The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-05 00:00:00

JUDGES' CHAMBERS.
•r .I.rut r. KLVG, HEENAN, AND OTHZIB.—THZ GREAT
titan.
feather phase occurred to-day in this case. An applies-
:, ss.,, made on Saturday to Mr. Justice Shea by Mr. T.
the part of King. fora writ of certiorari to re-
, tLe iutlictruent for an alleged breach of the peace, on
.y.• ...ton of the fight, froui the Lewes sessions into the
,t: Queen's 13-mob, on the ground that a prejudice
,eon created, and that he could not, he believed,
A fair trial. His lordship considered the application
Ihr strJog affidavit made by King, and intimated yes-
that be had granted the application. It was ex.
that the necessary document would have been pee.
i ana si,med this morning by Mr. Justice Shee, who
!el at chambers. but no step was taken. It seems
mer the permission given to issue the writ the parties
i their minds, and Kiug was not disposed to incur
‘,l r‘'e of the expense of the removal. The defendants,
i„„ieestocal, will surrender at the Lewes serious this
..cid it is said will plead " guilty."

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.)
IN RE B. W. COOKE.
hinkrupt was described as an insurance agent, of
•• aeeresceut. This was an adjourned sitting for exami-
n and di-charge. His liabilities are between 2.000/.
. .f which 2.124 f. are in respect of shares in the
• :,11 Provident Life and other companies now winding up.
nrther adjournment was taken, with a view to the
being disposed of by a deed of composition.
(Before Mi. Registrar Harlitt.)
IN RE J. DURIII.II, JUN.
Tile bankrupt was a paper manufacturer, of Hampton
usfordshire. This was the first sitting. Debts
The bankrupt attributes hie failure in part to
Iress trade owing to the change made by the intro-
is of foreign ciimia-tition."
-il;riees were now chosen.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

(Before the Recorder.)
• '•,;•/, Eninpr White. and Beery lirConnack
•inreed with robbery with violence.
•. CA:ins prosecuted. The prisoners had no counsel.
prosecutrix, Hannah Rees. it appeared, was a servant
tolpl-rment, and on the night of the 11th December,
• , •rt 1 o'clock, she was in Mr. Lernan's pnblic•hoase in
..iroe.oooßage. The three prisoners were also there,
!-1.11,51 rudely against her. She spoke about it, and one
• ,-t1 asked her if she thought they were thieves. She
•rt of the house, and the three prisoners followed her
~.,tilted her in a very violent manner; and in the
• f the struasle oos of them took from bet pocket
• :. The evidence, however. rested mainly upon the
sent of the prrNeentriz, who there wu no doubt had
iolently assaulted.

two fCrrale priPoners denied the robbery, and said
-,ecntris wes with a man on the night in question,
. at she and the men assaulted then, Brat. They also
1 being in ccinpany with AlTormack, who said that
• time mentioned le was in another house so drunk
he had to be carried home by two men.
. - jury A,./4,'',d the prisoners upon the charge of
TV. and the charge of *mull waa then proceeded
r up.'n. another indictment. The evidence was precisely
to that which had elready been given, and the jury
...Ad all three of the prisoners
Ti.e police-constable who took the .irisoners into custody,
be knew them as the sasociatee of thieves, and
-.- male prisoner he said was in the habit of frequenting
urinals at night for the purpose of extorting money
: Pntlemen. _

denial tbis.and said be got bis lirieg honestly,
worked for a buililer in the Hampstead•road.
i•• Recorder deferred passing senten.m, in order to Ricer-
, what the prisoner said was true, and • constable
~..lespatched to make inquiries.
(Before the Common Serjeant.)
• ri•L COt, 24, soldier, pleaded guilty to a charge of
Jiougly setting tire to two stacks of straw, the property
William Ponpart.
. .

The prisoner, it will be remembered, gave himself up to
p”lice and admitted that he bad committed the offence,
a 1 that his object WAS to get out of the army.
Tue Reecnler, in sentencing the prisoner to ten years'
• curl servitude, observed that his wish would be gratified
a I,aviog the army. but be would God that the punish-
Lent he would have to undergo would be very different
!, what he expected ; and he would not find the change an
~greeable one.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before the .Issistant..Tedge.)
IV;Pion' rhar;r, Mo,on. 21, described in the
nlendar as a gentlemln, and of superior education, was is-
eed for fraudulently obtainiur, by false pretences, from
•ph Henry Eglese• the sum of EV., the monies of the
I Joseph Henry Egleee, with intent to defraud.
.Ir. F. H. Lewis prosecutod ; the prisoner was undefended.
Mr. Lewis having briefly opened the case. culled
-eph Henry Egliee, the prosecutor. vi lin deposed that
le carried on business as a jeweller at 136, New Oxford-
.t• et. The prisoner was a school mrait mina of his. Lately.
i.e prisoner had incurred a debt of to him ; and on the
f Dmerober co their shop cod tendered • cheque
• IV. on the Oxforl-street branch of the London and
:nty Bank, and asked the proeocutor to give him 51.,
tei the other 10'. go towards the liquidation of the
of 27'. He went away. and the prosecutor found out
t st the cheque was not a valid one. The cheque was pro.

.I.mes Vale deposed that he was the cashier at the
.xf ord-street branch of the Llitilon and County Bank.
.., she ple produced was not a valid one.
This was the caw for the prosecution.
. .

The primmer. in his defence. said that the cheque was
....a him boa gentleman of the name of Watkins, who
,e; t a linnie and hid a large family at Bayswater. He
;tenth- took the cheque, anal in tendering it innocently
Vito his present position.
I ~e .Issistant-dmhis summed up and
. .

11-
.4,,iry irnmeollauly ret,imed a 'verdict of Galley.

ne..velisteet-Judite said it eras a pitiable thing for a
,n in such a drew and of such au education, to be is •
Is: dock, and the sectemm of the court on him twee that
L e imprisoned and kept to bard labour for air mouths.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(TdIS DAY.)

WORSHIP-STREET.
tiMENTABLE altsnir or AN AS.I4ArLT._

T. a groom in a pi irstelaM;iiaTiottenham.
brought before Mr. Cooke be Inspector Laegdon, N
...non of police. on a warrant charging him with being
in an 'swat on Police-oonstetie Thomas Blanks,
' .1 N, in the execution of his dute.
. _ _

Ine.evidence 'bowed that so far baek as the sod of No-
soniiair lost I ira;te ar..l two brother'. named Bowman, One
:Ind t..e other a gardener, were creating.. great
ii .sturb.iuce in the neighbourhood of Stamford-hill at a
.t nester:mide hour. :tad that wien interfered with by
li:anks be was &buss .1 and se shockingly assaulted
s them th imitit-lieelv after reaching his home at
oistand ; took to his bed, and bad eines been gradually
The char;., rimt preferred agaivat the men was
s'inilt fur itisorlerl 1u t. Blaaksbeing unconscious of the
extent to whial ho w.L. lb ' ired, and unwilling from a kindly
disposition to press hand ,:to them. They were consequently
liberated upon bail, hot alien medical testimony showed that
the conatable wee smforiiic from broken ribs, and that his

I itks were injured, nutter, of coarse, anOunted no awl
:irpect us to rcirier a continuance of such an
d..w.,ncr iejtolVoni ern Siturdov lost, from a state-
r,- .11.: n 1,,.h -r, the physician and chief our-
gr t., ti.e Metropoli.a.l police force, warriats were Mr-
' ~carat ?..Stlisuel Lowman (his brother not
bode, ply impl:c ited in tbeoutrage), and the
er .....,pprebend....l. information being then received
I 113 state, Mr. Cooke, the rookistrate,
tf orottbe clerk. at 'ended to take his depositions, but
fe:low expreoe• !A ht:lef that he ohould recover, WA
•-e.I proceedr-g kw.: not carried out lest it should
Lis diseolutiu.e. Lorly on Monday morniog, how-
gentlemen nretitiouCil were mocked by Police
or I„,ngrion, who represented that the min was worse,
r• tchiog his side they found him ro. 1 hiring a brief
..r,tein made by him in the urcrienee of Drage, soil
lowa in writing by Mr. Suffonl, he became
1 that faintnors ensued, and under the direction of

I -;.-

• .-,oual surgeon restoratives were supplied. This was
time be had been .Isle to depwe to the occurrence,
; • sizht of his assailatit manifestly made him worse.
e\er, still appeared to cherish the belief of recovery.
; .rting ah .olc hands with Mr. Safford end ex-
• a hope that he should see him again. He has
I three young children, and a very painful scene
:owing them, when it was thought Le was dying.
• • . ^,n of Mr. l'ooke a sovereiz,n was given to the
• •.1 port wine had been previously supplied. The
•; _cttlemeo attending coneur in the impossibility of
contioninz, and prime idea mar be formed of his
• from the fact of bia having lain on
▪ Lir nearly six weeks, totally usable to move from
•itie,, even to effect a change of shirt ; his left arm.
•aeries*, and it was almost necessary to bold the
' • hie lips when the oath was administered. He has
irlv fourteen years in the force, and his inspectors
!him a. a quiet inoffensive team.
W.V. now formally brought before the court, time
c-en allowed for the apprehension of Samuel Bow-
' he is still at large. The statement made by Blanks
.d
over, and constable 3SO N gave evidence coo-
n• of it. truthfulness. Drage would seem to have
•• principal in the onslaught, and the broken or
11,in were ca..' by his kneeling t•r falling upon
In croas-examiurition the police witness was ques-