The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-25 00:00:00

IN RE WILLIAM THOMAS WARNER,

The insolvent in this case was described as a general dealer and
ship agent. His debts and liabilities amounted to about 2,3001.
while the assets available to his creditors, was 7601.
His discharge was opposed in person, by a creditor named Gil-
man, who was a bill discounter, and had had frequent transactions
with him previous Co the one upon which the grounds of opposi.
tion rested.

It appeared that the insolvent had been in the habit of dealing
largely in accommodation bills, many of 'which were endorsed by
captains of vessels for whom he did business, and the opposing
creditor cashed those bills at a large discount ; and upon a further
consideration that a quantity of wine should be taken in proportion
to the amount of the bill. The insolvent accepted a bill of ex.
change drawn by a person named Walton, who soon afterwards
went out as the mate of an East India vessel, and had not returned
to England since. A writ was Issued against the insolvent, upon
which he was arrested at the suit of his bruther.in.law, and the oppos-
ing creditor contended that the arrest was a friendly one, and got
up with the deign of defrauding the other creditor by enabling
him to pass through this Court.

The insolvent was subjected to a long examination by the Court,
in which he stated that his insolvency arose from the severe losses he
exper:enced by the wrtck of a brig on her way to Sydney, to which
place he consigned a quantity of goods. He likewise said he had
been subject to long illness, which incapacitated him from attending
to his business.

None cf his other creditors appeared in opposition, when the
Court ordered him to be discharged forthwith, and appointed Mr.
Wiliam Alexander Sampson to be assignee.

)(MICE INTE LLIG ENCE.

BOW-STREET7-(TH iS DAY.)

ONE OF TUB FAIR SEX.— A disgustingly coarse-looking woman

named Johnson, about forty years of age, who bore in her coun-
tenance the evidence of a long cireer of debauchery and dissipa-
tion, was charged with being drunk and disorderly.
Polce.constable, 31 F, stated that the prisoner was one of the
unfortunate class of females who having been early led from

the paths of virtue, bad plunged into the vortex of dissipaton and
vice, and was now a prostitute of the lowest order Whilst going
his rounds about four o'clock this morning, he heard a great dis-
turbance and sounds of riot proceeding from the neighbourhood of
Ncwcastle.court, Strand, where on arriving he found the prisoner
in a beastly state of intoxication, surrounded by a number of women
of her own class, with whom she was fighting, and making use of
the most filthy and obscene language. He requested her once or
twice to go away home, instead of doing so, however, she assailed
him with a volley of abuse, and there and then declared her firm
determination to remain where she was, its spite of all the b-----
policemen in London. As she would not move on, but persisted,
as it were out of bravado, in continuing her disturbance, the con.
stable felt that he had no course left but tq take her to the Station.
house.

The prisoner, who looked extremely miserable, and was no
doubt suffering from the effects of last night's excesses, expressed
her sorrow at what had taken place, and assured the Magistrate if
he would '• only look over it this once, she would never come ttiere
no more, indeed she would not." Unfortunately for our heroine,
however, there was not a constable in the Court but was intimately
acquaii.ted with Mrs. Johnso.i's pranks, and was well aware that
if once dismissed, all her protestations of amendment would be for-
gotten, and that she would again commence her career of dissipa-
tion and crime. This having been intimated to the worthy Magis.
trate, as well as another most material fact, which operated
strong'y against her release—viz., that she was bri.ught
to the police.office on the average at last twice a week on
similar charges, he sentenced her to one month's imprisonment in
the House of Correction ; at the same time reading her a well.
timed admonition of the folly and wickedness of her conduct,• and
warning her of the consequences which might result unless she
thoroughly reformed her conduct.

There were only four other cases of a trifling character on the
morning charge sheet, which were not of the slightest interest (per.
haps o c should add) except to the parties concerned. In each case
the prisoners were discharged.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
('I'IIIS DAY.)

DARING RODBERY THROUGH DIESTITUTION.....JaMCS Gill, w smart.

intelligent, well-grown youth, between 15 and 16 years of age, de.
cently dressed, was charged wiih stealing a bundle of cigars and
some money, from the shop of Mr. Vining, Tobacconist, 398, Ox.
ford.strect, this morning, and in answer to a question from the
Magistrate, he said, " I took the money out of the till, and the
cigars from the shop. I was starving at the time, and have
nobody to whom I would apply for assistance. I did not
care at the time I did it whether I was detected or not.
Being sent to prison must be a change for the better to any person
situated as I am. I bad been wandering about the docks for the
two previous days, without a morsel to eat, trying to get taken on
board ship, but I found there was no chanee for me, and I cared
not what became of me."

Mr. HARDWICK said that a stop must he put to a notion which,
seemed too genera ly to be entertained, that a person eommitting a
robbery was in somewisc excusable if he was in actual distress.
Nothing could be more mischievous than such a doctrine. He
should therefore commit the prisoner to take his trial at the Central
Criminal Court, and bound over the witnesses to prosecute.

W ORS LI 1 P-ST REET-(T HIS PAY.)
AN UNNATURAL MOTHER.—Sergeant Ellis, of the d division,
made a repot t to the Magistrate of the following case of neglect and
cruelty on the part of a woman named Laws towards her three
children :

On the preceding night police constab'e Colee, G, Pti, was on
duty in Tubac.'o-roll Court, Long-alley, when he was in-
formed by some of the inhabitants that three children were
confined in an upper room of one of the houses, where they
had been left by their mother, without food or clothing.
They stated farther that the woman, who borr a very bad cha-
racter, was almost daily absenting herself from morning till night,
and of leaving her children in the same wretched state. The con-
stable made his way up to the room, but finding that the door was
locked, he procured a ladder and effected an entrance at the
window. The place presented a most deplorable appearance, being
entirely destitute of furniture, with the exceptioa of a dilapidated
bedstead without mattress or any kind of covering, and the
policeman found the three unfortunate children lying on the bare
sacking in a complete state of nudity. They told him that their
mother had given them some dry bread before she left home in the
morning, but they had nothing since, and they were per'shing
from cold and hunger. Whilst he was questioning them the woman
rout ned home, and on his expostulating with her upon her cruel
conduct, and asking her why she did not apply for parochial relief,
she answered him sharply, that whatever might happen she was
resolved that no child of hers should enter a parish workhouse.
The policeman immediately repaired.to the station-house, and
communicated the circumstance to Sergeant Ellis, who, by direction
of the Superintendent, laid the facts of the case before the parish
officers of Shorenitch.
Mr. BINGHAM expressed his approbation of the conduct of the
police, and said the parish officers woulo, no doubt, take immediate
Sills to puni,li the unnatural mother.

UNION-tiM.l.—(T.ii Is DA-yo
George Boone,
a young man holding a cciitidentlal situation in
the
employ
tit. me„, Christy, the extensive hat manufacturers in
Bermondsey .st reet,
was charged with stealing a quantity of beaver,
the property of his employers.
Mr. Christy stated that the prisoner had been in the employ of
the firm for the last three ycat 5, and such confidence was reposed
in him that he v as latterly employed in the beaver room, where a
quantity of that article, to the amount of 00,000/. was deposited.
On the afternoon in question, the prisoner on leaving the premises
was suspected of having property in his possession, and he
was stopped, and when t 'kenlack into the premises he made a
voluntary confession, to she effect that for the last five weeks he
was in the habit of rat ng his employers of beaver, and disposing
of it to a marine store-dealer in Kent-street.