dismissed two charges of embezzle-
ment that were made against the prisoner, and expressed
their opinions that they could not he supported, the
prisoner had been indicted upon both the charges.
Mr. CLARKSON made a most elequent and feeling ap-
peal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and after