The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-28 00:00:00

ILab Enttllignut.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—MARCH 27.
(Before Mr. Com Missioner Murphy.)
Iv RL JOMI mie.—PROMOTING ?V)LIC comr.urize.
The insolvent, described as • colonial bank agent, was
by Mr. Dolma for a Mr. Shears, and supported by
r.weilad rgood. Mr. Way represented a creditor, but !far op-
position was settled.
The insolvent had promoted a company, to be called "The
Cape and Natal Bank,"ali Oresham•house,Oid Broadstreet
Mr. Shears had advanced 21501., and was to become secretary
to the bank. On being asked what had become of the
money,„the insolvent said it had gone in "preliminary ex-
penses. Some had been paid for clerks, above 1501. in
fitting up the piece as a bank, and some in printing. Three
directors had attended the meetings, and Mr. Shears re.
corded the proceedings. More persons were invited, but
did not come forwent, and soon the affair was closed. The
fittings of the place had been distrained upon for rent
and sold. The insolvent said he proposed to get up &nether
bank at the canoe place, called "The London and West
Australian Bask," but that affair had been also closed.
The court ordered the insolvent to be discharged.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE,. '

:WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Dims*, MARcH 27.

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(Before Mr. Baran Martin.)

&mita Malta:in° was placed at the bar, charged with the
wilful murder of Anastatia Trowbridge, on the 3rd of
November last. The prisoner was tried by a mixed jury.
Hr. Edwards and Hr. W. ?foots conducted the pro-
secution, and Mr. H. T. Cole and Kr. W. H. Cooke defended

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the prisoner.
Mr. Edwards, in the course of his opening statement, said
the prosecutor, who was the husband of the unfortunate
woman who had lost her life, bad lived with her for many
yaws ate place called Ashen:e, in the parish of Tollard
/loyal, in a oottap, the model of which now stood before
the jury. This Pam was a very lonely indeed—a spot
where strangers very seldom mme--aml it was situated
ebout hell a mile from any other cottage. The pri-oner
Well a Spaniard: As to when, and under what c4reum-
stances, he came into this country, they were ignorant. He was
found wandering about begging. Now, in considering the
evidence, he would ask them to separate it in this way:
Fiat, to see how far it proved satisfactorily that the
crime had been committed at ell, and then to inquire if it
teas sufficient to bring home the charge to the prisoner.
As to there having been a murder committed there could be
no doubt. The prosecutor would tell them that on the
morning in question he breakfasted with his wife in the
ordinary way, and went out to his work, about half-a-mile
off, ea the public road, at 7 o'clock. He stayed at his work,
with two or three other men, until about 1 o'clock, when
Ihe returned to his cottage. (The learned counsel here de-
-1 scribed the cottage and premises, and pointed out its pecu-
liarities, as shown in the model.) Upon reaching home at
dinner time he found the front door locked, and was un-
able to find the key in the place where it was usually de-
posited, under the window. He looked through the win.
dow, but could see nothing. He than went to the back
window, and, looking in, saw his wife's feet upon the
ground, as if she was lying down. Seeing at once that
something terrible had happened, he broke two panes of
glass, opened the window, and got into the room. He then
discovered his unfortunate wife lyin on the ground,
with her head against the wall and quite dead.
He raised an alarm, and some persons came to the
house. These parlous would be called as witnesses, and
would tell them the state in which the body was found.
1 One of them, Mr. Corbyn, went upstairs into the bedroom,
where he found the room in confusion, the clothes being
scattered about ; and upon the prosecutor going up, he
found that some of his clothes had been carried away.
This was one of the important pieces of evidence connect-
ing the prisoner with the crime. He discovered that two
°outs, two sleeve-waistcoats, a pair of leggings, • bat, and
an umbrella were gone. A surgeon was sent for, and they
would hear from him the nature of the injuries which the
deceased had sustained. It was found that there was a
splash of blood inside the door, and blood about the wall,
and a great smear of blood from that spot for two
yards towards where the body lay, and some
outside the door. In all probability, by whomsoever the
murder was committed, they got the woman to come out of
the house ; an attack was then made upon her, her face
was cut in • very dreadful manner, and there were wounds
as of a razor, and also at • sew. The woman, probably
overcome, swooned, and fell down, and the murderer then
seemed to have gone behind her, and dragged her to the
spot where her body was found. The woman had begun
her preparations for dinner, some turnips. being in the pot,
and the potatoes peeled. She had been ironing, and it was
also found by the neighbours that the body was cold all but
the thighs, all of which seemed to fix the time of the
murder at about 11 o'clock, or two or three hours
previously. In the room there was a maw, which
ordinarily hung on the wall, but was now found
in the passage outside, and on the body being more
minutely examined, wounds as of • saw were dis-
covered upon it. The handle of a razor was
found inside the back door. This evidence would, he
assumed, be sufficient to prove that somebody or earer did
come to the cottage at about eleven o'clock on that day, and
calling the woman out half-murdered her there, then
dragged her inside, and used the razor, which was broken,
and finding there were still some signs of life, took the saw
and indicted the last two cuts across the head, which were
effectual to prevent her from moving again. Now, in an
ordinary cams, where • robbery was committed, and • por-
tion of the property wee found shortly afterwards in the
ion a party, that party was held to be guilty un-
der could give a most satisfactory account of it. But if
all the stolen property was found upon the same person
that would be overwhelming evidence against him. He
would next all their attention to the evidence against the
prisoner. First of all, they found him working for Mr.
Sainsbdry, of Easterton-hill Farm, and during that time he
was seen with • w . hite-handled razor and some pieces of

looking-glass, which —he used for the purposes of
shaving. About the 20th of October he left Mr.
Sainsburv's employ, carrying the razor with him ; and
when the prisoner was arrested, • few days after the
murder, a piece of loolcing.glass was found upon him, but
the razor was gone. They heard nothing more of him
until the 30th of October, when he was been at Alvidistone,
about four miler distant from Aslicombe, when he was in
state of great want, and begging for bread. The prisoner
was seen several times afterwards in the neighbourhood.
He sold one of the missing waistciats at Wareham, and a
great coat (with the distinctive buttons broken 4) and
the other stolen articles were found upon him when ap-
prehended on a steam-boat, going from Hythe to Bout,
ampton. The clothes worn by the prisoner before the
murder were afterwards found lying in various places near
the cottage. After commenting at length upon these fads,
the learned counsel submitted that it was the duty of the
jury to convict the prisoner.
A greet number of witnesses were called in support of the
above statements, and the case was proceeding when our
report left.

NORTHERN ClRClllT.—lavatrooL. MARcB 27.
MUMPS 3L7T couit.—(Before James J. Axton, Eq.,
Barristef-atelaw.)

DAYAOIa AOADDIT TO LONDON AND NONTH•WINTQN

RAILWAY 00IIPANT.

The court and a special jury were engaged in am iassng
damages in several actions brought against the Manchester,
• She&eld, and Lincolnshire Railway Obinpany immediately
(though the London and North-Western Railway Company
were the real defendants), for damages caused by an a ,ent
near Ardwick station. About dit o'clock on the evening
of the 24th of December (Christmas eve), through the
neglect of one of the pointemen, a London and North-Western
trans ran on to theilanehester,Sheffeld,and Lincolnshire line,
and came into collision with another pueenger train at the
Ardwick station. There were three actions; in the first,
the plaintiff, Mr. J. C. Edwards, was awarded 3001. damages;
in the second, the plaintiffs, Blomeley (a labourer) and wee,
obtained 1751. damages ; and in the third, Thomas C.
Marsh (a packing-owe maker) and wife obtained 501.
Er. Pope, instructed by Menet Yanked aisisdadni,
appeared for all the phims, and Mr. Hinson,
by Messrs. Swift, Wagstaff, and Biseddneop, for the defen-
dants.