The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-15 00:00:00

!lOW-STREET.

Lucy Flick appeared to a summons to show mute why as
order, which she had obtained to t her property and
earnings *garnet her husband, Edward George Flick, and
his creditors, should not be discharged.
The proceedings excited considerable interest, bath on ac-
count of the novelty of the mars, and also because the ma•
&teatime at some other courts have declared that they bad no
power to disoharp • protection ceder.
Edward G. Filch the complainant, deposed—This day 12
months, Valentine's day, 18.59, I was wrested for debt, and
takes to Whitecocat-street. A day or two prior to that data
I was living with my wife. I was in prison about nine
months, being remanded for eight months, tram the mile of
the vesting order. Hers is my cement*.
Mr. Jardine (after referring to the oertitioate)—l ma the
vesting order wee dated the 28th February. Then you were
discharged on the 28th February P
Witness—l think it WAG in November. I had not deserted
my wile prior to my arrest. I eves keeping oat of the way
for about two months t ofore, not to desert her, but to avoid
being taken. There was only one judgment against me,
sad I thought I could settle that, and soavoid going through
the omit.
In

Non by defeed,mt's solicitor, oomplainant
dented that he had ever ill-used his wile, or Introdneed
woman of bed diameter to the house. Was on one occasion
brought to this mart for an tumult, on the charge of a man
whom he found secreted In his haute one eight when he cams
home settler than he was expected. Had one home at in.
Weals, ebony on illeaday, during the two months that ha
vas out of the way.
Sir. ;wills. said title was wholly Irrelevant. Any 11l
usage, or hifidetity would not justify this order, which had
boas ratted solely on the ground of desertion. The ohs-
phtllant had swore that to bed not deserted his wife, and
melees the drlsodaat could show that he had the order must
be dlacharsied.
Mr. O'Brien (clerk to the court) hem read the Information
sworn by the wife whoa she applied for the protection order
M the 28th October, in which she deposed that her husband
bid deserted her in Nov. mbar, 1888.

T. wife belatt sew morn, repwrd that Brimmed, awl
wtas .boot to r, fete charges of illktrearairt, &a, bat was
• grit b Ur smart.

Mr. Juan —Why did you not tell me your husband wee
in prison?
Doendant—Bsoause I thought be was out. I had been
told so.
Complatitaat--Yhit knew better. Yon had been there to
see me the easisy bahes.
Joha Potter, formal, jourwiam to the plaintiff, wee
examined to rove that his master wee away from hoar, for
some time previous to his arrest. As to the cause of hit
master's abashes, be prevaricated so much as to expose him-
self to the magistrate's cansare.
Yr. Jardine esid the wile had ends whit be would call a
mistake as to Ms htubsnd hawing wilfully deserted hot% dull
he must observe that she concealed the fact, of which she was
well aware, that he had been inlets= nearly the whole of the
time ergo of desertion. Yet she came to this court and
told idea (the sassistrate) that her hUsband had deserted her
for nearly year. She thus obtained the order on the wiry
day when bar husband was to come out of prison as if she
szpeotad him Moe sad wattled to be prepared with the order
to resist him. At ell events be wee now here, and swore
that be sever meat to deice her, and indeed, sa soon as he
recovered his liberty, he went home to claim his wife and
Under these circumstances the order must now be
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