The Express.
London, England, 1847-03-26 00:00:00

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tic RI WILLIAM MARTIX.—ORDER FOR COMMITMENT.—
This bankrupt was a grocer in Skinner-street, Somers-town.,
The above court assembled for the purpose of deciding as
to whether the present case was one in which an order for
committal ought to be granted, upon the ground of the
bankrupt's having given a most unsatisfactory account (as
considered by Mr. Commissioner Goulburn a few days since)
as to the alleged loss of 1501. in gold, which the bankrupt
stated he received from a Mr. Hibbertson for the sale of
certain stock, &c., and which he stated he wrapped up in a
handkerchief, cad placed in his outide coat pocket. He pro-
ceeded from Shoreditch to Edmonton ina third class c
in the railway train, having taken a few glasses if=l;
and water, and when within a few yards of his own resi-
dence, discovered (as alleged) the loss of his money ;
but from first to lad, he never gave any notice
to the police of such a loss. The money was
paid to him in gold at a public-house, and several persons
were present. He could not my at what place the
alleged less took place, but he was in liquor.—The bank-
rupt having been subjected to a very searching examination
by Mr. Duncan, in respect to the above facts, the learned
commissioners were unanimously of opinion that the bank-
rupt's answers were wholly unsatisfactory, and issued their
warrant fir his commitment to Newgate.—Committed
accordingly.
Defers Mr. Cboums7.ls■2(7.

A Deirrtsr.—ThisbZarupt,Nevilleiianiell, a surgeon
dentist in Charlotte-street, 1. itsroy-equare, came up upon
his own petition for his certificate, but it appearing that he
bad no less than 66 creditors, and there being no Resets, his
Honour considered it high time that a stop should be put
to such a state of things, and suspended the certificate for
two years, without protection.—There was no opposition.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.-BURY ST. EDMUNDS,
MARCH 25. _ _

The commission for the county of Suffolk was opened yes-
terday. The calendar contains the namea of 42 persons, and
some of the offences are very serious, there being one murder
by poison, one manslaughter, two concealments of birth,
four charges of night poaching, three felonious amanita, five
burglaries, and ux cases of anon. Mr. Justice Coleridge
presided in the Nisi Priva court.
Carnes Comm.—Beton the Lord and Baron.

pi,;sic.,..—
Beljamin Laws, a boy aged 10 years, pleaded Guilty to a
charge of having stolen a half-crown and 81d. Subsequently
the plea was withdrawn, the primmer pleaded " not guilty,"
and the jUTY Waa charged to inquire into the truth of the
indictment. The Chief Baron than addressed the jury, and
said that without blaming the eoestable who had arrested, or
the magistrate who had committed the prisoner for trial, he
did not think that the interests of society required that the
prisoner ahould be tried. The child at the bar had parents
well able to take ears of him, to whom the task of reclaiming
him might be entrusted. Farther, it appeared from the
depositions that the boy had not been the Instrument of any
an ease. Under such circumstances, be had thought it his
giir hen the boy pleaded guilty, to cause the plea of
withdrawn : on these ground', also, he should
from galling any witnesses in support of the charge ;
it would therefore he their duty to acquit the prisoner.—
The prisoner was then acquitted and delivered to his parent.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LIVERPOOL, Ma ca 23.

CIVIL &DN.—Before Mr. Bares Rolfe:
The greeter part of the day was occupied in the hearing a
a case, which was ultimateluderred.
C AILDW ILL V. WARD.—This Well an action brought by
Mr. Cardwell, tharebroker, of Manchester, against the de-
fendant, a small grocer, to recover damages for an alleged
injury dons the plaintiff, by reason of the defendant's wrong-
ful driving of his cart against the plaintiff's gig.—Mr. Mar-
tin and Mr. Atherton were counsel for the plaintiff; and
lrss=saat Wilkins and Mr. Monk for the defendant —lt
a in evidence that at the time when the accident
osearred, Mr. Cardwell wee driving his gig out of Man-
i anise by the Henkeep station and towards Ardwick-
grans. The defendant was COOL* in the opposite di
resliss, and from a plies eaDed Levensholme, whence
he was convoying a side ma to a doctor in Man-
Idhnetn. In Mr. Cardwell's gig time was another gentleman
lathe name of Dalton. The two vddeles came in collision at
a wet In the road where there MINN declivity, the plaintiff
tandmaing that it was owing to the defendant's driving at
terlicat a speed, and ma he amortised the gig, suddenly
hie learner head reen4 whereby the net shaft
lama the than, d plaiiilre end as ilea al the gig
and one of the step berme dslm. The deindant, on
the other had, attributed the tee red "sod to the
plaintiff, allsgileg that he (the deliesdelea) was net travelling
at more thaniba• 3 to 31 tamper lam For the defendant
it was also dalei in *videos* that IMtit Mr. Cardwell and
his onapenien appeared to have bees drieking. That, how.
ever, was pailirely denied as the *Win Nide. The
=weed that he bed bent pet teecassideralie expense
mato of the aelidtnt, and that the mare which
drew the gig, and which had Deere been worth from 501. to
&M., was depreciated by about 101. to 251.—Verdict for the
defendant.
Caowe Coat—Henn Mr. Baron Aldersca.
JoAn Wikeekr, 28; Joie", .21I'Bride,19 ; TAos. Ilarishorn,
31 ; and Jathes &Agra, 19, were charged with having coin.
matted a burglary in the dwelling-house of John Wright,
at the township of Fatalusrly, on the night of the 24th of
December last, The prisoner Sephton pleaded guilty.
Mr. Blair and Mr. Drinkwater were counsel for the pro-
secution. The prisoners were undefended by counsel.
Mr. Wright, the prosecutor, stated that he had gone
to bed on the night In question at about ten o'clock. flu
house is situated on the road to Ormakirk, at about four
miles out of Liverpool. There were no perms' in the house
except himself his grandson (who is a little boy), and his
housekeeper. The housekeeper was awoke about four o'clock
in the morning by • noise, which appeared to be down stairs.
She could hear somebody talking, and then heard the rape
of mecum coming up stairs. Some one then (she thought
M'Bride) opened the door of her room, which was not
fastened at the time, and entered with a sword in his hand,
and another, carrying a light, came after him. The
first man, after sayutg that they. did not want to hurt
her, told her to " hold her new But she uttered
a scream, and then he struck her a blow on the head
with the ;word, inffiWng a slight wound. She could then
hear the room in which tha promeator lay being broken into
and the men loft her room.—Mr. Wright Mated that on
bang awoke he saw three atea eteho Into bit bedrl99lll