The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-19 00:00:00

Lab) intelligence.

COURT OF BANIERUPTOY.--BBrr. 18.
(Before Mr. Commimioner Feb..)
HARRIS V. LAU RENCL —A TRADER DEBTOR isOKIIONS.

This was a trader debtor summons, granted at the instance
of Frank Harris, of Lingfold-road, Wimbledon, commission
agent, against Laurence Laurence, of 40, Whitechspel
High-street, grocer.
Mr. Woolf, of King-street, appeared is support of the
claim ; and Mr. J. K Chidley for the alleged debtor.
It was urged in this can that • bond ought not to be
required as there had been a variety of transactions be-
tween debtor and creditor extending over a number of years.
The creditor was examined, and when naked if a bill for
200/. had not been given to him to bold over two other bills
for 380/. and 150/., said " Not exactly."
The Commissioner made an order for the debtor to enter
into a bond on or before the 10th October next.

at LORD GZORGE ORBORNE TOWNSHEND.
This was an examination meeting. The bankrupt, described
as Lord George Osborne Townsheod, resided at Spring-
terrace, Minh gate, Richmond. The total liabilities are
1,1081. 12e. ld. ; meet. nil.
Mr. Sykes Goodday, from the office of the Crown Solici-
tor, did not oppose.
Mr. Robertson Griffiths represented the trade assignee,
and said that the case was before the court in August,
when the bankrupt was required to reader a cash account,
commencing on the 18th of June, Itl6L Is that amount
the bankrupt had debited himself with 5331., and had taken
credit for small payments made on behalf of himself and hi
family.
The Commissioner—This is an account for 11 months ?

Bankrupt—Yes, it is.
Mr. Griffiths—Who is Mr. Rush?
Bankrupt—A tradesman.
Mr. Griffiths—Where residiog ?
Bankrupt—At Worthing.
Mr. Griffiths—You have given the best account you can
render?
Bankrupt—lt is.
Mr. Griffiths said that be did not know that he should, as
there was no property to be got, object to the baokrupt
passing his examination.
Mr. Served, who supported, said se the bankrupt was
not opposed, he had nothiog to say. (Laughter.)
The examinatioa was passed, and the application for an
order of discharge Axed for the T.ird November next, to be
heard before the Senior Commissioner.

The creditors were chiefly tradesmen at Worthing and
Greenwich, but there is one solitary creditor at Dover, •
'bend's over, for 31., for a lodging in 1862.

r.-PAL LOW MUM= TRANUCTIONS.

This was an examination meeting. The bankrupt, John
Suldalteelff, was described as late of No. 3, Hatton-court,
Thresdneedle-street, and since of Nelson.square, Bleak-
friars-road, out of bumiseee. The bankrupt bad described
himself as a merchant, but his statement of account dis-
closed the following items Dr.: To creditors, unsecured,
74,8934 19a. ld. ; surplus, 39,9484 19a. Id. ; total, 114,8421.
18e. 2d. Cr.: By debtors, good, 3444 ss. 9d., and 2511.8.. ;
doubtful, 110,0601. Us. Bd. ; and bad, 4,1901. Ws. 9d. ;
total, 114,8421. 16e. 2d. The bankrupt stated the amount
of his expenditure for the year preceding his bankruptcy
to hays been 2501.. and for the previous year, 7501. In the
list of creditors, amongst the peincipal are-W. A. Morris,
merchant, Belfast, 1,0231. 15s. ; R. Mollett and Co., mer-
chaste, Miscieg-lane, 1,2991. 14a. Bd. ; Maas. Xasterman
the bankers, 21,3321. 17s. 2d., for bills discounted in 1861
of Skweroow, Rysclieokoff, sad J 0046; Prescott, Grote, sad
Co., 3,1211. 16e. Bd. ; Bayeer sod Co., Rimiest mer-
chants, &Ilk Coffeahouse, 7,7734 4s. 9d.; C. E. Tallis
at Claps sad Co., 3291. la 3d. AVOO•fg the debtors are
A. J. Rysehankoff, Moscow, "doubtful," 106,4971. 10a. bd.,
a bankrupt. I have proved my debt against
his setae in Russia, bat fear there will be
but a small dividend. P. J. Birwareow, 24, L,esdenhall-
street, " bad," failed, 3,3414 Os. 9d. ; M. Btepanoff, St.
Petersburg, doubtful, 3634 ; Churchill, 11•Millan, and
Co., 24, Cannon-street, " bankrupt," 5354 16a. 3d. ; F.
I Bleadberg, 12, Mark-lane, " bad," 1631. 13s. 9d. ; Prince
Gelds:in, now of Paris, doubtful, 431. 12e. Bd. ; Nichol' and
North, " bankrupts," doubtful, 3,3471.95. 3d. ; Loubkoff,
St. Petersburg, "doubtful," 251. ; P. Vilters,ditte, 701. les.
Mr. Geo. Laurence (Laurence, Smith, and Fawdon) ap-
peared for the assignees, and offered no opposition to the
pt passing his last examination. He, together with
an accountant, Mr. C. F. Kemp, had lately been engaged
in tracing the bankrupt's transactions, and they had arrived
at the eoeclusioa that no benefit would result from an
aderaent
issioner-Well, then, he will pea his examination.
Mr. Leursoce-And have his order of discharge ?
The Commiesiater-Yes, he may peas his examination and
have his order of diseharp.
Mr. C. E. Lewis, of the eminent firm of Messrs. Harrison
and Lewis, of Old Jewry, supported the bankrupt.

The bankrupt, Lau °obits, wee described ea of No. 4,
Commercialstreet, Whitechapel, jeweller, and agent for the
Royal Netherlands State Lottery.
The unsecured debts are returned at 1,3481. bd. ; cre-
ditors holding security, 1004 ; making a total of 1,5081.3 sd.
Titers are no available meta for the creditors. _ _

Mr. Sykes Goodday, from the office of the Crown Soli-
citor, offered no opposition to the bankrupt passing, and he
pumped accordingly.

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

A reepeotably dressed youngaaaa who gave his name
George Pearson, end described Memoir as a clerk residing at
6, Burnett's-buildings, Crown-street, Soho, was brought be-
fore Mr. Alderman Rose, who sat for the Lord Mayor, in
custody of detective officer Foulger, charged with uttering
at the London and County Bank two forged 101. Bank of
England Dotes, be wall knowing them to have been forged.
Mr. Hall, clerk at the Loudon and County Bank, Lom-
bard-street, said on Tuesday last, between 2 and 3 o'clock,
the prisoner went to the bank, and produced two 101. Bank
of England notes, in payment for an advice for the sum of
201., to be remitted to Windsor, to the credit of Mr.
George Robinson, es from Hobert Williams, to be
sent to the branch establishment of the London
and County Bank at Windsor. The prisoner filled
up the credit ticket which be gave him, and left the notes in
payment for the advice. One of the clerks, who took the
notes out of the box in which they were placed, discovered
that the two in question were forgeries. They were imme-
diately sent over to the Beak of England, and were returned
marked forged. He (witness) was then sent down to the
bank at Windsor, accompanied by detective officers Foulger
and Smith, to see who applied for the money, and on Wed.
nesday morning, at about half-put 11, be saw the prisoner
go in to the bank and ask for U. for Geo, Robinson from
Robt. Williams. The clerk to whom he applied gave him a
form of application to fill up, which be did, and be was
told that money bad not been advised. The prisoner
said it ought to have been, as it was paid before 3 o'clock
on the previous day. The prisoner then left,
and he followed him for about four miles. Be
seemed very uneasy, and kept turning round as if to see
who was behind, and at last be turned round and went back,
upon which the officers, who bad also followed, stopped biro.
On being cross•examiced by the prisoner the witness said
be pinned the notes to the credit note, and although there
were other notes in the same box they were kept eeparate.
Smith and Foulger, the officers who took the prisoner
into custody, were examined, and corroborated the latter
part of the witness's statement with regard to the occurrence
at Windsor. When he was taken into custody he was
asked if he was the party who paid 201. into the London
and County Bank on the previous day. He said " Yes ;" and
when asked if the two notes which were produced were
the same notes he paid in, he looked at them and said they
were. He afterward' said he saw the witness Hall follow-
ing him, and knew that it was all up with him.
The risooer was remanded.
. .

Thoeitas Edward Pendry, a gentlemanly dressed man,
was brought up on a charge of feloniously uttering a forged
bill of exchange for 341. 34., purporting to be accepted by
Menem Owen and Merton, palm candle manufacturers, of
Millman, with intent to defraud the Union Bank of London.

Mr. Lym, from the office of Messrs. Johnson, Farquhar,
and Leech, for the prosecution.
It aip that the prisoner was formerly in the employ-
ment Meows. Owen and Merton u &clerk, but left their
service about twelve months ago. On the 12th June lot
he called upon Mr. Attenborough, pawnbroker, &c., Fitz-
royAriare, and asked him if he would discount one of his
employers' bills. Mr. Attenborough had epos one or two
occasions discounted bills for Messrs. Owen and Merton,
but he told the prisoner be did not like to discount their
own draft. The prisoner said it was for a poor men who
made the candle boxes for Messrs. Owen, and they did not
care to put themselves out of the way to pay him cash,
but were willing that be should draw upon them ; but the
poor man wanted his money, and he would oblige him by
discounting the bill. Mr. Att'nborougb consented to dis-
count the bill upon those representations, and the prisoner
then handed him a bill of exchange for 341. 35., payable at
three months. The bill was drawn by Geo. Fisher, and se-
, cepted by Mears. Owe., Mertoe, and Co., and was indorsed
Geo. Fisher and Charles Ed. Pendry. Prisoner said Fisher
was the box-maker, and he lived at No. 7, Palace-road,
Lambeth. The bill was discounted, sod paid into Menu.
Scott end Co's., Mr. Attenbcrough's bankers, and was pre-
sented at the Union Bank, where Masers. Owen and
Co. kept their account, and being so perfect an imi.
Utica of their signature it was paid at the bank. The pri-
soner's statement that George Fisher was box-maker to
Marra Owen was so far correct ' • but he swore that the
bill was not drawn by him, nor by his authority.
Mr. Owen, of the firm of 01/11e sad Merton, stated that
the bill was not signed by hint, nor any other member of
the Arm, although it so closely resembled his own signature
that if be did not know that such a bill had never been
accepted he should not like to swear it was not his signa-
ture ; as it was, however, the signature was not written by
him, nor by his authority.
The prisoner, who had nothing to say, wee committed for
trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

James Gundry, nab driver, was etuumoned before Mr.
Tyrwhitt for taking more than his fare.
Mr. Woodgate, the complaisant, stated that the de-
fondant's cab was hired to take one grown person, two
children, sada email box, which was placed outside. The
legal fare was two shillings, but the defendant demanded
two pesos additional for the box.

The defendant said he was entitled to charge for luggage
as there were more than " two" persons in his cab.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had already decided that two
children under ten years of age were to ho reckoned as one
person only. Ile should abide by that decision until set
right by the Queen's Bench, before which the question was
now pending for final decision. As far as the question of
luggage was concerned the act expressly stated that where
not more than two persons were carried the cabman must
take a reasonable quantity of luggage without change. The
decision therefore was that the defendant must refund the
two pence and pay the cost of the summons.
WESTMINSTER.
A respectably-attired young man, named George South,
was formally examioed, charged with steeling a watch and
chain, and obtaining a coat under false and fraudulent
pretences.
The evidence adduced in support of the charges went to
show that on the 9th of September the prisoner went to
76, College-street, Chelsea, and the door being opened by
the servant girl, said, " I've come from Ted Milton for his
Sunday coat," and the girl, suspecting nothing, gave it
him. Milton, a lodger in the house, and a friend of the
prisoner, was much surprised, on his return home, to hear
of the occurrence, having never given the pd.
boner any authority to go for his cost, sod
giving information to the police, the prisoner was
apprehended, and admitted having pawned the missing
article. lie was then remanded, and it was subsequently
discovered that on the 19th of August he bad visited the
house of Mr. Pitt, St. Vincent-place, Bayswater, and saw
Mrs. Pitt, who had known him well, but had not seen him
for five years. Mr. Pitt was in bed ill, and during Mrs.
Pitt's absence to wait upon him she left prisoner in a room
where her husband's watch and chain were banging up. A
short time afterwards he left the house, and the watch and
chain were then missed, and subsequently traced, through the
prisoner's admission, to the shop of Mr. Laub, pawnbroker,
126, Sloene-street, where he had pledged them in the name
of William Crouch, on the mime day as he had stolen them.
Prisoner, who reserved his defence, was fully committed
for triaL