The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-29 00:00:00

LAW
.INTELLIGENCE-.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius after Tern,, before Mr. Justice
NIGHTMAN and R Middlesex Common Jury.)
Tl*
LALLARD V. TAYLOR AND OTHERS.
an as was an action brought to recover damages for
th alleged illegal distraint. It occupied the Court
feea,..greater part of the morning, but presented no
r`A_lll's of public interest.
;1-4e Jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
f_o;v!ir_. Chadwick Jones and Mr. Charnock appeared
'So plaintiff; and Mr. Watson for the defendants.
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:-44EQUER COURT—THIS DAY.

THE ATTORNEY-GEDMRAL V. HOWE.
WaS an information filed by the Attorney-
at 11,"alagainst the defendant, who was aninnkeeper
Whitehaven, in Cumberland, for receiving un-
itieL-Ised spirits. It appeared, that in the mont of
cekliaq, the Excise-officers in Whitehayen had ireinformation which led them to believe that a
"Ity of rum and brandy had been smuggled into
oth town from the Isle of Man., They went, among
Places, to the house of the defendant, for the al-
-I;te'll)nipOse of taking from him an account of stock.
his :Y were shown certain items; but upon searching
1,11 :cellar they found concealed there a quantity of
1,6131! and brandy, which defendant said had been de-
he ~Ited there the day before by a person whose name
not know.
illose facts having been proved, and no one appear-
t!r the defendant, the Jury returned a verdict for
"n in the sum of 500/.
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LVENT COURT—(THIS DAY.)
2N RE WILLIAM MILLAR—LOAN SOCIETIES.
Tilt:* insolvent had carried on business as a baker.
of amount of debts in his schedule was about 5001.,
,which a large portion was.
.incurred by becoming
cipai to various Loan Societies, of which the prin-
abi were the Joint-Stock Loan Society, the Equit-
-li4'.the Chelsea, and the West Middlesex Societies.
faqated that his assets consisted of good and doubt-,
I\iebU to the amount of 2591.
tipolit'S(:anissioner HARRIS commented very severely
to Ntue. Conduct of the insolvent in allowing others
pay hi money upon his name when he was unable to
1114 t-„ ew lie
said it was too often the case
tiehlf;sens in this way became mutual securities for
.other —He was then ordered to be discharged.
IN RE MARIA COOK.
stainsolvent, an old and feeble woman, who tip-
1.. 111 a very bad state of health, came up for
,nt.
CooKE applied to have her petition dismissed.
Caine on first in June,lB4l, when it appeared
Arc„lie Was the possessor of a valuable shop in the
Wa,"...,e, Covent-garden. The Duke of Bedford al-
ttipt'llewed his tenants, in case they became bank-
-11,44.er insolvent, to dispose of the goodwill in their
of de gs for the benefit of their creditors. The amount
veoc-uts which she owed at the time of her insol-
sha 3 exceeded 8001., and previous to her examination
dat,llYide over her interest in the 'shop to her
liaortter• The Court then decided upon sending her
to prison until such time as her daughter chose
400're u the premises, which would realise about
aboil•fort he creditors. She remained in prison for
tout 14 months, when she again petitioned the
11, with a like result. Upon her coming up to-
alge Learned Counsel contended that her daughter
, be
.considered as her gaoler.
)ntqs• Commissioner Maxis, in the absence of the
Vitii%,e'lt's Counsel, ordered the case to stand adjourned,
'ollr days' notice.
411INAL COURT—(THIS DAY.)

OLD Co UR77.
, (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)
Keiniard, 17, pleaded guilty to an indictment
kt, ‘s'ng him with stealing three bank notes, value
'kb; and money of the value of 621., the property of
,
to tl Fainter Davis, and was sentenced by the Court
1, `'elve months' imprisonment and hard labour.
Let;,,teENT.----SINGULAR NODE OF ROBBING GIN PA-
ITTni. Locke, 29, a barman, was indicted
i4.a stealing on the 26th of September, two penny
and two halfpence, the property of his master,
c,titi..xurney, who keeps the Mack worth Arms, in the
ili,i.,/nereial-road East; and Webber was p-
itt ' 'with feloniously receiving the same, knowing
i!khe stolen. Locke pleaded guilty.
gtE charge, though in appearance trivial, is, one of
for 7011Porfance. to- persons keepiiii'establishments
e. sale of spirits.
1t1,,t• bodkin and Mr. Ballantyrie conducted the pro-
-1? ""ii, and Mr. Wilde defended the prisoner.
tht,..„1.°41 the statements of the Learned Counsel for
that -P4l.,'secutor arid the evidence. t)..iduced; it appeared
L." prisoner Locke was the barman of Mr. Gur-
}4;ll);+l%_Thl Webber,. who had frequently been at the
4)5,t11.",„i1ad. jOined with him in the following artful
IJlieki;6 rob Mr. Gurney by wholesale :—An accom-
litygethLsent to Mr. Gurney's for some small quan-
t°l',.idf.,7,, beer or gin, for which he tendered a 6d.
lio-ce in payment, the prisoner Locke went to
do give the halfpence in change, and while
1111 1%;.- managed,' from another part of the till, to
Vie()
With the copper some silver, with which the
'4(lP'"Ce'aeparted. After this species of robbery
ht) ~.en carried on for some time, Mr. Gurney be-
('ntertain doubts of the integrity of his bar-
16t' and , for the purpose of satisfying himself, on the
September he placed a quantity of marked
it,olC32n- the different tills in his shop, and he also
qoti, the Precaution to have a policeman in plain
ofty,es In the shop. - About eight o'clock on the night
etd •11 26th a man tame in, caired fora pint of half-
-41,f,, for which he tendered in payment a 4d.
t~h"le prisoner Locke then went to the till; gave
411, 1-;411..ige, the man finished the half-and-half, and
toc ;eu• The policeman, from what he saw take
TAt when Locke was giving change, followed the
oi,111t) and in Essex•street he saw him go up to
el', 'lye him something saying at the same time,
4fte at that was all John could send." Webber WAS
arr)
ot 's taken into custody, and upon him was
sc"le of the marked copper money. The other
145 "nniediately on the policeman taking Webber
3j9,llBtcßly, ran off, and had not since been heard of.
4ag7l „
; ArILDE addressed the Jury at considerable
lg on behalf of Webber.
1.-C°lnmissioner BULLOCK summed up, and
Ailse liury found both prisoners Guilty.
It.; '°nKtx said he was in a conditial.to prove
"'wards of twenty instances the unwary had
ill'l4,lllPea to the prisoner-Webber, whose conduct in
Llg persons to commit crime had caused many
t„tllath• ''',4llsPorted,.. while he lived upon the plunder he
tile-teYrom them. As tothe prisoner_ Locke, he was in-
Y Mr. Gurney to entreat the Court to pass upon
1-,;,,lnere nominal sentence, as he had stated to him
"ew, and it was Mr. Gurney's firm belief he
en entrapped by Webber:.
r sitleral persons were called, who had been in simi-
Peed them
to Locke
, who stated Webber had in-
so "ern to rob their masters, and when they would
.kertt fkri° longer, he threatened them that he would in-
, IC-eir masters of what they had done.
-C
masters
sentenced Locke to three months' im-
ekt,tetrlTent without hard labour, and Webber to seven
1 A
transportation.
.
ALLANTYNE said that Mr. Gurney had been
° uPwanis of 8/. a week by these depredations.

NEW COURT.
V. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
trl4,; Smith, alias Good, was charged with stealing
°f' It v, containing a quantity of linen, the property
Thj'e Gre3
• th; Properly. had been delivered by the prosecutor
to
carrier to be taken to the laundress, and
`rt°4l the cart while near. the East India use.
e Pi%1114o,o; the property was clearly proved against
The 1. by one witness, who saw. him take it.
t.al3ll'soiler strongly denied this, stating that a
(x-ve biro sixpence to carry the parcel.—Guilty;
ilty;
,se of impr
41(14•
'5l- ofimprisonment and hard labour m the
AN-*() "rreetioil.
4▪ iet
‘-'l4)
(-)11' 'DER .—Michael Donovan was in-
Of
for stealii glmthree handkerchiefs, the property
souerTi?san Al. Tril-fitt.
e
„Idenee was most conclusive against thepri
4-
' fi),'..-11' be was convicted. He said he had been
„ Pars "at sea."
13;• "einaS, clerk of the papers at Newgate, said
ithe lu'lsi.'ner was-before tit, Court no longer ago than
4' IC sessions, and had been a frequent inmate of
Illere,.-11,e of Correction. The prisoner begged for
tattew, out the Common Sergeant said he must have
for 11 °R the public, which could not afford to pay
;.I,ear session after session. It, was quite
'ourt.:•was incorrigible and practised thief. The
et,Wenteneed him to seven years' transportation..
Let%! Modberry, was indicted for stealing a sill
nandkerchief, from the person of Capt. Preston
tat,„,4`.'"), on the 25th of November. The prosecutor
thetill at he was passing through Lombard-street
4") e, ket "Y naffed, when he felt a tug at his coat-
pri'soat'd turning round, he saw his. handkerchief in
ihattier s hand. The prisoner in defence said, a
410118.. rew the handkerchief to him as he was going
4rt the.f. CaPt. Brunton said no person was near him
Guilt e, but the prisoner. The Jury found him
Liem, ham nd he was sentenced to ten years' transporta-
Wen, e. ng been one.., before convicted of the same

41: 01NT-STOCICBANK EMDEZZLENIENT—.
quekfltds of Jordan, the clerk in the London Joint.
the i)rnialc who has absconded with so much money,
Sti4teirty of his employers, have put forth an adver-
e 4441 • -2:lll,ing upon him to restore the property, as
Win; of Saving hi'm from actual rum.
(lELD OP INDIAN CORN.—It is stated m
4,7rkYland paper that Augustus Shriver, of Pipe
tek7 in Carroll County, Md., has raised the present
e 0,4", eighty-seven and a half bushels of shelled
41r :II an acre of ground! This acre was part of a
.11150 t; taming-1 about sixteen acres, the whole crop
Ate hyor., was remarkably regular and uniform.—
Paper.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET-.1-(THIS DAY.)

A tall, fashionably-dressed young man named John
Thomasson, who was described as a law student, was
charged with assaulting police-constable A 68, while
in the execution of his duty at the Adelphi Theatre.
The officer stated that he was on duty at the Adel-
phi Theatre last night, at nine o'clock, where he saw
the prisoner, with about half a dozen other young men,
creating a disturbance. Witness told him that if he
persisted in making a noise he must take him
into custody, when he immediately assaulted him
in so violent a manner that witness, when rescued,
was nearly insensible.
A 30 corroborated this evidence, and stated that as
he was taking the prisoner to the station-house he
said, "If you had not come up I would have Wk.'
him on the spot."
The prisoner said he had been dining out, and per-
haps he had taken too much wine. He attacked the
officer in self-defence.

Mr. JARDINE said he would fine him al., or, in de-
fault of payment, commit him for one month.
The fine was immediately paid.
James Watson and James Harris, two very fashion-
ably dressed young men, were then charged with vio-
lently assaulting police officer A 98, while in the
execution of his duty in the pit of the Olympic theatre.
A 98 stated that he was on duty at the Olympic
theatre last evening, when he was called in to quell a
disturbance in the pit of the theatre. He went in, and
there saw the prisoners standing on one of the benches,
and making a • noise with a stick. He remonstrated
with them, when one of them knocked him down,
and the other kept him down the bench, and pressed
on his chest, whereby his back was nearly broken.
There was a great noise in the theatre ; the whole pit
was in an. uproar. With the assistance of another
policeman they were taken into custody.
Mr. JARDINE sentenced them to fourteen days' im-
prisonment each, without a fine.
Two little boys, named Priestly and Collier, were
committed to Newgate to take their trial for embezzle-
ing 101., the property of Mr. Forster, a barrister in
Lincoln's Inn, with whom Collier was a clerk.