The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-08 00:00:00

BOW-BTHEr.

WitUAW 801 l Palmer, • watchmaker, lately carry;ng on
business in Bath, was charted with forging two " ropasets"
for goods to be supplied, with intent t (mimed Mesas. Up-
john and Bright, watchmakers, King William-strut, West
Strand.
Mr. Humphreys, jun., appeared for the prosecution, and
stated the case. Tbo defeadant had been a cus-
tomer of Meson. Upjohn and Bright, bat bad be-
come insolvent, after which they declined further
dealings with him. A few months ago, Mr. Upjohn
being at Bath, the prisoner aged him , if he would
sjuottypgocds,o:f security
Upjohn pre:
replied
(het he would
do so on Mr. John Palmer's War. In September • letter
was received by post, purporting to he written and signed by
Mr. John Palmer, to the effect that he mode-Wes of satiat-
ing kis sou, and that if Meters. Upjohn and Bright would
supply the letter with goods to any amount sot weeding
SOL, at the usual terms of six months' credit and a four
months' bill, he (Mr. John Palmer) would pay the
mosey. This woe asektred Ia • Wee bola the primmer
ordering cartels goods, which were supplied, and came to
461. 17e. A bill of eschew. was tourarded to the prisoner
for somptance, and was returned accepted by hum, and
eedoreed with the name of his father. In Decembir • eeet.n4
order was It011;Vell, =clued in • aimiUr note, and geols to
the &moat of 634 ISt. were supplied. But Itformation
having been received within the last few day, to the effect
that the prisoner hod bees imposing on them, and that he
was about to leave the eoustry, they nude inquiries, sad as-
certained that both of the orders, es well as the endorsement
on the bill, were fougeries, Mr. John Paha r having no
knowledge of the matter, and that be bad absconded and was
about to set sail for Awash& lie win apprehend, f by •
Liverpul detective, on board the Marco Pofu, in the Mersey.
He bad a contrail ticket bearing a receipt for the pumps
money. He bad token his pauses in the name of Jimmie
Jackson. He had with him about 41. in move,.
Mr. Wilght, foreman to Upjohn and Bright, proud the
main feetiV the teatemeatt,
Kelton Lees, the Livapool detective, proved that the pH.
sumer had declared his intuition sot plead ng guity.
Tbo Flambee—l em guilty.
Mr. Humphreys applied fora remind, to obtain the at-
tendance of the father.— Remanded rccord.ngly.
SOUTHWARK.
On the 4th of last month Charlotte Antrim, a married
woman, obtained an order frum Mr. Buinbanu, under the
Slat see. of the 20 and 21 Vie., "An Act to Amend the Law
relating to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in England,"
byfor bother husband, and sand belmerpingritlect'u' rushtielabtelinpgrol'epertnydw. wtThealit
orjer was registered to the S Aube ark County Cour, accord-
' leg to the proviso in ihe act of ,liainent on the 6th, but
on the 17th of the sums month Juba Antrim, the husband,
by his counsel, Mr. Sleigh, attended before Mr. Bureham on
a summon. agaiost him wife, to show cause why the trier on
°Waisted should not he discharged, it being shown outset own
admission that she was living et the present time in adultery
with another man. Mr. Burette= discharged the wife'.
elder, and mat the discharged order to the county court for
reglotration.
Mr. Hansom, the aesistent clerk of the Southwark County
Comet, ett-nded before Mr. Burch= to draw his attention
to • very important omission in the ace of parliament which
rendered the discharge order imperative. Although the 21st
section of the set provided that no order for proteetion should
be operative enter it was entered by the registrar of the
county wart within the jet i.dietion in which the wife was
there was no provision whatever in the act which
l'illatar any entry to be made in respect to an order die-
charging an order for protuction. He (Mr. Ransom) con-
sidered it his duty to seatiue the subject to his worship in
ceder that the onussion might be publicly made knows, for
as the set Mood now the discharging order was oselees.
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