The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-11 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

After Term Nisi Prius Sittings st Guildhall. —(llefore the
Lord Chief Justice ant a Special Jury.)
....

The cases which came before the court to-day had r. fe•
rence to the manufacture of machinery and a maine
policy of insurance, but they presenk4 no feature of
public interest.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
HIT(HCOtk v. HITCHCOCK.
This part beard case, which WWI expected to list the
whole of the day, was settled out of court.

COURT OF BANKRIJPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Hoiroyd.)
IN lit .FORCE LTALL.

This was an adjourned sitting for examination and dis-
charge. The bankrupt was a merchant. of 13, Leadenhall-
street, also trading at Hong-Kong and elsewhere in the
east. in partnership with C. F. Still and G. F. Maclean. The
account+ relating to the affairs of the firm of Lyall and
Still, of London, show debts and liabilities to the amount
of 76,4(fW. ; against debtors (Lyall, Still, and Co., Hong
Kong), 73,14441/. : and other assets, r.lB/. The separate
debts of Mr. Lyall, amounting to 2,4001., have been paid in
full.

Mr. Lowrance appeared for the assignee and said that
the bankrupt had been included in an adjudication which
had been made against his partners in the foreign house
by the court at Hong Kong. The bankrupt would probably
be advised to get his discharge from this court before going
out to Hong Kong. The transactions were of great mag-
nitude and Mr. Lyall, although desirous of assisting in the
realisation of the assets abroad, felt that he ought first to
be absolved from his allegiance to this court.
Mi. Heed opposed on behalf of Mr. B. Liebert, of Man-
chester, creditor for 47,000 f., and asked for further time for
inquiry. Mr. Liebert had forwarded goods to the bank-
rupt in London which he had consigned to the house
abroad, and advances had been obtained upon them from
several of the foreign banks. The transactions were of •
nature calling for much further investigation.
His Honour granted a furtheradjouriarnent with leave to
the opposing creditor to examine the bankrupt at • private
sitting.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before the Common Serjeant.)
THE BIGAMY CASE.

!bury Co cooli,h, aged ILt, who yesterday pleaded guilty
to an indictment charging him with felonioualy intermarry-
ing with I:eorgiana Ann Knapp, his first wife being still
alive, was brought up to receive the judgment of the
court.

Mr. Straight, who appeared for the prosecution, said
he presumed the court had readthe depositions in this case,
anti therefore it would be unnecessary for him to go into
the fees. He must, however, mention that with both his
wires he had obtained money and property, and from in-
quiries which had been instituted by Detective Sergeant
James !lam of the l' division of the metropolitan police, it
seems that his life involved VI long history of crime. He
has been in the habit of advertising for ladies' maids, and
making an appointment with himself, and then under pre-
tence of introducing them to the lady into whose service it
was pretended they were to enter, he took them to an hotel
when he treated them in a most improper and disgraceful
manner, and obtained from them what money they pos-
sessed. The prosecutrix had also discovered that the pri-
soner had been convicted in France of a similar offence,
and had undergone 15 years' hard labour in that country.
The Common Serjeant inquired what had been the treat-
ment the prisoner had given to the prosecutrix.
The prisoner produced and put in a number of letters
which he bad received from the prosecutrix both before
and after their marriage, and all these were couched in
the wannest terms of affection. So far from obtaining
money with her she came to him without • penny in her
purse and without even a change of clothing.
The Common Serjeant, without making any comment,
sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' imprisonment.
erg, Edward Gurney was brought op for judgment.
This defendant, it will be recollected, was convicted at
the last session for misdemeanour in having unlawfully
attempted to corrupt the chairman of the Kensington
bench of magistrates by a bribe of 40f. to grant him a spirit
license for his beer shop, he having upon several other
occasions made an unsuccessful endeavour to obtain such
license.

The Common Serjeant, in passing sentence, said that be
believed the defendant was really not aware that he was
infringing the law when he sent the money, and the jury
had recommended him to mercy on that ground. It also
appeared that he would lose the pension to which he was
entitled u a superannuated police-consfable, and taking
these circumstances into consideration he thought the
justice of the case would be satisfied by his ordering him
to be imprisoned for five days, and to pay • fine of 201. to
the queen, and to be further imprisoned until such fine
was paid.