The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-16 00:00:00

t I LAW. INTELLIGENCE.

66 COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—YesTERDAY.
096 SUBDIVISION COURT.
221 BIM= COXIESSIOVW FONELOINCIt; HOLILOTD, AND GOULDEFLE•
107 RE ALEXANDER AND CO.
006 Their Honours sat this morning to give judgment on a dis-
-048 prated proof of debt tendered by Messrs. Dyson, corn mer-
-155 chants, of St. Petersburg, on the estate of Ladle Alexander
150 and Co. The arguments were heard some weeks ago, and
643 were reported in the Daily News at the time. The question
019 was simply whether there should be deducted from the proof
080 a sum of 3,5001., which was in the hands of Dyson and Ca. a'
the time of the bankruptcy. The court was unanimously of
939 opinion that the proof, which was for 15,0001., ought to be
,369 reduced by the amount of the money in hand.
,381 Re KEATING.
,908 Mr. Hardwick applied, on the part of the assignees in this
,283 case, for the authority of the court to carry on the business of
the bankrupt (who was a druggist in St. Paul's churchyard)
'.58 for other six months, stating that during the six months they
too ' had carried it on they had derived a profit of 6441. after pay-
-15 Jog all expenses.
57 Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupt, said that he concurred in
- this application if such anent were necessary. The bankrupt
had rendered all the Resistance in his power to the assignees
and had deferred applying for his certificate until they ohmic!
have realised a considerable return from the beelines,.
46 Mr. Linklater, who appeared for Mr. Lumley, one of the
assignees, applied for authority to continue the manufacture
of toe cough lozenges, which, it w as said, had acquired great
42 celebrity, and were a source of considerable profit. Mr.
128 Lumley had nrspered and supplied the materials for these
40 lozenges, the preparation of which had been confided to Lim
190 as a secret, and the application was that he should be allowed
la to continue to do so, notwithstanding be was one of the trade
assignees. In this he w.a fortified by the wish of ereditors
to the extent of 2 6001. out of 2,9001. that had proved.
Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque said the easiest mode of
obviating the difficulty would be for Mr. Lumley to retire
from the assigneeshio, in order that tho principle might not
be violated which required that a trustee should not derive
a profit from his trust. The authority, to the assignees to
eontinne the business would be given, but the better applica-
tion could not be entertained.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.—YESTERDAT.
Barons Xs. BAIOII Rom.
CHAROB OP POISONING A HUSBAND.
Eliza &hollenberger, 23, a good looking young woman,
with an latent in her arm,, was indicted for te.or..iously
attempting to administer to her husband, Philip Schollen-
berger, a quantity of arsenic, with intent to murder him.
Mr. W. Cooper prosecuted ; Mr. Prendergast defended
the prisoner.
According to the evidence of the prosecutor, who Is a
German, he had on several °caimans, during the last few
weeks, felt sick and ill, and wu gradually getting weaker,
when he sugpeeted, in coisequeuce of the conduct of his
wife, that something improper had been administered to him.
On searching about his sputa:ewe, he found a parcel con-
taining some white powder, which he showed to the pri-
mer. lit what her whether site ham what It was. The

reply was, that it was salt of prunella, which bad been given'
to her by leer brother's wife. On icquiry, this statement ap-
pei,red to be unfounded, when he charged her with attempt-
ing to poison him, which she at first denied. A short time
afterwards she said to him, "Philip, I have given you poi-
son, God forgive me; you are not dead yet." She after-
wards denied this, when her parents removed her from
his residence. He had same suspicion that his wife was
intimate with a man who lived opposite to him. He had
had the contents of the paper examined by Dr. Ryan.
On cross-examination, he admitted that he had not had the
contents of the piper examined until six weeks after he
found it. He had not see n the man he alluded to, who was
married, for upwards of a twelvemonth. He had erjnyed
good health until within the last six menthe. His suspicions
were excited by fluting some white powder in a cup et tea,
the contents of which were very nauseous.
Atter some other wirnesses bad been called in eunpoet of
the evidence of the prosecution, Mr. John Ryan, M.D., of
Dolston, deposed that the contents of the paper given to him
cmtained a mixture of common salt and arsenic, in the pro-
portion of tight !trains of the former to two of the latter.
Tire prosecutor appeared to be ill, and the effects which he
observed were turn as would be produced by the administra-
tion of arsenic.
Mr. Prendergast then addressed the jury fir the prisoner.
He urged that the whula proceeding t riginated from an un-
founded feeling of jeuluusy entertained by the prosecutor.
The tether of the prisoner rentradirted the evidence of
the prosecutor in some reepects. A nuni'ii r of other wit.
Denies were called who spoke most favour.bly of the conduct
of tilt, pri,orer. both before and otter marriage. They also
stated that the prosecutor bad always appeared to be a sickly,
ai.ing man.
Dr. Lethehy, lecturer on chemistry at the Loam Hospi-
tal, said he was satisfied that the sympton.s described by the
prosecutor were not the re'n't of the adminietrntioo °tamale,
but arose from se me chronic affection of the stomach. He
added, that the pr secutur presented the appearance of a
very weak man, and was evidently labouring under some
chronic disease.
The learned judge summed up, and the jury, after a short
deliberation, returned a vemict let Not Gni ty.
There was another indictment artaket the prisoner,
chareing her with the actual admiaisiratien of the p ison,
but it was not proceeded witk; the jury in that cos also re•
turning a verdict of not guilty, as so eviOeace was offered is
support of the charge.

POLICE.—YESTERDAY.
MANSION•HOU6E.
Tula CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT, UNDER FALSE PILE
TENCE OF PARTNEUSIIIP.—George Ross. who was some
dupe ago charged with haying appropriat 1 to his own use
faX101:1 rams of Denney, which he w. s entrusted to Mt Ire
for Mr. Abrahams, eilenial broker, of Beeches!), was
hr tight up for further exeminatii n.—Mr. nobler attended
for the prosecatioe and Mr. Pelham for the prisoner.
In the first examieition, it was prov.d that Mr. Seeks, a
grocer in Lamb.th-walk, had paid the sum of 131. lls. 61.
to the prisoner for the prosecutor, and that tl e prisoner had
never accounted fur that !element, and Mr. Pelham having
represented that he hrd received instructions as to ti e im-
portant fact that a co-partnerseip existed between the se-
cueii g and the accused parties, a remand took place, in order
to ire opportunities of a more full in, atigation.
Mr. Abraham!, in answer to questions from Mr. Pelham,
said he carried on business as " AErattatcs and C 0.," but
that be never had a partner, the " Cu." having been, as it
was in a great mmy caire, tied to give a standing to the
concern in the rye of the word e Ile always signed the
chi gees, which the pets nee always filled up; fey he could
not do more than sip his name, his caueatien having been
etreked by the early travel is which he had be en oblieed to
be engaged. 11e had placed the greatest trust in the psi.
toner, to whom he email. d the whole mansgemcnt of his
beihest, and he had been a colonial Laker far twenty
y' are.
Mr. Pelham here produced n vett num`•er of pieces of
Neer, eaeh stating the partiet lees of a perch's° made by
" James Ant," without r. ferenoo to the name of the pro-
secutor at all, and submitted that they were prima facie
e Tided°, of a par•uership, Inge much a•, although they ap-
peared in the name of James Pess Liens, they were charge-
able to the joint reseentsibity o the prosecutor and prisoner.
Mr. Frederick Mattson, et Brewer.steeet, Somers-town,
Floor, said—l deal with Mr. Abrahams•, eau I produce an
invoice of pois supplied by Mr. Abraliacce to the amow'•t
of 161. I paid the meant on the 27th of January to the
prisoner on Mr. Abrabaeue eteount. I lent the prisoner
2001. upon auger warrants in Vend at 74 per cent.
The prisotter used to indorse warrants in the names of
Abrahams and Co. The princip.lelerks of mercantile men
are in the habit of iudorsing. The loan was requested by
the prisoner fur Mr. Abraham*. I thought it a large per
(tentage for Mr. Abrahams to give, and I asked the prisoner
whether he wee a partner in the house. lie replie d that he
was not, but he had en inter. at in the business; end he led
me to suppose that in would bo a partner in it. The money
WAS tolhave been paid in ono mouth, but the prisoner was
not able to pay it in two menthe, and I was induced to
purchase the warrants t s cover mewl(
Cross-examined.—l have kaorn tee pr steer merry yeses
as a salesman, sal I tree knewu Abeahama and C) , in the
Borough, as cooloural brokers, before the firm went to East
Cheap.
Mr. nobler said he should, on a future day, produce evi-
dence to show that the prison er, although pretending to he a
partner, and appiopriating more than the prefits of a nariner,
was regularly hired, in the preseace of a g ntleman of un-
questionable authority, as a clerk.
Aldermen Willem, after etatieg that there was not the
slightest areund for the pretext •,f a partnership, and that
the addition of the words " aud Cu." mean•, in half the csses
in which they were used, nothing at all, said he should send
the care for decision to mother tribune' ; bet in order to
have perfect depositions in a matter of such iineortanee, it
would be necessary to bring the Ire ,ni.r up again on Friday
next for committal.