The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-07 00:00:00

IS ES KEITH ♦ID littOOßßlDalt.

The bankrupts were warehousemen, of Wood-street,
Cheapside. This was a dividend zooming.
Mr. Heed appeared for the a•signea. There have been
previous dividends to the amount of 3s. in the pound ; and
the meta at present in hand are expected to yield a further
divideed of a few pence.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—Yeernarr.

MOSS M 6 coiouneona mums.
IN THS MATT= 01 JOHN 017.39.

This insolvent had been some time in prison. His in-
solvency was attributed to having had the misfortune to
have some property left him which was made the subject of
a Chancery mit, and he had anticipated nearly all the
benefit before it was decided. A portion of his property be
kad settled on • lin. O'Leary, who had bees his house-
keeper, and the creditors complained that it was • frauds-
lens transaction to deprive them of their debts, which they
had allowed to he contracted on the faith of gamest eat
of the Chensery snit. It was bold by Yr. Commissioner
Phillips to be as improper saaldft away with property.
attd hi *waned tho nes he the latoireat Is sot Iles.

O'Leary to pay Mahn., court. The rassawy wee not forth.
coming, and the fund made over to Mn. O'Leary was now
the iubject of a Chancery suit on the part of the creditors.
The insolvent bed been some months in prison, and bad
obtained a role that he might come up and be adjudicated
upan.
Mr. Nichols, for the creditors, resisted the application
until the order of the court was complied with.
Mr. Cooke pprarayed the court I. allow the mu to come up
for adjadAatfeu, and he could Uses he dealt with. At
present he was confined, and his sew was that he could
not comply with the order of the aeon.
Mr. Cemmiesimser Phillip granted the application for •
day to be named that the issolveut might come up and re-
ceive the adjudication of the mon.
Rule absolute.
DEPOSB 111. wramn.
IX RI JOHN J11,1111111.-111ARD$11711 ON INSOLNIINTS.

This case wss appointed for Iseariag to-day, and when
called it was reported that the 'solvent was out of cue
tcdy, Me*, been discharged by his detaialag creditor.
Mr. R. Reed, on the part of the insolvent, wished to
bring his ease before the court as age of a peculiar charac-
ter. The insolvent had been taken to prison on an action
of treason, the damages in which mitre& by a jury were
41. sad the touts were 691. He had Med kis schedule, end
after being in prison for nearly two months his detaining
creditor so Saturday night sent his discharge to the prim
to deprive him of taking the beaellt of the act. The once;
tion was whether the court, Rader the circumstances,
would adjudicate upon the case.
Mr. Commissioner Murphy thought he had no power to
hear the case. It was provided by the act that a man pe-
titioning must be in custody. He had eonsulfed the °facer
01 the court, being inclined to strain a point if be could
fairly do it, as be considered the coaduct of the detaining
creditor to be very improper and a trifling with the law.
sad he was informed that the court had discharged insolvents
in came where they had remained in prison after a discharge
seat and came before the court the neat day. But in this
ease there had been an actual break In the custody ciao
Saturday, and he, therefore, did not think he had any
power to interfere. He would take a note of the ease, and
if any alteration in the law of insolvency was contemplated,
it should be among other things recommended.
Mr. Macrae (micas curie) remarked that these cases
were great hardships on insolvents, and he hoped the
learned commissioner would represent them to the Lord
Chancellor. The law on the point la Ireland bad been
altered,but not is Ragland.
Mr. Commissioner Murphy said be would write to the
Lord Chicane', and perhaps it would be laid before the
commission now sitting. No doubt if legislative measures
were contemplated it would be the duty of the oommis
sionen to meet together and recommend alteration in the
law.

Mr. Giffard applied fora creditor to be assignee.
His Honour declined at present. On the creditors re-
commending a proper person he should appoint him.
The insolvent could not be beard, and took nothing after
the insprisonsent he had suffered and the ezpense he had
undergone, beause he wu in law " out of custody " when
he appeared before the court.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS:YESTIZDAY•
MOON_BUL =MAW ADAMS, AMMAN! /IDOL

Mary Hall, 25, was tried on two indictments for stealing a
purse containing a sovereign and other monies from the
potion of Elias Adams, and a plum containing two sover-
eigns sad other monies from the person of Elisabeth
Panama.

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The facts of these two cams were very short, each of
the robberies was committed in an omnibus within a day or
two. The prisoner was very respectably dressed, so much
so that the presecutrix in the second awe, although she
bad obeerved the motion of her hand, hesitated to chirp
her with the theft.

The jury found her Guilty in both tam
Mr. Parry urged that the prisoner was net lumen to the
officers, and as he was instructed she led bun led into
this by more guilty perseas, he lisped soder the einem-
steno's the court would net het awned to pees as ex-
trema sentence upon the pdesser.
The Assistant ledge said thskletemserhekleam melded
on clear evidence of two very serious effilmsee.—einsisitted
ems as the 14th, sad mason the kith el the ewes math.
It was evidently a trade with 'Om smiler robberies,
which were now so frequent sad sysermatie, that the court
felt it to be its duty to pees a severe sentence In all such
eases. It was only expert bands who took to picking
pockets in omnibuses, sad apparent respectability was
brought to aid them in their depredations. He then
sentenced the primmer to four yean' penal servitude.
ltsp/sr, a wretched looking b0y,13 ran of age,
was esavitesd einem/km a loaf of bread, the property of
Junes Hedger. Two years ago he was senteaced to two
meaths' hemdsememme he stealing sweetmeats.
The boil Wig. maid he had no parents—his father be-
ing dead and ii mart la the workhouse. Since he came
oat airlift he bed toted to live by selling watermelon for
his beeraar, bet mull set.
The Ambesat-Jedrge regretted that this was a cue which
could Est he wt to Bonilla, as it did not contain all that
was sequired ia eases sent to that Luanda'. He hoped
sad trusted that ere long the country would be relieved of
the stain laid ayos it by the present state of the law with
regard se like the wretched boy at the bar.
A not diejumien molted why the parish the boy belonged to did
semething he his.
The Amisteat-ledp said the reason of that was, that the
'sowed a boy was convicted, so absurd was the law, the
pariah was relieved from all farther charge of him. At
present we did all we could to sneourage parishes and
parents to desert children. The parents of a prisoner were
owblt to keep him before he was convicted, but not after-
and the parish was pissed is the muse position.
Instead of this the law ought to compel his pariah to look
after hint after seevielion, and thee they would be more
careful about his getting into prison. Was it not dreadful
to look at the most ease ? What weld the court do ?
Nothing but seed him to prison, with miscausendation for
Itedhill, hat this was a great mere to the government,
not say to ths psrisk of a r, or his wants. This was
not a ease in.hisk lees ldMks that melee, the boy merely
stealing a bit of bread. The limy had mosemeasW him to
mercy, and though he had bars bthre is pekoe, it was two
years ago, sad for Mather ewesemeau, and he should only
give him a slight punishment He then sentenced the pri-
soner to one month's hard labour.