The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1859,

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COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
Jogs 20.

(Before &s hags Ordinary.)
WOODWARD V. WOODWARD.—JUDICIAL SEPARATION.
The petitioner was the daughter of a clergyman in Here-
fordshire, and the wife of a;solicitor at Pastore. She sought
• judicial separation on the ground of her husband's adult-
ery with a person named Dark, who had formerly beat her
servant. Mrs, Woodward's suspicions were first excited by
Nang a newspaper directed in her husband's hand to a Mrs.
Smith, at Gloucester' and on inquiry It turned out that this
was the woman Dark. The respondent had been in the
habit of visiting her two or three times • week, and had
bed three children by her. He represented to the people
with whom she lodged that he was a commercial
traveller. When taxed with the efface, he
at Orel denied It, but afterwards he admitted the charge.
The paillasse bed been married to him about 12 years.
The overt decreed the inpsration.
ORE= C. ORERN.—kODICIAL SIPARATION. _

The petitioner in 1647 was left .widow by tie owner of a
begs brat at Rowdhaso. Norfolk; and in July, 1860. she
was irwrled to the respondent, a seed merchant in the neigh.
beweitood. Before going to church he &eked her for a cheque
Ls a sus of 6601., which she had in the bank. She gave it
to hint; but after marriage they had several quarrels about
money matters; and hit those quarrehi he was guilty of using
abusing language, threats, and actual violence.
The court graatad the applkatioa.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
The hum adjourned seseions commeaced yesterday morn-
ing, et the Guildhall, Westminster, before Mr. Bodkin,
hesitate-Judge, Mr. Creasy end Mr. Payne, deputies, and
a bench of magistratee= ' esk edwrol er-www
The minder contains the name of 70 premiers for Par Ti
Thel Asaistant,indge delivered a short charge to the grand
Put.
lestlians Stetter., 22, was indicted for stealing a gold
watch and other articles, value 1001., the property of Frances
Susannah Parks, widow, his mistrese, in bee dwelling-
' hone.. He pleaded guilty. Mr. T. Bell appeared for the
prosecution.
The huistanWindge, having read the depositions, said it
was a very bad cue, one which, for the make of es.
ample, could not be lightly passed over. The premise,
it appeared, had been about twelve months in the employment
of a widow lady as coachman, at good wages, and one day,
having driven Ida metrees to a pony, be cunningly disarmed
the watchfulners of a fellowuervent and plundered the house
of this large amount of valuable property, and absoondtd.
The proserutris stated that the prisoner entered her service
las • single man, and got married clandestinely • short time
before he robbed the house. The watch was pawned in
Dublin, and the pawnbroker, who had acted very well In the
matter, would be reimbursed by ler, voluntarily, the
amount he had advanced upon it.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced the prisoner to three years'
penal servitude.
Ororge Remised JoAls Smith, two athletic young fellows,
telonging to the 2nd Battalion of Grensdier Guide, were
indicted for suaulting several police coenobite in the execs-
tion of their duty.
No counsel was instructed in the cue; but the Assiotent-
dodge said it was one which ought to be prosecuted by
the crown, and directed that it should be conducted by Mr.
Lawrence.

It appeared that on the 15th inst. the prisoners were with
two comrade* at the Laurel Tree public-noose, in &wham-
street, Canideixtewn, where, in consequence of being refused
• further supply of drink, is they wore the worse for what
they had bed, Smith deliberately smashed • square of glue, for
which ha was given in charge. As he was being taken to the sta-
tion the other peleoner ran up end attemptod • rescue, and a
melee of Is of • brutal, almost murderous description
were committed by them upon the oonstable who hod Smith
in custody, end upon others who went to his saatstence.
They took off their belts, of which they no doubt would have
made • fearful use had not one of the constable* fortunately
got hold of them, and held them unul sufficient aid came to
wrest them from the prisoners' ',omission. The prisoners
then fought like madmee, struck out right and left at all that
came near, and they boasted that, as they could only here
14 days for it, they would have it out. Whim al the
station Reid struck the sating sergeant • blow
which nearly broke his Jaw, and the police stated
that the prisoners were the most desperate peace-breakers
they had aver hod to deal with. The sergeant of the batta-
lion they belonged to said they bad been in the regiment
about five years, and Lore very good character,.
The prioioners, in their defence, merely said they were not
guilty of the extreme violence imputed to them.
The jury found them guilty, and the Atoistant-Judge,
efter remarking upon such diagrecsoful conduct, particularly
by men wearing the Quo n's uniform, etnienced Read to six,
and Smith to nine month.' hard labour.