The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-23 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OP PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
hum= 12.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
POLLARD o. POLLARD AND RIMINIAO.—(SPRCIAL WRY.)
Ice this rose, after our report loft yester.a.
Mims Hyoid said—l lived with the nt in Leedom.
Mr. Hemming ease frequently to the Helm her
'sly friend. I Bever thenved the asealiest impropriety in
her behaviour. New. Quite the contrery. When I west
beak to Ireland with the children she was to join me to •
fortnight ; but she ransioed behind to give tap the beam.
She afterwards wrote to say that the doctor bed tinkered her
sot to come to Ittihad that whiter ; sad she said die should
go to Brightest.
Croseamamisod—l *et myself acquainted with Kr.
Hennaing before my sister's manage, bat I knew that there
was a great atiachmeet betwees them. I believe it was
naderstood that they were engaged. They were very
much &Wooled to nth ether. Colossi Pollard was
introduced to my sister by my brother. Her accusation
with Mr. Hemming was sot broken off till after that intro-
dimities ri Oalacel Pollard. My brother was in the semi
regiment with Ordeal Pollard; and be was very sextons
that my aister should treader bar effectioes to
Colonel
timer. Ido not know that my sister twice refused
Pollard. I was not at home st the time. Mars wss a
quarrel between my brother wad Hr. Hemming. sod my
brother insisted on Mr. Hemming d immune* his attentions
to my sister. Mr. Hemming and my sister were monied
about the same t never heard that ems after my
whsle
Hem she attempted to renew her seqnsistance
with Mr. Harming. The letter put in is le my sister's
writing. I wan redeems until lately that eves after her
marriage my sister preferred Mr. Hamming. Down to
1863 'odds( la the coodust of Mr. Hamming led me to
that he wished to renew Ma intimacy with her.
" was a pet same of my sister as a child. When
the returned to England in 1861, the saw Mr. Henning%
name in a newspaper ;and she celled at his Zoe, bathe was
out He thee visited her at the MIA sod raw bar off to
Ireland. From the time of her marriage down to 1861, I
believe than was so communistion betimes them. Ido
sot know that what my data saw to the paper was an
ansounosesent of Mn. Heremieg's death. Mr. Hansaises
house seemed to be the of about 401. or 601. a year. He
kept no anis" aid bad rely the servant. He seemed to
be between thirty aid forty yeas of I saver was at
hie otitis in Moorgathetnet. Colonel Pollard is about 45,
my either about 39.
Jobs Simms), a detective craw, proved that be bad
found the respondents living together at Westonasper.
Mare. The enespoodeat said it was so use claiming
heavy damages, ea his theme was small sad ansertais. He
celled on and afterwards made as appoietcoest for
whams to serve Mrs. Pollard. Ales awed him with a writ
of habeas carpus to deliver up the boy. He seal a message
to Mr. Martineau, Colossi Pollard's nolloitor, to the effect
that he wished the questios of damages to be settled out of
awn. He said that if heavy damages were gine against
his he shosid be obliged to go through the coon.
Mr. Walker, of the firm of Walker and Martineau, said
that the orreepoodent celled on him on the 13th of Sept.
last. He mestioned the subject of damages, and witness
told him that he could not talk with him on such a subject
accept it the promote of hie solicitor. He mid that his
was oat of town. Told him to go to his roll-
eines troefidestial oink. He said be did not awes to do
that ; and he offered that the child should be gives up if
the petitioner would arrange about the damages.
JINNI Ls*, a boy in the service of the corespoodeat,
proved the cohabitation of the respoadests.
Mr. Seymour thee &admired the jury in mitigation of
damaged, but
The jeny found a verdict for the petitioner, and awarded
1,0001. &nape
Decree nth with costs.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HONE cißetrirr.—Lswis, Kuala 22.
(Belau the Lord Chief Baru.)
lITIAOIDIIWIT MAROS 01 LOBOS •OALMIT • LADY.
Mrs. Margaret Grant 39, described as a widow, and
who wee fashionably attired, surrendered to take bar trial
epos an Madonna whirls charged her with hiving wilfully,
malithously, wed feleniomely est ere to a dwelling hoses
with latent to Mere Charles Field.
In other counts of the indictment the prisoner was
charged generally with oommittag the game act with intent
defmnd.
This case appeared to create a great deal of interest on
scanner of the positive of the defendant, who is said to be
very well coaseoted, and who is the widow of Major Gnat,
of the Indian army. She oiruesdwasseet at the attack on
Delhi, sad very sarrowly INKS with bar life from the
bellies' Repays ; but her to was killed. After this
event she came to Eagan& and took up hoc abode at
Be4btoe, whim, the courrimes took place that were the
subject of the present inquiry. It should be stated that,
although the primmer was repressated to have homed the
premier when the are imposed, the theasuce mammy
were no parties to the present prow:ratios.
The Hon. G. Osamu., Q. 0., was specially retained, with
Mr. Houpell, to caradust the prosecution on behalf of the
Corporation of Bright= ; Serjeant Ballantine, Serjewat
Parry, and Sir G. Moorman were spookily :stabled for the
defence.
to ordi-
The prisoner was placed in the desk &nutria
nary pumas, and was mated dining the
Mr. Dumas, Q. 0., in opening the eau for the proseein
lion, said that although the prisoner at the bar wail=
different perm to the ordinary class of prisoners
with the offence of arson, he was afraid that the evideaco
be should have to lay before them in support of the pre-
sent iedictemet was of each a cogent el aracter as would
require their molt serious °maturation The Limed
consul then proceeded to state that the prisoner was un-
doubtedly • lady by birth, and she had been with her bus-
hood in India, sod after hie tatli, which took plies in that
country, she getereed to England, and took a hones be.
longing to a gentleman named Field, In Chesham-road.
Brighton, in the beginning of the year 1864. She was to Pal
a rest of 281. • year, and the house WAS taken for a period
of two yeast, but it appeared that shortly after the pneour
wad into pomades the was dissatisfied with the house,
and made an arrangement with Mr. Field to give up poi-
session of it, sad she was originally to have left as the 18th
el March, bat the day was afterwards altered to the 19th.
After this arrangement bad been made, the primmer took
to to Broadutrest, Brighton, and it seemed that
had made arrangements with an upholsterer named
Heiden thatio portion of ber furniture should be left in his
chugs. The proposer was loomed es theil7th and 18th is her
reensmal, and on the hat mentioned day these operations were
nearly completed, and the primer appeared to have left
sheet 7 o'clock in the evening. in company with her sa-
vant, • young woman earned Holmes, her daughter, a
yang body about 20 yam of age, who completed the esta-
blishment, having previously goo* to the new residence in
Baud-street. At the time the prisoner aid Holmes left
the primrees they were quite safe and there was not the
.blest appearance of fire, and it appeared that el ter the
est at Bioselotrut she had her dinner, and .
;71,71;;15re 8 o'cicok she stated that she had either left her
pass behind her at Obethearroad or had lost it, tad that
she asst go back and look far it, sad she requested the ser-
vant Ha.a to wampum ha. They accordingly left
and were about to go to Mr. Hoidens to obtain the
key of the boom, but they met kiss sod he gave the
pei-
sawr the key. Shortly after this the prftemeo appeared to
have seat Holmes bath to the house in Bread-street, giving
her directions to Worm her daughter where the was going,
and it appeared that she thee wont to • Indesomo owned
Passim and asked him to give her a piece of candle
and • few Lucifer matches, and he did so, and
the prisoner then appeased to have
to the house in Cleasham-road. From ttrinint
Dodder! appeared to have been positively known of
tire ee's mosedings until she returned to her new
in Broed-etreet, except that immediately the owns
back she appeared to have dated that the house was full of
smoke se usual. The fire aPpeared to have been discovered
about 20 minutes before 9 eelock on the same evening, and
the first pence who pve the alarm wee a woman named
Kirwan, who, it seemed, had been in the habit of stoppieg
at the house as she was poising to hoer Miss Grant, the
primmer's daughter, who, It was stated, was air acescoplithed
mosialan, play apes the pisoo. Her attrition was attracted
by seeing the boom shut up, sad while she was looking at
It, she saw • blase sad discovered that the hoses was as
are. Amadeus, of conies, quickly arrived, and the fiat
thing that appeared to have excited stteatioe was the fact
of the hones being completely and securely fastened, and
it wee necessary to fame open the door before an entraeos
amid be obtained. Upon the police and others entering
the premises It wee diuovered that the gas had been left
turned on, and that there was a crate full of pager in the
beak parlour which bad bees partially burned. There also
appeared to have been a an burning under the stairs,
another in a wardrobe, and in • chest of drawers in the
prisoner's bedrooms ea the second floor, and, according to the
cm for the don, there were altogether six distinct
fires in d. went pests of the hones, but the whole of
them appeared to have gone out, sad so material damage
was done to the prism. Very nos after the discovery
took piece the poisoner was told what had happiest, and
the at east appeared to be vary meets alarmed, and after-
wards exclaimed, "Oh that horrid bane Las Wee a
trouble to me ever does I have lad it." The laud annweel
, for the pragmatics, is the coarse of his caress to the jury,
admitted that be was unable to show say motive for the
emmiesiai of oath • serious mime by the prisoner, aid
although it tresopieed, isidelestally, in the curie of the
lulu', that ea morass hod been effected to the ex
of upon the Wafture, it seemed to be admitted that
this wee by someone as eismeive ems, ad that the portion
of furniture that was removed had been early takes sway
by the *Weems that were asployed. sad that way we
Is the aeighbearlosed was swan that the primmer was
about to remove. It aiihor that although the beau
win
w • small house, the wee pomeetee of a
amber el rave eat lodise ormameeta width IMP
of amisidemble value is addition min the feralame. sea that
the property aneer mei meads meeksere then SOX
A great essay inteeeme were wearied es WWI ed the
premerdiam t. rm. the above bora One el them, a sass
mused Nil, who wee wnoag the lest proses who enteral
the peeader after the theeevery of the Ore, eke breed
to diesevertie a eradieetiedt seer the priereeob het, whish'
appeared le hate had • emits la It that had bummed oak
led tie bleed tram peallaDy barest Is ones al the