The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

EQUITY COURTS.—Nov. 24.
(Before the Lewd Chases Hoe.)
In the report of the cols of "the Mayor at London v. the
Governors of St. Thomas's Hospital," whirl appeased in this
Journal yesterday, by some inadvertence it was elated that
the appeal sod the bill I. the nit were dithitesad " with
casts r whereas. is onformity with the ohasrvatiose al the
Lord Chanosilor, the ordeals were made " without costs."
SLICPSON e. NOLLIDAT.
The arguments in this patent thee were continued, but
were not concluded at the rising of the court.

COURT OF COMMON PLIAS—Nov. 2&
Sittings in Bonoo.—(Before Lord Chid Judos Brio sad
]lr. Jodie, Hiding.)
DOGGLIT V. CAITAISII. —OUTDOOR EITTING.

The facts of this aim were this. :—The defendant wee Is
the habit of standing at a certain spot in Hyde-mark, exhi-
biting a list captaining the names of hones which were to
run, and making bets, he laying the odds against the horses.
He exhibited also a card containing these ward,—"Beta
stand on the day of the race, scratched or not." The plain-
tiff went to the defendant, took the odds of 6to 1 against
Flytrap for the Witham Handicap, and deposited with the
defendant 51. 10.. It turned out that the hone had bees
scratched four hews before the bet wee made, and the
plaintiff demanded back hie Si. 101., hut sot getting it, he
sued for the amount in the Sheriffs' CORK. M the trial •
verdict was mimed for the defeodant, subject to the opinion
of this court ; and to.day the question wee whether • rule
should be made absolute to enter • verdict for the plaintiff.
Mr. Talfoard Seller appeared to show canoe ; and Yr.
Yeatman to support the rule.
It wee stated that the act for the suppression of betting
houses, the 16,aed 17 Viet , cap. 119, enacted that no " house,
I office, room, or other place," should be used for betting,
end that any money bet there might be recovered in any
competent court as mosey bad and received for the nee of
'the person depositing it. The counsel for the defendant
I contended that as his client stood in the open air, be wee
not within the statute. Another point abided to was that
according to the rake of the turf, • bet made after the
horse was scratched Mud be taken is off, sad that the
rule of law was to the same effect, that as so risk whatever
had been incurred by the defendant, be wee not entitled
to retain the plsintiff's money. This point, however, it
was contended, was not open to the plaintiff, the point as
to the emetructioe of the Betting Houses Act having alone
hero reserved.

The Lord Chief tiOlike Mid that the miachief was smelly
the same whether the party minim on bettieg stood
under the shelter of a roof, or only coder as oil tree.
What could be the difference whether the defeedaat stood
in the open air to bet, or eider a canvass booth? rhe mart
thought that tiers was no differsoce ; that the defendant
wee within the act which had been referred to ; and that
the plaintiff was entitled to recover back his 5& 10e.

Rale absolute to enter a verdict for the plaintiff.
calm. T. POWELL AND WI7E—HUSBAND'S LIABILI7E

' This was an action to recover damages in consequence of
the female defendant having wrongfully gives the plaintiff
into custody. When the impriaontneet took place the de-
fendants ware husband and wife, but before this action was
brought there was • divorce k viscid*. At the trial before
Mr. Baron Martin, at Guildford, the jury semesed the
damages at 501., but as to Mr. Powell it wee imeteeded
that the divorce freed him from theeaooooseegqamass of say tor-
tuous act committed by the female def t dune" cover.
tore. The question now was whether this contention was
right.
Mr. Hawkins, Q. 0.. and Sir G. Beeman appeared for
Mr. Powell ; and Mr. Daly and Mr. Houston for the plaintiff.
The Lord Chief Justice was of opinion that the husband
of a woman where a divorce had taken place was not liable
to be sued in respect of wroop which the wife had open-
edited deringcoverture. The Lisboa in this am, therefcee,
was exceersted from liability for what had bee done by his
wife, red the rule to miter a verdict against him for
the SW. moat be discharged.—Rule discharged.

COURT OF FACREQUER.—Nov. 24.
Satiny is Braco.—(Bstors Lord Chief Baran Pollock sad
&raw Bramwell, Chanson, sad Pair:at)

R THI YAM' OF THE MATZ OP WIZ 11.4118711LD,

DECZASED.-PAYIUST OP L/POLOY DOTY.

Mr. Omoe, cc behalf of the Oommissiosers of Inland
Reveries, moved for a rule calling upon an attorney la Lan-
cashire to show mane why be should not pay forthwith to
theßeosimr-Gestend of Island Revenue a sum of 241.4 a. Id.,
ectrosted to him in his profeedored capacity for the paymeat
of duty in respect of the residue of the personal estate of
Jens Standield, deceased, and also all the oats of this
application. It appeared from the affidavits that he re-
ceived the mosey in 1860, and that in May last ha admitted
having received it, but mid the papers were delayed in
Manchester, and that the parties might rest assured that
the matter would be settled in a short time. The money
had, however, not been paid, and the prevent application wee
made under the Bth seo. of the 13th and 14th Vic., c. 97,
which gave the barons of the Exchequer power to grant •
rule, is the form now asked for, in such mass.
The mart 'mated • ride nisi.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
Nov. 24.
Wore th. Judge Ordinary.)
PlalllllT2 V. PINDLIMT.

Dr. Middleton and Mr. Sharpe for the petitimer.
la 1851 the remoodent, a barber at Brightea, married
Mary Selina Downs. widow, a milliner in the name town.
They cohabited in Eset-etret for about two years. They
both carried on their respective liminess's, but Dauber,*
moon turned out to be an idle fellow, and did little beyond
erasing himself ma the water. In 1863 thews was a
tics on &mourn of the respondent's violence; and inmir-
-57,
while in Lambeth, he seduced a girl named Jane Harding,
who was sermat at the booms at which he lodged. He hid
since had two children by bee.
Mrs. Pesikett was examined to prove cruelty. She mid
that about six weeks after the manias* be pushed ber
down in the street when she requested him not to smoke is
her face, bemuse it made bet cough. He afterwards told her
that her drat husband had spoiled her, but that be did not M-
illed to do so, and knocked her down a flight of stairs, from
top to bottom. She lay on the kitchen floor all night,
Wog too ill to move. Oa another occasion the respondeet
mme up to her in the workroom, knocked her bead maim*
the wall is she mammies of all her youug people, and
dragged her dolma stairs by the hair of her heed. Wit-
nem kept her bed two or three days after that.
Again, he beat her with a thick stick beams she desired
him not to swear at the servant. In 1853 he knocked her
down, dred her to the door, threw her into the street,
sad loolud the door upon her. She got in the next morn.
ing ; but is the following .1 um he committed another brutal
mem& upon her, sad turned her again out into the street
He wee imprisoned for some time on account of this last vio-
lence ; but he placed him sister in the shop and marled it on
for acme time by her help. Eventually, however, be sold
it. The wanes' was corroborated by emend witsseema.
Deere* nisi with costs.
HATIIIS V. Hanson.—A ?WWI =IMAM

Mr. Harrison for the petitioner.
The marriage, which took place at St. Pesaro, Shady'll,
is Hay, 1854, wee without the knowledge at the petitioner's
trim& At that time she was Hies Emily Andrews, • gid
of 18,1iving with her grandparent'. For • month after-
wards) she returned home, but she then west to her hus-
band, Raymond Hodge' Haynes, aanepws, though without
practice. She had a fortme of 5, half of which was
paid to the husband, and the rest aettlid ems her and her
children. Sbe now sought • diasolution on the ground of
cruelty end adultery.
Mr.. Haynes said that her husband was • person of very
dissipatsd habit". She had • daughter born in April, 1855,
which only lived four months, and • son born in the De-
cember following. The mooed child only lived a few hours.
The rsepoodent told her that he was tired of her, and that
he should like to serve her as Palmer had served his wife.
Realm said that be scald murder her so that no me should
know. He emateadly used abusive languor% and Imaged
her with harasses and orolsot. One night he was propo-
dog to invite to dinner a creditor who had sent the bailiffs
,after him, and then to tar him and put him
, into • pond. She objected to his taking an, such step, and
he thereupon beat sod kinked her. The next morning
the quarrel was resumed ; and he struck her again. Soon
I afterwards he horsewhipped her, alleging that • man had •
right to beat his wife with anything not thicker than his
thumb. (A laugh.) This led to a separation for some
months., but he apologised and • recomilistion occurred.
Petitioner was confined in the following Jam. His medusa,
which at first bad bees • little better, became worm than
aver. He got into prime, but petitioner borrowed money of
her uncle and took him out. He mos threatened to out
her throat, stating that, as • doctor, he knew exactly where
the vital parts were. The petitioner detailed other acts of
harshness, which continued till 1858, when the respondent
deserted her.

ieidis;M;;( adultery having been given,
Thu court made • decree nisi, on the ground of cruelty
and deasetioo. It also condemned the respondent in the costa

THB AM:KM= WAD= Lit 111/CLAND--LONOFORD,
TITIBDAT NlGHT.—Asetibur blued attempt at murder bee
been made on Kr. Richard Lesson, ageut of Mr. De Burgh,
Harcourtolmat, Dubai'. It appears that the unfortunate
cti:keesan was collecting the ?forgather note for Mr. De
at a place called lorkaald, adjoining the town of
Onnord, when, betwegn three and four o'clock is the of tee-
SOW, & Mile abase up delibigately to the window of the
Maws whore the 'gent was badly employed to checking
anew accounts, sad, watching his opportunity, coolly
kook aim and And at kis Maenad victim, several
large slop esteein the bead of the unfortunate
=a. An alarm was asstantly mind, sad information of
the comnsoce conveyed to the coathabolary at may sta-
tion. Amounted constable attired at this Maths (Long-
ford) hews Oreneed twelve o'clock MA *at to Worst
the county impiegor sad wk-inewether of the attempt at
adder. Oa the receipt of the sews, bath besieged to the
'semi of the oscurream. Up to the bout that I egged yes
this deepatch the poor gestlenma wee sot expethed to sur-
vive all morning. A Meath as the property, named Rd.
ward Gillman, has bees arrested on osipicioo, sod lodged
Is the county gaol lie wilt be brought up for ssaminatios
fa • few days.—/rsab Timm.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Before Berea Bramwell.)

In the we of Brilliant Orierftdd Wrety,allea Dr. Misery,
who enniodend to take his trial, and Wiltiase Anderson,
the mood indictramit, which sheeted the primmer' with
publishing a false nod defamatory libel concerning the pro-
secutor, and also with conspiring together, sod by divers
threats and Wes pretences endeavouring to extort money
from him, was proceeded with.
By consent of the learned counsels= both sides the
evidence given in the former MO Id, read over, and no
fresh questions' were pot to any of the witnesses.
Some technical objections were takes on behalf of the
defendants, but the whole of them were overruled by the
learned judge.
The learned counsel for the defendants then addressed the
jary at some length on behalf of their respective dim*
coed it was contended on behalf of Henery that be was not
respossible for what was done by the other defendant, nod
it was generally contendedon behalf of them both that
there was no evidence to show that there was any con-
alNbetwess them, and that they might have considered
ey had a legal claim of 1501. upon the prosecutor.
Baron Bramwell having summed up, the jury almost im-
mediately returned a verdict of Guilty against both de-
fondants.

The learned judge, in passing matenoe said he quite
agreed with the luenied counsel for the prosecution than
the offence of which the prisoners had been convicted wee
one of the most abominable that could well be imagined.
It was not the one robbery alone that the parties were ooe-
nected with, but claims of this fart were followed up until
the life of a man was rendered completely hateful. The
law did not give him power to sentence them to more than
two years' hard labour. but he should punish them to the
full extent, and that was the sentence he should pronounce
upon them. The prisoners were then severally sentenced
to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two yearn.
(Before ►be Recorder.)

Henricos Antonio SeAirartz, 23, labourer, was indicted
for burgleriously entering the dwelling.hoose of Fleury
Cohen, and stealing therein the materials for 28 pilot mats
and other 2:tides, his property. The • elected to
be tried by a mixed jury. and y a jury composed
half of foreignersod half of Englishmen was sworn.
Mr. B. Wells conducted the prosecution; the prisoner
was not defended by counsel.
' The facts or the case lay within the narrowest possible
compass, and the evideaos disclosed that about .3 o'clock in
the morning of the 20th ult. a police-constable, who was on
duty in Ball-lane, Spitaltelda, met the prisoner, who was
carrying a heavy bundle. The officer accosted him, and
asked what he had got. The primmer made some gesticu-
lations, iodinating that he was ignorant of the English lan-
guage. whereupon the mutable, also by signs, instructed
him- that be must go back to the place where be had got
the property which was found in his poesssaios. The pri-
soner complied, and conducted the officer to the menaces
of the prosecutor, a tailor residing at No. 9, Diamond's-
buildings, Spitalfiekla, and on arrivuag there the prisoner
threw dove the boodle and ran away. He was, however,
pursued and taken into custody, and the bundle was found
to contain the property mentioned in the indictment.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner,
who had only been a week in this country, wee IIaDtAIDOOd
by the Recorder to three months' imprisonment with hard
labour.

John James Hamilton, a respectable looking man of
middle sge, was indicted for embezzling and steeling three
several sums of 81. 9e. 3d., of 31. 9a. 4d., and of 31. 9s. 6d.,
n which be had received co account of 11r. Fecal.
nan"Seraire, his master and employer.
M Phillip r. Philli appeared as counsel for the prosecution, sod
the prisoner was defended by Ito. Daly.
The inquiry occupied the court for a conaiderable time,
bet eventually the jury stopped the ease and returned a var.
diet of Acquittal. The prisoner was, thereupon, ordered to
be discharged.

John fi'illionss, a savage-looking man of diminutive pro.
portions, was indicted for burglanoculy entering the dwell•
ing-bouse of Henry Joseph Shepherd, with intuit to commit
• felony.
Mr. Daly prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley defended the
prisoner.
From the evidence adduced it appeared that the prom
cuter resided at No. 12, Calthorpe•treet, Oray's-inn-road,
said that on the night of the 15th October last, at a quarter
to twelve o'clock, he carefully secured has premises,
Shortly after two o'clock he was called up by the police,
and then found that his home had been burglari-
ously entered by the door of the pantry, which
was mthe area. To connect the prisoner with the
alleged
offence police constable George Rayner, 199 F., proved
he saw the prisoner and another man is the vicinity of the
proeecular's house, and though be watched, he mimed
sight of them for a abort time. On returning, however,
into Calthorpretreet, he maw the man who had escaped
looking down the area. and that man on seeing him (the
constable) ran awsy. The 'mutable, however, approached
the area mile, sod found the prisoner eedeavouriag to
emerge from it. When asked what he was doing there, the
prisoner replied that he had dropped • (mummy piece
down the area, and he had goes down to look for it. On
examination it was found that the premises of the prose-
cutor had been forcibly entered, and • chisel, • knife, and
some lucifer matches were found on the door mat.
The jury, after a brief coesultatioo, returned • verdict
of Guilty ; and several former conviction' having been
proved against the primmer,
The Recorder sentenced him to be kept fa penal merited*
for the period of seven VIM.
On hearing the sentence • female in the gallery gave
utterance to the moat frightful screaming, and it was same
time before order was restored in the court.

William Augustine Benuelerk Butler was indicted for
having by false pretense obtained from Thomas Williams
the sum of 31,10 e. To this indictment the *weer pleaded
Mr. Cooper appeared for the proweenties ; sad Yr. Kemp
far the r.
ccYr. intimated to the court that the primmer was
a person of cousidersble education, sod to the prosecutor,
who had known him previously, he remounted that he
wee in holy orders, was secretary to the Bishop
of London. and also secretary to Cardinal Wiseman,
and also that he was an official cionoseted with
the Calvary Minn ; and oe meeting by Kaden
with the presenter, Mr. Thomas Williams, clerk to Mean.
Wright sod Bonier, solicitors, of Loadeoetrest, Fes-
&web-street, Qty, he obtained from him the rum men-
tioned by the false representations set forth in the Win-
men.

NZ Kemp made an arrest appeal to the mart in mitiga-
tion of *gateway urging tha it mu. penal/
omay didnas
which had led to the oomenitstiou of the at to which
the prisoner had pleaded guilty.
The Recorder, after taking time to coosicier his judgment,
canoed the prism's to be celled up, and seeteacad him to
be kept to bard labour in the House of Correction for the
span el two colander months.

Prokrick Joists, a yoath 17 of age, was indicted
for a robbery with violence, ud mailing from the pampa of
Louis Walker, a guard chain and least, the property of
Thome Welker, her linelnurd..

Mr. E. P. Wo.cci,instrnetia by Mr. D. P. Neale, appeared
for the prosentio• ; and Mr. Lilly, instructed by Kr. W.
Edwin, °Deducted the defame.
The ceee was of a most peculiar ataractic. It appeared
from the evidence of the proesestrix ban& that the met •
gentleman is thic eeighbourhood of Stamford-street, whilst
she was waiting for her husband, and went with him to
several public-houses. At last the met the prisooer, from
whom she ailed the way to the Elephant and Castle. He
proposed to show her the way, but os the raid, as she
Ihe tore away the chain and locket and ran away.
llTrd. epromecutrix uoderwent • awehing cross-examinegion
by Mr. Lilly, who addressed the jury in • most able and
'argotic speech.
The jury Badly returned &verdict of Pot Guilty, and as
prisoner was at once ordered to be discharged.
(Before the Common Sairat)

William Brown. 29, trimusiog-maker, William Itichards.
31, shoemaker, and John Harrison, 29, tailor, were la.
dusted for stealing a handkerchief sad • sovereign, tlio pro-
perty of Martha C.oomto, from her perm. They were also
charged with committing • violent assault on :art, the
Geier who took them is custody.
Tits jury found the memoirs Guilty.
George Apr, whoa allow at tho HOMO of Correction,
Holloway. proved • keg list of eosvietione against Brown
sod Richards ; sod Lockysr, prism racer at tb• House of
Detention, gave Harrison sa equally uneatidactory
ishancitor.

seeteweed, Brows to ewes, Richards to eight,
sod Harris= (who bad bittes the ohs sager through) to
tea yeas' pawl servitude.

Jacob killer Tear was indicted "far that he, being
adjudged a bankrupt, did feloniously make away with and
tionesal from his creditors certain goods sad chattels, with
intent to defraud.*

812:413allantins (specially retained), Mr. Bleigh,
and Mr. conducted the tam ; the priermer
was defended Mr. Chiliad Mr. Nicholson.
It appeared that the primmer bad been is busiest, ea a
at Paige. At the time of his bankruptcy he wee
gas zrsome works at Bavidwo-park, Hanipica-
ilwieb. He become • bankrupt epos kis own
petition in January of the present year, and hie debts
animated to 12,5001., out of which debar to as amount a
10.0001. were vicuna by mortgagee on property which he
wee baildiag at the tima. It appeared that he bad ailed •
mating of his creditor, previous to his being adjudged •
basikrupt, and bad offered them • compilation of 10• is the
pouod, wkiLli they refused to accept wises be could give them
acuity for the remainder, which he could sot do, end to
prevent being arrested he made himself a beak-
rapt. The amitosis mode *visas, sod they alleged that
the prisoner bad moved • quantity of his property, and all
that he bad prodeced to Oa enigmas was garde white
amounted to the ram of 411. The assignees node further
inquiries, and they oilseed that the pay sheets of his as
manta had bee. fa/sided, that the paymeete of workmen
had been made out in favour of the workmen, and were
very iamb maggerated. About the time of the bankruptcy
he eased some sanbearde of the carts to be altered to the
name of Harris, who was his eon-in-law, and it was elated
that a quantity of window-ashes bad teen 1100•111 d has
Belvidere, is Ks* sad were afterwerde found at Hampton.
wick, when he sod his son-hi-law, Hari, we aeryisg aa
manse mama, and building some bosom. It appeared tthat
• quantity of miniapt esatared in • number a maks lad
likewise bees removed.
Tie ease we. set oemeioded whs. the mart rese.