The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—Arau. 24.

(Ninny in Banco.—Before Lord Campbell and Justices
Brle and Crompton.)
JOIN JAMIE 01110 JOlllflE DINDENO.

This was a case Mated for the opinion of the court, and
raking the question whether., under a local act for Liverpool,
a colhe-bouse keeper was liable to a penalty for allowing
prostitutes to sable and take mite at his bowie provided
when there they eaninated themselves modestly and were
guilty of no ends& The (kindest was sum-
mooed before • mks a leellea of the met which
=that every beeper el • oadhe-hoom who permitted
y condssels Ina les* or knowingly sabred pros-
titutes or pavan of snkirlonely bed obarsoter le reset sad re-
nters therein, should be ILA.% is east eines_ los 'amity of
61. The megleleses thought, ea these's@ ale iffies6dy mediae'
Is the be hi guidon, be could set amyl* and be there-
by dimilmml the bat drew up a case setting out
the bete for the iSs of court.
Mr . Muhl be beta heard in rapport of the magi.-
ITS.Wffinaseil°l.l againstit,. . . .

Loud Climbslt raid the faeteirhieh gad bows found were
consistent welt the opposition that thew unfortunate worms
were in the house for a lawful pnrpoeq end did not remain
logo than for drinkingtheir with*. If the keeper
of the house alio them to sesemble there for an unlawful
purpose, even though there was we disorderly ocednet, ft
youth be the duty of the ssegistreas to ocevlet ; but under
the circumstances of this ore is soled rightly In dismissing
the etwarsons. _ _ _

W The
d ot
ecision het7judges bang at the ems opinion, the magi*.
e's was aillrawd.

lOC VDEN, APPILLANT, 11. ClOOll, I.IIIIPONDENT.
ILLIOAL LOTTIZT.

This was an appeal from the &Kiska of weak Meal.id
magistrates, who had OCIRTIOSNI the sppelkat ia a for
carrying on an illegal bkwy. The appelikat kept the Music
Hall, Shaeld, and about Mrisktes lest pre to evsa7 per-
son who paid 6d. for admissbat to the hell a ticket, which
entitled him to " • draw " la a lottery hr twelfth cakes ;
and after the musical entertainments were ever the company
retired to another room, where theprbes were distributed in
the oiss of a sale by auction. The only question was,
whe the appellant's mode of disposing of the cakes was
as Minos within the meaning of the 3 & 4 Geo. IV., ri. 40.
The Court, after hearing Mr. Webby in Support of the
conviction sad Mr. Hugh Hill against it, was ofopinion that
the evidence laid bake the magistrate was sufficient to sup-
port the oosvietket.
The conviction was, therefore, affirmed.
IN THE CASE OF ELVENOR REID.

In this matter • wit of habeas corpus had been obtained
by Mr. Huddlestase to bring up the body of Ellenor Reid, •
prisoner confined in the Wandsworth House of Correction, in
order that she might be discharged from custody.
The writ being returnable to-day, the prisoner, who is •
feahkciably-attired young WOMAN was brought up in the
charge of an °Moor. It appeared that she was tam into
custody on the charge of picking the pockets of several ladles
at the Crystal Palace on Good Frony last, sad brought
before Mr. Norton, at Lambeth Police Court. She protested
her tad gave her name as Eenor Reid, refut&g
at theme
to give her address. She wore several
valuable diamond rings, and when asked by the magistrate
how she biome possessed of them, ahe mentioned the name
of &jeweller who she said made them for her. The prisoner
11:0:1 been remanded, Inspector Lund, when she was
t up again, said he had failed to ascertain anything
respecting her Wine or character, but he found that her
statement about the jeweller was correct, and the jeweller
informed him that be made the rings for her, but that the
diamonds set in them were her own. After hearing the evi-
dence, Mr. Norton said he had no doubt her visit to the
Crystal Palace was for the purpose of picking pockets, and he
accordingly committed her to the House of Correction.
Mr. Ruddleetone now appeared in support of the writ, but
Lord Campbell said, as the writ was only issued on Fri-
day, too short a time had been allowed to the prosecutors
said the magistrate "to show cause," end he, therefore, di-
rected the prisoner to be brought up spin on Wednesday
nest.
The prisoner was then removed in custody.