The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-28 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1853.

The Commissioner said that the court felt bound to sus-
pend the certificate for 18 months from the date of the peti-
tion. and to withhold the bankrupt's protection for three
months from this date. As he had not been found guilty
under the penal section, the court could grant bins protec-
tion after he had undergone the imprisonment above-named.
Mr. Linkhter asked what would be the class of certifi-
cate ?
Hie Honour said that, looking at the expenditure, the
cause of failure was clear enough.iThe certificate would only
be of the third class. These were eases in which he was
eoneinced that it was necessary to do something to check
these practices in trade. If they were not checked no one
would be safe.

her own feelings and judgment in the matter. If after this
my wife leaves me I swear I will not try to see her again.
You may use all the means in your power to induce her to
leave me, bat let ua understand each other. I allow you to
use all the moral influence a mother has over her child;
but, by God, do not use any violence, because, frank as I
am, I tel you beforehand you would fail in the attempt !
You will find the Countess Gorits protected by 2,000 men of
iron heart, and arms of steel, who in an instant would sacri-
fice themselves fur the wife of their ancient ckief.—Madame,
I am Count MAX de GORITZ."
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Mr. Bingham wishel to know whether applicantdanbted
her daughter being married, and what her object was in
applying to him.
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HOME CIRCUIT-HERTFORD, FEB. 26.

CITA, Elloc—Berots ML BAWD AMNIA/lON AND A COMMON JtAIL
Tuz QUEEN V. JOSIAH SALMON BEMS& AND Fan-
DIRICIL WILLIAM THOMAS.

Mr. Bingham directs! Hobart', one of the officers attached
to the court, to accompany the applicant to Dean-street, and
toltake the interpreter with them, as from the letter the
count appeared to be a violent man.
After an hour's absence the officer returned, and made a
communication to the bench to this effect : He found the
young lady and her husband occupying a room in the upper
part of a house in Dean-street, with all the appearances of
much destitution. As soon as Madame Juvenot made her
4ppearance an affecting scene ensued. The daughter fell
fainting into her mother's arms, the Count dropped on the
floor in a state of insensibility, and for some time nothing
but tears, sobs, and exclamations, were heard. As soon as
all parties became more composed, explanations were
entered into, which ended in the mother becoming satisfied
that her daughter was the wits of Count Geri, z, and de-
claring her determination to forgive the past, and reside
with her children for the future.

This was an indictment fur misdemeanor, to which the
efendants surrendered to take their trial.

The offence imputed to the defendants was that of con-
spiracy. The prosecutors were Messrs. Cramer, Beale and
Co., the music-sellers in Regent-street; and it appeued,
from the evidence of Mr. Chappell, one of the partners, that
in April. 1832, the deft ndant Brewer, who at that period
occupied an establishment at Barnet, called Underhill-
house, where he carried on the profession of a schoolmaster,
came to the shop in Regent-street, and expressed a desire
to hire a grand pianoforte, with liberty to purchase. An ar-
rangement was consequenttly made by which the defendant
was to have the use of an instrument fur 3 months, at the rate
of 2.5 e. per month for the hire, and at the expiration of that
time he was allowed to purchase it, if he pleased, for 25
guineas. The instrument was accordingly placed in the de-
fendant's possession,. and nothing more was heard upon the
subject until the 12th of October, when prisoner called upon
the prosecutors and inquired what price they should ask for
the piano at the expiration of six months, and they told him
he must pay the same price for it originally asked ; but
that the instrument would under no circumstances be parted
with unless she money was paid ; and Brewer then went
away, saying that he would call in the following week and
pay for the instrument. A very few days after this the
prosecutors discovered that the whole of the furniture and
effects of Brewer were advertised to be sold by public auc-
tion, and they immediately sent one of their clerks with a
van and men to Barnet to demand the restitution of the piano,
and on their going to Underhill-house, they found the de-
fendant, Thomas, who is an auctioneer and estate agent, in
possession of all the property, and he produced a document,
by which it appeared that, in consideration of certain money
advanced by him to Brewer, he had assigned to him the
whole of the furniture in his house, with a power to sell it
and re-imburse himself. The prosecutors' servants demanded
the possession of the pianoforte, explaining that it was not
the property of Brewer, but was merely lent to him on
hire, but the defendant, Thomas, said it should not be
taken away, and if it was it should only be in pieces.
These were the main facts of the case ; and the
only circumstance upon which it was sought to
show that Thomas bad acted illegally in the transaction
was that he had gone to the landlord of the house, to whom
at the time thirty pounds were due for rent, and induced
him to give him a distress warrant, by stating that
they were removing the goods from Underhill-
house, and that he would lose hie rest if he did not do so,
and that he gave him a check for 301. The property, it ap-
peared, was eventually sold, and the piano .n question
fetched nineteen guineas, but the prosecutors had n
received a single farthing, either for the hire or for the
instrument.

Baron Alderson, without hearing the counsel for the de-1
fondants, said it appeared to him that the evidence would
not support the charge of conspiracy. There was nothing to
show that Thomas bad made any improper arrangement
with the ether defendant; and all he seemed to have done
was to keep as much property as he could, in order that
his claim upon Brewer might have the better chance of
being satisfied. He might have acted unconscientiously in
the transaction, but certainly not in a manner to bring him
within the scope of a criminal charge.
The jury accordingly found the defendants Not Gui.ly,
This cue concluded the civil business, and his lordship
then proceeded to try prisoners.