The Sun. — 1844-03-29 (London, England)

LAW AND POLICE. At the Monmouth assizes, Thomas Thomas was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Jones, a child, of which he was stated to be the father. He was defended by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd. A verdict of Not Guilty was returned. At the Mansion-house, Mr. James Hill, who, for twenty years, has held the situation of weigher, teller, and stamper of weights at her Majesty's Mint, lodged a complaint against a clerk of the Bank of England for clipping a sovereign which he had presented without first weighing it. He also complained that theßank of England used weights made of glass, which were not authorised by the Government. Mr. Freshfield, the solicitor for the Bank, having been sent for, promised to make an inquiry, and had no doubt that a satisfactory explanation would be given. Henry Norman, publisher of the Magnet and Bell's New Weekly Messenger, was charged at Bow-street with embezzling several sums of money, received for and qn account of his employers. He had been employed by them for three years. The defalcation discovered amounted to 171. He was committed for trial.  Mr. Harlow, who was recently fined 501., as the alleged proprietor of the gaming-house in Leicester-place, applied by his solicitor, at Marlborough-street, to tender the sureties for prosecuting an appeal against the decision of the magistrates. A difficulty arises in the case, from the fact of the fine having been paid, and the bench takes time to consider the application. Two men, named Farey and Steward, were charged, at Worship-street, with working an illegal still at a house in Nash-street, Globe-lane, Bethnall-green. Farey was fined 301., and Steward was discharged. Tamar Berry, a woman 85 years of age, was committed to goal for three months on a charge of having incited a young girl, named Jane King, to rob her father of money, which the old woman received, under pretence of telling the girl's fortune. A sergeant, of the M division said that she was well-known for a number of years about Dockhead as a fortune-teller, and that people, women and young girls particularly, were in the habit of visiting her for that purpose. In Vice-Chancellor Bruce's Court ,an application was made by Mr. Cobbett, the son of the late William Cobbett, Esq., to be allowed to defend an action against him, as his father's executor, in forma pauperis. The applicant is at present in the Queen's Bench prison, where he has been confined for four years, for a contempt of Court. His Honour, after a lengthened argument, granted permission to defend in forma pauperis, so far as related to the discharge of the contempt for which he was now in custody in this cause.  The Queen Dowager, and the members of her Court, re• move from Marlborough-house on Monday next, to Bushy. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, Lady Henry Russell, Captain Stopford, Mrs. and Miss Balfour, &c., have been visiting, within the last week, the Earl and Countess of Wicklow, at Shelton Abbey, Ireland. Earl and Countess Cadogan and Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan are expected at the family mansion, in Piccadilly, by the 10th of the ensuing month, from Italy. The Noble Earl and Countess left Rome early in the present month.  doward leave Castle Howard for town about the 20th of April. The Earl of Lauderdale has come to town from Dunbar House, the seat of the Dowager-Countess of Lauderdale, near Dunbar.