The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-02 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the dodge Ordinary.)
ritimudev v. exelmsfile AJD NAYLOR.
Mr. Keene, Q.C., and Dr. spiabs for the petitioner; Mr.
, Moller. Q.C., sod Mr. Maltby for the respondent ; Mr.
_and Dr. Swabs,' for the co-respoodeut.
This part•heard are has already bean repotted. It wee
the suit of Mr. Ferooley, • surgeon in Liecolnshire, who
„night a divorce on the ground of his wife's adultery with
mt. Naylor, • barrister as the Norfolk comet, sad with
carious other persons. It will be remembered that the
~,,;Wooer, when • widower with six children, bad engaged
the thspondent—at that time a youg girl—u go,sser in
hi, Naidy. Afterwards becoming attached to hers he made
brr his wife ; but it was alleged that her conduct soon
b,sihs so violent that he was obliged to
',paste from her. Elbe removed to Cambridge, where she
ctsol • school, but she only enceseded in getting one '
; and this young lady, in her *Adam on Saturday,
prored that her governess had been in the habit
toe/ free terms with the undergraduate'. The eewoadiat
after rattly came to London, and it was contended that Mr.
Nsv;iir had committed adultery with her at Holloway. Mr.
Malley, in his address to the jury, however, denied
that there was anything improper in the 0011011.1d130 between
the respondents, Mr. Naylor baying simply occupied apart-
,ent= to her houmi.
- This morning Mr. Locke addressed the jar) en behalf
et the respoodent. He urged that them must
b,,Ve been some valid reason why the respondent
should have taken so gnat • Make so her hus-
band, as was stated on the other title. Nothing could be
,rose unlikely than that • girl who had been induced to
marry a tun old enough to be her father should have been
of the violence attributed to her. In 1852 she was
i,,thed adrift with • miserable pittance of Bs. per
week to struggle through the world as best she could;
I it was not till more than ten years afterwards that
it,. petitioner had thought fit to menet his petition opin-
e: own of her conduct while living apart from him. After
thew preliminary arguments the leaned gentleman went at
ar.tt length into the details of the mu, and insisted that
of the charges had been astieflottelly toad* mt.
The case was proceeding when our report left.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. CoonakdosarGaMbitta.)

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IN II WARDZIJ. AND BOWL
The bacirrupts were ship and feenranee tinkers, of
i.r,sbsm•bouse, Old Broad-stmt. Adjudication of hank.
r.oer was recently roads against them • sad application
sr.s afterwards made to dismiss the petilicia, ca the ground
:5 the debtors had executed a deed of mignsonst under
the l't!nd qection of the Act of 1460, and that the said deed
t... 1 been duly registered.
. . . . .

liAgleiapplared for the trustees ander the deed; Mr.
Dora supported the adjudicating'.
His Honour io giving judgment referred to the conditions
pre•-cribed by the 192 ad section, as twiesmary to be complied
r.th is deeds of arrangement and enure to the conabmioa
that the first condition regulating the proportion of
creditors who ought to Ingo the deed, bad not
beet with in this case, owing to the 'scared credi•
ton being omitted. He referred to the decisions of the
i, ell Justices, in the mace of "Morgan" acid Ohms, and
said that he was bond. ►cting oa those decisions, to bold
th .1 the deed was not one within the meaning of the 192nd

asked that the advertisement of bankruptcy
i,ould Ln staycl.
Hu Honour said it had already been stayed about two
months ; but as the question was one of importance and the
panes might wish to take it to a higher court, he would
,Tr.ot a further delay of ten days.
fee liabilities are stated at upwards of 11,0001.
IN as N. G. JIIINDIGB.
The bankrupt, described as of Oxford.terraos, Clapham-
outof business. Debts, about 8001.

Mr. Aldridge appeered for the official assignee ;
1-v opposed for creditors, It was stated that the beak-
udd an income of about 2001. a year under a will ; bed
the terms of the bequest were so peculiar, that the bank.
interest did not pass to the assignees, but reverted to
tte trustees under the will, who had full discretionary power
to the disposal of the property.
Mr. E. Reed. on behalf of the bankrupt., submitted that
case had been made out under the 159th Section, the
c .art bad no power to attach any condition to the order.
Fl,l Hooour said it was quite a nue for inquiry, and he
adjourn it for that purpose. It should be intimated
to the trustees, in the interval, that if they did not dc what
ass reasonable towards the creditors, it was very likely
the bankrupt would not get hi order.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Baron Charnell)
Koet, 18, a very good-looking girl, was charged
tpn an indictment and also by the coroner's inquisition
ir.th the wilful murder of her female illegitimate child.

Mr. Sleigh prosecuted ; and Mr. Ribtoia was counsel for
the prisoner.
Mr. Sleigh opened the came as one is which the evidence
was not sufficient to support the charge of murder, as, ac-
cording to the medical evidence it wee very doubtful
whether the child whose death was the subject of inquiry
had been born alive or not. It was the old melancholy
story of a poor girl being seduced and deserted by her be-
trayer, and the destruction of the offspring by some means
or other ; but the necessary legal evidence was wanting to
support the serious charge made against the prisoner, and
the learned counsel, therefore, only asked for a conviction
for the offence of endeavouring to conceal the birth.
•

Mr. Ribton said he could not.strumile widest a conviction
for this offence, and Use jury, therefore, found the prisoner
guilty of the misdemeanour, and she was sentenced to nine
months' bard labour.