The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-27 00:00:00

?LAW intentoence.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-YKSTERDAT.
Haruas Mt COXIIIMIONEI Govumui.
DEFECTIVE ACCOUNTS.
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Charles Leaden, upholsterer, of Newbury, in Bucks, came
up for his last examination, en a balance sheet, which
showed debts to the amount of 2,100 L, and probable assets of
4001. or 6001. Atter reading the report of the official
assignee, the commissioner said this was not a case in which
he could allow the bankrupt to pass. He had kept no
cash book et stock book, and had not even attempted to ren-
der a cash account since the fiat. His expenses had been
heavy, about 1,7001., exceeding his profits by nearly 1,0001.
He appeared to have placed his conscience entirely in the
keeping of his accountant, who had put the best appear-
ance be could on the statement. Though claiming a capital
of 3601. in January, 1847, be had probably b:gun with lets
than nothing, and ought then to have C3lllO to the court.
The examination must be adjourned till the 21st August.

RE BIRICIL 131.12ROWItS.
The bankrupts were ilescri.:ed as railway contractors, of
Norwich ; this was an adjourned examination meetinr. No
accounts having been filed, a further adjournment was asked
fur. The delay in preparing the account* W3B attributed to
a dispute with the Eastern Counti, s Htilwej Company,
which had been referred to arbitration, and until a decision
Was given the bankrupts could not prepare their account*.
Hie Honour raid the creditors ought not to suffer by this
delay. The bankrupts ought to have taken a suflicim.tly
long adjournment at first. Their examination must now be
adjourned sine die, with leave to come up, when prepared,
at their own expense. The protection might be extended
for six weeks.

LNSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-YESTERDAY.

Boma N*. Onnairamma Liw.
IN RI JONI! TIPPER STILETPORD.

This case, before reported, again came before the ccurt.
The insolvent, a clerk in the Poet-office, was heard some
months back, and it &pi:oared that his wife, who had an
allowance of 1201. a year from Lord Adolphus Frizelarence,
had used some furniture at Shepherd's Bush which was
alleged to belong to his lordship. The cre4itors, however,
insisted that it was in the order and disposition of the in-
solvent, and 1421. had been paid into court by Lord Ailsl-
phus Fitsclarence as the value of tke furniture. The debts
originally inserted in the schedule were 2401., and they had
been since increased to nearly Mt. A dividend of 12,. 61.
had been paid, and a suggestion had been thrown out fur the
insolvent to make a prop sal to pay the remainder of the
debts.

Mr: Cooks called the attention of the court to the circum-
stances of the ease. The insolvent was not entitled to the
consideration of the court. It was by the exertions of the
creditors that the dividend had been paid.
The insolvent offered to set aside IW. • year out of his
misty of 701. a year. lie admitted that his wife had an in-
come of 1201. a year. He added that if he set aide 101. a
' year he should only have 601. to lira upon, and he supposed
he must live
•. _ _

Mr. Cooke told him that, instead of having 001. a year, he
would have 1801. a year.
Mr. Commissioner Law was of opinion that a propasal to
pay 161. a year should be made, and the ease had better be
adjourned until November, for the first quarter's payment
to be made.

On application in this protection cam the learned commis
sioner allowed the cots of opposition. Protection was granted
to the sittings in November.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.

MAIDSTONN, JcrLT 25.
Burnt* Ma. Saansawr
BURGLARY AND ASSAULT.
John Joseph Clark, 27, was indicted for the capital
offence of burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-
house of Augustus Munyard, end steeling two watches,
some plate, and other valuable property, and at the time of
committing the burglary it was alleged that the prisoner
b. at and wounded the prosecutor. Mr. Hawkins prosecuted,
and Mr. Chsrnock defended the prisoner.
The offence was committed under very extraordinary and
aggravated circumstances. The prosecutor is a farmer re-
siding in a rather lonely position, in the pariah of Meopham,
and it seemed that it was his custom not to allow his men-
servarde to sleep en the premises, and the only inmates of
the home at night were himself, his wife, and a female ser-
vant. They retired to bed at the usual hour on the Ist of
June, and about midnight the prosecutor was awoke by
hearing a noise at his bedroom window. He at fist ima-
gined there was an alarm of fire, and on his getting up
and going towards his window, he observed the heads of
two men who wen apparently standing on a ladder.
The men were disguised by having their shirts over
their clothes, and a sort of white cap over their faces, with
boil in them to look through, and before the pros-tutor bad
any opportunity to observe them particularly, or to offer any
resistance, the window was crushed in, and several men, all
disguised in the moaner stated, jumped into the room, and
commenced a most brutal attack upon the prosecutor with
bludgeons, and one of the ruffians also struck him with an
iron bar. He begged for mercy, and at length he was per-
mitted to get into bed, and the villains thee insisted upon
having the money that was in the home. The prosecutn
informed them that then was very little money in the house
at the time, and they then demanded the plate, and they
compelled the wife of the prosecutor to accompany them
down stirs, and show them when it was imp*,
two of the gang keeping guard over the prosecutor, while the
rest went down stairs to get the property. The wife of the
presenter then delivered up the money that wee in her
possession, and also the plate, and one of the gang wrapped
op the property in a bundle, and took it out and delivered it
to a confederate who was waiting outside. The prosecutor's
wife was then compelled to get into bed again while the
ruffians ransacked the house, sad while so engaged they di-
amond a receipt for some money, upon which they returned
to the bedroom and repeated their demand for money, as-
serting that they were eertain there was some in the house,
and one of the ruffians declared that if it was not
given up, he would set lire to the bed and burn
them both in it. The proiecutor still persisted in declaring
that he had no more money, and at length the gang of
ruffians left the house taking with them the booty they had
obtained. In consequence of the effectual manner in
which they lad disguised themselves neither the prosecutor
nor his life sou able to speak to the indenuty of any
of the persons concerned in the outrage, and the cnly evi-
dence they could give upon the point was that the prisoner
resembled in gait and general appearance one of the men,
but the guilt of the prisoner was clearly established by the
evidence of one of thelgaeg,• man named Prior, who was
adenit.ted a witness for the Crown, and the corroborative
testimony that was adduced in support of it. From the
statement of the accomplice, it appeared that he had been
living in the house of the prisoner, a low lodging-boa.. at
Gravesend, foga short time before the burglary, and on the
Wednesday before it wee committed the prisoner proposed to
him to join in it, lend introduced him to four persons who
were stringers to him, but who, he said, ware first-rate house.
breekt rs, and they arranged to commit the robbery on the
lit of June. They then, he said, proceeded separately to
the neighbourhood of the prosecutor's farm, for the is,
of "sounding," and ascertaining what his errangemen's
were, and haunt discovered that none of the labourers
slept upon the form, they resolved upon carrying
•ut their project as they had arranged. They accordingly,
6 x in number, went to the prosecutor's fans, and, hating
obtatood a ladder, it was placed againstthe bedroom window
owl some of the gang went up the ladder for the purpose of
foreleg their way il.to the bed-room, ladle the accomplice
poor was eat to watch another part of the holm, to see that

no one left the premise, in that di/retina, and he wise fia-
smarted to kmck out the heal= of any one who attempted
to do so. The prisoner, Clark, was at lint stationed at the foot
of the !adder to give an alarm if any one approached, but after
his companions had been in the house a short time he joined
them and assisted in the march for plunder. Witnemes were
examined is corroboration of the accomplices story, who
proved that the prisoner was in his company on the day the
robbery wse committed, and that he bad also hi en seen near
the farm of the prosecutor making inquiries with regard to
his habits, and whether the men servants shpt on the pre-
mises, and in addition to these facts, It appeared that after
he was in gaol he made a statement to one of his fellow pri-
soners which was tantamount to an admission of his share
in the transaction, sad that he also said that Prior would
have had his share of the booty if he hod waited a few days.
Mr. Charm& addressed the jury on behalf of the prironer,
and endeavoured, with considerable ingenuity, to show that
there was in reality no actual corroboration of the accom
plice's testimony, and on that ground he called upon them
to acquit the prisoner.
Mr. Berjeant °melee rammed up, and the jury, after a
very short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty.
The learned aerjsant, after making some appropriate re-
marks upon the very aggravated and alarmin4 charac'er of
the offence of which the prisoner had been convicted, ordered
judgment of death to be recorded, with an intimation that
the prisoner would be transported for life.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.
STAFFORD, JULY 26.
Clown Corrar.—Beroan Ms. Justice Eau.
HIGHWAY RONIERT.—DISTRESAINO SCENI.
Fanny Johnson, 17, Harriet Henahali, 17, and Jane
Morgan, 17, were indicted for assaulting John Ridgway, at
Shelton, on the 6th of June, and stealing six shillings from
his person.
Mr. Meteyard prosecuted in this ease, which was rather
singular, bt irg a hi,thway robbery by young females. The
prosecutor, a butcher, was returning home up W -strut,
about half-past two in the morning, when tour women and
two men rushed out of a house of ill repute and threw him
down. Johnson put her hands on his shoulders, knocked
him backwards and held his mouth, and Morgan held his
legs, while the ether girl took the money out of his
pocket. They then went back into the house, and
Ridgway, who lived in the same street, threw
stone through the window to identify the house.
He then proceeded to give information to the police, who,
on going to the house, witnewed a seeneof evicting depravity
of morals in this county. They found the three prisoners
and two men is one bed. Henshall sud Johnson were taken
Into custody, but on the officers returning for the others they
found that they had absconded. Morgan was arrested on
the 16th of June, but none of the men, or the fourth woman,
have been discovered. The prisoners were all found guilty,
on which each one said, "I hope you will have mercy, my
lord, for I em as innocent u a child unborn."—The Judge :
" I wish the men were here, I would make a severe example
of them." Tilley were sent( need to 7 year.' transportation.
On hearing the senter.ce the prisorers fill down in the deer,
uttering tae most piercing eirieks and cries Johnson was
apparently in • fit, end tore the hair from her head by
handfuls.

TSB POLICE COURTS.
MARYLEBONE.
ROBBERT AT AN AUCTION.—Mr. G. E. Lawrence, a
well-kuown frequenter of china sales, was charged with
having stolen from No. 6, Kensington garden-terrace, two
valuable Dresden china ornaments, the property of the tie
tutors of the late George Robins, Esq.
tVilliam Chanter, a porter in the employ of Mr. John
Robins, deposed that during a sale which task place yester-
day at the reaidence of the late George Robin. E.q , he ob-
served the prisoner lurking about a table in the boudoir, on
which was displayed a quantity of rare Dr,sden china,
amongst which were the two chic& ornaments prostate&
Witness had occasion to leave the room for a few miuutes,
and on his return the prisoner heel left the house, and as the
china ornaments were nowhere to be found, 12%., euspectsd
that the prisoner had taken them. He immediately sent
one of the other porters after the prisoner, who was brought
beck in custody of a police constable, who had taken from
him the stolen property. As several other articles ware
missing, witness was instructed to apply for a remand till
the sale was over.

The prisoner was remanded till this day week.
WESTMINSTER.
FORGERIES.—A man and woman, who gave their names
Joseph l'ye and Mnry Myers, were finally examined,
charged with forging the name of Laeph rye, a depositor in
the Westminster Riving.' Bank, for the purpose of obtaining
possession of 2.51., lodged in that person's name. A witness
trom the bank haying proved the forgery,
The real Joseph l'ye stated that he had for three years
resided in the house of the female prisoner's mother, who
died a few weeks ago, since which he had continued to oc•
copy a room under the female prisoner, who became the
landlady of the house. Ile left his harking-book in his
apartment, from which it must have been taken during his
absence.
They were committed for trial.

Barra, described es the proprietor of tho
Paviout's Arms public house, Johnson-street, Westminster,
wss charged with forging the name of a depositor at the
Westminster Savings' Bank, fraudulently to obtain
201. 16s. 7d., and he was remanded till Thursday next.