The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-23 00:00:00

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BdaeMr.eerl.Maas.
The court eat yesterday at Westminster specially to take
appeals and petitions. Then wen 10 entered for hearing.
Tan Cum or tun Ray. H. C. Bnunis.—Mr. Bodkin
kid he had an application to make to the court on behalf of
the Bev. H. C. Sellers, who bad ben charged with inde-
cently assaulting ftemuel Cooper, a private in the Scots IN-
ether Guards. The grand jury at the last session at Clerk-
enwell threw out the indictment because Cooper did not ap-
pear to support it, but the rev. defection, as well ea his per-
sonal friends, were most anxious that the etas should be
brought to trW, and therefore he now applied to the court
to extend the defendant's recognisanca till a future session
In order that the prosecutor might, if he shoes, come in and
take another bill before the grand jury.—Mr. fierj. Adams
said that since the bill was Ignored the adjutant of the regi-
ment in which the prosecutor served had called upon him to
say that he was not aware that the bill was to be taken
helm the grand jury at that session, and at that time the
prosecutor was under enlistment for a breach of the regi-
mental regulations. It was stated that he had emended )
The adjutant therefore wished to know what would be the
best course for him to pursue under the eirentstances. He
(Mr. firjeant Adana) told him that a fresh bill could be
taken before the grand jury at the nextseeslon.—Mr. Bidkin
asked if the fresh bill would be presented to the same grand
jury which had ignsred the former one I—Mr. Serjeant
Adams replied that it you'd not. He should at once order
the neogniesness to be continued.
DUST SWIMS AND RACING LOTIMIIre.—At the last
seed= a sperreplication was made to the court in the
matter of an on by Mr. T. Cy against a conviction by
Mr. Henry, Bow-street Peke, Court, under which he had
been sentenced to one month's hard labour as a rogue and
vagabond for having bartered and sold tickets for " Derby
Sweeps," at an dike kept far that purpose by him in the
Haymarket. That application related merely to a technicality
in the (seal of appeaL Yesterday, Mr. Clarkson appeared
on behalf el Mr.Csasy, but he had no ground whatever upon
which be seal hope to sustain the appeal against the con-
viction. The expellant had Gathered a memorial to the
=in which he admitted that he had no answer to
and the Attorney General, after taking into
enshissedon all the circumstances, was willing that the ap-
pellant shrild be only called upon to enter into his mown-
mans te wear to receive judgment if called upon—the oon-
nodes heft nalneed—so that the appellant would not
have le le 1n pdssn—Yr. Bodkin (on the part of the crow, )
said that, Me befog the first cue under the statute, the
Attorney-Gnaws' /led considered that leniency might be
shown, and, en the part of the government, he would con-
sent to the OODlfeleldes of the conviction, the apps Dant being
bound to came up for judgment when called upon. Toe
Attorney-Geseral gave his sanction to this course, believing
that them proceedings would have the effect of checking, if
net entirely preventing, the pernicious practices of which
the appellant had cantered himself guilty. It must not,
however, be supposed that the present course would in any
way affect any future proceedings under similar e'rcum-
stances, but, on the contrary, the authorities would, in all or
any fu ere cases, proceed spinet the parties implicated with
' the utmost severity.et the law.—The court then °Tiered the
defendant to enter into hie own recognisance. in the sum of
801. to appear to receive judgment when called upon.