The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-28 00:00:00

ing his wife he had the best reason in the world for be
lieving that she would be restored to perfect health. In
the first instance that hope had not been realised, but
great harm bad been done to Mrs. Peaty by the manner in
which she had been moved from asylum to asylum by her
family, who had even gone so far as to allow her to be
subjected to a gross and barbarous operation which it was
certainly most improper to have done without the con-
sent of her husband. At length Mr. Peaty placed her in
St. Luke's 'respite], from which she was discharged
relieved, and she was now living happily with her husband.
She was perfectly sane, and was as much opposed to the
petition as he was. Cases of the present kind were very
rare ; and he might add that he knew of no previous one
in which there was not some taint of fraud.

The Judge•Advoaite observed that as there was no
suggestion of pecuniary motive on the part of the
respondent, and as there could be but one object on both
sides, namely, that this unfortunate lady should be pro-
perly taken care of, it would be most desirable that a
private arrangement should be come to. If it should turn
out that after the lapse of a few years her health should
be re-established, there could not be the slightest possible
objection to her living as the wife of Mr. Peaty.
The Queen's-Advocate said be could not do more at
present than say that before Wednesday he would lay.
the suggestion of the court before his clients.
Sir J. Wilde—Of course not.
Dr. Spinka said the course recommended by his lordship
had been suggested long ago by his client. He must, how-
ever, submit to the court that, as Mr. Peaty was only a
clerk in the Bank at 250 f. a year, and as he had to meet
the combined resources of a wealthy family, it would be a
serious inconvenience to him to have the case needlessly
adjourned.
Dr. Robert Lee wee then examined, and he fully con-
firmed what had been said of the advice he had given. He
had lately seen the lady, and she appeared to him to have
perfectly recovered. He desired to state that he had never
given the slightest sanction to the operation of clitori-
dectomy upon her.
The case was then adjourned till Wednesday.

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION•HOUSE.

Jolts Ckgg surrendered before the Lord Mayor upon the
charge of having feloniously received a large quantity of
wool that had been stolen from the warehouse of Marrs.
Gooch and Cozen', wool warehousemen, in High-street,
Aldgate.
Mr. Sleigh appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and
Mr. W. Cooper for the prisoner.
It will he recollected that in consequence of information
received by Foulger and Smith, two City detective officers,
they went to a warehouse in H►lf-Moon-street, Bishops-
gate, where the prisoner was employed as foreman to a
Mr. Stocker, a rag merchant and paper manufacturer, and
enquired if he had any wool upon the premises, and he
stated positively that he had not. The officers afterwards
made a search, and found more than a ton weight of wool
in a portion of the premises belonging to a person named
Butler, and the prisoner claimed this wool, and said it had
been deposited with him by Mr. Stocker as security for
the repayment of a sum of 100/., which be had advanced
to him.

Kr. Sleigh now stated that although the circumstances
were suspicious he was not in a condition to give any evi-
dence that the wool found in the warehouse of the prisoner
was identical with that stolen from the prosecutors, and
as, in the absence of such evidence, there was not the
slightest chance of • conviction, he should, with the
sanction of the Lord Mayor, withdraw from the charge.

The prisoner WAS consequently diricharged.
Mr. Cooper caked that the wool might be restored to the
prisoner, but the Lord Mayor declined to interfere ; and
Foulger, the &hoer, said that it was the intention of the
police authorities to retain the property until further
inquiries could be made.