The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-07 00:00:00

OOURT OF
(Before Mr. Ooremieeleper Ckralburn.)

7.—Jusz 6.

IN RE RICHARD 1.. 0011.—THR " HTTOTHICATING"
The bankrupt, a merchant, of Cornhill and Lime-street,
applied for his certificate.
The report of Mr. Pennell, the official assignee, states
that the bankrupt commences his accounts at the begin-
ning of 1859 with a surplus of 4121., but in point of fact he
was then insolvent. He now owes to unsecured creditors
8,2424 ; the dividend is dependent on the realisation of
property in Bombay, Against profits of 1541., there were
trade and law expenses of 5271., and losses of 4,1811. A
remitennee hed been received from Bombay, which left a
baltace of 3571. to the credit of the estate.

Mr. Ash iMWTirsigWees,—Off7red no opposition.
The bankrupt had given up the whole of his estate, and
had given a perfectly fair account of it ; but the course of
hie trading was one which the ocrart had often reprobated.
Be bought good' here. on long credit, hypothecated them,
and then got the bills discounted. If the venture turned
profitable, the creditors were paid : if not, the loss fell
upon them.
The Commissioner—And to what extent has this hypothe-
cating system gone on?
Mr. Aehurst said it applied to nearly the whole of his
trading. But it was due to the bankrupt to state that he
had bought the goods at moderate pnces, and had his
calculations been realised he would have Made a consider-
able profit.
Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupt, urged that this course
of trading was general amongst merchants.
After a short elimination of the bankrupt,
His Honour said the bankrupt was much indebted to
the creditors for not opposing. The iyetem of hypothecat-
kg ins on. more honoured in the breach than the obser-
vance. The trader took the chanoe of making a profit,
his creditors having to suffer the loss. It was a most
reprehensible and ruinous system. This man wee not
new to difficulties ; he had been insolvent in India some
years before ; but as the creditors did not complain he
iejgeLhave an immediate certificate, but ea there was
of misfortune in the cue, it could only be of the

IN Hi THE LAST INDIA 001 TON CONTENT (LIIITITD.)
A petition for winding by had been presented spinet this
eompany, end this was the appointed for the hearing.
The petitioner is Mr. J. S. Virtue, printer arid publisher,
of City-road, a judgment creditor for 381.
Mr. Sharp appeared in support of the petition ; and Mr.
Green for the company.
It waa stated that an arrangement had been made for the
petition to stand over.
His Honour doubted the propriety of keeping the matter
sub judice, for the sake of allowing the company to arrange
with a particular creditor. By such a mune these petitions
rht be made • sort of thumbscrew to operate in favour of
individual creditors, and they would come to be filed
experimentally, to the detriment of other creditors. He
would ppuarsnuue the course pointed out by the set, to make
ea acutely order for the payment of the debt by a ear
tabs day, the hearing of the petition to stand over until after
that time.

Adjourned for seven weeks.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.)
TUZ ?AUNT DKRRICIC COMPANY (LIIMICD).

A petition for the winding up of this company was pre-
sented some time ago. The hearing has been adjourned
from time to time by consent. The petitioners are Henn.
Richard and Thomas Hughes, cheesemoogen, of Deptford,
shareholder, and contributOries of the company. The
ground on which the order was asked was that the company
was unable to pay its debts, and that three-fourths of the
capital had been lost or become unavailable.
Mr. Laces appeared in rapport of the petition, and Mr.
Bowyer for the company, who consented to the order being
made.
Order aoccedingly.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—Jorn: 6.
(Before the Chief Ocatesiniceer.)

IN 11l WILLIAM ROBERT ILALL.-CAPTAIX MM'S CASE.

The insolvent, known ea " Captain Hare," whose case
was reported in our paper of the 11th ult., again came up
for further hearing under the Protection Act.
Yr. Robert Griffith; on the part of the insolvent, applied
for aa adjournment for two months, and stated that hopes
were entertained that the insolvent would be enabled to at,
nage with his creditors without taking the benefit of the

(Lewis and Lewis), opposed for • debt for pre-
paring the insolvent's schedule before be engaged his pre-
sent ►ttorneys, Messrs. Clarke and Carter.
The opposition on the part of Mr. KM; who opposed
before, was withdrawn, and the insolvent expressed his
regret if he had put him to say inconvenience.
The adjournment was speed to.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. 'Mateley, Q.C.)

AM Green Aare", lately keeper of • coffee-shop, 45,
Chitheeter-Oace, Kines-croes, was indicted for having
stolen 10,000 cubic feet of gas, the property of the Imperial
Gee Light and Coke Company.
This eve lasted some considerable time, but the nature of
the charge may be very briefly stated. The prisoner burnt
gee byy a 10-light meter, and it appeared had complained
of defieascy of light through some defect lathe meter, sad
had put in water over and above the quantity requisite to
keep the meter in proper working condition, and had
beea altogether without light more than once. Ac-
cording to the evidence of • man named Barnard, who had
bees waiter and porter to the primmer, and before that
potman at the Bull's Head, Aylesbury-dr:est, Clerkeowell,
and before that a beerhop-keeper at Hoxton, the prisoner
disconnected the meter from the main supply pipe, and by
means of &bladder connected the inlet and the outlet pipes,
sod so procured a strong supply of gee, without it passing
through the meter. This, Barnard said, went on for seven
weeks and three days. There hail been some unpleasant-
ness between the prisoner and Barnard ; and another witness
named Kekewich, who called himself a doctor, but ad-
mitted he was not one, had brought two actions against
the pruner, one for calling him • thief, and one for an
moult on his wife. He had been in his service at • beer-
shop at Pentouville.
The jury Acquitted the primmer.
Me learned Judge said that was the safer verdict upon
the evidence, and he quite agreed with it.
]G. Cooper esidthe company had no feeling in the matter,
aid bad only performed their duty in prosecuting upon the
Information they received.
John Dent, n, a cab driver, and Ann Dent, his wife,
were indicted, the latter for stealing 305/. in money, and •
gold watch and chain, the property of Louisa Fisher, her
=stress, in her dwelling-house, and the former for feloni-
ously receiving the said money and property with a guilty
knowledge that the same had been stolen.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson prosecuted ; Mr. Ribbon appeared
for the male prisoner. The female pleaded guilty.
The prorsecutrix, whose name on the 6th of April last
was Louisa Fisher, • widow, but who is now the wife of •
sugar refiner, named Nerhtens, in Leman-street, White.
chapel, had the female prisoner in her service to assist in
carrying on • marine store shop in the same street. On the
of the 7th of April about three o'clock she missed
thep carer from her bed, which was separate from hers
( trio's), but in the same room, and on going down-
atJne found the front door unlocked, but closed and the
key inside. From a drawer in a room adjoining the bed-
room a cash-box had been taken, which contained a watch
and chain and 3061. in notes and gold. The prisoner had
abstracted the key of the drawer from proucutrix's pocket
doting the night, took out the cash-box, re-locked the
drawer, and put the key hack in the pocket.
The learned Judge said the case was a very bad one ; in-
deed he very much doubted if he was not doing wrong in not
sending her to penal servitude. Taking this however, to
be her first offence, and hoping that she would return to
honesty after undergoing what-
mud be • severe punish-
ment, he should sentence her to two years' imprisonment
with bard labour.