The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-23 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

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EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.
The Lord Chief Baron, with some of the other judges,
ist this morning, and appointed the following days for
sittings in error :
gor errors from the Queen's Bench, 13th and 14th June.
For errors from the Comon Pleas, 15th and 16th June.
Tor errors from the Bachequer, 18th and 19th June, and
other days if necessary.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE JOHN OLADITIONZ.
'lll4 bankrupt was a merchantof White Lien-court, Corn-
late trading in partnership with his son, Thomas Hall
Gladstone, who had absconded. The adjudication took
nos in November, 1864, and there hays been repeated ad-
jeumnents for the perfecting of the accounts, which were
sow handed in.
Mr. Linklater,for the assignees, stated that the deficiency
1111 now 214,0001., and as the present position of affairs
see greatly attributable to the conduct of the bankrupt"
son, who was absent, and as the bankrupt was far advanced
in life, the assignees did not object to his now receiving his
order of discharge.
Mr. Lawranoe, for the bankrupt, said that he bad sur-
rendered everything to his creditors, and found himself
Dow, at the end of along commercial career, penniless, sad
ispendent on his friends for support. A few years
igo he had retired from another firm, with a capital
if 80,000 f. It was a great relief to Mr. Glad-
done to know that the assignees offered no opposition to
his discharge, and though the court had a discretionary
power, he hoped it would not be exercised in a way hostile
io the bankrupt, whose closing days might be embittered
by such a result.
The Commissioner—Let him pan his examination and
take his order.
(Before Mr. Registrar Roche.)
s al H. S. CUNNINGHAM.—LARGE FAILURE IN THE TEA
TRADE.

The bankrupt was a wholesale tea dealer, of Mincing-
lane, late trading in partnership with Henry Birt. The
adjudication was on his own petition. He attributes his
failure to losses in trade and the absconding of his partner.
The preliminary statement shows an aggregate liability of
ife,ls9/., against 35,58.31., of which security is held.
This was the first sitting. Assignees were chosen, and
a day named for the last examination and discharge.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
A well-dressed young man named James Robinson, was
brought before Alderman Rose, charged upon his own con-
fession with forging and uttering a cheque for 5W., upon
the London Joint Stock Bank.
The case was a very extraordinary one. It appeared that
OD Tuesday evening, about 10 o'clock, the prisoner went
to a police-constable named Waters, who was on duty at
the Bow-street police-station, and said he wished to give
himself up for forging the name of his master, Mr.
Richards, of New City-chambers, to • bill of exchange
for 50f. upon the London Joint-Stock Bank. The
inspector on duty wan referred to, and the prisoner
was taken to the Bow-lane police-court station, where he
was locked up. Yesterday morning, however, the prisoner
aid he was very sorry at having been so foolish as to give
himself up, as there was no foundation for the accusation
be had made against himself.
The prisoner, in answer to a question put by the bench
said that he had given himself up while under an extraor-
dinary hallucination and believed that he had actually
committed the offence.
Alderman Rose inquired if the prisoner's master was in
attendance.
Mr. Richards, who carries on the business of an average
adjuster at the New City-chambers, stepped. forward, and
said that the prisoner had been in his service for several
years, and had conducted himself very well, and he had
not the slightest ground of complaint against him.
Alderman Rose asked if there was any foundation for
the charge of forgery.
Mr. Richards said there was none whatever. He had
examined his books and could not detect anything wrong.
Alderman Rose asked if he could account in any manner
for the prisoner's extraordinary conduct.
Mr. Richards said that some time back the prisoner was
very ill, and his health appeared so much shaken that he
advised him to leave his employment for a short time, and
said he would take him back at any time when he felt
fetter. He had since returned to his employment, and
was in his service at the present time, and the only
way in which he could account for his having made
each a charge against himself was that he was under some
extraordinary delusion.
Alderman Rose said the prisoner, under these circum-
stances, would of course be discharged. He had, how-
ever, placed himself in a very unpleasant position, and he
hoped that the inconvenience to which he had been sub-
jected would deter him from doing such a thing again.
The prisoner was then discharged.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
OUTRAGE BY A SOLDIEB.

Roderick Fraser,'O;;atC of the Scots Fusiliers, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and assault-
ing Mrs. Mary Ann Martin, wife of a bootmaker residing
at No. 4, Great Crown-court, Pulteney-street.
Mrs. Martin said that on the previous night she was
standing at her door, when the prisoner came up to her
and gave her a fearful blow on the head, knocking her
down. Her husband, who heard her scream, then came
up, and gave the prisoner into custody. She hoped the
magistrate, however, would be lenient to the prisoner, as
be had been drinking, and perhaps some one had offewled

him.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant said the
prisoner was an entire stranger to her, and that she had
not given him any offence.
Mr. Martin, husband of the complainant, said that while
going up Great Crown-court the previous night, he heard
the prisoner say, at the same time taking off his belt, that
he would do fur anyone. The primmer then deliberately
knocked his wife down, upon which witness gave him into
custody.
Sergeant Ward, 290 A, proved seeing the prisoner in I
Crown-court with his belt off. The last witness gave him
into custody for assaulting his wife, and there was a large
crowd collected, and some of the bystanders said the pri-
soner bad also knocked down a drunken man and broken
his leg. The constable had been to the man in the hos-
pital that morning, and the man said that as he
was drunk at the time and might have injured
himself, he did not wish to say anything against
the soldier. There was another soldier with the prisoner,
and he also had his belt off, and from what he could learn
they had both been knocking people about.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the sergeant said the pri-
soner had been drinking.
The only defence the prisoner made to the charge was
that be did not think he had done it.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was sorry to see a man with a good
conduct stripe charged with such an offence. He should
fine the prisoner 205., or 14 days.
LAMBETH.
HIM FIRST OFFENCE.
Henry Waller World, who described himself as an auc-
tioneer, but who was summed to be a surgeon, from the
fact of his having a vise of surgical instruments in his
possession. was charged with being drunk and incapable,
and also attempting to defraud a cabman.
Acting-Sergeant Vincy, 3.11 P, said that about 1 o'clock
this morning he heard a loud noise in Lorimore-church-
yard, and on going to see what was the matter he found
the prisoner lying on Ids back calling out lustily for help,
and he took him into custody. From what he (witness) had
Imbeeimently learned it appeared that, in order to
avoid the payment of a cabman who had been driving
him about for souse time, the prisoner had ran
away, and, scrambling over the churchyard wall, had
tumbled amongst the tombs, and no doubt became so
alarmed at his strange situation that he called out lustily
for assistance.
William Hallam, the driver of the cab 377, said that at
about 12 o'clock last night he was engaged by the prisoner
at the Queen's Elm, Fulham-road, and not observing at the
time that he was so drunk, he had no hesitation in taking
him. He drove him to three or four places where he
said he lived, and at length to Lorimore-square, where he
got Out, and attempted to bilk him, as the constable
stated. His fare and loss of time amounted to Bs.
The prisoner assured his worship it was positively his
first offence, and begged hard to be let off.
Mr. Elliott told him he could not do so, and ordered
him to pay the eight shillings, or be imprisoned for four
days

SOUTHWARK.
SERIOUS CHARGE OF STABBING Is THE STREET.
Charles Edwards was placed at the bar, before Mr.
Woolrych, for final examination, charged with stabbing
Edwanl Jenkins, in the Waterloo-road, in three places.
Mr. Straight, the barrister, appeared for the prisoner.
The prosecutor, a sailor, living on Tower-hill, said that
on Monday night, about 12 o'clock, he was proceeding along
the Waterloo-road towards home. and when near Webber-
row the prisoner rushed suddenly upon him and struck
him in the face with something like a life-preserver. He
asked him what he did that for, when the prisoner struck
hum again. Witness then seized hold of hum, when the
Prisoner stabbed him in the back, side of his neck, and in
the face. A mob collected, and a constable coming up at
the time secured the prisoner, and witness had his wounds
attended to by a surgeon.
In cross-examination by the learned counsel, witness
said he had been drinking rather freely, but he was not
drunk. Ile never gave the prisoner the least provocation.
Thomas Mourcraft, a chair maker, residing at 47, Tower-
street. Waterloo-road, said he was turning towards home
when he saw the prosecutor, prisoner, and two females at
the corner of the road. The prosecutor was remonstrating
with the prisoner who rushed at him and struck him several
tunes. He had something in his band which fell to the
ground on a policeman coming up.
Mr. Charles Corbett Blades, surgeon, Bennington-park-
road, said he was called to the Tower-street police-station,
Where he saw the prosecutor bleeding. He had a cut