The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-12 00:00:00

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

IN HE U. A. HOLDEN.
This was the cue of the large railway contraetor,whose
lhankruptcy was before the court the other day, when it
appeared that the liabilities were of the extraordinary
amount of 800,000/. At that sitting Mr. Shipway, civil
engineer, was chosen assignee; and • resolution was
passed for taking the case out of court under the 158 sec-
tion.

Mr. Brandon now applied to the court to confirm the
resolution. He stated that it was clearly for the advan-
tage of the creditors, as the two principal contracts in
which Mr. Holden was concerned, the Central European
Railway and the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and
branches, would he forfeited by bankruptcy.
Mr. Re!gley, on behalf of the bankrupt, also supported
the application.
The bankrupt, in examination, stated that he had ob.
taintvl concession from the Swiss government for the Cen-
tral European Railway. His contract with theeompanyfor
theconttruction of the railway was for 1,100,000/. He had
sublet the contract to Italian contractors for 9110,000/.,
lea% ing a profit to him of 1.50,0001. Of this amount he
had not yet received anything. He had assigned or
charged the contract to the Oriental Financial Corporation
to secure advancesof 84,000 f., but they held other securities
to the amount of 110,0001. From the Carmarthen and Car-
digan Railway and its branches he anticipated a profit of
:0,0001. Roth these contracts would become void in the
event of his bankruptcy. His liabilities were about
800.000/. ; creditors for ,aO,OOO/. held security.
Mr. Heed, on behalf of Mr. Knight, sub-contractor, of
Carnarvon, who claimed to be a creditor for 32,0001.,
opposed the confirmation of the resolution, and contended
that any advantage derivable to the estate from the con-
tracts would be equally obtainable under the bankruptcy,
as the sub-contractors were still bound by their agreement
with the bankrupt.
His Honour said he had two points to consider—
whether the revolution hail been duly carried, and
whether its terms were reasonable, and such as would
benefit the creditors. Of the first there was no doubt.
It was shown by the certificate of the registrar. As to the
other point it would be a great misfortune to the creditors
if the case were not taken out of bankruptcy; in that event
they would probably not feceive a dividend of a farthing in
the pound. Under a deed of inspection or arrangement
the creditors could carry out the contracts and derive the
benefit. The resolution would therefore be confirmed.

(Before Mr. Registrar Pcpys.)
IN RE NAINBY.-LAR6E MERCANTILE FAILURE.
The bankrupt, Wm. Nairiby, was a merchant, of
Lime.street. The adjudication was made on his own
petition. Ifs ascribes his failure to louts on the
realisation of produce and through the failure of
connections abroad. The debts, as shown by the prelimi-
nary statement (which is not cast up), appear to exceed
.0(0
100., of which upwards of tr2,owt. is due to four firms
111 Glasgow.
This was the first sitting, and, after a protracted discus-
sion, assignees were chosen.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL
strAttNio RAILWAY GI ARDS. COATS.
Wi torgtry, who refused to give his address, and
.1“Itn Gr"rge, who gave a false suldreas, were placed at the
bar on remand before Alderman W. Lawrence, charged
with Icing in the unlawful possession of a great coat and
rug, which hail been stolen from a break van at the Euston
Station.

These two prisoners were seen by Baker and Rowland,
two intelligent City detective officers, in Farringslon-
street, on the evening of Friday, the 24th of December,
NW, t)ngley carrying the rug, and wearing the great coat,
which had since been identiihd by George Latham, a guard
on the London and North-Western line, as belonging, the
former to himself, and the latter to the railway com-
pany. On being stopped, George denied all knowledge
of Ongley, but they were both taken into custody. Since
the,r apprehension George had been identified as having
been seen on the platform at the Euston Station shortly
before the coat and rug were stolen.
Baker said the prisoners had been seen by the warders of
Wandsworth, Coldbath.fiehle, and Holloway prisons, and
sire not known to either of them.
Alderman Lawrence sentenced them each to two months'
imprisonment and hard labour.
CLERK ENWELL
A VI./LENT MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Ann Ariinionr, of 197, King's-ernes-road, was
x,inmoned before Mr. Barker, on a charge of having tm-
ixrlislly assaulted and beaten her son-in-law, Mr. Frederick
(*tusk, of 4, Riming 's-buildings, Chapel-street, Clerken-
tr. on the Ist inst.
11r. I:icketts, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the corn-
-1.1.41..nt, and stated that if his instructions were correct
tar client must have a sorry life of it since his wedding, as
ti'." defendant was an habitual drunkard, and when in
vs, in the constant habit of paying her son-in-
tea l'•;t, abusing an.l insulting him. On the night of
lit inst. the coniplainant not feeling very well had
'Med ka rixt, awl when he had been asleep but a short
h.. aa. isirprised by seeing his door broken open, and
.1• foolant the worse for liquor, calling to him that he
',died her chill, and that she would murder him for it.
Al th.kt time she hs.l a knife in her hand, and threatened
Hui up. When the complainant heard and
* this he jumps,' out of bed, and with great
ally took the knife from her, and on doing so the
'•;lndsist very much assaulted him and bit his legs and
in several places. (Inc of the lodgers had to go to the
~tanee of the complainant or he would have been
nurse than he was. As the defendant had been
!''''Y '.l this kind of thing before, and as she endeavoured
her slaughter to murder her husband he (Mr.
hod to ask the magistrate to inflict such apunisb-
"" as would show her that she could not commit these
-.sot acts with impunity.

Witnesses having been called who fully bore out
statetueut made by Mr. Ricketts, the complainant sa.:.l
that he still had the marks of his mother-in-law's bites on
his legs and thighs. She was a very violent woman to L'.ia
although he had behaved very kindly to her.
The defend►nt denied that she had assaulted her son-'.n-
IV in the way described, and asked if it NMI likely tit
she should bite his legs when she knew that they were
sore. (A laugh.)
Mr. Barker said the assault was fully nude out :.n.l
ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 'Ms. and the cov,.
or in default fourteen day; imprisonment.
The ihtendant was locked up in default.

AMAAVI,T.

....
Fro!. rick Lusclerr, was Plllllll/Onva for awc.r.l:•
ing Mrs. Jane Williams, of 7, Ifornsey.nuil, Islington.
The complainant said that the defendant UM jeal,a.s
of his wife, because she sometimes went to her house and
stayed there for a few hours. On this occasion the .le.
fen.lant forced his way into her avirtments whilst she was
in bed, hit her on the head, and then struck her and her
grandfather on the head with a whip. Ile was veiy
violent, and nearly pushed a woman down.
In answer to Mr. Ricketts' solicitor for the defendant,
the complainant said that the did not live with her hut-
ham' because he was away, having stolen a letter from the
lieneral Post-office. The whip that she bad alluded to
was a child's toy whip, and she had broken that.
Mr. Ricketts called a witness that was in the complain.
ant's room, who proved that the defendant touched
the complainant, and then asked for the dismissal of the
summons.

Mr. I:sricer dismissed the summons.
A V toLIRNT CARPAL.
. .

✓„h, Corky, &stout hearty-looking fellow, was charged
with assnulting Bolingbroke, gate porter at St. Pancras
Workhouse.

This morning the defendant went to the workhouse at
about I o'clock, and demanded a supper and a bed. He
was told that be could not be admitted, on which be
became very violent, hit at the porter and struck him in
the chest. He was given into custody, and was very
violent all the way to the police-station.
Riley, one of the warrant officers, proved that the pri-
soner was yesterday relieved with a loaf and an order for
the atone yard. The prisoner was a lazy fellow.
Mr. Darker ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 10s., or
in default seven days' hard labour in the House of
Correction.
WORSHIP-STREET.
',HARLEM ASSAULT BY A SERVANT.
- - -

Rirluerel Junars Plumber, Zi, was changed with violently
assaulting his muter and mistress.
Mr. John Doig, a baker carrying on business in Pittield-
street, New North-road, stated that the pristiner hail been
in his employ as a journeyman, and on the previous even-
ing having been out for a holiday returned to work the
worse for liquor. Witness thought that a few hours' rest
would, however, " put him to rights," but when he awoke
hint be found that he was quite incapable of carrying out
his duties ; nor was this all, for he grossly and violently
assaulted him. His wife, hearing the disturbance, pro-
ceeded to the room, and was served even worse.

Mrs. Margaret&lll;orrOl the principal points of
her husband's testimony, and added that prisoner struck
her with his fist on the forehead, and bit her right hand
near the wrist, not so violently as to occasion a wound, but
sufficiently so to somewhat alarm her, as the teeth marks
were becoming black. His conduct altogether was of such
a turbulent and shameful character as to render it com-
pulsory for them to give him into custody.
Springly, N, spoke to the prisoner's drunken condi-
tion and his general violence.
Prisoner said that he had not struck his mistress as
alleged. The bruise apparent was caused by her husband
hitting her some days past.
Mr. Ellison cautioned him that such a line of defence
would not serve his interest.
Prisoner said he was drunk or should not have mis-
behaved himself.

Mr. Ellison remarked that drunkenness was an aggrava-
tion, and he should inflict a fine of 51. for the outrage on
Mrs. IMig. or two months' imprisonment, and require a
surety in 251. for six months in the other case.
Prisoner said he should pay the 5/., and ha did so.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.
THE LOWEST DEPTH OP KUEHL

Charrhil Long, 11, Stephen David Long, 10, and Thos.
lields,B, were charged before Mr. Knox with begging.
Sergeant Runce, C, said that about 8 o'clock yester-
day evening he saw the boys standing by the door of
Mr. Cook's, the confectioner, in Coventry-street,
two on one side of the door and one on the
other. They seemed to be ne►rly dropping from
want, and begging of different ladies for pence.
He took the boys to the station and sent for food for them,
they stating that they were very hungry. He afterwards
went and made inquiries respecting the boys, and found
that Fields had no father, and that his mother, who got
her living by washing, lived in Crown-street, Soho. The
father of the Longs, who lived in Priecees)ourt, Drury-
lane, was a shoemaker, but in such a bad state of health
that he was unable to work, and the mother was
hourly expected to die. They appeared to be respectable
people. overpowered by illness and poverty.
Field's mother (crying bitterly) said that her boy, seeing
the distressed state she was in, asked her to let him go out
with some fusses to get a few halfpence. She had other
children. She went out to work when she could get it,
and before the death of her husband never had to do so.
Mr. Knox asked the poor woman whether she would
like her boy to go to school, and she said she would.
The father of the Longs came forward, and he appeared
to be in a sad state of health. He said that he had only
been a week out of bed, and that he was scarcely able to
attend the court that morning, his wife being so ill that
he left her senseless when he came away.
Mr. Knox ordered the boy Field to be sent to Feltham,
and gave the boys Long back to their father, stating that
if he would like them to go to school, and would attend
again, be would see what could be done.
Some temporary Resistance from the poor-box was
kindly ordered by Mr. Knox to be given to the poor man,
who seemed very grateful for it.

THAI'S&

JUVENILE DILINV MT -LAMENTABLE STATE OF DISTRESS

IN POPLAR AND BROMLEY.

Four boys, the eldest 14 years of age, were brought
before Mr. Paget this morning charged with felony. Jere-
miah McCarthy and Daniel Hunt, charged with stealing
bread, were discharged, there being no prosecutor. Alfred
Hockaday, accused of stealing a large German sausage,
value 4a. 6d., was remanded. John Tyson, for stealing 40
pins and two boxes of hairpins from the shop of Mr. Wil-
liam Clarke, in Bromley, was also remanded.
The prosecutor said that many boys were always round
his shop, and be had much difficulty in preserving his
PrrertY: . . .

Inspector Beare, of the K division, maid there were a
great number of boys who formerly worked in the iron
shipbuilding yards, and whose earnings were from
fie. to Hs. per week, now prowling about the streets of
Poplar and Bromley every evening. They had no bread
to eat, and were in a lamentable state of distress. He had
seen them in batches of five and six each, and they took
anything they could lay their hands on. He had seen
many of those boys who were in the receipt of 9s. and 10s.
per week when there was plenty of work starving and half
naked about the streets.

Mr. Paget—And those boys who were in the receipt of
such good wages saved nothing
Inspector Beare—Nothing at all air; the destitution of
the people at the east end of London is fearful.
Mr. Paget—And what did the boys' fathers earn when
the iron shipbuilding yards were in full operation.
Inspector Beare—From 180. to N. per week.
Tyson said he had been out of work five months.
Inspector Beare—Yes, that is so. The ship yards are
closed. There is no employment for those boys.
Mr. Paget—Flow were the boys employed!
Inspector Beare—ln carrying nails, bellows blowing,
and picking up nails.
. _

DIL Paget—And now they are in this condition. It is
very painful, very 11111.

WANDSWORTH.
SWALLOWING EVIDENCE-EXTRAORDINARY CARL

77tomas Leary. Elias Leary, and Henry Palmer were
brought before Mr. Dayman on a charge of uttering coun-
terfeit coin.

The facts in the caseare rather singular. In the first in-
stance the prisoners went to the Waggon and Horses,
Wandsworth, where Thomas Leary succeeded in passing a
counterfeit florin. They next proceeded to the
King's Arms in the High-street, where Palmer pro-
duced a half-crown, which on being tested was con-
sidered to be bad. It was returned to Palmer who
was afterwards requested to deliver it up, but he re-
fused, and Leary paid for the rum. They left the house,
and on reaching the street they separated. They were,
however, all secured, and taken to the police station,
where the Leary' denied knowing Palmer. Sergeant
Micklejohn saw something in Palmer's mouth, and im-
mediately seized him by the throat. The prisoner
bent his head down, and opened his mouth. A
severe struggle then ensued, when the prisoner tripped up
the officer. And they both fell to the ground. Something
like money was seen in the prisoner's mouth, and the offi-
cer felt it go down his throat. Mr. Winslow, the divi.
sional surgeon, afterwards examined the prisoner's throat,
and saw a scar on the back of the palate that had been
caused by some hard substance passing. A search was
made for the counterfeit half-crown, but it could not be
found.

Mr. Bellamy, from the office of the Solicitor to the
Treasury, submitted to the magistrate whether there was
a case for trial.

Mr. Hayman thought not, as there was no evidence that
the half-crown was bad. He said the circumstances were
very suspicious, but at the same time there is no hope of
• conviction in the case.

Mr. Bellamy said the swallowing of the piece was not
proof positive that it was counterfeit, and mentioned a
case which was heard before Sir Thomas Henry, at Bow-
street Police-court, to show how persons may be deceived.
The person who at that time was in custody bad
swallowed three pieces which were supposed to be coun-
terfeit. They were traced through his body and found
to be perfectly good. He was asked the reason for swal-
lowing them, when he replied, to prevent the constable
having them.
Mr. Hayman bed his attention drawn to the first case.
when he said one piece would not be sufficient to commit
upon. He thought. on the whole, that it would be better
to discharge the prisoners.

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