The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-19 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER-APRIL 18.

The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief
Baron, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Baron Bramwell, and Mr.
Justice Lush sat in the Court of Exchequer, and appointed
the following days for Sittings in Error :
For Errors from the Queen's Bench—Wednesday, the
9th, and Thursday, the 10th of May.
For Errors from the Common Plesie—Friday, the 11th,
and Saturday, the 12th of May.
For Errors from the Exchequer—Monday, the 14th, and
Tuesday, the 15th of May.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
APRIL 18.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
Brrem AND cumsznuncE r. RATNDONE AND OTHUR.

A good deal of evidence was taken to rebut the presump-
tion of law, namely, thnt where a will has been in the cus-
tody of the testator and is not forthcoming, it must be
taken to have been destroyed by him enimo revocandi ;
but, so far from being efficient for that purpose, it ap-
peared to show that, in point of fact, Mrs. Rathbone had
very likely burnt the document
Dr. Deane, therefore, at the suggestion of his lordship,
gave up the case.
Sir J. Wilde then pronounced against the will, and de-
clined to award the executors their costa.

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THE POLICE COURTS.

LAMBETH.

Yesterday Mr. (home Games', the proprietor of the
Rosemary Branch Tavern, Peckham, appeared before the
Hon. C. Norton to answer to • summons, charging him
with unlawfully keeping certain enclosed lands near to
the Queen's highway and to certain houses for the purpose
of persons frequenting such grounds and meeting therein
to shoot at pigeons, and did unlawfully and injuriously
cause divers persons to meet and discharge fire-arms into
highways and houses adjaoent, by means whereof the
Queen's subjects were disturbed sad put in peril against
the poioe,
Mr. Neale attended on the part of the person laying the
information, and Mr. Paton, the barrister, instructed by
Mr. Greven, appeared for the defendant.
When the cane was called on, Mr. Ribbon, addreming
Mr. Norton, said he was happy to inform his worship that
he would not be troubled with an inquiry that might last
some time, as his client, Mr. Carnes., had proposed
making eompeneation to the person who was represented
as having received an injury to one of her eyes by • grain
of shot fired, sett was supposed, from the gun of one of
the scouts en the look out for stray pigeons. He Mr.
Ribten), at the same time, fait bound te deny that the
slightest fault or responsibility etinehed to his client,
and that had the ems been gone into be should have
shown it wee quite impossible the asaident could
lave happened by • thscherge of a gun on his

grounds, as the place where the female was sren
was 193 yank from the trap, and wished to add
th ado
the future Mr. Garnet's, the defendant, would do
thing in his power to prevent the recurrence of mai°usl
vent
t.
Mr. Norton expressed a hope that the defendaat
keep his=se, and diarniesed the summons. --""
A gen , who said he was landlord of 12 hewn,
motto thererfunordse
gammossof Mr.,Garneesend
sai,dheratut drst.
should ill the court with respectable inhabitants sa,a7
at i 4
newer, who would prove to his worship's satutooldoo
Mr. Garner's grounds were a most dangerous aaisaage7,2
that instead of the houses, as had been represootod,
193 fards away, they were not Do many feet resuresaQ
the field.
Mr. Norton advised the applicant, as Mr. fintaidoo,
promised to do everything in his power to raw" 47
cause for complaint, to consider a little before
the summons, but at the same time said that if ka
it he should at once have the summons.
Mr. William Strati, the owner of some allow**
freehold land near Peckham, was summoned (Of Illopoi
shooting on hie land.
From the evidence in this case it appeared that te cow
Friday the defendant brought on his ground a nag*
fries& and several psgeons and commenced to fiat
latter from a trap. While thus engaged two Ash Inn
fired through two of the windows of a MrL Nadi.
the glass, and a grain of shot having entered bet ritipa-Q
caused a wound from which she bled profusely,
also stated that the party behaved in the mest
manlike manner, for after wounding several of the
they tied them toe gate poet and fired at them in nhoo
was scarcely a shred of them left.
The defence set up was that the shooting did ad td.
place on the ground of the defendant, and tka too;;
adjourned toe future day.