The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-09 00:00:00

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CRIMINAL INFORMATION AGAINST MM. TALUS, PCII
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CROLL.—Tai OIIAT CENTRAL Gil CONSUMERS' COll-
AP NY.

The Attorney-General (with whom were Mr. Willes and
Mr. Francis) moved in this case for a rule to show cause
why a criminal information should not be Ned against Mr.
John Tails, publisher, of St. John street, Cierken-
well, for an alleged libel upon MT. Croll, one of the
sheriffs of the City of London. The learned gentleman
stated that Mr. Croll was engineer to, and a large share-
holder in, the Great Central Gas Connunere Company,
which was incorporated in the year 1861 for the purpose
of supplying gas to the inhabitants of London. Mr. Tallis
had been supplied with gas by the company ; but, after a
time, be discontinued having his. gas from them. Subse-
quently an action was commenced against him to recover
the amount due to the company for gam supplied.
The alleged libel occurs in • reply to hn address of
the company, of the existents of which Mr. Croll asserts
blenmennt. After charging the company generally with
kyle, eliformary," the reply adverb to the action then
=between ffir. Tillie and the company. It then al-
that nodes ought not to be tried in London and
makes use of the Mewing words :—As Mr. Croll is not
manoquaintexl with the means of cooking &manta, may he
not likewise cook a jury also ?" Them words, taken in
conjunction with the general charge of chicanery against
the company, were the libel complained of. Mr. Croll
utterly denied the imputations east upon him, and had an
affidavit of the auditors in relation to the accounts in
support of his denial.
Rule granted.

BUSINESS OP THIS COURT.

Is the course of the day, liossiearapbell stated that or
Wedaseday the court would take the special paper.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-YESTERMAT.
Crrume u Base.—Daross Carr lomat Juins, Mr. harrier
lima, Arm Mt Jurrica Tia.rovaa.

EITOIT C. STORT.—Stir roa,"TRII RESTITUTION or COI.
JUO4I.

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This sou an action commenced in the Consistory Court
of London, in which the plaintiff, Mrs. Story, cued her
husband fur • restitution of conjugal rights, and succeeded
in getting an order for LW. • year alimony. After porno
other proceedings Mr. Story received a notice on the 2nd
of September last of a monition made on the 9th of June,
ordering him to receive his wife and treat her with con-
jugal Undoes', and also to pay the 'mean of alimony.
Nothing more was done until the 4th of November instant,
when he received a nutke that unless he obeyed the moni-
tion served on him, by taking his wife home and treating
her with conjugal affection and certifying that he had
done no on the next court day, and also paying the alimony
and costs, an application would be made to the court on
Tuesday, the 9th instant, to pronounce him in contempt.
Mr. Gurney (with him Mr. Rioton) now moved for a
writ of prohibition to stay proceedings in the Consistory
Court, upon the ground that the defecdant had had no
notice of the application for a monition, and, therefore,
that it ought to have no effect.

The Court, however, thought that tho defendant should
appear in this Consistory Court, and state the want of notice,
and if the lodge ordered any prookedings upon the moat-
s tion
set• , aa andleatioa mold be made to this mart upon the
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COURT OP EXCHBQUER.-YEBTLIDAY.
/mum ii BANOD.—Btrou Iva LORD Cntiv Butow, Ka. Uwe
A LDORIO“. ML. BATON •PIATTo AST MR. BARON Main,.

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TEE GUARDIAN/ Or TUB RUMFORD UNION O. Tax
BRITIIIN GUAR A N AAA SOCIITY.—DEVALCATIONS BY •
KATZ COLLECTOR.

This saws was triad baton the Lord Chief Baron, at the
' aitttags at Guildhall, when a verdict was found for the de-
fondants.

Mr. Bramwell now moved, on the part of the plaintiffs,
for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection by the learned
judge,_ and that the verdict was against the evidence. From
the facts of the case it appeared that a person named Wil-
liam George lkadle had been for a number of yean collec-
tor of poor-rates for Barking and another parish in the
union of Romford, in the county of Essex. About 13 or
14 years since, when lint be became collector, he procured
two sureties for the proper discharge of his duties.
One of the sureties died some years afterwards,
and Beadle made an application to the defendants to enter
into a guarantee for the faithful discharge of his duties, to
the amount of 8001. In the month of July. 18.50, such
guarantee was entered into, and in July, 11411, a gentle-
man named Bankes, auditor to the union, bac his attention
attracted to the small amount of money received by Beadle
for the January portion of the poor rates. Beadle was
then ordered to produce the receipt-books in order to see
the amount of money that had been collected; and, on com-
paring the counterfoils with the credits, it was found that
he had received a much lerger sum than he had accounted
for, and that be was a defaulter to the amount of 1,0651.
At the trial, the verdict was found on the material Lanes
for the defendants, thenhy implying fraud or concealment
of facts horn the defendana by the gentlemen who were
acting as guardians for the Rumford Union.
The Lord Chief Baron said, that from his recollection of
the trial there was no fraud proved. The case was similar
to that of a policy of assurance, where no fraud could ha
shown, but merely the concealment (perhaps involuntarily)
of facts which ought to have been communicated to the
office.
_ _ _ _

Mr. Bramwell said, that the caw was ono of great im-
portance as affecting the character of the gentlemen whom
he represented. When the case was laid before him he had
no idea that any attempt would be made to impute fraud
to the motives of the plaintiffs, who were not the parties
who asked Beadle to procure the guarantee, or who dis-
covered his olefalrations.
Tho Lord Chief Baron—You aro entitled to a vino nisi
upon either point.
Rule nisi granted.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-YESTERDAT.

lianas Ma.

THE MATTEa OF GEoltoll ROLPH.-01sITING Dloszy

FROM A YOUNG WOMAN.

This insolvent, who had been a —Ttin a gentleman's
family, was opposed by Mr. Ernest Reed for a young woman
named Eliza Hall.
The parties became acquainted in 1843, when they both
lived in the service of a gentleman named Venables, in
which family the young woman still lives as lady's-maid,
and had come expressly from Wales to oppose, as the in-
solvent bad mule, some reflections on her character in his
schedule. According to his account, Eliza Hall had ad-
vanced him at ditkrent times 231. voluntarily, to spend
when they were out together at places of amusement, and
he mentioned that they were to "settle." She had sued
him in the County Court, and obtain( d judgment, on which
he petitioned under the Protection Act. lie swore that
the money was advanced u gifts.
The young woman (Eliza Hall) denied his statement.
The money was lent on his earnest solicitation when he
was in distress. He told her that if ho had 2W. to deposit
he could get a situation. She drew the money out of the
savings bank, and lent it, and no part of it had been
returned.

The insolvent alleged that he kept a few pounds and
returned the remainder.
Eliza Hall declared that it was a false statement.
Mr. Reed put the case to the court as a debt contracted
by false pretences.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips was of opinion that no indict-
' ment could be sustained on such a grout.d, as all the eases
went to show that false pretencis must have rcierenco to a
present, and not to a future state of things.
Mr. Heed said it was a fain schedule, and therefore the
petition could not stand.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips declared that ho bad never
witnessed a more heartless end profligate piece of ingrati-
tude. The young woman bad lent him money in his ex-
tremities, and now he alleged that it was given to him to
spend at places of amusement. It was almost incredible
un the face of it ; but, further, the young woman had come
from Wales to remove the reflections on her moral chase•
ter. It was a fa:se statement by the insolvent, and on that
ground he should dismiss the petition. If the insolvent
suffered in consequence, it would be what he richly
deserved.
Petition dismissed.

THE POLICE COURTS.
GUILDHALL.

Robert Hendersas Robertson, of 2G, Berkeley-square,
carrying on business u a bill broker at 3, Lotbbwy, and
Robert Hills, hie clerk, were committed for trial, the
former charged with stealing a promissory note for MI.,
the property of Mr. John Milnes, a wool-stapler, of Itoeb-
dale, in Lancashire, and the latter with aiding and abetting
his employer to commit a felony.