Star.
London, England, 1829-08-24 00:00:00

REVENUE- COURT.

11014 TZB CALIDONIAN
Saturday, a Justice of Peace Court for the trial of
offenders against the Rivenue Laws, was held in the Sheriff Court
Room. The Justices Were the Sheriff Substitute, Sir Patrick
Walker, and Mr. Graf. The majority of the causes were for
retailing spirits without license; and the parties were in most in-
stances fined 121. los. being one-fourth of the statutory penalties.
One information charged a trader with refusing to exhibit his
license, and with deforcing the officers of excise, by committing
them to the watch-house.—An objection was stated to the citation
for the first count, which the Justices seemed disposed to sustain ;
but on the Solicitor of Excise passing from the count as to deforce.
ment, the trader withdrew his objection.
The next case of interest was an information against a spirit-
dealer, who had only a retail license, for attempting to send out
spirits with permit. By law, no retailer, that is to say, a dealer,
who has only a retail license, can obtain a permit. Notwithstand-
ing the trader pleaded be had lately commenced business, and was
unacquainted with the law, the Justices held that every man is
presumed to understand the rules of his own trade, and found him
liable in the mitigated penalty of 251.
A paper-maker appeared on an information for haying three
reams of first class paper in his works without labels, for not keep-
ing a proper book containing the progressive numbers and weights
of the paper sent nut from his mill. The facts as explained in evi-
dence were merely these : two general surveying examiners called
at the mill, and observing three reams of paper without labels,
told the trader these were liable to seizure. The trader not know.
ing, or pretending not to know the officers demanded a sight
of their commissions, and they not being Ale at the time to
produce them, he ordered them both out of the mill. The
officers went to the house of the supervisor of the district, with
whom they returned to the works, when they found eight reams
with the labels damp; three of these they seized as the three for-
merly noticed without labels ; the labels were so wet as t t be re-
moved from the wrappers with ease. The trader cautioned them
at their peril to remove the labels. As to the book, it appeared a slip
of paper had been produced, but no book, kept as required by law,
was forthcoming. The trader stated that, at the time the officers
came, he did not know them—that he was then busy preparing a
large order lee exportation, which if not ready by a certain hour
he would lose an opportunity of shipping. He maintained that,
acccording to the former law In the paper trade, and practised
even lately, labels were pasted upon the reams after they were
made up. He complained of the charge hiving been allowed to .
lie over for more than a year, in the coarse of which time. two
persons, his workmen, who could have proved that the whole
transaction was hi the regular course of manufacture, according to
law, had left the kingdom. As to no book being kept, be stated that
the book in question was kept by his son; who was a few days be-
fore suddenly called to London, and the slip of paper was merely
marked upon until hi. return; the book 'Melt' was sometimes not
asked for once in twelvemonths. he Solicitor of Excise referred
to the statute, which compels paper-makers to attach labels to
the wrappers with paste or glue, and to press them in such a
manner that the two papers shall adhere as firmly as if one fabric,
before the wrappers are put round the reams. He did not press
for a conviction as to the book, but craved penalties for the unla-
belled paper. The penalties forfeited on this count were stated at
£6OO, but the Justices mitigated them to one-fourth of that sum
(.elts) and as no fraud was Charged, agreed to recommend the
ease to the Board of Excise for a still farther mitigation.

The bailable writs issued out of the three High Courts
of Law at Westminster, els. : the King's Bench, the Common
Pkas, and the Exchequer, during the Ave years ending is 1827, were
as follow :
Years.

1893
1824
1823
1826
1827

17,320
18,576
22,713
29,950
• 23,908

Zing's Bench. Common Pleas Total.
and Exchequer
7,820 25,140
7,424 26,000
4.9,032 31,725
15,184 45,154
10,556 34,244

The total of tie smallest number of bailable writ's tuned in one of
these five years, is 25,000, and the total of the highest of one of
these five years, is Ise less than 45,000. •
SALE OF • Row LAND STEPHENSON'S PROPERTY.
Friday, at the Auction Mart, the remainder of Rowland Stephen.
eon's freehold and leasehold propenj was sold by the order of the
assignees, under the commission of bankruptcy. The Cock and
Bull public-house, at Rumford, and several dwelling-houses and
gardens, with about 20 acres of land, were sold, in eleven lots, for
wails amounting to 4,3751. A leasehold house and premises in
Leadenball market, held under the City for 474 years, at 451.
ground rent, fpr which Rowland Stephenson, a few years since,
paid 6,0001. brought no more than &SOL
DEATH BY .DROWNlNG.—Saturday morning, be-
tween six and seven o'clock, a respectably dressed female was dis-
covered in the Regent's Canal, near Albany-bridge, Park-street,
Camden Town. The body was discovered by a little boy who
was walking on the towing-path, who immediately gave an alarm
to some men who were passing over the bridge. The body was
got eur,qad lies at Mr. Green's, landlord of the York and Albany,
Park-street, Camden Town, to await a Coroner's Inquest.
DEATH OF LAMBOURN, TILE MURDERER.—Thin
miserable criminal; after enduring the severest sufferings from the
dreadful wooed he inflicted on his throat, expired in Guy's Hos-
pital, at half-past ten o'clock on Friday night. In the course of
the evening be became extremely restless, and repeatedly pulled
the bed-clothes from off him, as though insensible of what he was
doing, and lt became necessary to confine his hands with cords.
About nine o'clock he was more placid, and cautioned so until his
death ; indeed, so calm were his last moments, that the attendant
appointed to watch him did not observe the precise moment of his
dlseolutke. The Rev. Mr. Blenkarne the Chaplain of the Hos-
pital, visited him between seven and eight o'clock, *ben the
wretched man waste too much pain to attend to his admonition.,
aid beckoned to bins with his hand to withdraw. Lsmbourn ex-
pressed hi. sorrow for the dreadful act be had committed, and said
"be bailed Goo would pardon him." Much has been written in
the daily papers regarding the attention paid to Lambsurn by his
relatives • the accounts of which had been greatly exaggerated.—
None of ;bests have visited him since Thursday se'nnlght, when his
son called at the Hospital ; and his daughter has nut seen him since
last Sunday fortnight.
ACClDENT.—Saturday morning, at ten
o'clock, an Inquest was held at St. Thomas Hospital, on the body
of a man of the name of White. The deceased was a painter, and
was employed Os Wednesday afternoon in painting the front of a
house in Lesdenhall-market, In reaching his bra-h be overbalanced
the lkdder on which he was standing, and bis body, in ralliegicanus
in contact with one of the large iron hooks fixed in the shambles
to hang carcases upon, Which entered•bis abdomen, and suspended
the unfortunate man about nine feet from. :he grants& Ili this
hatable situation he remained until amistance was procured, and
he was lifted off the hook.,
.17itu wound, which hied profusely, wes
immediateir, dressed bia.neighbsurieg surgeon, sehw ordered hint
to be conveyed ia 'Guy's Hospital. where he expired,in the surgery
in about nine minutes after his arrival. Dlr. Sampan Boycott,
one Of, thf aseistaat•sureeons. on examining. the body, found the
liver Ind abdomen much ',nitrated. In thelatteg was st quaoticg
of blood and water aqd coagidaisd,hlood. Of thew istietieeeed the.
fuse:sof die groin the deceased divd. Verdict7-Accidental Dow'

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