The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-17 00:00:00

THE POLICE COME.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Two well-droned men, who gave their names se Robert
Beery Cupp ertlavaite arid r OAS MUDS, the former de-
eoribing himself as • sob:Atm and the Warr es a seesnsis-
don agent. were placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman
Abbies, who was sitting for the Lord Mayor, charged with
es the polies in the imeention of their duty.
Mr. Alderman Abbim mid those who were
brought before him for being drank and assaulting tripseilit
were of each a dam that the infliction of • nee of 6s. to 10i.
was • punishment ; but to men of the defendants' position • I
fins even of U. or 30a. would affect them bat very little.
Under all the oircumstanoes It• did not think it wee • ems
in which he oonkl inflict • line, and be sentebeed Copper-
thweito to fourteen and Wilson to seven days' impri.
nonment.
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George Winder, of No. 6, Umabßosuutnerton-strest,
IsUogios wee summoned by Sarah 137 Lycnotrest,
Cak&nien-road, to show cause why he sot contri-
bute towards the support of an illegitimate child, of which
she alleged him to be the father.
Mr. Ricketts attended for the defendant, and mid he
might as well state at the moment that be had a good
answer to themes, as he should be able to show that the
oomplaiesat is a married woman, and as gook, however
much she might wish it, could not by law be allowed to
buterdise her uses. It would be highly unfair sad he.
to allow her to do so, and would be detrizosatel
Cl:interest of the child.
Mr. IYEynomut, after some remaria with Mr. Rickeile,
said the case had better wooed, and he would decide say
points Mr. Ricketts might pleas to rake.
The complainant was the sworn, and said—l reside at
37, Lyoeotreet, Caledocian-reed. On the 30th of June,
1861, I was delivered of • male child, and the defeedeat
is the father of that child. I have lived with the de-
fendant for the past seven years as hie wife up to about •
fortnight ago. I was married shout eleven or twelve years
ago, but I shortly afterwards separated front my husband,
sad from that time I have sot spoken to him since.
Ovossoramined by Mr. Richatte—My Inateets name is
Thomas Hoborott. I have never seen him but ones slue I
left him. That was six months ago, when I sew him in the
etreets sing*. I did not thee speak to him. I never
beard he was deed, nor did 1 suppose ha had pee abroad.
I took no trouble to find him out. I believed he was some-
where in London.
Mr. Ricketts mid his client would render proof of the
paternity unnecessary by now admitting that he wee the
father of the child.
Mr. IYErioourt, however, said be would have the mu
pressed, and
The defendant having been sworn, said—l have lived
with the complainant as ber husband for the pest seam
years, and I believe I am the father of the child is quer
ticu
Mr. D'Eynoourt (to Mr. Iticketts)—Then your client
admits that he is the father of the child
Mr. Ricketts—He bee no remon to believe otherwise.
Mr. D'Evisoourt—Then what is your answer!
Mr. Ricketts said he took two points—First, the pre
sumption of law was in favour of life till after the lapse of
seven years. In this cue, supposing even the husband bad
oat been shown to have been living, he mart have been
presumed to have bees living when the child wee pro.
created, seeing that seven years only had e/apeed be-
tween the separation of the husband and wife sad the
birth of the child. Secondly, the husband being proved
to be alive, the further peesumption of the law wee be
favour of legitimacy, unless it was shown that than was
no possibility of souse. It was not sough for the wife
to swear she had not had soar to the hothead. It meet
be shown that then could not by any peseibility have
been access between husband and wife, as the hulas*
was not proved to have been abroad. All the cases av-
oided on the point esteblished the premunplue of legit&
meey, whilst the husband was living, which presomp-
ties need Dot be controverted, except by showing the
utter impossibility of SOOSOI. The latest WO in Woes el
the complainant was one the same of which be (Ms.
Ricketts) at the moment forgot, bet it was a mss in Chia-
osryreported in the Law Journal of this year, where a
child was held to be illegitimate,it having been oaaolnsively
shown that there was no posibility of acmes, the husband
having been abroad.
Mr. D'Eyncourt said he remembered the case, sad hay*
looked at the authorities on the point said he must refs=
the order on the Whig& grounds setup by the dekedset's
solicitor. It wee, however, a very mean deform for the de.
fendant to make.
Mr. Ricketts maid he hoped the defendant would make
some provision for his child.
The defendant said he would ; but the complainant had
behaved ill to him, and had left him.
The complaint was then dieeharged.
WESTMINSTER.
Colonel Brockman, with another gentleman yesterday
afternoon waited upon Mr. Sells, and stating that he wan
much interested on behalf of Mrs. M'Dermot, requested
the worthy magistrate to give publicity to • statement
which he had prepared in writing in vindication of her
character.
Mr. Salle mid he moat decline to entertsin the scatter any
further, but suggested that he might hand the statement to
the preen
LAMBETH.
Yesterday Mrs. Jackman, the widow of John Jackman,
late and for nine years a porter in the unite of the South
Western Railway Company, at the Nine Elms station,
applied to Mr. Elliott for his advice and ansistanco
under the following circumstances The applicant
said that three years lam February she insured the
life of her husband in the English Life Ammo, and
Advance Company (Limited) for ISL, and paid up she pre
minas regularly, amounting to about 13s. a year. In Fe-
bruary last she hammed the sum to 18L, and received • I
policy for that amount, and this barmaid the madam to,
17s. 4d. per annum, sad this she paid up regularly, sad '
certainly never allowed her payments to extend to a for-1
fatale. She (applicant) had also bowed two of her children
in the same office, and paid the premium on them, as well as
that of her husband, to Mr. Noting, whose name appeared
on the books as the agent, and whose address was 2, Beek-
ford-row, Walworth.road. On the evening of the Monday
before Mr. Moring calla on her as usual for the premium,
sad she then not only informed him of the death of her
husband, which took place the day before, but allowed him
to see the body. He (Mr. Moving) expressed regret at the
death, said it was only • week before that
he had • glass of ale with hire, and prombed to
call the next day, with the necessarydosameeta
to enable her to receive the 181. at the ernes,
and thus enable her to bury her husband reepectehly. The
following day, sad two days after, passed over withent bar
seeing or hearing anything of him. Her uspioione, these-
fore, became aroused, and she in oonsequeue treat
bleuel
Beokford-row, but so Mr. Poringwas to be
there. The house is occupied by • respectable trades-
man, who informed her that no person of the um
of Moring bad lived there to his knowledge, and If he
had it must have been • long time ego. She
next battened to 18, Quen-street, Obeepaida, =rim
expected to find "The Foolish Life AIII32IUKO
offices, but was equally disappointed, for so seek wee
there, nor could she get from the pawns liaise ewe the I
slightest intelligence, if such an elks wee in exidense, '1
where it was to be found.
Mr. Elliott, after looking over the policy, which was •
large and fisaby-lookieg printed document with stto2.=
stamp appended, observed that the Adak looked
auspicious, and very like • creel sad WAIN'
pieced the appikeat in the buds of an active ono* Ofs
make the aecusery inquiries into the matter, and repeat
the moult to him an a future day.
SOUTHWARK.
Catherine Wary dissipated lo —sling woman, who for
fr
many years bed on the badmen of a saleswoman
the Borough Market, VII plead at the bar before Mr.
Wookyob, charged with assaulting the Rev. Hr. John
Davis with split pat, in the Hand-le-Hand beershop, Duke-
Loado
The osettpleura -fi
t, whose hoe exhibited Emma marks al
violence sod a severe out neer the right eye, raid be was •
siert in holy adios, sad at present reside:l at Ckpbern.
He hod, however, previously lodged ia the *bit/ et the