The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-06 00:00:00

IN KE ATKINSON.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

(II %NuEltV cIIANIBERS.
II:. for Mr. 1:u, Ulrrk.)

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EQUITY COURT.
Vier•Clco.rdliir Sir W. Page W.A.)

sit, as ,•1' aMkito-A O.NEK
I I. ii was idol by the United States of America fur
i• p,.., of ••••tablishing their right to certain isioneys,
stvant vessels which had becu consigned during
.• •a at 31, Tretiliutme, and Co., of
1.... or their agents.
: h. def. nd:OAS dean,. red to the bill, Oil the ground that
• 1.1 Malin had nut pill forward the l'resident, or any
Muni uthear of tlio ;.:ovt nintent frond whom discovery

epen with in a crone bill.
W. N..finnes. 44. C.. Mr. Kay, Q.C., Mr. C. Hall,
. .1. P. lkojamin suppoitt d the demurrer; Sir K.
/P.C.. Mr. Drum, Q.c., and
for th. plaintiff 4. the United States.
\ ~t- Chattertlet gahl that the C:I4C teas in fart

. ....I by th.,t of " The tluluilibimi Goveinnient v.
t 0,1111.1 ' 11 Simon:. IN-port4. 9.11. in which the de-
.t w.ix,dlawcdbyhir.l. Leach., It was to be obnerved
hin judgment 64.1e1y on the

..5 to whet Orr the Columbian government could
• .at putting forward n pereon .nminst whom the
• i .ii; mi,ht pursue remedies, if he wished to avail
IT it. Sir J. Leach had very happily put the
~ ...iv scope of his decision in a single sentence—which his
11.. a sit thought reailydisposelof the whole question. It
, ; A foreign state is as well entitled as any
dual to the assertion of its rights, but it must sue in
:is irr which makes it possible for this court to do
to the defendant. It must sue in the
s of some public officers who are entitled to
le, sent the interests of the state, and upon whom process
Lai he served on the part of the defendants ; and who can
is called upon to answer the cross hill of the defendants."
Is appeared to him dearly estddisheil that justice required
that some one should lai I:ere to answer the cross bill ; but
sto the mode of suing, that was another question. In all
t•• treaties with the American government which his
lenieir had consulted, the treaty was entered into with
.• •• United States of America," not with the " Petal-
.. nt." pin the other hand. during the French Republic,
• mentions were entereil into with the President of the
le, neli Republic, and in such a case his Honour did not
4.04 that tile prepiv• represeututive person would be the
•• President." It 41 not follow, therefore, that
ti.e l'iesiilent of the United States was the proper
p tom to he put forward on this occasion ; but
if the United States wished to sue like other persons they
must put forward some one who could give discovery and
answer a cross-bill. A corporate body was not required to
see Le sue of its officers, for the very reason that the de-
ft:want was able to make any one of its officers a defen-
dant in a cross suit. For these reasons he ghoulsl allow
the demurrer ; and the plaintiffs, after at first declining,
determined to take leave to amend, leave was given
en the terms of their paying the costs.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
wool) e. 1%o411) INTMGBIL—SPICLIL JCHT.

Mr. Coleridge, Q.c., Mr. Serjeant Tindal Atkinson, Dr.
epinks, Q.C., and Mr. Weightman for the petitioner ;
Dr. Wanibey and Mr. Lanyon for the respondent ; the
tnieen's Advocate and Mr. Searle for the co-respondent.
Mr. Henry Walter Wood, an architect and surveyor, at
Nottingham, loud for a dissolution of his marriage with
his wife, Frances Mary Wood, on the ground of her
adultery with Mr. Ceorge Eaton Stanger, a surgeon in the
name town, and claimed (I,ooof. as damages. The suithad
been tried last year ; hut the jury being unable to agree
bail been di/missed without returning a verdict.
Tie case on behalf of the petitioner was briefly as fol-
lows. The parties were married in 185?, the husband
being at that time about :.;0 years of age and his wife
about 10 years his junior. They at first lived happily to-
g:thee, but alter a time disagreements began to arise be-
tween them. Mrs. Wood was said to he a person of ee-
l-nese habits, and hills came in which her husband
Lel not expected, and which led to his occasionally
remonstrating with her. There were also disputes
about the management of the children ; and after
a time her alleged propensity for drink rendered it
necessary to take from her the key of the cellar.
Nevertheless the cohabitation continued without any se-
liollll breach till the autumn of 1865, when Mrs. Vued
auitted her home, leaving the following letter behind her
addresaed to the petitioner:—" Clarendonartreta, Sept. 2.1,
lea.,--Harry, I have seen for some time past that you
Lave been much dissatisfied with me. Your conversation
last night was very painful to me regarding the children.
All you said as to my father not being so dangerously ill
as I represented, sod the other things I brought for.
wind, are perfectly false. I have, I know, deceived
yore many times, but not now. You have wronged
me. lam leasing my Ironic heartbroken for my chil-
dren'', sake, to shut myself up abroad, where you can
le tormented with me no more. Love your children."
When information of this occurrence reached the ears of
the Petitioner's brother, Mr. Arthur Wood, an actor, he
communicated to the petitioner a letter which formed the
chief evidence in the case. In the summer of lefia
the respondent had paid Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Food a visit at Devonport, where they were keep-
ing a professional engagement, and Mn. Arthur
Wood afterwards found the doctuuent in a drawer
which her sister-in-law had used. It was as follows:
"My dearest Funny,—Your welcome note came safely to
hand this afterimon. I hail been dreadfully disappointed
the last two days, and if I hail not received one to-day I
simuld have been well nigh crazy. You say you are very
proper at Davenport. Certainly your letter was p
etaugh. Were you afraid it should hall into wrong har=r ?
11'..0 need not be :afraid of that, I assure you. . . The
time seems to pass very slowly whilst you are away. It is
only one week to-day and yet it seenia an age, and I cannot
but think how many more weeks you may yet remain. . . .
Lydia (the servant) is as wicked as ever. She says she wants
you hack again. Yon know, darling, who else does; but I
nowt not be selfish, and if you are happy and well, you
nand stay as long as possible. Shall you stay in London as
you return ? lam not without the hope of meeting you
there. and spending one happy day with you. I don't like
the thought of those horrid officers, but my pet won't for-
get her promise, will she? . . The poor unfortunate girl
whose sail case I mentioned to you as being pregnant, and
411 of her mind, came to a tragic end to-day. The window
of her bedroom had been left open for a few minutes to air
the chamber, and she jumped out, and was killed. I was
nc in Jed of yon, my love, whilst drivingthrougb Wollaton
Park. I wialied eery much that you were with me, as I
vi ea very often do. But I must try to imitate you, and ex.
p•re.s myself more becomingly; and yet the truth will out.
I an, sorry to hear you still have those troublesome boils.
I have sent you Mille plaster to apply to them. Will you
writ:, to me, darling, next Thursday, and then I shall get
Poor note on Friday, when another dull and dreary week
will have passed ; and do tell me when you think it likely
yo., -trill return. Tray delft disappoint we, and tell me,
w:aa.! rit will be right for me to write to you again ; and
phase destroy this, and do not leave it in any dress
when. it might be seen. And now, dearest, farewell.
I I. h.; t.. sae toy own pet once more ; I shall count the
s till your ret kirn.—Yours most devotedly, Geom.:ea"
Vas aa. in the haudwriting of Mr. Stanger, who was a
.rriv.l mai, of 50, the father of a large family, the
claena of one of the moat respectable dissenting congrega.
1: a.. in the town. and the medical attendant of the peti-
t. 1., family. Mr. Wood, on being shown the letter,
L li..telly commenced proceedings for a divorce ; and
et'.. •uce at tl., farmer trial was given of various acts
familiarity between the respondents. Their
simply a denial.
r • c—e 1,..1 not made much progress when our report

IN RE E. F. J. R. F. 14. W. C. IIE SIARTANo.

IN RI: .I,;SP:PH CLAITON, JUN.

SURREY SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

NEW COURT.
(Define C. E. Adams, Esq., Assistant Chairman.)
I,CA,.VING tHILDREN roK AN IMMORAL PI•HPOSE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN NE SIM,,N
T:.. i..:ckitipt was described as formerly a fruit sales-
of at Burwell-street. Covent•garden, now nazis-
:. ,Tint. salesman. There is only one creditor, the
' dor of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association
11. t.,z, d for I .034/.. due in respect of calls on shares,
Tontitigent liability of much greater amount on *c-
Ismisiide calls. This was the sitting for examina-
t ..L
.• I discharge.
Mr. Muir, representing the liquidator of the company
f:rred to, asked for an adjournment to give op-
.••• for lookino into the accounts.
:1 • behalf of the bankrupt, consenting, an
was ordered.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

CLERKENWELL.
A,.MACLT ON A CHILD.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
A %%IF! BEAT=

Tl.e hantrupt wasawoo warehouseman,iieW of Newman-
stre, t. Against debut of 1,133/., theNtiaeta and property
held :,re stated at about 70W. There have been frequent
adjournments owing to the unsatisfactory nature of the ac-
c.mas; and at the last sitting 111 r. Graham, the official aa,
signet., was directed to report Npecially on the else. This
1. port .11,10, s the fact. that tho bankrupt had pledged
guard* to an mamma of :i72/.; that a month before the
bankruptcy he had withdrawn 2511. f his bankers' ;
th-t in hi., cash :account he admitted having TO/. in
hamd ..t the date of the bankruptcy, which he had spent
between the nth of April and the date of his surrender,
the sth of May.
Mr. 4 :rahavn stated. in answer to the court, that assets
of 1111, Icon realised.

Mr. Reed opposed for the assignees. In the course of a
v..ry short tnolin, only a few mo
asslgnees had nths the bankrupt had
inclined delta g 1,1:13/.. and the in vain
attempted to trace the property. He hail been bankrupt
in Veil :•••• a commission agent, and had been insolvent
before that. He admitted that all the goods purchased
• tly berm,• his bankruptcy had been either pledged or
sold for what they would fetch to dews in Houndstlitch.
He alleged having made payments to various persons, but
they could nut he found, "nil the trade expenses were
nmouchel.

Mr. thayson, who appeared for Mr. I:ober, a creditor,
examined the bankrupt ;,s to the disposal of some goods,
and en...t.d great amusement from the demonstrative way
in which he addressed the court.

After hearing Mr. lirough, for the bankrupt. who com-
plained of the length of time which the case had been be-
fore the court,
ilis Honour directed an :uljournment, on the ground
that the bankrupt had not satisfactoiily accounted for his
property.

. . . . -
The bankrupt, :is will be gathered from the above long
string of initials, is a Spaniard. lie is described as a
teacher. of Fulham-mad. Though coming to the court on
his own petition he had nut tiled his accounts. The debts
ate under ;lOW. An adjournment was ordered.

The bankrupt was a newspaper agent, of 9G. o, Strand.
This was a sitting for examination and gdischarge. The
statutory account, have not been tiled ; but in the preli-
minary statement accompanying the petition the debts are
stated at 4,037 f., of which 3,2U0/. is due to one creditor.
The bankrupt describes his failure to ",•."mtliing security
and being sued."
In the absence of the requisite accounts an adjournment
Was ordered.

I:r.rge Ihvorm, a singular-looking man, wan indicted for
decoying from their homes Jane Owen and Emily Foster,
children under 10 years of age. for an immoral purpose ;
also with indecently assaulting them against their will or
consent.

Mr. Wotherspo.,n, instructed by the Associate Institute
for Enfonting the Laws for the Protection of Women and
Children, prosecuted ; and Mr. Ribton, specially retained,
with Mr. Oppenheim, defended the prisoner.
This case occupi,sl the atteution of the court for a long
time, but the short facts elicited from the evidence may
be summed up as follows :—The children in question
reside • ith their parents in Princesssmurt, Southwark-
bridge-road, end went to school in that vicinity. In the
afternoon of the 12th ult., about 4 o'clock, as they were
quitting the latter the prisoner accosted them in the
Southwark•bridge-road and asked them to show him the
way to Banksiole and he would give them a penny. They
accompanied him to the bridge and while going down the
steps he treated them in an indecent manner. After that
be made then, promise to meet him in the mine place at 6
o'clock, telling them he would have plenty of sponge cake
and apples for them. One of the children was scolded by
her mother for coming so late from school, when she told
all that bad occurred. At 6 o'clock the mother sent the
children before them to the appointed rendezvous, and as
the misoner was leading them down the steps a constable
came up and took him into custody.
Both children were rather severely cross-examined by
Mr. Rihton, but they adhered to the main facts as above
set forth.

Mr. ltibton then made a powerful address to the jury
contending that no indecent assault ever took place.
The Assistant-Chairman, in summing up, observed that
it was very noble in such :in excellent institution in under-
taking the prosecution of such a case, as the parents of the
children were so poor that they were unable to do so them-
selves, and persons like the prisoner would be allowed to
corrupt the minds of young children with impunity. He
then went through the whole of the evidence with great
minuteness and left the cane in the hands of the jury.
The latter, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a
verdict of Guilty.
It was then elicited that the prisoner bad been charged
with a similar offence at the Southwark police-court about
a fortnight previous when the children were too young to
give evidence against him.
. . . . .

The Assistant•Chairrnan sentenced him to 18 months'
hard labour.

John Walker, aged 17, of if, IlriunnTond-street, Euston-
road, a caipenter ; and Ridwril Copland, aged 15 of 3,
Alabledon-place, Euston-road, a painter, were charged with
assaulting Jane Smith, a child only 11 yearn of age, and
stealing from her a purse containing a post-office order fur
15a._

The complainant resides with her parents in the
Cakdoniaieroad, and in the course of the morning
was out un an errand, when the two prisoners pushed
against her, knocked her against the railings, and took the
purse away. Fortunately the prisoners were seen, and
were pursued and taken into custody.
The prisoners pleaded guilty, and asked the magistrate
not to send the cue to the sessions but to decide it at once.

Mr. Cooke asked if anything was known of the previous
character of the prisoners.
Police-sergeant Cook, BY, said that both prisoners had
been convicted, and Walker had been sent to the Feltham
Reforumtory and hail there been to ht the trade of a
carpenter. His parents were respectable, and he was a
good workman, but he preferred mixing with low charac-
ters to doing any honest or respectable work.
Mr. Cooke said that he should sentence Walker to six
months' imprisonment, with hard labour, the longest time
ho could send him for, and hemight depend on this that if
he was brought here again on such a charge he would be
sent for trial, and if found guilty would no doubt receive
a lengthened tenn of penal servitude. Considering that
Cowlund might have been led away by the elder pnsoner,
though he should have known better, he should only sen-
tence him to two months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
The prisoners were then removed, Walker treating the
matter as a joke.

Juba Totin, a rough looking fellow, living at No. 16,
Princes-row, Newport-market, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, with assaulting his wife, Mary Tobin.
The complainant, whose face showed that she had been
subjected to most brutal usage, stated that lest night the
prisoner (her husband) came borne and knocked her down,
bumped her head violently on the floor, and then jumped
on her. She called for the police and gave the prisoner
into custody.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the complainant stated that
her husband hail only done nine months' work during the
hat three years ; that she kept the home by means of a
stall ; that her husband had frequently Mused her; and
that she was very near her confinement.
Police-contable Thomas Pickela, 217 C, said that on
being called to the house, 16, Prince's-row, Newport-
market, ho found the complainant smothered with blood
and a large pool of blood on the floor. The complainant
charged her husband with assaulting her and he took him
into custody, when he out that his wife bad first pulled
his hair.

The prisoner said his wife first assaulted him.
The complainant denied doing so.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was a brutal fellow and
he should commit him for four months with hard labour,
and if he ever came before him again for a similar anniult
ho would send him for six months.

Mr. Graves proposes to move on Thursday, in
committee of the whole house, "That the chairman be
directed to move the house, that leave be given to bring
in a bill for the better regulation of public-booses, re-
freshment-houses, and beer-houses, and for altering the
duties payable fur licenses granted therefor."
Mr. Fawcett inknde on Thursday, in committee
of the whole house, to move for leave to bring in a bill to
repeal certain portions of the Act of Uniformity relating
to fellows of college.

The Army Estimates (in committee of supply)
will be moved by General Peel on Thursday.

Next Tuesday Mr. M'Lagan will move for a
select committee to inquire into the existing legialative
provision,' for the protection of life and property against
tires in the United Kingdom, and as to the best means to
be adopted for ascertaining the causes end preventing the
frequency of fires.
The second reading of the Sunday Trading Bill
is deferred till the 15th May.

On Thursday Mr. Tolletnache will ask the Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any reason has
been assigned by the French government for the delay that I e,oexesi St. rEset and West butte :AO 124 127
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