The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-24 00:00:00

LYNCH L. LYNCH:

Mr. Frauds for the petitioner.
This ease was chiefly remarkable for the light which it
throws upon the precast state of the Waimea of the court.
The respondent, a lieutenant in the Indies srmy, married
the petitioner oa the 31st of December Let. She was a
Mir Cowell, the d►u`hter of a Hemmed victualler in
Holboro, and the cobabitatios lasted till the 4th of March,
when she lef t her husband. They bad lived at hotels, sad the
respondent's oreduct bad been very profligate the whole of
the tame. The petitioner stated he bad ones kicked her out
of bed, and that he had violently taken the wedding ring
off bar lager.
The eonrt held that there had not been sufficient cruelty
to make out the allegation, bat granted a judicial separation
on the ground of adultery.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—Lzwirs, Jtax 21.

The commission for the °minty of Same: was opened ii
this town as Thursday, and yesterday moroisg both courts
proceeded to business, Mr. Justioe Cromptou ptesidiag on
the Crown skis, sad Mr. Berms Pigott at Nisi prim.
There were only it, mums entered for trial, are of which
were undefended, and the civil bruises@ was got through
soon after two o'clock. The gaol calendar contaised the
names of 29 prisoners, but Dearly the whole of the omen
wore of the moat ordinary deseriptioe.

trrEAORDISARY CHARGE OF FORGIRT.
Henry Augustus Wieser. 37, a man of gentlemanly RE-
pearaDoe, described as • professor of MUM, was charged
with feloniously forging a deed purporting to be • Goers),
ante to him of certain property at Brighton, with intent
to defraud.

lie was also charged with feloniously forging an accep-
tance to • bill of excising. for 5001. with the rune intent.
The prisoner pleaded guilty.
Mr. Peons, who, with Mr. Austin, appeared for the de-
fence, sea that, after carefully looking at the depositions,
ha had felt that it was impossible to offer any legal answer
to the charge, but he was instructed to put the court in Pos-
session of oaten circumstances which might possibly
affect the sentence about to be passed. The prisoner occu-
pied a most respectable position at Brightoe, he was • pro-
fessor of music, and an organist at one of the churches, but
it appeared that he had unhappily become embarrassed, and
at the time the offence wee committed he was in daily ex-
pectation of • judgment being issued against him for the
sum of 9001. He was entitled at this time, it appeared, to
the reversion of • sum of 2.4001. io Consols, in the event of
his surviving his wile, and he bad been in treaty with some
iosuraoce company to advance bim the mosey to
pay off the debt that he had incurred, and
there was no doubt that be expected to receive the mosey,
and, being prised, it appeared that be had executed the
deed in question, which reigned to property for which he
' was at the time in the course of treaty to purchase, and
took it to *bank at Brighton, which advanced him the
moony he required upon it. He would add that at the
time the off eace was committed the prisoner really believed
he should be in • position to repay it, and he had no Wien.
tion to defraud. His character down to the present period
had been unimpeachable, and • number of witasses were in
attendance, amen whom were several clergymen and •
lady of title, who would have deposed to that fact, but,
under the circumstances, he considered it unnecessary to
all them.
Mr. PoUock said he believed that the prisoner was sally
entitled to the reversion that had been spoken of by his
learned friend, and he was also not instructed to deny that
he had heretofore borne a most respectable character. At
the same time he felt it hie duty to urge upon the court the
very serious nature of the crime to which the prisoner bed
pleaded guilty, and the grist deliberation with which it
had been committed.

Mr. Justice Crompton in passing sentence said that the
prisoner bad pleaded guilty to a very serious crime indeed,
the forgery of a document purporting to be a conveyance
of real property. Only • very few years ago his life would
most undoubtedly have been forfeited for the offence, and
although at the present time that niipbt possibly
be comidered • savage law, still there could
be no doubt that the offence was a mom
serious one, as deeds of this description were the
only instruments by which property could be conveyed, and
were the only security for the transfer of property. The
prisoner, no doubt, bore • good charuter. but when it was
stated that clergymen and persons of title were in atten-
dance ready to speak to his character. he considered that
this was rather an aggravation than otherwise, as he most
have known perfectly well the serious character of the
offence he was committing. Be thee sentenced the prisoner
to be kept in penal servitude for eight years.