The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-16 00:00:00

IN RE J. A. RICHARDSON..

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The bankrupt was a wine merchant, of Burlington-road,
St. Stephen's-square, Paddington. Debts, 1,500/ i assets
o: trifling amount, a bill of sale on the property being held
by the bankrupt's brother. This was the sitting for exami-
Wien and discharge.
Mr. Reed appeared' for the bankrupt, aad Mr. Sykes for
the official assignee.
It appeared that the bankrupt had paid a composition of
kin the pound in 1565 to some of his creditors. To
■able him to do this his brother had advanced MI., and
had then taken a bill of sale of the bankrupt's furniture.
Possession of the property had been taken, but it was still
in the bankrupt's house.
Ha Honour granted the order.

(Before Mr. Registrar Murray.)
IN RR ALFRFT) BILL.

The bankrupt was ashipping and insurance agent, of
Milk-street, City, also having an office at LiverpooL The
adjudication being on a creditor's petition, there is no
prellminary statement of affairs. The bankrupt, it
appears, had made shipments to various parts of the globe,
is upwards of 50 ships, and the insurances on those eon-
Ognments have been kept up by the creditors.
This was a first sitting. The following creditors were
damn assignees ; Mr. Shirley. merchant, Tower-buildings
West, Liverpool, and Mr. C. Walker, merchant, of Little
Trinity-late, London. Messrs. Van Sandau, Cummings,
sad Sons are the solicitors under the proceedings. Messrs.
Edwards and James, the accountants, state the liabilities at
6,8901. ; the assets are said to be uncertain, but may yield a
gull dividend.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

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BOW-STREET.
Bt OVER IN THE STREET.
Stephen Havers, an omnibus driver, in the employ of the
London General Omnibus Company, was charged with
tensing the death of a poor old woman named Jones by
tiding over her in St. Martin's-lane.
Mr. Beard, on behalf of the London General Omnibus
Company, defended.
The prisoner had been given in custody by a person
lamed Lyons, who stated that the prisoner was racing with
the driver of a railway van, and that the accident was
entirely caused by hie furious driving. Lyon was now in
attendance, but was so drunk that Mr. Flowers would not
allow him to be sworn.

Several other witnesses, however, including the police-
man on duty in St. Martin's-lane at the time, gave a very
different account of the occurrence. The van was coming
slog at s very moderate pace, and had just pulled up
opposite the Robinhood Tavern, when the woman, who was
reeling drunk, came out of the public-house, passed in
hoot of the van, and was just staggering across the caul
lathe omnibus passed at a pace rather slow than fast. She
vas struck by the pole of the omnibus and run over before
the defendant had time to pull up, as it was impossible for
kin to see her while in front of the van. However, he did
pc up as soon as he saw her, and brought the omnibus to
&Una in two or three yards.
Kr. Beard said he had a host of witnesses ready to be
Slimmed for the defence, but they would really only cor-
roborate the statements of those already examined, who,
though called for the prosecution, appeared to him to com-
pletely exculpate his client.
Mr. Flowers said that certainly was his present impres-
sion, but it would be as well to hear some of them.

Two were accordingly examined, and confirmed the
former statements, declaring that it was a pure aocident,
for which the deceased alone, if anyone, WAS to blame.
Flowers then said it appeared to him that the pri-
loner was blameless, but he would not decide the case till
after the inquest.
The prisoner was held to bail in his own recognisances of
201. to appear on a future day.