The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-28 00:00:00

L A W INTELLIGENCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 27.
The House sat yesterday to hear appeals ; the Peers presen
were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell.
GALBREATH V. ARMOUR.
The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed, and
occupied their Lordships the whole morning. The case came
before their Lordships upon appeal from the decision of the
Court of Session.
The appellant is proprietor of certain lands situated in Kin-
tyre, within the county of Argyl . On part of the lands, the
town of Dalinlober is built, which contains a population of
about 1,500. In 1830 or 1831, a gas company was established
within the burgh of Carepbelton, For the purpose of supplying
the inhabitants of the burgh and others with gas. The magis-
trates of the burgh consented to the opening of the streets on
certain conditions, and in order to extend the business of the
ccmpany, they undertook to supply the proprietors and fea
rs
of the town of Dalinlober. The consent of the appellant waif
not asked or obtained by the gas company to the opening °f
the streets or roads. In such circumstances the ar
pellant, in 1840, presented a petition to the Sheriffs
of Argyll to interdict the resp ondents, some of whom repre-
sent the Gas Company, and others are feuars under the p-
pellant. It was maintained before the Sheriffs that as the
&ems had the use of the streets as highways, they were en-
titled to lay pipes for the conveyance of both
and having the consent or tolerance of the Statute Labour
road Trustees of the county, the appellant had neither right
nor title to interfere. The Sheriff on considering full written
pleadings found that as the respondents had right to their feuars
with freeish and entry, they were entitled to introduce waan
gas and water,
or gas into their tenements by means of Pit!! I,h,
in the streets or roads. The judgment 01 t
ow.
Sheriff was brought under the review of the
of Session by advocation. Lord Cockburn, on 28th of
January, 1842, recalled the interlocutors of the sheriff, advo-
cated the cause, and decreed in terms of the original
with expenses. His Lordship explained the grounds of 4ee.t7
sion, which may be stated generally, that he considered the
right of property vested in the appellant, subject to a rige:.!
to use the streets or roads for the ordinary purposes of "Pder
ficial access." This interlocutor having been brought under
the review of the Second Division of the Court of Sessiontt
petition
their Lordships, before answer, and reserving all objections
to
the competency, ordered an issued to be tried by a jury t
whether certain roads passing through Dalinlober were Ursidner,
the control and superintendence of the road trustees,.
maintained and repaired by them. The verdict of the jury w
the
affirmative of the issue, and the Court below in applYing
verdict, altered the interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary,
dismissed the original petition, and found the appellant
nliabLe
in the expenses incurred both in the Sheriff's Court a 4,1. j:
brougntr
the Court of Session. Hence the present appeal was
complaining of the judgments of the Sheriff and of the Inner
complaining
\lr. Kelly and Mr. James Anderson were heard inle sxand ruPPV
of the appeal ; and the Lord Advocate and 11Ir. A
M'Nea!l, of the Scotch bar, were heard for there
A t the conclusion of the arguments, judgment
Their LORDSHIPS stated that they would give their ju
in the case on Thursday next. ents
The remainder of the day was occupied with the argils'
in the appeal of Cunningham v. Macleod. pondents.

POLICE INTELLIGENC.

(YESTERDAY.)

MA iVSIO N- HO USE.
A regular system of plunder has been for some time ell.riseds
on by boys employed by news-agents, against their Inoasv'eereci
through various kinds of forgeries, and it has been disc,
rticu-
that the delinquents actually kept books detailing, tbe P!, was
lars of their accounts with each other, from which books it
evident their profits were very considerable.
A lad named Thomas Kip. was on Thursday broug,,h,t,ohiffge
e
the Lord Mnyor, in the custody of a policeman' '"le, with M
charge of having, in one case by himself, and in ether
essrs.
P the assistance of other lads,plundered his employers,
means of
Simmonds and Ward, of Cornhill, news-agents, by
forged tickets and orders.
Mr. Simmonds stated that he sent the prisoner,
newspaper,
errand-boy to the firm, to the office of the Times n:t.terwasils
to pay for the insertion of an advertisement, and he_ a larger
ascertained that the boy had altered the ticket t"
amount than had been paid. cinosionde and
Charles Pierre Robert, clerk to Messrs. ant, hegoe
Ward, deposed that on Tuesday week, begs-h Times'
the prisoner 4/. to get an advertisementteu
lid the charge
The prisoner went away, and, upon his return, sa The nti"
would be 6/., and witness handed him the 2/. extraf•the Tiros,
toner brought back a ticket from the office
charging 51. 10s., and returned to witness ten shillings
Mr. Robert Cannon of the Times office depos.
ticket produced had been given by him, and had °ll5 The Pre"
for 5/. Tickets of the kind were given as receipts.ge
had no
sent ticket had been altered fromsl. 10s.
recollection from whom he had received the
certainly received no more than b/. • h red ink, to
It was said that the addition had been made with
ts, but that
correspond with Mr. Cannon's writing on the tickew
following
the figure f
fin
the forger having used a dirty steel pen, I able.
tall'lasrtbethene
the 5 turned quite black, and thus made Paters, was
Henry Lowden, another errand-boy to the psosesct!,.n
Xing, the
subsequently put to the bar, together with Thonza
pbut be
former prisoner.
had received oariodosmstbaoterdofthoaotpiines
othfisa the forgery
a forged order, and sold them at a reednatieeveinapePr;icfre:.bheYalPtsrei::finnrseirrol'f
hoeeassaoifd,thheadkiaolda.rge foreign connexion, but no London busi-
to Ca.oPo. r
dßoorb eprrtodsaid
(hi
,e
two a st
ha: accustomed t
eoffgeioyte:
give the bearer four quires of the Pictorial Times, for Si
orderspase similart..o
monds and Ward. s, C. P. B•"
" June 21, Its4s. 3 in
Neither that order nor another of the same description wa
his handwriting. One of them he believed to be in the harts!
writing of the prisoner Lowden, and the other in the hand,
writing of another boy whom the firm knew.
Stephen Anderson, a boy in the employment of Mr. Sawyer,
of Pope's Head-alley, newspaper agent, stated, that on Sates-
day he received the money from Mr. Sawyer to buy a qisr:
of the Pictorial Times, and, as he went along, he met t;
prisoner King in St. Paul's Church-yard, who asked h,"
where he was going. When witness mentioned, King offes7l
him a quire cheap, and witness gave him 1/. Is. 6c1., the.'—
price, whereupon he gave to witness three halfpence for hir;
self. Witness carried the quire to his employer's office.
be
mentioned to witness, as a cause for selling the papers, that t
had paid some over money at his office, and they would 00
pay him again, and he had bought the quire to take it out.
.s.
Mr. Ward, the partner of Mr. Simmonds, stated that
the
prisoner King admitted that he had sold the quire of at
Pictorial Times to the last witness, but he could not acc°!'
for the manner in which he had become possessed of
Mr. Simmonds stated that the forged request, or order, }iris
duced, dated 23d of May, was in the handwriting of the Pr
loner an . the
C. P. Robedrt also identified the handwriting of sing' the
order, and said that he had not authorised King to write
order. age,"
Yesterday another of the boys employed by newspaper
was taken into custody, and brought before the Lord /11!Sis°rea,
Mr. Simmonds stated that the prisoner had been in nsones'e
ployment, and he produced a forged request in the Pr'
the copie:.
wrTh e g itin for two quires of the Pictorial Times. detee'
LORD MAYOR said he was happy to see that the and
Lion of so nefarious a system of robbery had taken PiahJm on
directed that all the prisoners should be brought before
will be
Monday next, on which occasion several other charge'
brought forward. raPhie
A person in the empioyment of Mr. Dickenson, lit-4s hie
printer, Crown-court, Old Broad-street,
master with having left his work in an incomplete state.
The defendant pleaded guilty. fresPientil
The LORD MAYOR—The greatest mischief is • inte•
done by workmen who are careless of their employer
advo,
terests, and leave their work unfinished if offered Incre wheel
was charged PY
tageous terms, or temptation of drink. Those personst'erly
I shall take good care always to punish, seem to be it is, in
isorant of the state of the law. I will tell them wha" IST
order to learn them, on this occasion. By the 4th Ge
o ocisog work',
chap. 34, sec. 3, it is stated that persons contracting te raj of
and absenting themselves from the service before th shall
the contract, whether that contract be in writing °son ',esied
be completed, may be committed to hard labour f
ar as,rropor-
not exceeding three months. It is also stated that ,nrnrisoe,
tionable part of the wages, during the time they are f,enish
shall be abated ; or in lieu thereof the prosecutor army i•gagel:
the offenders by abating the whole or any part of their
ether-
or discharge them from the contract and service altog
_hotio
Now if this most useful law were regularly enforced stveen'tio to
have very little of this general complaint. It is my in
ioost
commit the defendant under this Act.
The defendant appeared to be quite bewildered by thisileken•
disagreeable intelligence, and looked imploringly at "r.t;/Puni"
son, who immediately said that he by no means wished _ienee
the defendant by imprisonment, to whatever inconves'
might be subjected by the neglect of his service. wo bark
The Loan MAYOR—Defendant, are you willinget?,_!
le"daet--'
to your master, and complete your work ? The d
Certainly, my Lord. I shall be very glad to do O. .ndebted
The Loan MAYOR—Very well. You are tau front car'
to your master for his interposition to prevent me ~reothing
rying the law into effect. If he had not intercedes' bsrged.
should have kept you from prison. You are now diss.est.tepr in'
The defendant departed humbly, and apparently
employer,
formed upon the subject of his obligation to his ce °f the
who thanked the Lord Mayor for the tone and substan
rebuke. the entril,
George Poshay, a man who had been tried at W charge
Criminal Court, and been frequently in Bridewell uPrian, darting
of robbery, was brought before Sir John Brie, wh° sunder h°
the latter part of the business for the Lord MaY°r,
_
following circumstances :
she dhe GeGeiste
end
t lo
Mrs. Christie stated that on Thursday can'-
she • is
steam-vessel from Gravesend to London-bridge, an Whiest
aboard a half-sovereign, some silver, and a halfpenniS a per'
she remembered had a hole in it. She was informe. taloa
son on board that she was robbed, and the person s, 3
into custody.
ti
City Policeman Wollen (No. 926) stated that
.he w,feas 7,l`eoaii•
Fenger on board the Gem from Gravesend, with his ' fiasse''
When the vessel got to London bridge the prisoneacionsoidej
into her from the Hull steam-packet, which laY own °
walked over to the lady who prosecuted, raised heri gown
"e
put his hand into her pocket. Witness immediate y sour
prisoner into custody, and found upon him a half soYerels
shillings, and a halfpenny with a hole in it. last
Sir J. Prete—Well, prisoner, I told you when I
you that it would come to this. life befor' e
The prisoner—Never. I never saw you in mYs your nanl
Sir J. PI RlE—Why, you have not even change-
remarkable as it is. nor being
The prisoner—Can't recollect ever seeing you,
trouble afore. • al tanker/
Sir J. PIRIE —Perhaps you may know the princhlreosae fo
of the Compter, if you don't remembeerne. Gociers' has heels
ward. Do you know the prisoner ?" Gooch—ssessdes loc
tried at the Old Bailey, and I have often had hint
an They
t,s ris be on
prisoner—Lord IDo you hear that? WhY' oey Own
my oath I never saw either of you, and besides, tha
sillingne° -n
to
money that was took fr me.
The husband of theom lady showed extreme tin. sista! upon
allow his wife to prosecute, but Sir John Pine ommitte
binding him over to produce her at the trial, and
t'tiyity an
the prisoner, after having highly commended the au
cleverness of the policeman

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On the 14th inst., at the Briars,
BIRTHS.
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Kennedy, Esq., of Demerara, of a son• the wife °
On the 2:3d inst., at Goodrest Lodge, Bet-ItS,
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&Ilkley J. M. Praed, Wilton of a son. f John
On the 24th inst., in place, the lady °-
Lovell, Esq., of a daughter. Hanwell, the lady ofJoba

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Sophia, the wife of Mr. Samuel Welsford.
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the Bth of March, at Port Elizabeth, Algo
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ter of James Carnegie, Esq., Athol cizzug-
bthil,,,ees2q,4.titihoifnolsft,ell.:llaacyth Santauclroacpsbet„nsaitirtaegeet.n, Cruz, Ten eriffe, JoseP
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On the 13th inst., at Cainden-town, Mr. James lbw
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