The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1848.

EQUITY COURTS.
Before the Vice-Chancellor of Y-agland.
CHOLststste e. LAWRENCL—THANSACTION9 UNDER TOR
STOCK•JOBHING ALT.—INJUNCTION.—'Jr. Bethell and ?t r.
Jena moved in this case ler an injunction to restrain the de.
lendants, Messrs. Lawrence, Caxenove, and Pearce, stock-
brokers, from parting with certain Belgian bonds, deposited
with them under these circumstances : The plaintiff, Sir
Montague Chelme had become indebted to his bankers,
Nieves. Kewncy and ley,.Ing, of Grantham, in Lincolnshire, to
a considerab.e amount, and had deposited the bonds in ques-
t on as a security fur the h dance that might become due tram
him ;it was als agreed that Mt-WA. Kewney and King
should be at liberty to borrow a sum of money upon them
not exceeding the amount of balance due. The balance sub-
s, quently became 2,8501. Messrs. Kewney and King after-
wards stopped payment, and an assignment was executed by
them to assignees for their creditors. The plaintiff then
discovered that the bonds bad been deposited by the bankers
with MUM. Lawrence and Co., as a security for the sum of '
4,0001. A demand was made by the plaintiff to have the bonds
delivered up to him upon payment of what was due on his
account. The defendants refused to do so, unless the whole
sum of 4,0001. should be paid. This bill was consequently
filed; and it was alleged by the assignees of Messrs.
Kewney and King that no more than 1,0.501. remained due
to the defendants, the remainder of the claim havin
wh
g arisen
from bills of exchange given to cover the differencewhich
might happen from the fall of the funds won the purchase
of certain large sums of stock ; anti as these sums of stock
had never been actually transferred the bills of exchange
were invalid under the Stock-jobbing Act ,7 Geo. 11., cap. 8.
—Mr. Stuart and Mr. Cairns opposed oho motion,
and contended that this transaction did net come under
the act referred to.—Mr.Giffard appeared for the assignees.—
The Vice-Chancellor odd it appeared from the statement of
Messrs. Kenney and King, that when the bonds and bills of
exchange were depodted with Messrs. Lawrence and Co.
the latter firm well knew that it was never intended that the
sums of stock purchased were to be transferred, hut that the
difference arising in Tapia of two purchases was alone to
be repaid. This allegation was not denied hy the defendants;
and although might be considered that the transaction be-
tween the bankers and the brokers was perfectly honourable
and righteous, still his honour thought that it was illegal
under the act of Geo. 11. lie should therefore grant the in-
function asked for.

Be fon.. Vice-Chancellor Wigram.
ATTORNET-Ok;N E VAL V. Bo iIYOKI3.-1 N FORMATION.—
CH of Y.—Thomas Liurford, a sergeant in the 69th Regi-
ment of Foot, es queathed 1,5001. for the benefit of certain
persons now deceabed, and afterwards to his commanding
officer and the two senior captains of his regiment upon
trust for the benefit of the poor children of the school of the
50. h regiment. The officers disclaiming, it,was proposed
that the amount should be paid into court in the name of the
Secretary of War for the time being. The application was
connected to by Mr. liallett, on behalf of the defendant;
and by the Solicitor-General and Mr. Wray, for the crown.
—The court made the order.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY,
Before Mr. Commissioner Fear.
M. JULLIEN.B BANKHUPTCY.This WU in adjourn Theed
meeting, for the bankrupt to plea his last examination.
accounts, prepared by Messrs. Birdie, accountants, had been
duly filed, and the balanceshea, evending from the 31st
December, 1816, to the 19th April last, was in the following
form :

....... £12,234 15 1

To sundry creditors .... . .........
VII:
For Rood', .upelied and services rendered at
Drury dine Tlicatre • . 0.101 2 2
For repairing and beautify.aaiiiiiiiiaiiita.vari
Concert howls in liartey evert, Wen-
diabveluare . 1,700 T 6
For cora burrowed •- . ............... ..... 400 0 0
dundry other debt+ .• • . .............. -. • . 1.024 6
_6

15 1
To creditor holding oofffrfl7• •• • • • 2,200 0 0
To liabilities • . . . 4,586 211
To capital withdrawn from the partscrthiP fursto.• of Jul-
lien and Barret . •.. • • 5.363 8 4
To profit, made 601 under .. .............. 3,183 5 7
shoety of nett gains by the I
Concert., In uctolwr, 147 ... •• : .
.. •.•...... 400 7 9
Nctt pewit rattiest on four Provincial tile
made with band and A ocalboe from Lon on 2,240 12 10
For coroluctlng Ow orehertro st the Surrey
Zoological liardeas fa the summer of 104 T 636 6 0
£3,183 6 7
To -era received for the hire of concert room In Harley; 68 0 3
'amt. • ... ...... .. ...... ... ................. ...
07,635 12 2

Cm
By sundry debtors coasidered doubt/al..— I
........ •• • • DV 0 0
By liabilities, pa contra ..... ..... ... 4.666 211
By property ... 130 14 11
By property in the hands of Mr..i.Levrelet Licergtor.. :.. .. ... . 2,760 11 6
Isyuitlio=om upon account, ea 1
•
Repairs alteras sad &mistime made . ....... 4.444 014
tion
to the theatre meow to opened tit De-
.cember, 1847 .
}spews incurred In carrying oh, the per- 419'844 13 4
formancm of the "Orand Opera ' between
the eth December. 1647. and March Ist.
846 21.779 15 7
Exlpense in reaped of the performer:moot
the French Lqueetrlan Troupe, from the
7th March, 1818. to April 14 following.- . 6.905 9 1
£30.664 18 0
Deduct—Be:el& at the doors lc., vls:
Opors . ~..... • ........ .... Z.13‘7.6 19 6
Cirque banana ...... ....... 6,678 17 11
------- 13,604 17 2
£15,080 0 10
By pawky other tome (Includes et outlay on the Beetho-
ven Booms and the 100 arising from the Me of the
household furniture and died* at ifarleystreet. by the
Ithertd of Middle.: 3.000 16 2
.141_y_y 41= delcient on private estate. Derember 31. itioa i. r 2 6li 48
Binerters 17 14 10

1217,636 12 1
Mr. Cole, on behalf of the assignees, said the amounts, which
were very voluminous, had been carefully examined. Every
credit was due to the accountants, for the exactness with
which the accounts were mad* up. One point to which be

wished to draw the attention of the court was that in the so•
counts relating to Drurrhusetheatre, no notice was
of a lease of the theatre granted to the bankrupt en the Itch
of April, eight days before the bankruptcy • and the aasig
noes did not know what had become of that lease ; but it
newspaper reports were to be trusted, it ado been transferred
to Messrs. Beale, Chappell, and Co., who md R lien on it.
The bankrupt had returned from Dublin on the 10th or 11th
of April; a writ bad been issued against him while there;
end, on his return, be made up hie mind to come to this
eourt.—M. Jullien, being examined, said he was informed,
when at Dublin, that a writ had been issued against him ;
and a Mr. Reeves had been arrested in his place
by mistake. lie left Dublin on the night of the 7th.
Mr. Cole referred to the bankrupt's written examination,
whereby it appeared that the team wee executed on the 11th
of April. That lease was now in the bands of Mesan. Beale
end Chappell, who had taken the entire management, and
were repotted to have let the theatre to Mr. Fox Cooper for
eight weeks. The proprietors of the theatre had the option
of declaring the lease void in the event of the lessee's bank-
ruptcy, but they had not done so. M. Jullien wee still the
lessee, but Meseta. Beale and Co. were dealing with the pro-
may. There ought to be some statement to show what had
been done with the team—The Commissioner The bank-
rupt is here ; why not ask him as to the facet ?—M. Jullien,
In answer to the commissioner, said the committee of
the theatre were entitled to receive 6001., otherwise to re-
sume the lease. Messrs. Beale and Chappell had come
forward and made themselves liable for the payment of this
I sum, with the view of preserving the lease to him, and they
I sought to let the theatre.—Mr. Banks, the accountant, said
Messrs. Beale and Chappell had paid 5001. to the committee I
to prevent the lease being forfeited.—The Commissioner said I
it did with hiss
that the bankrupt bail done anything to I
part with his property in the lease, which was now, of course I
the property of the assignees.—Mr. Banks said the lease
would expire in ten days.—The Commissioner said the facts
were clear enough. Messrs. Beale and Chappell had
b given a II
guarantee to the proprietors the theatre, wherey they
had been induced not to declare the lease void ; ho did not I
see that any further investigation was necessary.—Mr. Cole
said the lease ought at least to have been specified amongst
the property, whether it wee worth anything or not.—The!
Commissioner said this was only the ordinsry ca
ofse
his
of
a debtor slipping everything he had out
' hands just before his ;bankruptcy. There was a
man owing 12,0001., besides other heavy iabilities,into
and when the assets came to be inquirled
they dwindled down to 691. in debts, and 1301. in property.
Oa • ormer occasion omeing ha been said about the
dresses[ s
and des in theth theatre what bad become of
that property?—Mr. Cole said he thought they must be
worth Bool.—The Commissioner said if the bankrupt was the
lessee of the theatre at the time, he was the actual possessor
cf the moveables, including the dresses, whichWh ought to hem
passed to Isis assignees and the creditors. atever were
the regulations of the committee of the theatre they could
not supersede the law of the land, which vested this property
in the bankrupt and the assignees.—blr. Cole said the lease
contained a clause rendering all property taken into the the-
atre the proerty of the lessors.—The Commissioner said the
question wasp not as to the true,but the reputed ownership
of the property. Why did not the assignees bring an action
of trover for these articles? The truth appeared to
the'
the bankrupt bad so denuded himself
of funds that the
assignees were afraid to undertake such a proceedine.
After a convereation, his Honour said he did not think the
question as to the lease was material to the saneness ; the
main point was as to the reputed ownership of the dre,ses, Zec.
—2dr.Cole said negotiations had been going on on this matter.
There was also an inquiry as to certain jewels which M.
Jullien had seeeivsd from the Emperor of Russia, and which
had been pledged by the bankrupt after the fiat, and also some
belonging to Madame Jullien. The bankrupt said they con-
sisted of a diamond pin and a diamond ring, one of which
only had been pledged since the fiat.—Mr. Banks said they
were only paste, worth about thirty francs. They had
already been tendered to the official assignee. The bank-
rupt said he had a diamond ring, which be had pledged for
151. ; another he had sold her 201., before his embarrass-
ments began.—The Commissioner said it certainly seemed a
monstrous thing for a man to come here and say, " I owe
12,0001. and I've got nothing." But the bankrupt had
eviden:iy known that he could do this. Creditors in general
were the most good.natured set of people alive • and
he had no doubt in this case they wou'.il all
cheerfully consent to M. Jullien having his certificate. For
one creditor who was harsh there were nearly a thousand
who were kind and considerate. The lamentable thing in
this case was, that the whole of the property which was left
had been grasped by a not very considerable creditor. —Mr.
Cole said the assignees hoped to obtain that pro
ommi perty. backne
;
also to succeed against Messrs. Chappe—The Cssior
said the only creditor holding security was Mr. Lewis, to
whom 2,0001. was due ; he held a number of acceptances of
the bankrupt, which were probably not worth much.—Mr.
Cole said he also held other securities given by Messrs.
Chappell to the bankrupt.—ln the course of the proceedings
M. Jullien remarked that public opinion in France attached
a deep stigma to a person who became bankrupt, and that he
should not think of returning to his own couutty tit, he hid
paid all his creditors in full.—tiltimately the bankrupt passed
his last examination, the Commissioner remarking that it
, was no use pushing the inquiry further, under a state of the
I law which sanctioned one creditor mixing everything and
I leaving the rust without a farthing.
EXTENSIVE MERCANTILE Fat Ll:HR.—This WAS the day
appointed fir the last examination of J. Johnson, mn, , rehant
Coles,,
of Great Wincheetce-street, (of the firm of Johnso
and Co.) The following were the items of the joint balance-
sheet, which extended from Ist Jan., 1846, to Gth May,
1848:—To creditors, on open accounts, 167771.; on bills,
payable, 110,0001.; on bills receivable, 62,9601 ; total,
189,7381.; less amount due to bankrupts of 82,7401.,106,9881.;
to creditors holding security, 21,2371. ; liabilities on bills
payable, 3561. ; ditto on bills receivable, 19,4001, ; pr fitsa , i
1846, 3,0961. ; in 1847, 6,7191. Debts due to the firm,
52,0961 ; amount carried to the debit of I. Johnson, 51,9rai. •
properly on lien to creditors holding security, 17,2141. ;
liabilities, per contra, 19,7561. ; expenses, 8,2191. ; losses,
6,8581. ; J. C. Coles, as per ledger, 1,6981. ;Rotel, 157,'081.
Mr. Roy, on behalf of the assignees, used for an adjourn-
ment, tn order that the very voluminous accounts
to might
undergo a thorough examination. He referred Various
items in the balance-sheet, and contended that they wire not
intelligible, and required further elucidation.—Mr Lawrencct
e,
for the bankrupt, urged that the accounts gave a perfe
view of the dealing.; they were the same as those on
li which
the bankrupt's partner, Coles, bad passed, with some s. ht
variations, which were noted and accounted for. The objec-
tions were in fact to mere matters of form. The bankrupt
had a perfect , ight to deduct from the amount of his debits
that sum which ought to he provided for by other parties.
But to meet all possible objection a supplemental balance-
sheet had been prepared, and would now be filed.—After a
discussion his Honour suggested that there should be a short
adjournment to give time for the accountants on each side to
confer as to the disputed items.—Mr. Lawrence asked to
have a copy of the report which Means. I.4IIiIIST, Ball, and
Co., accountants, had furnished to the assignees in reference
to this balance.sheet.—This was understood to be conceded ,•
Mr. Roy stating that several grave points were involved, and
that the bankrupt Coles (who has obtained his certificate)
had passed by mistake.—Hltimately the let examination
was adjourned till the Sisk lag.

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ey lassity. If they Wigged that the primer was set a
free agent of his actions, and inessipment of judging sight
from wrong at the time be destroyed his wife, they would
acquit him on the ground of insanity ; but if, on ..be other
hand, they should consider that he was
iolfully aware
wou of woo
he was injuring, and the purpose of his vence, it ld
their duty, however painful to their feelings, to convict him.
--The jury retired for about three-quarters of en hour, and
returned into court with a verdict of Guiltyllis lordship
then assumed the black cap, and in the most impres-
sive manner sentenced the prisoner to die, holding out not
the slightest hope of mercy. The prisoner wept bitti rly
during the passing of the sentence.
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
Before Mr./keg:ant Adams.
THROWN ram A x.eunea.—M. Gully, was indicted for
sat upon Mr. Ditchburn, shipbuilder.—The case
piedoccu-
a considerable time, but the principal facts appeared to
be these.—The prosecutor was formerly a partner in the
firm of Ditchburn and Mare, who, when the Emperor of
Ruud& was in England, were commissioned to build an iron
eteamlacht for him. Whilst the vessel was in course of con-
struction there was a disagreement between the partners,
which resulted in a dissolution, Mr. Ditchburn retiring from
the concern. It was agreed that Mr. Mare should b
sponsible to the Emperor of Russia for the proper completion
cf the yacht, which was removed
The case for the to Filcher'. dock, which
Mr. Mare hired for that purpose. prosecu-
tion was, that Mr. Ditchburn received a com t
w from
the Russian consulate complaining that the yachasmunication being
constructed improperly,and in consequence of that Mr. Ditch-
burn proceeded on sever .1 occasions to inspectth thebu ves
ilding sel, he
having been for twenty years engaged in e of
steam vessels for the Russian government, considering he
wasa
party concerned in the vessel in question. Mr. Mare
believing that Mr. Ditchburn was interfering with what did
not concern him, and feeling that his reputation was com-
promised. by such interference, ordered his workmen not to
allow Mr. Ditchburn to go on board the yacht. On Sunday,
the 9th of April, he Watt to examine the stern of the vessel,
and had ascended to the top of a ladder placed against the
paddle-box, when the defendant threw the ladder over, and
Mr. Ditchburn fell with It to the grnd, a height of 14 feet.
Had the ladder passed in
a more obl quairection,Mr.Ditch-
burn would have fallen to the bottom of the dry dock, • depth
of 44 feet, and es it was he was within 11 inches of so doing.
He was rendered insensible by the fall and was seriowdy
hurt. The defendant had hoisted that Mr. Mare had given
him a guinea for pitching Mr. Ditchburn over, and said that
had e fall broke his neck ho would have given him fifty.
—Mthr. Wilde, for the defence, urged that Mr. Ditchburn
had no right whatever to go on board the yacht, that the
defendant was merely obeying the orders of his master in
preventing his going on board, and that before he upset the
ladder he told Mr. Ditchburn he ahnuld not allow him to go
on deck.—Mr. Ditchburn was recalled, and stated that the
defendant said nothing of the kind until after he had thrown
him down.—Evidence was then given for the defence, and
matters not bearing on the poiet were gone into. Finally,
the jury found the defendant guilty, and the learned judge,
after making some remarks on the conduct of both prosecutor
and Mr. Marc, ord red the defendant to pay to the crown a
tine of ls.—The tine was immediately paid by Mr. Mare's
solicitor, arid the defendant was liberated.
Tue. HATFIELD STUEET NEISANCIA—Mr. John Gore,
the dust contractor, again came up on his own recogni-
sance, to receive judgmeet under a conviction for uuisauce,
the facto of which have from time to time been reported is
this paper.—The learned Judge said that he had visited the
premises, and he found that the nuisance had been
rdsabated.
The court requ.reil the defendant to pay 501. towa the
costs of the adjournments, and when that had been done
be
,
sentence would be pronounced —The defendant said
could not pay 501.—The court then sentenced him to pay to
the crown a tine of 1001.; but on the defendant paying to
Mr. Kipling, the parish solicitor, the sot. originally required,
the court cancelled the sentence, and fined the defendant
one shilling.
IDEATE FEOSI FIGHTING. —E. Boulding was finally exa-
mined charged with having caused the di at' of CI. South.
The prisoner and the deceased had been employed at hay.
making in a field near Finchlcy, and sonic words arose b..-
tween them relative to a loan of 54d. They stood up to
fight, much against the inclination of the phoney, by ahem
deceased was struck two blows; the last one knocked him
down. He was then picked up and carried to a public house,
where be died in the course of ten minutes. It was stated
that RIME the first inquiry at this court an inquest had bees-
n
held upon the body, and that a verdict of " Death by mi
adventure" was returned.—Mr. Long allowed the pnsoner
t put i bail, himo If in 40t. and two sureties in 201. each,
fur his being forthcoming to answer the charge at the
sessions.

POLICE;Y _ EBTEBDAT.
MANSION 110 USE.—ALLEGED ATTEMPTED ETTOR-
Ttos or MoNr.v.-11r. if. U. Cousens, of No. 4, Bedford•
place, Old Kent-road, appeared to answer a charge of having
off red to prevent the printing and publishing of certain
matters touching the complainant with intent to extort
money. The charge we+ brought upon the 8& 7 Vic.,
cap 96, rec. 3, and it was stated, for the prosecution, that
the defendant had by means of the following letter endea-
voured to accomplish hie purpose:
4, Bedford-place, Old Kent-road, July 1448.—Sir,—I have written
for publication a mall treatise OD the cause of the ineettiency
the
of
steam engine governors; and la inveatigating :he principles of
chronometric governor, of which you are the patentee, I find myself
compelled to speak at it in a way which may, perhaps, lewen its value
sa a commercid /peculation. Now, as I write only fur pecuniary
profit, I am willing to withhold the paper from the public h
ryecon, if-
,
after perusing the accompanying copy of that part of it
cerns the chronometric g•vernor, you feel disposed to purchase it at a
fair remuneration. It is quite immaterial to me whether it Oe a
scientific
read
by many or by one, whether it be preserved in the pages of
periodical or destroyed, if I profit by it. It to
y say more
in explanation of my object in transmitting to you the MS. copy. I
shall merely add his conclusion, that alter Wrllmeaday, the 12th mat.,
lethal feel at liberty to forward the original to the putiliher,
unhwe
I am previously favoured with some communication inducing me to
withhold h.—Boer-la B. Cot anna—To Joasph Woods, Esq.
Upon the receipt of that communication Mr. Woods sent to
the writer a note, to which the following answer was re-
turned by that gentleman :
Bedford-place, July 10.—Aleasrs. J. Woods rid youthl—
obedience to your request I have to acquaintat my paper on
governora, if published in mu of the periodieala, will Meet likely ap-
pear in the Civil Envitvels and .Irchairt's Journal : but that I am
yet undecided we to whether it shall appear in a periodical or form
part of a separate pamphlet on that and another part of the clean.
engine. In all probability I should pursue the latter coulee, as being
the more remunerative.—Roalar B. Cougar's.
After he had received the second letter Mr. Woods resolved
not to submit to be victimised, and, having it in his pod
to
wer
to produce witnesses in support of the charge, was ads ise
represent the case at the Mansion-bouse.—lt wan new urged
for the de fence that the case was one in which the ma-
gistrate had no juriediction, as he act of parlion
et
directed directed that, in case of • ltibel,
cased should be proceeded against by indictment.
The offer made could not, it Wall said, be construed into an
offer to refrain from publiehing a libel upon the patentee.—
Alderman Gibbs said it was undeniable that the letter was
written for the purpose of raising mil:Ky.—Mr. Humphreys
contended against Mr. Hobler's view of the case that the
magistrate had the power to compel the.defendant to appear
to answer alt indictment as upon a charge of telony or mis•
demeanor of an ordinary description made before him. The
charge awainst the defendant was clearly one of misdemea-
nor, as declared by the statute, and indictable at the ses-
sions, arid he submitted that the magistrate had full juriedic-
don as to holding the defendant to bail.—Mr. Nobler
said if Mr. Woods considered that an offence had
been committed he had his remedy. lie could
go to the grand jury with Lis indictment, and if they found
a true bill, he could bring the matter to trial; and if the de-
fendant was found guilty, punishment would be inflicted ;
but it would be a very difficult matter to show his client's
liability under such arcumstances.—Mr. Humphreys: The
charge against him is that he has attempted to extort money
by means of threats—Mr. Nobler said that if Mr. Cousens
used threats, those threats were by no means conveyed in
language of which cognisance could be taken. Ala. Gibbs said
he could not see that the letter was a libel upon Mr. Woods,
or that it contained matter of which he could take any notice,
whatever tendency and intention it might have had to extort
money. Ile should therefore dismiss the case.
WORSHIP-STREET.— CONAr !MACY TO DEF
av iRAUD.—
F. Sasdliconsbe, alias Corking, was charged with hog eon.
spired, with another person not in custody, in obtaining
goods to a large amount from various tradesmen by means of
fraudulent representations he prisoner had been charged
in the month of April last by one of the complainants, and
was bound over in his own recognisance to appear one future
day, but failed to present himself, and had ever since eluded
pursuit until the preceding day, when he was recaptured by
one of the witnesses while endeavouring to negotiate a pur-
chase from a timber-merchant in the Curtain-road. The
' charge now made against the prisoner was that of conspiring
with another man, ,hom he had constantly used as • referee,
to carry on an extensive system of fraud, and in further-
ance of their operations they had occasionally reversed their
characters, the prisoner becoming the reeponsible party,
while the other obtained the goos. In this manner the
referee succeeded in getting a large quantity of corn-chand-
lery from seed-merchants, named Tee, of High-striet, in the
Borough, with which to stock a shop in one of the stteets
leveling out of the Haymarket to give himself a colourable
rasp etability, while the prisoner establisned himself in a
handsome house at Notting-hill, where the goods he obtained
were severally delivered and immediately disposed of. When
their operations had been as far completed they both ab-
sconded from their respective localities, the prisoner's con-
federate personally superintending and assisting in the
removal of the last batch of furniture from Notting-hill a
few days after its delivery, on the faith that he would become
responsible for its pay meat.—This charge being substantiated
by evidence, it was intimated that numerous•
other charges
would be produced against the prisoner. —Mr. Arnold
ordered him to put in substantial bail for his re-appearance
upon that day week.—The prisoner was unable,
thewhoever, to
find the required sureties, and was carried off in van.
CLERKENWELL. —UNWARILLNTBD CRAROE. —Two
youths named Hardy and Ellis, respectably connected,
were charged by Charles Hill. gardener, in the employ of
Mr. Waugh, a gentleman, residing in llornsey, with having
been found in a meadow, it was supposed for an unlawful
purpote.—Hill said that on Wednesday afternoon he saw
the prisoners in a meadow belonging to his master, when be
gave them into custody, chargeand the were locked up.—Mr.
Combe : And, pray, what do you them
With being found in the meadow fur an unlawful purpose.
—Mr. Combs (indignantly): NOIIIEIIIO ; you had no right
to lock them up en such a charge, and the police were
warranted in taking it. At worst it was only a tres-
pass—Hill But we have lost
n property from the
nightspot.
t.
—Mr. Combs You are talking onsense. tyou to make such a charge and deprive than of their
liberty.? I can only say that the police had better be more
cautious in receiving such charges and taking up respectable
parties, or they say get into a scrape. The prisoners are
aischarged. It was stated that Hardy had been locked up
all night, but Ellis had been bailed out after a short confine-
ment. They had • holiday, and went out far a walk with&