The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-12 00:00:00

Kato EnteMyna.

COURT OF BANICRUIPTCY.—Arzu, 11.
(Before Mr. Registrar Brougham.)
IN NZ LIOW. BOOTH.
The bankrupt was a bookseller, of 307, Regent-street.
This was the first sitting. A preliminary statement of
amounts, prepared by Mesas. Johnstone and Co., shows
liabilities of 21,9001., with assets estimated at upwards of
27,0001. A resolution was now passed for taking the cam
out of court under the 185th section.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice Lush.)

TEI CAIN OF ARSON AT Till " DAILY TrAZGILLPH" OFFICE.

Herbert Poole, 22, clerk, was indicted for feloniously
setting fire to the warehouse of Joseph Ellis, with intent
to defrasd.

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Mr. Montagu Williams conducted the tion,
which was instituted by the proprietors of the Daily
Telegraph newspaper ; and Mr. Sleigh defended the pri-
soner.

The facto of the ease have been repeatedly before the
public, and after a long inquiry, and an able and ener-
getic defence by Mr. Sleigh, the jury, after a brief deli-
beration, returned a verdict of Guilty.
The learned Judge deferred passing sentence on the pri-
soner, who wee removed from the dock in a date of great
despondency.
(Before Mr. Justice &nith.)

Eliza Welsh, 22, was charged with the wilful murder of
her ill .ete child. The prisoner, who appeared to be in
• very distressed and miserable condition, both bodily and
mentally, was seated in the dock during the trial.
Mr. Lilley prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton wee counsel for
the defence. _

—it4pTnied that the wisoner lived with her mother and
several brothers and sisters at No. 2, Devonshhe-cottages
'
Hackney. There seemed to have been no suspicionn that
she was in the family way, but on the 6th of March the
prisoner was found in the water•closet in • fainting state,
and there appeared to be no doubt that she had been
delivered of s child, and the dead body of a full-
grown male infant was subsequently found °marled under
• loose board in the closet, and it &waled to have been
jammed into the place with considerable force. There were
some marks of violence on the bead of the child, and •
handkerchief appeared to have been tied sufficiently tight
round the neck of the child to have caused tion,
but the difficulty in this, as in all similar cases, was, whe-
ther, in the first instance, the child was born alive within
the meaning of the law • and secondly, whether the
alleged mortal injuries were occasioned wilfully. The evi-
dence upon both these points was very far from conclusive.
Mr. Justice Smith, in summing up this case to the jury,
obeerved that the law was at present in • very nnsatuf se-
tory state in reference to cases of this description, on ac-
count of the difficulty of pro y. mg that the child alleged to
have been murdered had ever enjoyed an independent ex-
istence. A bill had, however, been introduced into the
House of Lords by the Lord Chancellor, with the object
of meeting the difficulty; but they must deal with the law
as it stood, and in his opinion the evidence that had been
adduced for the prosecution was not sufficient to support
the charge of murder, and they were bound to acquit her
of that offence. _ _ _

The jury found the prisoner Guilty of the minor offence,
of endeavouring to conceal the birth of the child.
The prisoner was sentenced to air months' imprisonment
and hard labour. -

Joke 111:47/iti, a respectable-looking man, surrendered
to take his trial for the manslaughter of Louisa Dethier.
Mr. Ribton and Mr. Collins prosecuted, and the prisoner
was defended by Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Straight.
It appeared that the er was in the service of a
wholesale dealer in rabbits, and on the day in ques-
tion had been to the St. Katharine Docks for a load of
rabbits, with a horse and cart. He was proceeding
to the west end of the town to deliver the rabbits to
his master's customers, and, according to the evidence for
the prosecution, was driving along the Ruston-road at a
most furious pace. The deceased was an aged woman, a
native of Belgium, and was in the act of crossing the
road when the shaft of the cart knocked her down, and the
off-wheel passed over her head.
Mr. Justice Smith told the prisoner that he bad been
convicted after a most careful trial of having caused
the death of the unfortunate old lady by his
negligent and reckless driving through the 'beets of this
great metropolis. Though he might have had no in-
tention to cause this serious mischief, yet looking at the
consequences of his act, he (Mr. Justice Smith) could not
pass a less sentence than that which he now pronounced,
namely, that the prisoner be kept to hard labour for the
term of eight calendar months.

(Before Mr. Commissioner %err.)
THE FORGERIES BY A CITY MERCHANT.

Edward James Lindsay, was arraigned on several indict-
ments charging him with feloniously endeavouring to
obtain by false pretences the sum of 385/. with intent to
defraud the Agra and Muterman's Bank (Limited). The
prisoner pleaded guilty, with evident emotion.
Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Mullen., solicitor to the
Londonßankers' Association, appeared for the prosecution ;
and Mr. Serjeant Ballantine (specially retained), with Mr.
F. H. Lewis, were in attendance on behalf of the prisoner.
Mr. Serjeant Ballantine addressed an eloquent appeal to
the court in mitigation of sentence ; and by direction of
the court the prisoner was removed from the bar.
At a later period of the witting of the court the prisoner
was called up to receive sentence.
Mr. Commissioner Kerr said that the prisoner had
pleaded guilty to en offence which he should not allude
to, nor should he say anything to aggravate the unfortu-
nate position in which toe prisoner now found himself
The prisoner by his own acts had fallen from •
ligh position as • City merchant by the commission of
an offence which was of the most serious character as
related to the commercial world. He (Mr. Commissioner
Kerr) had carefully considered the observations of the
learned counsel who appeared for the prisoner ; he
had read the depositions in the case, and he had consulted
his colleagues, and, in vindication of the law, be had to
pronounce that the prisoner be imprisoned and kept to
hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve calendar
months. _

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The prisoner on hearing his sentence fainted, and was
carried by the attendant warders from the dock to the cells
below.

ATTENDANCE AT THE JUDGES CHAMBERS.—Mr.
Justice Mellor and Mr. Baron Martin attended yesterday
at the judges' chambers. There will be an attendance of
two or three of the learned judges daily until the com-
mencement of term on Monday next. According to annual
custom, after the reception at the Lord Chancelkes man-
sion, the judges will proceed to Westminster, and inaugu-
rate the term. The courts will not sit till two o'clock.

NEW RACQUET-COURTS FOE ETON SCHOOL.—At a
meeting of Old Etonian', held yesterday at the Charing-
cross Hotel, under the presidency of Lord Skelmersdale, it
was agreed to make an application to the Provost and Fel-
lows of Eton for the grant of some College land on the
Etonwick-road, between the gasworks and Eton-oommon,
as the site of the racquet-courts which it is proposed to
build for the bona& of the schooL Some liberal subscrip-
tions were promised, and it was decided that the committee
should meet for the first time at Viscount Kirkaldie's house
in Windsor, on the 28th inst., at 3 o'clock. Among the
members of the committee present were Viscount Kirkaldie,
the Earl of Jersey (Balliol College, Oxford), Colonel Fitz-
roy Clayton (Grenadier Guards), Colonel the Hon. G
Windsor Clive, M.P., Sir Edward Hulse, the Hoene.rr
Leslie-Melville, the Rev. G. R. Dupuis (of Eton Collegel
Mr. Albert Van de Weyer (Grenadier Giards), Mr. E. W.
Tritton (Christ Church, Oxford), &c. The pro)ect has the
personal support of the Provost and Head Master .

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