The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-05 00:00:00

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.

MAT 4.
(Balm the Judge Ordinary.)
JONI 6 I. JON 1101/11Th.

Mr. Pritchard for the petitioner. Is 1248 the petitioner,
a miller and cattle dealer in North Wales, named the re-
'woodcut, who was a widow that kept a public-hoes. Is
1884) the respondent sloped with her huaband'a servant,
Roberta. Toe respoodeate afterwards cohabited at Liao.
Bolles and at Hortoe, where thy kept a grocer'. shop and
coal 'W.—Decree alai with costa.

wur V. WILILY.

Mr. R. Lloyd for the paiitiMser.
The marriage took place i• 1856, and the parties cohabited
about fifteen months, the petitioner being a bookbioder is
Loodm. The reepoesdent then left him, sad had aume lad
• very profligate life.—Deoree MIL

GILBIIT r. G JOWL. LUCAS. LID SAMACLE.

Dr. Deane, Q.C.,antflr. iritchard for the
The parties were married in 184 the hothead being a
general dealer in **neighbourhood of Coventry. Of late
years the respondent had become addicted to intemperate
*bits, and while in her driaking fits she was guilty of the
moat shainalces ininiondoet.—Decree nisi.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—MAT 4.
(Before Mr. Commimicser (toobers.)
LY RE STRARAN, PAUL, AND HAM.
The bankrupts were bankers in the Strand. Their failure,
about nine years ago, will be well remembered from the
extraordinary circamstatiate of the case. On liabilities of
between 600,0001. and 700,0004 them bars been dividends
at various times amounting to 44. in the posed. This was
a sitting for final dividend. It was stated that the maigeses
had a small sum in hand, and that a further amount was
expected shortly to he realised. Under these circumstances
an adjournment of the dividend sitting took place.

THE POLICE COURT&
_ .MA2 814-110 USE.

Thomas Rayer,ft, an madam touter, well known 4 this
court as a very troublesome character, haring been re•
pettedly charged with assaults and being drunk, was brought
before Mr. Alderman Carter (who was sitting (or the Lord
Mayor), charged with being drunk and assaulting the police-
constable.

Police-constable Healy, 485, stated that on the previous
afternoon he wu in King William-street, when he saw the
prisoner assaulting another man who was a cripple Hs
took the prisoner sway from the man, and was about to go
away when he called him a foul USDA and struck at him
with his fist. If. then attempted to take him into enstody,
but the prisoner resisted and became very violent, striking
and kicking him several times. Another constable came to
his assistance, and after the lapse of half an bow they
managed to get him to the station. The primmer at the
time was the worse for liquor.
Police-constable Hooey, 470. corroborated this statement,
but lir. Pitmen, a printer, of Gracenhurch-street, and another
gentleman, who stated that they saw mast lithe tramesettio,
gave evidenoe of rather a different character. They both
stated that they were together, and seeing a distarbeaee
went to see what it was, and saw the primmer mid the
cripple on the ground together, the prisoner *liking the
letter with his cap. Mr. Pitmen was taking the reamer
from off the other man when the officer Healy tame op,
caught bold of the prisoner, and struck him several times
about the head and face with his clenched Mt, sad
also mad* a kick at the prisoner's head while on the ground,
bat the witnesses were not certain that the blow took dint,
It was not wail after the primmer bad received theill-esses
spoken of that he retaliated, sad he certainly Mena the
eater, saying that he could stand it no Luger.
The agfeer amid the truth of this statement, but Yr.
Alderman Carter said it was quite *widest then the officer
had suseded his duty, and used modes Oaken ►swards the

primmer, otherwise he tree sure the two gentlemen, who had
given their evidence iu a very clear end straightforward
manner, would not bare taken the trouble to attend ; and be
should mark his sense of the officer's conduct by chrectinz
kin to be reported to tlieeommasionats ; and he discharged
the prissow.