The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-09 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-MAT 8.

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PIT-111 V. BTURT.-13TIBW OP TAXATION.

who placed it was aware of the consequences likely to result
Irons the act. If the Jury, therefore, believed that those
rests were made out, it would be their duty to say that
the prisoner was guilty i but if, on thu other hand, they
should be of opinion that, being engaged by the side ot the
railway, he bad lases playing with this chair, and had
thoughtlessly plead it upon the rails 'without hiving any
idea of the consequences, then they would be justified in
amitting him upon this indictment.
jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of I
Not Grady.
The Heserder, addressing the prisoner, said that the jury
hod :ekes a way =Wel view of his ease, and although he
spied with them in their opinion that he might possibly
have committed the sot without any intention of causing
misehlef, yet it was a very daagerons proceeding, and he
loped he would never dogmas a thing again. He appeared
cohere been la esetody sines the 28th April, aced this would
operate in some respect as a warning no doubt, and he would
now be and given up to his friends.
Mites DMA.ffy, a respectable looking lad, was charged
with stealing a quantity of copper plates.
Ibis prisoner pleaded guilty.
It appeared that his father was in the service of Mr.
Walker, an engraver, and that the prisoner was in the habit
of going to the establishment ti visit him, and he took the
opportunity thus afforded him to steal a number of valuable
eagraved plates. It was stated that they were worth nearly
7001., but it appeared that the prisoner had sold the whole
of them to a marine store dealer for 21., and that they were
immediately melted down.
Mr. Id'Enteer, who appeared for the defence, urged, in
mitigation of punishment, that it was a first offence, and he
said that the fru rids of the prisoner had made arrengemenut
to remove him from the country.
The Court, under these circumstances, sentenced the pri-
mer to be kept to hard labour for four months.

The plaintiff in this cue is an attorney, and be sought to
recover 1071. for work done in connexion with the Dorset
election in 1862. The eve came on for trial at Winchester,
and at about four o'clock in the afternoon it was agreed to
refer the matter to arbitration. The arbitrator directed a
verdict for defendant, b.tt ordered that each Farty should
pay his own costs of the refetence. It happened that a
witness named Pyse did lot reach Winchester until some
hour after it bad been agreed to refer the ens ; but the
Master neverthelese slowed his expanse as a witness in the
cause. Most of the other witneems had to go home, a dig-
mum of about fifty alike by railway, bat the Muter had
allowed as costs in the cause three days expenses of the wit.
usage, one day for piss to Winchester, one day there, and
another for returning. It was eostaided that the witnesses
could have gone home cm the second day, and that the Mae.
Mr ought to ham allowed. only for two days. On these
grounds a rule was obtained for the Muter to review his
taxation, and today cause was shown against the rale.
Mr. Sleigh, Q C., sad Mr. Maynard, showed cause; and
Mr. M Smith, Q.O , and Ms. Temple, supported the rale.
The court thought that the Master was right in allowing
the witnesses for throe days, but that Pyne could not pro-
perly be said to have been a witness is the cause, and the
Muter ought not to have allowed his 'amass in costa of
the cause.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-MAT 8.
IMPOPS CHIMP Wall POLLOCK. an SILIKOIS PAW, PLAIT. APO

WLLIO:f O. TEI

MAMMY.
SHIRR AND
COMPANY.

RAILWAY

Mr. Wheeler (and Mr: Key we. with him) showed cans*
against a role that had Wien obtained by Mr. Tomlinson, for
entering a consult in this action, tried before Mr. Lau- I
strong, who is the Recorder of Manchester, damages 201.'
The short facts were these. Tho plaintiff, while travelling
in one of the company's oarriagto with another geatleman,
had defaced kis ticket by cutting it at the corners with a
pair of nag•seismrs. On aniving at the Victoria station,
Manchester
_dray were arrested ea the production of the
*hot so dalhowl. by the maisteat ouporiatanden t, and taken
Se the pollee Maim TM amp massed a as, " Offence
apical the railway ode, noweedy, dielbeism the tickets by
eatlig them in several places, maltig the dates undiscern.
ibis." The parties, after being loskod up all night, were
tabus before the magistrates. who ibmlesed the. complaint.
TY questions were, whether the somplay were liable for
the ossolust of the amistent-mpagiMewasat ; whether there
was Maws showing tkey bed eammtioned his act ; and
whether there was ',kisses Mp te the jury. Ultimately'
they reeelved themselves late lba latter point.
Kr. Tomlinson having bees beard,
The mart intimated that in the points involved matter
of greet importance, time would be taken to consider the
judgment.
This being the last day of term, the time of the court was
&ken up by the hearing of =Aims only.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Mix 8.

IN 1111 20112111T1L111.

The bankrupt, a clothier in Little,Tower-hill, ►pplied (or
his certificate. The unsecured debts, over about sex years,
were 6,0481.; ditto, secured, 3,2171.; sur:tlus, January,
1819, 8661. ; profits, 6,9291.; the good debts were put
down at 2,618 i. ; property given up to assignees, 2,9331. ;
property held by creditors, 4001.
His Honour, after hearing the solicitor to the assignees,
who asked for a first-class certificate, the statement of •
creditor, and the bankrupt's explanation of the facts of the
ease, considered that the failure had arisen from unavoid-
able lose and misfortune, and said that he had great pleasure
in discharging • duty which the act of parliament pointed
out, by granting an immediate certificete of the first-claw.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS

a 8.

IN_RE W.

LTION FOR TRI " SIXPINCRM

This insolvent, who was adjudged to twelve months im-
prisooment for fraud, applied for his "sixpences" from his
detaining creditor, at the rate of, not exceeding, 4s. a week,
for his support, he being a pauper prisoner.
Mr. Duncan showed cause en the part of the detaining
I creditors, and remarked that two former a.yltratitns had
been dismissed.

Mr. Commissioner Murphy said they were dismissed for
informality la the affidavit'.
A good deal of evidence was gone into. By the insolvent
it was alleged that his wife and eight young children were
in a state of destitution. On the part of the creditors it was
stated that the wife and children were living in a shop at
Horton. The wife was examined, and declared that she
was allowed a shelter, and WM now In the receipt of parochial
relief.

Mr. Commissioner Murphy required further evidence to
decide the matter, and adjourned the application to Friday.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT. -MAT 8.

1 At the sitting of the court, Mr. Charles Williams
IcAelsea Bevan, the late secretary to the Deposit Life and
Fire Insurance Coupay, was in attendance for the purpose
of surrendering to take his trial upon a charge of miede-
meanest, in having unhealed several considerable sums of
limey, the property of the company.
When the case was about to be called on,
Yr. Bodkin, who was beguiled fee the pramestion, said
he had to apply to Ile .wet mew Miter postellar circum-
stances for a poetpesoment of the trial to the next session.
On the previous day, elm the ONO was mooted to coon.
as, they were propene with all the noteneary papers,
owl la particular with the cheques roaming to the money
that was alleged to have boom embeeniod. In the
owinhig, however, it was discovered that the cheques
wino net wars the papers, ma they bad, in
sate masonatable maser, altogether disappeared.
H. did act mean to oast an braptiritsn upon any per-
metse it was obviously nosisio to paused with the
ia the abuses of them ilimuntonts, be bad to
apply to tin mut to allow the .w to Mead over to the next
meokm, sod, ia the seteatinte, a reward would be offered,
and every possible step taken to mum the missing papers.
Ur. Perry, who was counsel ter the defendant, said it
appeared to him the opplisation woe a very extraordinary
use, OM be inquired of Ni. BMWs whether he believed he
&sail lad Woo *Kass that wore missing by the next
session?

111. iadkin said he could sod undertake tie say that they
would be found, but every nem Would be taken to effect
that
Mei Voider said he did net think be should be just;fied,
slider the eireuastaness, is refusing the application fors
pesepsasnist of the trial; and it was accordingly ordered
to stand over to the neat session.

lbedeiei;elaniTraWliowed7.; be at large upon the is
recastaisanees be bad before entered into. _

- George Fleeces. I, a Goan lad, was charged; with a
misdemeanour, in having unlawfully) placed a piece of iron,
called a chair, upon the rails of the South Western railway,
and thereby endangered the safety of passengers travelling
upon the line.
Mr. Beneath's presented co behalf of the railway com-
pany. The facts of this caw were very short. It at,
that on thisitt the 27th April, as the down Windsor
train was on its journey, shortly after it bed
passed the Mation, the driver of the engine observed
a chair lying upon we of the up rails. Au up train would
have arrived at the spot in about half-an-hour, and Lisp
peeved that the probable result :of its ooming is contact
with the chair would have been to threw it off the line, and
very serious oilfields( might have been occasioned. The
ehetrostiea was removed from the rail, and in oinisisquence
of inquirise that were subsequently made, one of the omeers
Odle caspaay went in search of the prisoner, and upon his
asking him what he bad been doing, he began to cry, and
adiaitted that he had placed the chair upon the rail, and
said that he was very sorry ,for it, sad begged for pardon.
It appeared that the prisoner was employed by a farmer to
mare birds in • field adjolaing the railway, and it would
mess that he had thoughtlessly placed the chair upon the
railway without any intention or object, and ivory probably
without being at all aware of the emisequences that might
have resulted ham the act.
The primes?, whoa sailed upon for kis defence, replied
that be had nothing to say, sziwpt that he war very sorry.
The Recorder having failed t.4e attention of the jury to
• "articular statute under which She sharge was framed,
mien ben ruled that beim a aZsvietion could take
lowa um., it the jury mast be satisfied QS the obstruction
was wilfully p:_eoed upon the railway, sod t;',!t the Perim

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1855.