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

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Belore Mr. Oamaiedotter

RAILWAY SPICCLATION.—The bankrupt, Jangmichael,
whose case has already been reported, has been largely en
gaged in railway transaction', applied to pass his last examin-
ation, which, after some discussion, he was declared to have
Pfd .
Before Mr. Commissioner Ifolroyd.
A Socterron.—The insolvent, Francis Harrison, wu •
solicitor, and had filed a petition in this court. Mr. Bu-
ckman, upon his behalf, applied to the court to dismiss the
gistition, as the insolvent was entering into an arrangement,
by which he would pay his creditors a sum amounting to
about 1,5001., being 20s. in the pound, by two instalments,
allowing one year to intervene between each payment. His
Honour said that ho must obtain the consent of all the credi-
tors before be could dismiss the petition.
Stmatessior Conin.—BeforeComedoners Fandangos, llolroyd,

, he thought be could identify Wilcock/ and M'Bride as two
of them. They c.:me to him as he lay in bed, with the
sword, and demandet money ;on which he took his keys
and opened a drawer whet: ho had some money, and gave
them a bag wh;cll contained sixteen or eighteen sovereigns.
They counted the motley.. and as they were doing so, he had
the opportunity of looking at them, and he now thought that
Wilcock, and M'Bride were two of them. The third
::tan had a pistol, but him the prosecutor could
not recognise. The men thy n all left the premises.
The housekeeper was endeavourinj to get out of the win-
dow, when one *fa° thieves, who ate. td outside, struck her
with a stick. It was discovered afterwar.ts that the front
door of the Louse had been broken open by gr,ote instrument
like a chisel, and that a few things of small TAIL' had been
carried off, some plated candlesticks among the reat. The
sword used by the robbers, which was the Noperty of the
prosecutor, was also taken away. Further evidosee was ad-
duced, showing that the prisoners Wilcocks ann. M'Bride
had been at a public-house in Paul-street, LiverpoCli at •
short time berm-, and also very soon after, the rot: berg.
They were everherri to use expres.ions, from which it inti;ht
be inferred &at they had taken part in tke outrage. The prt-
inner Sephton, who had once bi en in the prosecutor's service,
made a confess4n whet he was in gaol on this charge, and he
then accused the other three prisoners, but exculpated two
other persons, named Godfrey, and Hunter, who had been
taken into custody for the ofteuos. Verdict—Wilcorks and
M'Bride, Guilty; Hartshorn, Yet Guilty.—The prisoner
Hartshorn was then put on his trial upon an indictment
charging him with highway robbery at Aintree, on which
occasion he had stolen a sovereign and seine articles of wear-
ing apparel from Mary Willacy. The other three mess also
were included in this indictment, but his lordship dirested
that Hartshorn should be tried alone. The prisoner was
convicted. Sentence: As to M'Bride and Wilcocks, death
to be recorded ; so to Sephton and Hartshorn, tramp station
for 15 years.
Menet( 25.
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A ScaNx IN COURT.—In an early part of the morning
the equanimity of the court was suddenly disturbrd by a
loud noise at the upper end of the building. The learned
judge, waxing exceedingly wrath, ordered the officers to
bring the rioter b:fore him. Between two constsloles a
little being, dressed in rags, and with an unshorn beard,
stepped pously into the box, and bowed to his lordship.
The Judge:" Now, sir, what is it you say ?" Throwing
himself into a theatrical attitude, the urchin replied with
tragic emphasis, " I say, ray lord, that the proceedings of
this court are truly hypociitical " Judge : " Then I tell
you what, I commit you for one month." " I thank you,
my lord." He wss then removed amidst the laughter of the
court.

Anson.—Jonn Ingham Bond was indicted on a charge of
having set fire to the premises of Messrs. Owen and Eyton,
hat manufacturers, Manchester. on the night of the 6th
February, and stealing therefrom 10 dozen hats, of the value
of 201. On the morning of the oth the premises were disco-
vered to be on fire, and on entering the house no less than
four fires were discovered in different rooms. The loss of
the bats was also quickly discovered. The prisoner was ap
prehended upon strang suspicion : he had been met about
four miles en the road to Ashton that morning, carrying a
large bundle of hats, which, it was afterwards found, he
pawned at Stockport. The pawn ticket was found concealed
in the lining of his hat. The case was gone into at consi-
derable length, and at the time our report left the jury had
not decided on their verdict.

NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.-CARNARVON,
MARCH V.
Br fon Mr. Juseoe Coltman.
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The commission was opened on Saturday, and the trials
commenced this day.
MANSLAYGHTKIL—EdWO/T1 Williams pleaded guilty to
the charge of manslaughter of David Jones, at Llandiln, on
the 26th of December tst—By the evidence it appeared
that death had resulted from injuries received by the de-
ceased in a fight with the prisoner. The latter had, in some
drgree, been forced into the quarrel by blows and taunts on
the part of the deceased. Ihe prisoner, however, in his
turn, had picked up something from the ground,
and thrown it at the deceased, and also kicked
hies when cm the ground. The prisoner had ex-
pressed his regret at what he had done, and had assisted
in carrying the deceased, David Jones, home, where he lin-
gered for some days, and then expired. He had received
several wounds on his head the principal one was on the
left side, when the skull had been fractured ; an abeam had
formed in the brain, which, with the inflammation caused
by the pressure of the fractured bone, had resulted in death.
Deceased died on the 14th of January last. His death had
no doubt been hastened by the want of prompt medical
treatment, as no surgeon had been called in from Saturday
to the Thursday following. Witnesses for the defence were
I called, who gave the prisoner an excellent character, and the
jure retained a verdict of Acquittal.
lsittsox BREALING.—R. Leans pleaded guilty to escaping
from the county gaol at Carnarvon, on Sept. 16th, 1843, he
then being under sentence of transportation.—Sentence, one
year's imprisonment. —The prisoner effected his escape in a
mine daring meaner, having passed over a wall of great
height, surrounded by a very formidable demons de frise,
in crowing which be was severely cut. Ho is a most note-
rims character, and has, at various times, escaped from five
different gaols. He is now undergoing imprisonment for
two year', with two sentences of transportation—one for ten
years and the other for seven—hanging over him.—This
owe cl wed ths criminal business.

SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT.—CARMARTHEN,
Miaow 23.
Before Mr. Jurnor Wightmax.
In coneequesee of the pressure of civil business at Cardi-
gan, the commission at Carmarthen was opened on Monday
evening, instead of on Saturday. On Tuesday his lordship
proceeded with business. There are only five prisoners for
trial, a perjury wee, and six nisi prius cases.
T. C. W7rdseft, 23, and John Ifikey, 18 (privates of the
87th Regt.), were indicted for breaking into the shop of W.
Webb, of Newcastle Roslyn, and stealing 19 watches, 4
watch-cases, a quantity of watch movements, Ac. The pro-
secutor was a watchmaker at Newcastle, having a shop at a
considerable distance from his dwelling-house. On the
night of Saturday, the 6th of this month, he securely
fastened his window-shutters, and locked up the shop. On
the following morning he was informed that his shop
had been broken open, and, on visiting it, he found
that the shutters had been partially remised, and
the glans of the window broken, so as to admit
of the introduction of a man's band. The above pro.
party was missing. From the blood on the window,
shutters, dtc., it was concluded that the thief, whoever he
was, had cut his hand. On inquiry it turned out that the
prisoners were absent from barracks on the night in ques-
tion ; that between three and four o'clock in the morning
they had applied for lodgings st a house in the town. There
was blood then observed on Kilsey's hand. About eight
o'clock that morning, prisoners were seen sitting on a stile,
near which some of the property was subsequently found,
stained with blood. On the apprehension o the prisoners
none of the property was found in their possession, but there
was a wound es Kilsey's wrist, which, he stated, before the
committing magistrates, had been caused by his pipe, he
having fallen in a scuffle at a public-house on the preceding
night. The surgeon, however, expressed a positive opinion
that a pipe would not cause such a wound, but it must
have been caused by some sharp flat substance. Wit-
ness' also swore that the prisoner bad no pipe that
night, and that he did not fall in the scuffle. Another cir-
cumstance relied on by the prosecution was this: on the
morning of the robbery, a walking stick was picked up
near the prosecutor's shop, which was positively identi-
fied by several witnesses as the stick which Whitsett car-
ried,
and which was seen with him at the public-house on
the previous night, a few hours before the robbery. There
were other circumstances tending to strengthen the can for
the prosecution. For the defence, a soldier, named Edward
Divine, was called, who swore that the witness" for the pro-
secution were mistaken in saying that the prisoner had the
stick produced, as it was his (witness') stick, and being in-
toxicated, he had dropped it near prosecutor's shop.
Mr. Justice Wightmen summed up the evidence with
great care. The jury retired, and after two hours absence
returned into court, saying that they could not agree. There
were nine for convicting, and three for acquitting. They
were subsequently locked up the whole night, and the ver-
dict was not delivered when our report left.

SURREY SESSIONS, Maacn 25.
Before J. w. Pnredeld, Eaq., and a Beach of Magistrates.
Wil/inin Tischer, en innkeeper of Walton-on-Thames,
who was found guilty on Monday of stealing some fowls
and a bushel of peas, the property of the Earl of
Elleasere, was again indicted for receiving 14 fowls, the
of John Johnson, of Walton-on-Thames, well
pknowingroperty than to be stolen. Mr. Looks conducted the
don, and Mr. Charnock defended the prisoner.
prosecution that on the night of the 3rd of February last
an outhouse on the prosecutor's premises was broken open,
and the 14 fowls stolen therefrom. On the following day I
the rimier was seen in Guildford, with the fowls in his
r, dead. In answer to the constable who detected i7i,e4shir said that he purchased the fowls of a man on the
rood, but that he could net find him.—llollington, inspector
of the Guildford police, said, that while the prisoner was in his I
custody on a previous charge, he heard him tell a man to go
to his Lowe at Walton, and tell his wife to put the fowls out
of the way.—Hido, another constable, said he went to the
prisoner's brother's house, on the :4th of February, and
there found a beast containing 14 fowls, which were iden-
tified by the prosecutor as his property.—Mr. Charnock, is
his ad rea to the jury, commented in severe terms on the
evidence of Rollington, the " eaves-dropping constable ;"
he called on the jury to be cautious how they re-
ceived the sole unsupported evidence of such a man.
—Several witnesses having been called to the prisoner's
character, the Chairman summed up: He really considered
there was too much liberty taken by some of the learned
moose in that wort. So much stress should not be laid upon
the evidence of the Tame, who, he believed in the present
case, had given their evidence in a fair and straightforward
manner. They had heard the whole of the evidence, and it
would be for them to say whether the prisoner was guilty or
not. —The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a
verdict of Guifty.—The Chairman sentenced the prisoner to
six months' imprisonment for the former conviction, at the
expiration of which a further term of six months' imprison-
ment, for having possession of the fowls belonging to Mr.
Johnson.