The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-16 00:00:00

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Russell was retained as engineer and surN rer,.
usuel staff of assistants, for the purpose of ma °!1
'i
customary surveys of the coin, try through wme-hwir,
Ltie ,ilout;teat Oil
ld pass,
the undertaking of two of the Provisional Ce-A
as security for the due payment of their expeoesboO:
a given time after the issue of allotment; but
_AO
them declined this offer, and refused to piper:j
their labours unless they were immediately 7,0
with funds. Mr. Russell therefore called $ 001$
of the Provisional Committee to devise some ID.
raise the necessary funds required by teen
and surveyors, which was held at the 1111Mn,elig
Covent-garden ; and at that meeting Mr. itesoo',
cited a loan of I,OOOL, to enable him to Orr/ of
business of the project. The Provisional CIA
however, declined to advance the money thereee'fitis
some of them promised to use their influence eitio.
or two of their friends to induce them to adval'efenii)
required sum. One of those friends was the rpof4'
who, at the instigation of his father, who yeasinn„-;
Provisional Committee, advanced the defends tot;
and the defendant gave him in acknowledgme,i,"
loan the I 0 I:, upon which the present se'.
brought. e
Mr. MAnTIN, for the defence, contended that tbdidiv
tiff was one or the promoters of the scheme, an the es.
liable, with the defendant and others, to PLY fofs:
penses and debts incurred by the Compaq' rieref„6l7-
its being the case that the Provisional Govan:o,lA";
to advance funds at the meeting held at the P• re ed,
they agreed, or rather some part of theol stSeluding the plaintiff, his father, and brother, to! Al
1,0001. by subscriptions of 200/. each ; but tiirtbeer
ment was not strictly carried out, and sower toes
ties contributed more than others. One 0. 1$
ties was the plaintiff ; and the Learned Couelerecl'
that the plaintiff and defendant mnst be 01,3,,1 positi(
this particular transaction to have been notu"titld
of co-partners, and hence the former was e°
recover.
The Le-

itnesses '

.ie Learned COUNSEL called two Iva" 01
port this line of defence but the Evidence did 13,,,
stantiate the facts. One of the witnesses.
Tapping, the barrister, and plaintiff's broth
stated that neither himself nor his brother bv_jf,
to do with the project in the capacity of princlievi
brother borrowed the HO/ from his father, all VI
money to the defendant on his own account• die
ness himself was retained in his cap
pleader and barrister to settle the prosPretst
company and advocate the merits of the Hued 0
meetings in Essex, and he expected Mr. nus;io6.
remunerate him at Christmas for these Sery—joio
induced his father and several of his friends ifilog'
t.
undertaking, but it was upon the understae,.."
o
Mr. Russell would pay all the expellees °P t f f
of the letters of allotment. Mr. Bussell'o
brother-in-law, were upon the Provisional hod
but when the share market became dePre
them publicly withdrew their names from the
felt ;
the remaining gentlemen on the Committee Coil
cessary to convene a meeting and dissolve the
The LORD CHIEF BARON said the evidert,
tirely failed to substantiate the defence, s 0" "tber
duty to direct the jury to return a verdict for
tiff.
The jury accordingly found a verdict for tle
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for the -full amount claimed—namely, 280 L
SWIFT V. RUSSELL.
GOLDSMITH V. SAME.
COPE V. SAME. .131ilar
These were actions brought under si
stances to the last ease, and in each of theVs4
was taken for the plaintiff for the full amount . ,
TS -
CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS-
00

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT') kJ 11,116 r
Alfred Hayward, James Chissell, and Ch 544, ho.
son, all young men about seventeen years:,.:liefi,
indicted for stealing tobacco and a jar contow"9„6,ol
the shop of Benjamin Fox
.m , Victoria-streer, V.e,
sers, on the evenin of the 6th Decerob`'' en
seen at the window of Fox, where the tobacso, 00
%%here the prosecutor missed it a short titne.oerfer.
three when they had got possession of the) theitbe
with all speed up the street, but suspecting
pursued, and being met by one of the wl Jr
dropped the jar on the spot, where it was ill'
found by the policeman. 049
Butter, a constable, found Rogerson that
public-house of a suspicious character, sP".4 1
thirty other men. ,
They were found Guilty by the jury, and
The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced e", ,, r
Chissell to three months' hard labour and iser,,,
in the House of Correction ; and Rogerso,llol'
been convicted on a former indictment/ to s'e..hoei
transportation. is r r
John Ainsworth and John Hickman,Wt- Ole
were indicted for stealing 1121bs. of lead fleet./
of Charles Wm. Lanner, Esq., West Hams kiSei
Thomas Morrison, constable at West tiloorye,
quence of instructions he received from Insk.llo,d F.
son, went on the 22d November last to watch
of the prisoner Ainsworth. He watched fa' aff
28th of the same month, on which day he ss cooy
and Hickman come out of the house Odroiffi 4
The constable followed them to the coal; of
West Ham Abbey, and there saw th /
on a house belonging to the prosecutorwc pe:
mence stripping off the lead. This done,
.",:0.
it down, and having descended the:mselves ftc' A
po,
carried the lead in question to the house of ; ow e
Morrison returned in company with four otri-dely,
two of whom he placed at the back of the pr VI,
with two he himself went in at the front dor. 04 r I
soners by this time were in the back yard',., lera, r, I
they saw the constables, they seized up toLody,,
threw it into a ditch, where the policemen ivlt:111
Hickman's house, when searched, were fo6bf
barrows, bricks, and such articles as are used '
li
contractors. ietl
The jury found them Guilty. Hickman wai4,,r
to four months,' and Ainseorth to six months Pi '
ment and hard labour.
roTcol
cto
km:asgerid onrien,etaegened,
fofirftreeeene,ivwiansgitnhdeicniteodr
monk,
if/00.
5/. 12s. 6d. in money, from Mary Galvin, ainf°tio,
t to be stolen. fillif4
Mary Galvin, at present a servant at the j
in the Strand, was on Saffron-hill. on the sthici•
ber, when she saw the prisoner Hore by hittAtoti '
felt his hand in her pocket. She seized his bol7 1
cased him of robbing her, but he wrested O;t0
of her grasp, and ran away. Previous ?-'4
.01
eras certain of having 5/. 12s. 6d. safe in ,Pri6if
inside of a silk glove, which was again whet/1:i
glove ; the money was the wages she had of
her last place. The woman and her coenPteetY
Conner, ran after him through several ItreflY
caught him again. Upon this she told lilise'pt*
postman, who came up at the time, and "), 011, f 4
searched the boy, without finding any ni°l3,,,e d Slio(
Pocock having come up by this time, se`"" ph
'
ifore, and said he would keep him in custod; ;
'iceman should come ; but upon the worniti)oo„l 6
r
to relax her hold of Hore, he scratched he", Fe.,
drew Here from her hold, when both eau
over a brickwall in the neighbouloje ';,O
in their further progress Hore was seen b,,,,s keio a
witnesses to give over to a boy in a fisting, n iris 00r,,
thing like a white glove with loose silver, an'oel of/
to tell the boy to divide it between Pococlf 0
The witness who gave this last evidence VI eel
sharp boy for his age ; but it came out before 1,1,, ,
witness-box, and the boy was not inclined to 10050
secret that he had peen fourteen days in th.oessi)loo Pt
Correction. On being asked how inanY ti • 00;
been before the magistrate, he appeared tttlitierope
some time, and then lsy way of something nr"es
where memory failed him, he said he had "- oftr'
up two or three times, ~...deil• Stri
This witness, who had seen the glove '`.. tar 04
said, the reason why the postman had otieby.,,
glove and money off him forcibly was, that 00 00Asi,
squeezed his hand so closely upon it, tk°,,4009e04,4
and the girl were unable to open it. Tkis ;14 19',4
damaged the effect of his evidence on the coy o,Pill f
The policeman who took ll:,re into ettst`Tos et`
Pocock on his way to the station. Pocock stAi'brd
to bully the policeman. He said Hore vells,,„ JO ,4P- it
who had robbed the girl ; that the person wu-0.11:0,
a boy nearly as big as the policeman 13°00
this, he added, addressing lore, ~ Toninil''
me, and I'll stick to you." o°
The jury found both Guilty. evil 0
More, in considerstion of his 3-outb, w 55 5 Al
one year's imprisonment and hard labour- 001; i
Pocock's mother, on hearing the sentence' le IT/
the Court with cries of " Have mercy on I'' 06t tp
The prisoner himself manifested much ',/efes6
protested his innocence. It turned out, hoe' wry!
he had been convicted on a former charge c` ' 148,, tly,
was recognised as an associate of thieves' yeor-GP.
therefore, sentenced to be transported for t°/Liis"
tears on hearing this were stanched immediAjoa'
walked off with great coolness and self-posse-

BOW -STREET ,--(1` HIS pri
Bradbear, John Bradbear, Ricbaf-d
pelirv's
William Wakeville, and Thomas Lidgoid 971 a be
answer a charge of creating a disturbance atce'rf 0 I
Court, Westminster, and assaulting two efaioriclsi
Court. The charge was originally made oil if,,tio°,
remanded to this day, the prisoners having bv-1045°,
bail. Thomas Watkin Wynne was one of tkb„et'old
on that occasion, and was also remanded, L'" A the
now appear. iiefetl"
Mr. Thomas, tha Larrister, appeared to -
prisoners. rfol‘jbf
From the statements of the officers, -cle-orA4
Pinner, it appeared that two of the prisoners' for ,
'
and Wakeville, had been rebuked by Herrick 'he r jot
ing with the jury who were trying a cause st,ttoe ,too'
Court, and who had retired in his custody.
after this occurred Herrick was waylaid by Elie p'
'Eof'
era in the lobby of the Court, and beaten,. ibesior
Pinner came to assist him, and pulled ou as s 0,0
which he carries as a token o his authority he
stable. The staff was taken from him,e
beaten by the prisoners. 1,0 ite • tr
A policeman (A 1,) was tl.en e 9 sent for, and -- 01119
officers of the Court took the prisoners to th
house.
Mr. Thomas, on the part of the prisoners, let:
that he had several witnesses to call, but SS 115sOrl
Mr. Jardine's intention to send the case to thesst,
he thought it would he only a waste of the Magi 0(
time to bring forward any evidence at present. esseA to
Mr. JARDINE' said that this was clearly 9' oti'd
aggravated assault, which it would be his duty t4).„06,1
ajury. He did not mean that it might not be ,tt, tt;
by the provocation given, but he could not conswhe"
question at present. No evidence that could "
duced would influence him in that respect.
nd Pr
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The depositions were accordingly taken, a
soners committed for trial.