The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-14 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGEXCE.

(THIS DAT.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before M. Oceinahmlow Kekgyd.)
IN HZ HEM ATIZOM?S_W!!14111.

The boknipt was an attareey, of Madame (formerly is
with Mr. Whltolteed, of that place), sad also
pig the office of clerk of the pesos for the smutty of
lee; mid other public appoluteessits.
Tho wen the adjourned eiWeig foe esanduelios and
ebine.. Th. accounts show a large moon% of liability.
eke claga of unsecured creditors mama to 10379 f. Cr..;
iwra bolding security, 33,359/. (the securities being valued
;,4.0;:.); the meets are pat down at shoat 110 a only.
ice bankropt states as the cause of his harm lose of
„,,tsi no rebuilding paper mills at Barad sad elsewhere,
.flog machinery, and, heavy payments foe inseraness
3. fife. At the lase sitting the haskrapt bad bees masted
▪ file cub. goods, sad dsaccooMe.
yr. C. E. Lewis, for the Mated that be hssi
alv ben able to obtain moan to boots of the Arm
wee weeks ago, and Me scoonste required by the ire-
were consequently not yet oompleted. His time
tad been much occupied during the hut month by his
public duties, as clerk of the paste. He hed so inteetion
a beeping his creditors at army binge ; In feet he Mei
4,00 made an offer to set aside, at a tutors stage of the
acoasidetable portion of his prolusions] income.
yr. Lawrence, for the assignees, did sot object to a sheet
koaremeot, with the understanding that V the lankreat
▪ oot then prepared with the smonsnis say farther
drurotorot must be at his own expense. He stated that
je should be able to perfect his aeconsts in about • tatt-
oo. An adjournment sine die, it was thought, maid
orate prejudicially to the bankrupt in his public:appoint-
ment,.
Mr. Lairlater, no behalf of creditors, asked for an ad-
ooroteeot sine die. Mr. Whitehead, the —hasbnWs
partner, wholly denied that the bersicrupt bad sot 64
roses to the partnership hooka This meatdeg bed been
:fed at the bankrupt's own time ; end the cvediton were
awtai that they would never get say amounts mare
gi adjournment sins die were ordered, with limited
Trytection. As to the offer to sin apart • portion of his
moose that TM very MOO.
Mr. Lewis said that he had distinctly offered to set aside
fourth of the oat proceeds of his prohnsiosel irroosne.
Mr. Lawrence said he had reason to believe that there
ti every dispolitios oo the part of the baakrapt to do all
his power to satisfy his creditora
ritimately an adjournment for six weeks was ordered,
eith protection.
SZ LIMIT LSD 101901.

These bankrtiptaman; isacrTbridamofGrost Nowatrset,
~,taer.tane, printers sad shippw lately trading as in or I
Wtnership with Francis Bar Fraaklys, and Wm was a
ineting for lut examination and discharge.
The secounti show debtor to creditors unsecured
:‘,171 r. sat od.; to creditors under dead of inspasbaship, to
b pig in full as per contra, 1,5771.191 6d. ; to liabilities oat
Oa discounted not expected to sank &gamut the
mate. ; ditto expected to sank against the
mac ;to creditors on 03 • t assoest, 1041.
t'r.—Br dr. prints& beisinem, 3,214& ; dr. Bonaswell
omptry's business, 1,1341.; bills receivable, 3961 51 10d.,
les smoast domed 2501; property (6,5701 lam meditate
p be *Heal, 1,5771. 1U) 4,9921.; by salvias Australiaa
trots, as per Melboarss balsziorahmot. 30th Desembar,
21,358/.; newspapers in traumata, 311. sa. 9d. ; by dr
telecy, 2.421/. 9s. tid.
Mr. LIWIVICO, for the trainee's, did net oppoms. Mr.
snood was for the assignees, and Mr. ltssiorman for ths
bankrapt Robson.
It. Sargood thought that a deficismoy trasank ought to
nandend ; bat
. .

Ir. IA IMMO ceeniered that it mad be easily esesseted
Is by the Merinos between the pries of the os whew
=Med and whoa Md. The bmkrepte Whim • tam time
n the bands of their erodible, wider • deed of
and he Mr. Lewreeee, emeidend it cm of theme ages in
eta coder the old act the beakrep•s would have been ea-
Cal to a first claw miffing .
Mr. Immo= addressed the work for Mr. Hoboes.

tlr. Carman, the official ' said that the aseotiats
were satisfactory to him, and be did eat consider any ad-
mane would be gained by ea adjaaramset.
Hu Hower mated the order of diebarma
to the question whether certain creditors of Lovey_. Sab-
ra acid Franklyn could prows spume tho astatajais amar
taw :ad:osent in the affirmative.

qIERIFFS' COURT, RED LION-SQUARE.

(Wore Mr. Usilsr-Sheriff BgrahatiLl

Al many u 35 itio;Witasite;;se• suransou ed to attend
ru,rniug fora period of six weeks, sad several made
_se on the craned of bails( 60 years old and upwards.
Yr. Under• Sheriff Barehell told the parties that age did
excuse them whilst their names appeared on the
. .

e of the applicants said he was not aware that his name
ti ea the list.

The learned Coder-Sharilf answered that it was the duty
ca all persons liable to serve to examine the lists which WS,
11111bited OD the church doom, and if 60 years old and
sincis to net their imams removed by the parish allow.
nu Dodos applied to ell persons.
It. applicant was required to serve on the peanut

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
gals DAY.)

(Beton Mr. Bans Pigott)
Szra4 Rotnniow, 94, was charged with feloniously cutting
sot wounding Marl A.D. Hardoattlo with intoot to do her
tape gnevoat bodily hem

Mr. Nicholson prosecuted.
The proescutrix is this ease wee • young women &pm-
ready about the tame age se the prisooer, and the occurrence
in Tiestioa appeared to have enema out of • feeling of
...sum It seemed that on the 9th of April a man seined
donee had pee to visit the prosecute', and the primer, with
whom this man appeared to have cohabited for • coodderable
',mod, being in the room at the time, au sugr7 &hematite
took plea between all the partial, sad the primmer because
eery excited, and after Jams had left, according to the evi-
deo:* of the prosiest:ix, she rushed at her with • trade
sal the prosecutrix rooeived • srouod ia one of her handi
Mich she held up to protect her body. The primmer's
cotton of the affair was that Jones had lived with her for
&rend years as her busbsod, and she bad had throe
children by him, and be had deserted her to go and live
with the prosecutrix. On the evening is quotes she west
to the lo4ieg of the prosecutris to ask her whether she
imsidered it right to be living with a mauled men, which
tie considered Jones to be, Lod the marmot she said this
the pre/cuter attacks d her with a jog which was broke..
sod she received the injary ma her had from cos of the
tram pieces.
The roan Jones was called as • witness, ad he stated
that he bad lived with the primer for &boat a year isad
and he said he left her oo snout of he Molest
lierw• _ _ _

Me primer said that JOOO4 bed Woad bet to late bar
tome, and had promised to many her, and she had bores
him childres. While be was oat of Walt she ooseiortilid
him. but the moment he got employmest ►e left her to go
sad live with the prorenntris. She wu cat swan of the
Let until the day in goestioe, sad apes lawnisg it atm wee
it:in At betide Mined, sad scarcely lumw what she did. She
ailed that Jones had always solemnly pealed to many
her, cod to take bar abroad what they get a little mow
together.

It answer to question put by the leaned judge, the
fellow Jam admitted that he bad promised to marry the
prisoner, mid that he deserted bet to go sad live with iii•
yr! Hardeutle.

niepriso;er, whoa called open for her &foam boned
earnestly for mercy, ad said that what had occurred would
be a waroieg to her for the reel of her life, ad she would
sever do curb a thing &pie.
The jury acquitten the prisoner of the felooy, but found
her r:qiity of unlawfully wowedieg, at the same time
stroegly war:mei:shun her to mercy on amount of the
treat provocation she bad received.
-

The
earned judge, is peariag sestesiee, said there nue
so doubt that the prisoner had waived very great provers-
tpc from the roan Jones, but the set of using a knife in
'Le war she had dose vas • very serious offence, and one
that it vu impossible to pan over without punishment,
and Le felt it his duty to soutanes her to be imprisoned
std kept to hard labour for six mouths.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

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