The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-06 00:00:00

Ray intelligence.

SECONDARIES' COURT.—YESTERDAT.
EMIR SIVONIMILY POITEL.
Russam. o. COOPEIL
The plaintiff in this case is a sack merchant, and sought
to recover the sum of 621. for the sale and hire of sacks.
The defendant suffered judgment to go by default. It
appears that it is the custom of the trade to lead oat sacks
at Id. each per quarter of wheat foe six days, and Id. for
every succeeding six days. In the pesmt instance the de-
fendant had hired 681 sacks, but m 4 Warned 140, and he
was now charged 471. for those not returned, and the balance
for the hire of the others.
Some of the jury expressed their surprise that the hire
of sacks for about two months should amount to 33 per
cent. on their cost price.
The Under Sheriff said it was about the lame as hiring
• carriage or a pianoforte—then was a convenience which
must be paid for.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY:TFATEZDAT•
BOOBS Xs. Ossuusetoasz Foustaxten.
IN RI LOYD Hutu/meows],"
A petition had been presented to the court in this bank-
ruptcy by Mr. Hume, a creditor, making to be allowed a
copy of his examination, to be used as evidence in a Chan-
cery suit in which he was engaged.
Mr. Bennett appeared in support of the petition. The
evidence in question referred to transactions extending over
a period nine or ten years ago ; it was impossible for any
witness to recollect minutely what he had stated under such
circumstances, and the petitioner wished to be allowed to
take a copy of the examinations at his own expense.
Mr. Dias, for the assignees, resisted the application.
His Honour said he saw no reason in this case to depart
from the usual course pursued by the court. If a man had
sworn the truth, nothing was more easy than for him to
swear the truth again. The petition must be dismissed with
costs.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—VESTEADAT.
Barone Tel Cam Comousionaa.
IN TIM M►TTER Ow RICHARD W►an PILHAII.
This insolvent, the original Ethiopian, whale case was
mentioned on a former occasion, again came before the
court. There was no further opposition offered. The case
had been adjourned to insert a residence omitted.
The court named the nth instant for the final order.
Byrom Ma. Dowsessiosea Law.
lit en Jous Wotan:.
This was an application for discharge on the ground of
non-payment of " the sixpences." The insolvent had a
judgment of twelve months' imprisonment at the suit of a
gentleman named Dayrell. He made an application for an
allowance on account of his poverty. The money had not
been paid by the detaining creditor, and hence the present
application.
Mr. Commissioner Law made the rule absolute for the

discharge.
lx RN JOHN HENRY CRONWILL Roseau..
This insolvent had been connected with a railway. The
ease was partially heard before, and now occupied the
whole day.
The further hearing was adjourned to the Ist February.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.—Yesnitray.

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The greater portion of the day was occupied in the trial
of a man named Charles Murray or a felonious assault
upon a girl nine years old, named Jane Churchill.
The details are entirely unfit for publication, and in the
result the jury returned a verdict of Not Cooing.
Daniel Allen, 32, was indicted for uttering a forged 101.
Bank of England note.
It appeared from the statement of Mr. Clarkson, the
learned counsel for the prosecution, and the evidence ad-
duced to support it, that the prisoner, who it seemed had
formerly been a seaman, but of late had been employed
es
an omnibus conductor, had some family connexion of
• very distant nature with a lady named Golding, re-
siding near Dulwich. and she had assisted him with
money on two missions, amounting to the sum of five
pounds. On Sunday, the 7th November, the prisoner went
to the house of this lady and he told a Miss
Medley, who lived with her as • companion, that he had
some to repay two pounds of the money that had been lent
him, and he produced what appeared to be • 101. note, and
asked for the change. He was told that change could not
be given for the note, and the prisoner went away, and it
appeared that he immediately proceeded to the Halt Moon
publie-house at Dulwich, and asked Mr. Webb, the land-
lord, te give him change for the note, stating that it was
for Mrs. Golding. The landlord, knowing that she was a
person of respectability, and entertaining no suspicion,
gave the prisoner change for the note, and he wrote P.
Golding upon it, and went away. Mr. Webb paid this
note to the Excise-office, and it was very soon afterwards
discovered to be a forgery, but nothing was heard of the
prisoner until the 20th of November, when he was taken
Into custody in the Edgware.road. In order to show the
guilty knowledge of the prisoner evidence was given that a
few days after the 101. note had been passed
in the manner above stated the prisoner went
to the Windmill public-house, Claphans.conanson,
dressed in such a manner as to present the ap•
pearanee of a gentleman's servant, and having stated that
be wee sent for change for a 51. note for a lady named Gu-
am, residing upon the common, he peudneed what ap-
peared eo be • note for that amount, and received the
change from the landlord. This note also turned out to be
a The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to be transported for ten years.
Froonie.rg Badoski 26, a Pole, described OA a soldier,
pleaded guilty to three indictments charging him with
uttering Wg Bank of England notes.
Mr. Platt, who appeared for the prisoner, said that there
were circumstances connected with the case which induced
him to apply to the court to postpone the sesames to the
next session. _

Mr. Clarkson said he had no objection to offer on behalf
of the crown. _ _ _

lir. Justice Williams, therefore, postponed the judgment
upon the prisoner to the February session.
Before the recorder left the bench on Tuesday evening he
took occasion to observe, in reference to the cue of two
persona named Paxton and Wynn, whe were convicted on
Monday of obtaining money by false pretences relating to
the lease of a public-house, that in consuuenos of the re-
port of the case that appeared in the newspapers, he had re-
ceived a letter from a learned magistrate, who had done
him the favour to write to him, for the purpose of stating
that the court had been misled with regard to the fact of
the matter not having been investigated by a magistrate,
for, in reality, the case had been brought before him, and
upon the az paste evidence of the prosecutor, he had dis-
missed the Ow. He did not desire to cast any imputa-
tion upon the learned counsel engaged in the prosecution,
but this fast had certainly been withheld from the know-
ledge of the court. and he thought it very probable that if
the jury had been aware of it, they would have returned a
different verdict. Under these circumstances, he should
certainly at present make no order for the payment of the
expenses.