The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-19 00:00:00

Kato intelligence.

PALACE COURT—Yeirztinar.
Before Corr*, FA., and a Common Jury.
BUSBY v. PITTWAT.—THE MILK ANL) WATER CASE.—
The defendant appeared with his witnesses, in compliance
with the deci4ion of the court reported in the Daily Nem of
Saturday last.
Both parties were milkmen. The defendant had laid his
ruin to the plaintiff through impel) ing him with diluted
milk wholesale, and he had l ,et his customers by supplying
it to them retail. Plaintiff then sued and Imprisoned
him. The defendant then went on to say " I sold
my milk to a man named Greenaway, for 201., and
I agreed to take five shillings a-week. That agree-
ment was handed over to the plaintiff for him to receive
the money in satisfaction of this debt, but he and Greena-
way have "smbezzled" the agreement, and now wants me to
pay the debt, although he won't give me back the agreement,
neither will he let me have the walk, for if I go on, he turns
me off.

A woman here came forward, and said that the plaintiff
suppliesl the walk in question. Witness did not deal with
him now, because his milk was so bad.
The defendant was about to enter int, a long discussion
of his wrongs, but was interrupted by the learned judge,
who said that it was very wrong that the defendant should
be deprived of his walk, and have to pay the debt too, and if
the plaintiff would give up the walk he (the learned judge)
would make an order, but he most certainly should not do
so, unless the walk were given up to the defendant.
The plaintiff's attorney said this would be very hard
indeed, as both debt and costs would be lost. The milk
walk was worth 1001. -

Tho Court refused the order, and the defendant very
loquaciously thanked the Court and retired.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS• COURT.
(Before Mr.Coounissioner Harris.)
A WHOLESALE HORROWSIL-O. Wreeks,a working stone-
mason, who attributed his present embarrassment to his
keying lent his name to a friend for the purpose of security
to a loan society, came up to claim the benefit of the act
He stated that the individual he had named would shortly
be before the court himself, when fifteen loan societies
would appear on his schedule.— The Commissioner recom-
mended the insolvent not to become security again, and or-
dered his discharge.

SURREY SESSIONS.
Bee T. Puckle, Esq., and a full Bench of Magistrates.
ASSAULTING SHIIRIVF'S OFFICER'S MEN.—Mr. Jeer
Crutchfield, a respectable yeoman, was indicted for assau L-
ing the person of Thomas Brown. On the 6th of July
last, Mr. Rutland, the sheriff's officer, put in an execution
on the premises of the defendant, for a judgment debt, and
left his son and Brown, the complainant, in possession. The
defendant at that time made use of some strong language,
and said something about taking the life of any person
attempting to get upon his premises. He made no attempt,
however, to put his threat into execution ; on the contrary,
being recommended by Rutland, men , to see the attorney in
the cue and settle the matter, he left home and came to
town with the sheriffs officer himself. In the evening of
the same day he met Brown, in a lane leading to the farm-
yard, and without anything occurring to excite his feelings
struck prosecutor three severe blows upon the face, and
closed the gates so SA to shut him out of the premises. This
was the assault complained of. In his cross-examination by
Mr. Locke for the defence, the witness Brown admitted that
he had taken some beer, and pipes and tobacco on the pre-
mises of the defendant, in the course of the day, for himself
and Rutland, jun. He could not tell how much beer he
brought, but thinks it was two pots. Had been to his tea
when be met the defendant in the lane, and at that time he
had a lighted pipe in his mouth. Did not recollect that the
defendant remonstrated with him about taking a lighted pipe
into • farm-yard, when there were large ricks of hay and
other inflammable matter, or that he said a word to him
before he struck him on the face. At that time the pipe was
struck out of hilmouth.—Mr. Locke, in his address to the
jury, stated that the defendant was a person of the highest
respectability, a substantial yeoman in the county, and had
paid the debt and cons of the execution on the subsequent
day to that upon which it was put upon his premises.—The
Chairman wink admitting that there were some parts of the
evidence of Brown which was not reconcilable with truth.
summed up against the defendant, and the jury, after a
lengthened deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty.
The defendant was again put upon his trial for an assault
on George Rutland, the younger. In this case the defendant
was asked to plead guilty, but he indignantly refused to do
so, and Mr. Locke, with some warmth said he should not
think of advising him to do any such thing. In this case it
appeared that when the defendant had struck the com-
plainant Brown, and closed the gate against him, Rutland,
jun., rushed to the spot, as he confessed to take his part, and
upon approaching him the defendant drew a pistol from his
pocket and presented it at him. Rutland knocked his arm
down, and here ended all deadly strife. For this act on
the part of defendant the present bill of indictment was
found.—ln the course of his cross-examination in the last
case, Rutland, jun.; admitted that he carried a loaded pistol,
as there was a ferocious dog on the premises, and upon seeing
the defendant with a pistol he drew out his, determined to
have the first shot —The defendant declared it was not his
intention to use his pistol offensively, but the jury found him
guilty of the charge. The chairman, after commenting upon
his conduct in severe terms, sentenced the defendant to a
penalty of 101. for each assault, and also to find securities for
his good betatiour for 12 months. The defendant not being
prepared to meet the sentence, was taken into custody and
removed to Horsemonger-lane gaol. The trial, which had not
terminated until nearly 11 o'clock, concluded the sessions.

POLICE.—YEsTERDAT.

MANSION- HOUSE. fix uoo o. Barnard Isaac*,
a foreigner, with a beard of prodigious length, was cheesed
with haying smuggled a quantity of cigar,.—The defendant
had been seen on board the Countess of Lomb'''e steam-
vessel, from Hamburgh, and was suspected to bee contra-
band dealer, although he looked exactly like one of the
elders of the Jewish church, and shook his head when
yokes to in the English language on the subject of tobacco.
The °Moo who took him into custody said that the
defendant, on being handed a paper in which there appeared
appropriate questions in five Oifferent languages, said he
could speak no language but Dutch. He, however, pre-
tended not to understand what was printed in that
language in the paper handed to him ; and he was then
t at he must give up the he bad about him.
The words of the oMeer suddenly became perfectly intelli-