The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-23 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

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VICE CHANCELLOR STUARTS CHABIBras
(Before Mr. Hall, Chief Chet)
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This wig a eat by the Americas grearnment 604
dsfesidaset, a merchant, oa the proud that lw had
moat far the Confederates, and had received Iwo
rgsseente. The bill wee for an account and rearm, g
money.
An application was made on the part of the dew."
far time to file his answer, net the pound that he lad big
abroad. far sane months, and the papers were befoo
counsel.
On the part of the United States, II was alleged the
ample time bad been given. The intarcipition had big
filed some months ago.
The Chief Clerk aaked for an affidavit of facts.
An affidavit was put in sad read.
The Chief Clark inquired what time was needed t
answer. Counsel would now be in town.
A period at three weeks wee required, but the eide
clerk granted fourteen days, and made an order that is
answer be Bled in that time.
Order accordingly.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Oommiasioner Window.)
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A summons had been taken out for a der 74
agaimit four members of a firm, broth's% eba
under theYirm of " A. B. and Sons" and ths lama,
had been taken out to the name of the Aria.
Mr. Bagley (instructed b 7 Meows. Sole, Tuners, al
Hardwick) took the objection that the toilunana
specify the woes of the several partners, and sheiisa
the examination of one at the partners that the Nest
the individuals compodng the firm ware oappliad 10
plaintiff on application.
After hearing Mr. Reed on behalf of the plaintiff,
His Honour held the omission fatal, and dismissed t
summons; with eosin.

IN NO n NICON.
The henkrapt, • cigar dasher, of ir
Pimlico, applied for has order el disaharp. Dan,
held ea Pi secedurity, 4351. gtails appear or the elleial wolves.
me, Reed -opposedf for Mr. B. Uprose, at Old Pi
street, City, from whom the bankrupt bad plushy
cigars to the amount of 321. in February Lek elms e
for the smount,anti when sued ou it he west to:tre‘
The bankrupt, examined, stated that he had be
one ease etcigars as cigar
in his business
from Mr. Lippman& Being sued at the time by a l
pee
named Heath, he deposited those cigars with
Y security. Before beooming a cigar dealer he had bee
builder, and of late he had been superintending balldi
for his 'brother. For the last nine months ha bad dont
trade whatever. His brother, Mr. Fredk. Bane, ws
secured creditor for 3501., for work done and masse p
on account two years ago. When he wee a bapdet
raised several thousand pounds on mortgage. Be dm
payment in 1054, and all the houses had been sold.
had wince travelled for a cigar dealer.
Mr. Reed asked for additional accounts showing the
pod of the money received b the bankrupt, las 11
had beams of the cigars al from the oppolag
&tor.
His Honour directed an adjournment for the aces
asked for.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before the Recorder.)
TIM SPICIAL JUST 213.1111416,
Mr. Ribton made an application for the
the trial of the prisoner Mayhew, who stags=
having carried on a regular. system of perjury Si ss
parties to escape from serving on special and other le
in the superior courts, to the next session. Ths
tion was founded on affidavits which represented ilist
defendant was in such a state of health as to be an
unable to take his trial at present.
Mr. Gifford, Q.C., said that if the affidavits
genuine, he felt that he could not oppose the wfim
The court was aware of the nature of the case, sad sill
the prosecutors desired wait to be satisfied that anal
were made by persons who were in exiatenee.
Inquiries should be made, and, if it should be rests
that the affidavits were made by respectable yams
should not object to the trial being postponed.
The application accordingly stood over for the aim
inquiries to be instituted.
ALLZOND ILL-Traurrirurr OT A LUNATIC.

Henry Burton and Edward Morgan, two welidie
powerful men, surrendered to take their trial fa
demeanour, upon an indictment which alleged that I
being employed as warders at the Surrey Couty Le
Asylum, did unlawfully tumult and beat George rtio
of the inmates of the asylum.
Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Straight conducted the pressed
Mr. itibton and Mr. Foulkes were counsel for Ih
fondants.
This was a prosecution instituted by the &steles@
visiting justices of the Surrey ()aunty Lunen' Asyk•
the facts have been frequently before the public It
stated by the learned counsel for the pronounce is
opening that • great difficulty would be thrown 's tb
of establishing the charge by the fact that the prime
was alleged to have been assaulted, was not in ask a
of mind as to admit of his being called as a et
and the ease would mainly rest upon the testing
those workmen who happened at the time to is
played in doing some work at the asylum. The mg
the part of the prosecution, was that, on the Nth d
Umber, there had been an altercation betwera tb
Tite and another patient, and the former beam
violent, and it was admitted that when the defilade
tattered to preserve order, Tite seized a chat
attempted to strike them. It was then allege
one of the defendants seized him and threw
down end struck him, and after this br
forced into a cell, where the other defender'
represented to have also beaten him until he shriek
mercy. On the following day the patient was eland
the medical officers, and marks of violence well ob
upon different parts of his person, and particolui:
the chest, where the prisoner Burton was reported t
knelt upon him. By the rules of the establish'
appeared. that the warders were required to raga
case of violence or coercion that they found new
employ towards • patient immediately to the I
officer, and it was alleged
.that no report of vi
taken place between the prisoners and the was T
made by them, and that the attention of the r
officer was only directed to the matter by a rem*
was made to him by the patient of the violence s
treatment to which he had been subjected.
The evidence of the persons referred to bore
statement of the learned counsel for the Mu
and there did not seem to be the learnt deal
the man Tite had behaved la • .sat violet
net, and it also appeared that at the time he 1
chair in his hand he made use of vary violent h
and threatened that he would kill the Slit
came nes: him. It also appeared that the mom
complaint was made by the patient the authoring
tided en inquiry, and the prisoners were embed
explanation and they at once admitted that t 1
made use of some violence to the patient, bat
did no more than was actually n to nett
from doing mischief either to the warders or sass
person.
The asterism that was set up for the defendants
may be imagined from the above statement, ths
time the transaction took place Tite was in a heat
that he seized a chair and threatened that he
murder the warders or anyone else who so
him, and that no more violence was made use of t
absolutely necessary to restrain him. It also
that on the morning in question the patient had,
means or other, contrived to secrete a knits
was urged that but for this discovery 1
of one or other of the warders would
probability have been sacrificed, and that,
all the circumstances, it would be a most
thing to convict men of respectability and g
meter such as the defendants undoubtedly were,
urinal offence, upon such evidence as had been ad

the present cies-.
The jury found the prisoners guilty of assault
commended them to mercy on the ground that
lieved they had received a great deal of proves'
had been subjected to a good deal of violence be
assaulted the patient.
The defendants were sentenced to two mon
labour.
(Before the Common Serjeant.)
POST-OTBICE ROBBERIES.
George Hillier, aged 32, a letter-carrier, plead'
to two indictments for stealing letters, the proper
Majesty's Postmaster-GeneraL
Mr. Metcalfe, who appeared for the prosecutio
that after the prisoner had been taken into caeca
than 160 letters were found in his possession, and
been ascertained that be had received the sue
several post.oMee orderswhich some of them had c
and by forging the receipts bad obtained the mos
The Common Serjeant remarked that this ves
timely load case, and sentenced the prisoner to
penal servitude for the term of seven years.
Alfred Kemp, 18, also a letter-carrier, pleaded
an indictment charging him with stealing a I
letter containing a gold ring, the property et her
Postmaster-OeurraL
Mr. Metcalfe again appeared for the FoveaeMr.
Mr. F. R. Lewis, on behalf of the prisoner, urgl
Ligation his youth, that this was, unlike the lad,
case of stealing, and further the hitherto good
the prisoner bad maintained.
Several respectable witaesees, including lir
ministers, were called, and gave the prisoner 03
possible character.
The Common Serjeant sentenced the Ow
kept to hard labour in the House of Correetio

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