The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-17 00:00:00

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

Bekre Mr. Commtmeloner ShePbtrd.
IMPORTANT POINT.—A. charge of 311. 16s. 4d. had been
made by Messrs. Ventum and Hughes, claiming the right of
brokers to this court, for having taken on inventory of the
stock of a bankrupt. whose name did not transpire. Mr.
Reed, solicitor for the assignees, opposed this charge. He
said that whenever such a case as the present happened,
provided he were engaged, he should always oppose such
charges. He could not recognise any person as broker of
this court, and the proper party to make any inventory was
the messenger, who was recognised by this court, the tonrt
of Review, and the Lord Chancellor, he (the messenger)
being under the control of these courts. There was nothing
in any of the acts of Parliament by which a person could
claim the right of broker to the court. The charge in the
present cue was for making an inventory of property which
had never come to the official assignee, which was never
drected to be done, and which property had been sold by
other parties. He (Mr. Reed) wished it to go forth to the
public that he would always oppose the charges of brokers,
whom he could not recognise in this court, until a special
order was made that they had a locus *tonsil here.—Mr.
Ventum said he had the honour to have been a broker for
29 years, and his authority was upon a letter signed by the
late Mr. Richardsan, in November, 1844, in which it was
stated that Mr. Ventum had been appointed by the Com-
missioners to be broker in the late Sir C. F. Williams's court.
—His Honour considered this an important point, and must
confer with his brother commissioners before deciding the
matter.

ILFORD SPECIAL SESSIONS.—YMTERDXY.
ROBBERY ET A POLlCEMAN.—Yesterday, John Francis,
formerly a police constable of the K division, stationed at
Loughton, was brought up from Ilford gaol, where ho has
been suffering one month's imprisonment for neglect of
duty, for re-examination on a charge of stealing a large
quantity of workmen's tools from Loughton Church. On
the 13th of last month the prisoner was brought up before
the magistrates at Ilford for neglect of duty, and for assault-
ing a man, with whose wife he lived. Fur the first offence
he was fined 31. or two months' imprisonment ; and for the
other, was sent to the House of Correction for one month'
with hard labour. During the time he was at Loughton, a
new church was being erected on his beat, and although
almost daily the workmen were losing their tools, the thief
could not be apprehended. On Francis's committal by the
magistrates for the above offence, a report was sent to In-
spector Richardson, that the former's house had been
robbed, and Serjeant White, 13 K, was ordered to make
inquiries coacerning it. He did so, and on searching the
house found a quantity of workmen's tools.—Edmund Hal-
ford and William Arnold, identified some of the tools as
their property, which they had lost whilst at work at
Loughton Church in December last, at which time the
prisoner was doing duty near the church.—The prisoner in
answer to the charge said, that ho bought the things at dif-
ferent times when in London, at a broker's shop near Mile-
end. lie was fully committed to take his trial on thief dis-
tinct charges of felony.