The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Ware Kr. Commialimer Hs:Art.oJ

31 IN KZ CHARLES PRICI AND C 0.—13 sa ILLIZTAIT.
mr. Lowrance, the solicitor to the trustees, midst a deed
d amignment, which had been duly assented to sad reeds-
weed, received an application to annul a petition in
bakruisEthish had been presented in this matter.
Kr, , on behalf of Mx. iforryatt, the surviving
moose, pressed for the disnaimal of the petition.
Mr. Linklater, for the petitioning creditor, raised no
hither objection to an order as preyed, but asked that the
coils of his client should be paid out ot the aPtikit.
my. Lawrence said that having regard to a decision of
Dad Westbury, a difficulty might arise as to the payment
of the costa.
Mr. Linklater expreessd his willingness to adopt enchain
ads' as might be deemed right—he, of mums; retaining
the right to impeach the validity of the deed.
In answer to a remark by his Honour,
Mr. Lawrence mid that Mr. and Mrs. Marryatt, who bad
gisch2d an advanced age, were now left absolutely

ounded'. -
The learned Commbnioner expressed hie regret to hear
that statement and made the order ananlling the proceed.
hip in binkruptoy. The estate will accordingly be now
sound up under inspection.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

BOW43TREET.
♦ TIC[IT.O!-OdAVI NAN II TROMILIL

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A young man named Robert lritetsia, on ticket.otleam, I
was charged with stealing a bonnet from the head of •
young woman in the Strand, and further, with having
neglected to report himself monthly sines its liberation
from Fortland whim.
pm
F 176 deposed that be was on duty in
the Strand at • varier to 7 this morning, when he saw
the prisoner running away from • young woman. The
latter came up to him and acaoeed the prisoner
of stealing her bonnet, having just ?matched it
eg her head. Witness pursued the primmer, who
ran into • court, and followed him up the
stain of a house into a bedroom on the second Boor, where
he found the prisoner coucealed under the bed. He took
him into custody ; but when they got to the pollee-station
In Bow-street, the female refused to appear against him,
and there was reason to think that there had bean some
conversation between them. From information received,
however, he (witness) now charged the prisoner with having
neglected to report himself at the police station in Ro-
chester-row, which, being • convict on tioket.cl.lsave, he
was bound to do.
. . . . .

Police-constable A 92 proved that the prisoner wan con-
tided at the Middlesex sessions in 1862 of robbery (in
conjunction with others) and sentenced to four years'
penal servitude. He was liberated before the expiration
of the term on ticket-of-leave, and iniFebraary, 1866, re-
ported himself at Liverpool, stating that he was going to
live in Landon. After tins he placed himself under the
care of the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society, and it was
his duty to have marled himself to them every month
but he had neglected to do so, and there was reason to
fear that be had returned to bad preening.
Mr. Flowers—What do you say to this
Prisoner—l've a good deal to say about the bonnet.
Mr. Burnaby—Never mind that. The charge is with-
_

Prisoner—Pve nothing to my against the other charge.
Committed beck to Portland.

QUAID= BRTWERN • LANDLORD AND • "TIM T.
SaroA Whitby, aged 30, of 39, Britannia-street, St. Pan- I
ass, a needlewounts, was charged with disorderly conduct
and assaulting William Elliott, 137 G.
The constable stated that he kept the holies in question
and last night the defendant knocked at the door aml
made a disturbance. She was a lodger in the house. Ile '
soaked her to go upstairs, but instead of doiag so she hit
him in the face, and he then gave her into custody.
The defendant said the constable was a very harsh land-
lord. She owed him 12a. rent, and on Wednesday he asked
her for the rent. She said she would pay him on Satur-
day, with that he seemed to be satisfied. Yesterday he
put in the broker, and he seised the whole of her goods
and put them in the landlord's cellar. The paper that
was given her was illegal in every sense ; the name of the
broker was not inserted, nor was it properly filled up in any
way. When she knocked at the doorlast nightthecomplain-
ant because he was a oonetable,would not admit her to her
room. She considered that she had been badly used, for
the complainant pushed her down with all his force.
A lodger in the house, a married woman, said that the
landlord would not allow the defendant to go to her room.
The constable pushed the defendant down with all his
force, and had put in the brokers without giving her any
warn
Thei witness, in answer to the magistrate, said that she
could not say whether the defendant hit the constable be-
fore he pushed her down. She was on the stain the whole
of the tune, and did not see the defendant hit him or
attempt to hit him.
Mr. D'Eyncourt fined the defendant 125., or in default
14 days' imprisonment.

MARLBOROITOH-STREET.
BOBBING A POLICE-CONSTABLE.

Charlotte Anderson, a young woman, was charged before
Mr. Knox with steeling some wet linen belonging to police-
constable Hankins, 29 C, and a quantity of wax candles
left in the constable's care.

Hankins, who resides at No. 4, May's-bnildinp,
Brick-street, Piccadilly, said that shortly after 6 o'clock
that evening he was going up the stairs of the
house in which he resided, when he saw the pri-
mmer sitting on the landing. She had a bundle tied
up in a towel, and also a parcel of wax candles by her side,
the former containing several articles of table linen, his
property, and the candles being the property of a person
who had left them in his mire. On his asking the prisoner
what she was doing there she said that she had been sent
to the place by a constable, as she had nowhere to go to
sleep. He told the prisoner that he did not believe any
constable would send her, as the door was always kept
fastened. He was about to let the prisoner go, but as she
was going down stairs she dropped some more wet linen
and he then took her into eu.tody.
The prisoner, who merely denied dropping the wet linen
on the stairs, was remanded.
Mr. William Johnson, lately residing at 29, Arlington-
street, Islington, writes to state that he is not the person
who gave that name and address and who was fined 201.
for assaulting a female near Leicester-square.

LAMBETH.
DISCRACEFUL CONDIVr OF A BOY,

_ ...
Arthur Pope, 13, a miserably clad and dirty lad, was
played in the dock before the Hon. G. C. Norton, to
answer the following disgraceful conduct :
From the evidence it appeared that Mr. Davies, a
builder, is erecting several houses at Peckham, and on the
prricus evening the workmen left the buildings safely
Ucked up. In the morning on the prosecutor going into
re of the houses it was discovered that two cans of oil
were mining. On a further search the walls of
the rooms of this and another house, which had just been
painted and papered, were found to be daubed over with dif-
ferent coloured paint, and obscene words written on them ;
the door panels, just painted and grained, were likewise
defaced,and altogether a large amount of damage was done.
Prisoner was shortly afterwards taken into custody whilst
endeavouring to sell one of the cans of oil.
Prisoner said he was guilty of the whole charge and did
not know what made him do it.
The father of the prisoner, a respectable tradesman said
be bad immense trouble with his son, who had robbed him
and others, and finally decamped. Efforts had been made
to reclaim him, but he refused to return home, preferring
to roam the streets in the day, and rest in barns or in the
fields at night.
.The magistrate said the prisoner's conduct was most
duffreceful, and it was quite certain a slight punishment
would have little effect. He should therefore send him
for three months' hard labour, and at the termination of
that time to be kept in a reformatory for four years.
Prisoner, who seemed not to care much for his position,
was then removed.

FIRE IN CLERERNWELL. (THIS DAY.) This
Morning, between the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock, a fire of
roesiderable magnitude broke out in the calico-printing
Yorks of Mr. McArdley, situate in Compton-street, Clerkeu-
vet The building comprised four lofty floors, each being
Sled with valuable goods, and all its contents were de-
stroyed except the books, which were fortunately pre-
served.