The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-16 00:00:00

Iv RE BICIRLIY, —QUESTION All TO PRIORITY of CORM

This was a Soothelmotor:ease, which bas beecTl4orethe
court some time. The assignee originally appointed was
removed by order of the court, and a fresh se-
s*iee was choose, through oboes exertion 751.
of note had been realised. The queries now arose, which
of the solicitors was entitled to priority in the payment of
his costa, the amount being insufficient to defray the whole.
The solicitor who bad acted up to the choice claimed 181. as
his costa ; &furthers= was claimed by the solicitor olio bad
acted for the first assignee ; and a third amount by the soli.
citornow eating. Torender the matter stillmoncomplimiek
so order had been made by the court for payment out of
the estate of the oasts of Miss Hacker, an opposing cre-
ditor, is respect of the removal of the original and
in opposing the bankrupt's order, but without ndia to
the question of priority. The result was that time ware fiva'
seta of torts claiming to be satisfied out of this 751.
not a very promiring state of thins for the eroditcem.
Hi Honour said he should direct the payment of Min
Hacker's costa, after taxation or egreetnent, in the foot in-
stance ; he would afterwards &tannin the question el
priority amongst the solicitors.
Mr. Stocker., Mr. Paterson, and another Foilsmen
appeared in the case.

tlf ft IL C. ItIWBEIT.
The bankrupt wag a manufacturing elation? of Presi-
dentetreet West, and Helmet-row. Debt., 11,1521. ;I
suet. and property held, stated at 4,2481. This wee •
pedal on,, stated for the opinion of the court, under the
125th elan. of the Consolidation Act of 1849. The beak-1
rapt, it appeared, had succeeded to the beam" of his
mother and a person named Clerk, in whom the are of the
premises, fixtrues, machinery, isa. were vested nal Dee. 10
last. At that date the property wee treneferred from the
partnership to Mrs. Newbery, and from her to the bank-
rupt, at a rent of 2201., payable quarterly, for the years, the
lease to be void in the event of bankruptcy or judgement
obtained against the bankrupt. In February, 1864 Mm.
Newhery obtained judgment against her gee, flieran, se.
Tarns the right of re-entry, which took place tee the
7th March. On the 17th the edjadiretioa wee made
on acreditor's paitianthe set of bankruptcy having asearved
on the 4th of March. The maegager loci takes poneemou
of all the property endow the cisme above referred to.
known u the " order and dipositica etyma^
Mr. Sargood, on behalf of the (lamest of the property,
Mrs. timber?, roatinded that auk ministry sad firtares
were not within the loops of the disuse, sad did eat erne
ender the deecaptioe of goods and chattels. He ass pro-
ceeding to cite oases. when
His Honour said it was pretty clearly established that
trade machinery and fixtures were not each goods as wooed
pas under the order and dirpositioe clan. With regard
to furniture and effects the age might be different
Mr. Sargood mid the bankrupt had only a qualified pow
esesioe, limited to the nee, and bad he removed say of the
Property be might have ben iodated for felony. This
was clearly the am as to the machinery ; sad the same pen-
riots extended to furniture bad under a lease.
Mr. E. Reed, for the &mignon ocintraded that the whale
of the property, beagle the me and daproltiosi of the 1... -
-not, passed to the assignees. He cited a mamba of came in
support of this view.
His Honour reserved hi judgment

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

WESTMECSTRR.

ROBBERY BT ♦ CTIMANAT TUB TWTORLA RAILWAY STATION,

Emile Thielick, • Geri;;;;;•-• charged with stealing •
carpet bag at the terminus of the Victoria Bailwgetatio•,
Pimlico.

-
Mr. lospeeter Foray, of the company's poitos. Mated
that at about nom yesterday he saw the pri-
soner at the station in the company of smother
moo. He had his suspicime of them, and he watched them.
When he first sw the prisoner he bad no luggage with him.
In a few minutes, ass Croptoe Pain was about Martin, be
saw the prisoner carrying a carpet bag, sod going with it to-
ward the Grosvenor Hotel. He stopped the prisoner, when
the other mac rate away. Whitewashed him where he got it
from. He observed, " raise, mioa." He tried to go away.
In answer to Mr. Selfe, the inspector mid that there was
the name of Mr. Howard on the carpet bag, with the direc-
tion on it of Sutton, Surrey. Thunman s quantity of wean
log apparel in the carpet bag, with miens other articles,
which were of the value of above
tOl. _

The prisoner, who is supposed to hare beat coesstilei
with other depredatiose et railway stating', wet remeaded
till tomorrow irriday).

LAMBETH.

ROBBING BRADT-1

LODGOIGe.

lOurneyroan-baltsr,;;liinn, hit wife,
were placed at the bar before the Has. O. a Norton, on •
charge of robbing their ready-fursiehed lodgings.
Yrs. Skinner, a widow, said that the prisoners occupied
ready-famished lodgings at her boom for about ten months,
sod observing the female go out frequently with bundles,
else suspected that all was not right, and this induced her
to examine their room, and she thee missed a pair et
blankets. She charged Mrs. Mlle, with the offence. and
she acknowledged to having taken and pawned the blankets,
tad gave bee the duplicates. She (witness) ban not yet
mutinied the whole of the things, but • number of Mier
duplicates were found in the room.

P, rid That oa taking the minas.
into custody, the female complained of the harsh mouser
in which Mrs. Skinner, the promenade, had treated Qom,
amt s..id that she had been obliged to pledge lb,
things became hoe busbaed was oat of work, and
that the landlady might bays given them time to
get them oat. Tyson-aim diar duplicates were
found on the primps's, and be stranly Inspected that the
prisoners had been carrying on a al praline for some
time. He added that the few this'', the wormers had of
their own were packed lip, sod be bid so doubt It bad
bees their inteation to haw ahnosisd.
The male primmer said be ltwow nee* of his wife's
Pawning the things, and they wen both rumaded to Bata.
day neat.