The Sun. — 1844-08-23 (London, England)

LAW LIND POLICE.  In the Bankruptcy Court, Mr. Commissioner Foe" blanque delivered a very important judgment as to the, construction to be placed on the attestation clauses of the Insolvent Act. He said that he had had a conference with three other Commissioners on the subject, and that, in their opinion, the " attorney or agent in the matter of such petition," who was directed by the Ao; to make the attestation, meant " an attorney at law, an ° not such a general attorney as a party can make to do such acts as himself might have done." This judgment is directly opposed to the opinion of Lord Brougham, se to the proper construction of the attestation section. , There were twenty-three insolvent cases disposed by Commissioners Fonblanqiie and Fane, but they re. sassed no features of public interest. Philip Turner was indicted on Wednesday, at Gloucester, before Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, for sending on the 15th of July last a letter to his daughter, threateninil to kill his son-in-law, William Salmon. After the tri had commenced it was agreed, at the suggestion of the Judge, that the prisoner should withdraw his plea °f not guilty, pleading guilty instead, and entering into hie, own recognisances to the amount of 1,0004 and coo up and receive judgment if requisite. At Liverpool, Michael Riley, convicted of a robberi from the person of John Ashton, at Manchester, Os sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve calendar months' and Thomas Hurst, indicted for shooting at George Taylor, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harp' was found guilty of an assault. In the civil side the case of Gregory v. Williams, which was an action for libel was tried, before Mr. Jug. tice Cresswell. The libel which imputed to the plainti"' the agent to a Mr. Wynne, improper conduct in the ex. cution of the duties of his agency, was contained in 1.: letter addressed to that gentleman. The jury found for the plaintiff, damages 150/., which, however, was re. duced to 1001., the sum claimed in the declaration. In the case of Dresser v. Clarke and others, the jil,rl found for the plaintiff for 130/. This was an action V the Yorkshire District Bank against certain parties wno had become sureties for advances made by bank " the contractors for the erection of a church atthe Wethervp The church uas to have been erected by subscriptienntle The poisoning case at Stepney has terminated The acquittal of the accused James Cockburn Beho,qiminal trial occupied the attention of the Central `dr Court for two days. In the New Court, the Common Sergeant sentenced Justinian Burrell to seven years' transportation, for CM' bezzling 541. 165., the property of his employer. Octavius Clark, the gentleman thief who pleaded guilty to a variety of indictments, was sentenced to h° transported for ten years. A builder, named William White, was indicted for confederating and conspiring with William Atkins, and by means of false pretexts, to obtain from a person c,f the name of Dunn a quantity of grocery of considerable amount, with intent to cheat and defraud him there(); Atkins opened a grocer's shop at Fulham, and in order . to obtain goods from Dunn on credit referred hire 1 White, who was represented by Atkins to be a wen°, large property. The goods we're sent, but before t time of payment arrived the shofi was shut up, and c b.f,l Atkins and White were off. He was convicted and —. tenced to twelve months' hard labour. The Lord Mayor committed a man named Willi° Harden for trial, from the Mansion. house, for steal several bags of sugar, the property of Messrs. Fenn sn, Co. The prisoner had represented himself to the Prf„ secutors as Mr. Joseph Morris, of Kingston, a gentleiv`i of known respectability, whose card he produced, els which he had obtained by representing to Mr. MOrrof that he was the traveller of Messrs. Hands and Co.:, Mincing-lane, and that he had called for orders. ed Richard Robinson, a boy eleven years of age, was i'llcetlj 101. at Wandsworth, and in default of payment sentell f to six weeks' imprisonment for having placed a piece at wood across the rails of the South-Western Railwel Wimbledon. Mr. Cottingham, at Union-hall, ordered Edward 114; blow, who had attempted suicide, to be detained no" should provide sureties not to renew the attempt. Thomas C. Cowley was again remanded from i-4,1; beth-street on a charge of fraud and swindling. is the man who obtained credit at several public-honm by representing himself as the executor of the late m" Harvey, of South Australia.