The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-11 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHEILN CIRCUIT,—LtvEarooL, Amu. 10.

NIA Plum
WILLIANIS r. Scom—ACTIONS ON BILIA ov EXCIIANGE.

This was an action on a bill of cathange for 211 16r.,given
by one of the firm of Scott, Brothers, seedsmen, of Belfast, to
the plaintiff, a clothier in Liverpool. In the year 1544, the
firm of Scott, Brothers, became bankrupt, but subsequently
obtained Ifirst-.'lass certificates; sum afterwards circulars
were issued, stating that the old firm had recommenced
business, and the present defendant remained at the shop
and iu the nursery as before, although it was contended
that he bad no share in the partnership. The learned
judge told the jury that if the iltientlant allowed himself
to be held out to the world as a partner, it was the same
in point of law as though he reidiy were so.—Verdict ac-
cordingly for plaintiff.
Ilamatria C. THE EARL or SErTON AND OTHERS.—

ALLEGED ILLEGAL DIK/ItAINT.
The plaintiff was a farmer, an old man of 60, holding
under the Earl of Sefton at a rental of 1, 01. a year, and his
father and family had held the same farm for a period of
nearly half a eentnry. At the beginning of last year the
plaintiff was in arrear with his rest, when he was applied
to by Mr. Leger, his lordship's sttward, for payment. Soon
afterwards, in consequence of inferntation that Mr. Hesketh
was removing stock from the farm, a distraint was made,
and the other defendants, Messrs Hayes and Lupton, were
employed to sell off the stock and implements. The allega-
tions in the declaration were thu: the distress was both
illegal and excessive, and that the goods were disposed of in
a hasty, eorrupt, and negligent manner, whereby the
plaintiff had sustained a kiss to the amount of between 2001
and 300/.

For the plaintiff, Mr. Serjean: Wilkins (with whom was
Mr. Crompton) called several witnesses, who proved that
the wheat, furniture, and odor articles were *old at the
rate of GU lots in half an hour ; that one favouted person
bought most of the lots, and that, as one of them described
it, the sale of the goods was like a " hurdle race " from the
growing crops.
For the Earl of Sefton and his agents, Mr. Watson,
Q.O with whom was Mr. Atherton, showed that the
plaintiff had removed most A his horses and carts before
the levy, and that the damn( was not what the declaration
At this point Mr. Baron Platt suggested the withdrawal
of a )'u m, stating that if the plaintiff were to recover, he
(the learned judge) would not assist him with a certificate
in the matter of coot..

A confersnee thereupon WA place with the Earl of Sef-
ton, who was in court. and h:s attorney, when a consulta-
tion was held between counsil on both sides, and his lord-
ship's suggestion was acceded to.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.—YEsTERDAY.

Birous Ys. ',mica MALL'. Ms. Jrntat Eaul, Its Ka: BARON
Warrix.
ALL;OSD CHILD NVIDZIL
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Anne sninf, Is, was indicted fur the wilfu: murder of
her illegitimate child by draining it.
It appeared that the prisoner was in the service of a per-
son named Moore, who resides in the neighbourhood of
Harrow, and in the 24th December she was observed by
her anisMens te be very ill, and she accounted for it by stating
that Ihswassallesing from a malady to which her fsmily were
anbiestoadlatdlistime it appeared that nosuspicioa was enter-
tained eir her hetes in the family-way. On the cent day, in
isrmiserte matiressisa that appeared in her size, suspi-
cious was eseissd that she had be,. delivered of a child, and
on the Nth the dead body elan bast was found in a piece '
of water ailed the Moat, mar the bow ofib. it sore. A
Mirseethes sailed in, wbedissenered that the rimier
sa roma, delivered of a INK tin she admitted
that the Mann ilmod in the water vs Oa send et which
she had been as delivered. The two andhal
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