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the estate.

Mr. Sargood said it was necessary to have an affidavit
that the party did not hold any office under the crown.
There was a case on the same point in the Law Jouraol.
Mr. Commissioner Law was aware of the cue, which had

been carried to the Have of Lord.. The main point was
aq to whether the annuity passed.
The insolvent said he had not made the affidavit men-
tioned, nor bad he been eked.
Mr. Sargood told him he would refuse at his peril.
The insolvent said he had not refused to make the affi-
davit.

A lengthened diseumion arose in the case, and the extracts
of several letters were read.
Mr. Sargoed applied for a further adjournment.
Mr. Commissioner Law thought the principal matter was
in a very small compass.
The case was, at the rising of the court (nearly 5 o'c'ock),
adjourned fur a week.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COUHT.—YEarzaDAy.
Borrna!Ty!t Woan:a.

James Ellis, a respectable looking roan, surrendered to
take his trial upon a charge of stealing a quantity of
bricks.

It appeared that Mr. Fernsll, a brewer at Isleworth, bad
purchased • large quantity of brieks from • Mr. West-
brook, a brickmaker at Heston, and the prisoner and some
other persons had engaged to cart them, and upon the
arrival of some of the carts belonging to the prisoner at
Mr. Fermin's, laden with the brick a man named Love-
land, who was in his service, canoed one or two of them to
be counted, and the number of bricks being found defi-
cient, the presect charge was made against the defendant,
the only additional evidence to the above lama being that a
quantity of bricks which were alleged to be of the same de-
scription u those manufactured by Mr. Westbrook for
Mr. Farrell were found upon the premises of the de-
fendant.

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A boy named Elliott, who had the charge of one of the
carts, and who was nominal as a witness for the min-
cution, said, in answer to • cresetfen put by Mr. Ballentine,
that in consequence of the bones being tired, a portion of
the bricks was removed teola two or three of the carts and
placed upon others which had stronger hones, sad this ac-
counted for the deficiency in the number in those carts that
were examined ; and he added that Mr. Farnell'i servant
was informed of this at tho time.

1;;;;I;,nd wu recalled, and be admitted that this wee the
fact, sad also that he was told that if the whole number of
bricks had been counted they would have been found cor-
rect ; but he said that the whole balk had never been
counted to me if this was the fact.

The Recorder said it appeared to him that after this evi-
dence there was nothing to call upon the prisoner to 'newer,
as there was so proof that any brinks had been stolen.
Mr. Ballantine said the fact was there never had bees the
slightest scintilla of evidence against the defendant, and he
was only surprised that any magistrate should have com-
mitted him uppoon such a charge.
The Recorder 4aid he observed it was a committal by a
scanty magistra•e.
Mr. Ballantine said that possibly this might account
for it.

The jury then retuned u verdict of Not Guilty, and the
defendant wu ordered to be iseamedist•lT disekeepd.
NEW COURT.—YitIVIDAT.
Boogie nu Comm eumfacr._ _

The time of thi. court wasoocupsed the whole day trying
prisoners for posing ham coin, of whom there were 26.
Several of the prisoners having bean before convicted of the
same class of offence, were now convicted of felony, and
where they were otherwise known to the polies the court
ordered them to be transported for seven years.
The only ease possessing any novelty was that of a man
named George Anoutrong, aged 25, who bad passed the bad
coin in the following way. He had gone about the neighbour.-
hood if Ilanunersmith, and accosting little children in the
street, had sent them to various tradesmen in the district, and
had been most successful in getting them to pas. bad coin by
making small purchases, the primer waiting near at band
to take the change and the gems, On Saturday, the Ist of
last month, be sent a little girl to the 'hop of a Mr. Scarval,
at Notting-hill, where she pawed a bad halfcrovrn, which
was not detected until she bad gone. Ou the following
Monday a child came again lei tendered a bad lialfcrown.
The articles she bed Wood he were given to her, and she
was sent back, and is the meantime the shopman slapped
out and saw her joined by the prisoner, whom he seised and
held until the police emu up.
He was found Giddy, and sentenced to 12 months' im-
prisonment.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Yr.sTERDAT.
Buena Ma. SILL•XT ADAM. AMMAN? JVDDI4 AND A Bewcu
or maolyrairss.
Michael Calisgaa, 48, was indicted for maliciously and
utilawfuLly striking his wife, Catharine Caftan, by which
he had inflicted upon her grievous bodily harm, by wound-
ing her in the head and fracturing her ribs.
lir. M'Mahon appeared for the prisoner.
Ann Tobin, a lodgiag-house keeper, living at No. 6, New
Pye-street, Westminster, said that on the 14th of January,
between 10 and 11 o'clock at night, she saw the defendant
go out of his house with a flat headed hammer in his hand,
and run alter his wife, who was in the street. He followed
her for some distance, she calling out ° murder," several
those. He caught her within a few yards of witness's door,
whim he struck her a blow on her bead with the hammer,
sosi thin impeded the blow on her aide, by which she was
hied In tha gremnd. As soon as she saw her fall she went
Ift her shelibeate, and got her arm under her head to lift her
up. Median obtained a basin of water to wash her tau, and
afterwards put the water to her mouth, but she was unable
to swallow any. Having recovered • little soon after, wit-
ness withdrew her arm from under her head, when the
found that it was covered with blood. The prisoner
then went indoors, and never offered to reader the least
assistance. The police sent fora truck and the woman was
taken to the hospital.
John Johnson corroborated thisevideses.
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