The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-31 00:00:00

LAW IN TELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before lliz Commissioner Winslow.)
IN az ABRAHAM HARRIS.
The bankrupt, • merchant and warehouseman, of Bow.
lane, renewed his application for reissue from prison,
where he has been for six months. His liabilities are be-
tween 6,0001. and 7,0001., and there are no assets. He bas
made frequent applications for his release, but without
success. On the last occasion he was ordered to find two
sureties in 2501. each ; two were now prodnoed and ex-
amined ; and one of them swore that his means were
ample. Ultimately the Commissioner gave time for
further inquiry.

-IN 55 CHRISTOPHER &MONTI&
This was another application for release. The bankrupt,
who is a native of Norway, was formerly a mining agest at
Montreal, and had been arrested while on a visit to this
country. He has been six months in custody. His debts
are about 4,0001., and he states that be is interested in
mining and other property in Canada.
Mr. Griffiths opposed for Mr. Jansen, of Mark-lane, and
asked that the bankrupt should be required to find bail.
The bankrupt stated that he had come to this country
for the purpose of introducing some very valuable mining
property into the market, and that the opposiair creditor
knew the object for which the advance was required.
His Honour said the application must Amid over till
after the choice of assignees. Meantime it would be well
for the bankrupt to try and find bail.

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IN u FRANCIS QUIITER.
The bankrupt was an East India =preheat, of Great St.
Helen's and Mincing-Lane. This was a prison adjudication.
The bankrupt's liabilities are 9.7391. ; good debts, 788/. bad and doubtful ditto, 2,8521. ; assets not yet realised,; 3,073/. This was the sitting for examination and discharge.
M. Aldridge, who represented the official assignee
(no trade asidgnee having been chosen), examined the bank.
rapt as to the item of 3,073/., " assets not yet realised." It
appeared that it represented consignments on which
advances had been made, and that the amount would go
to the secured creditors. This rendered an amendment
of the amounts mammary, and
His Honour directed an adjournment for that purpose.

IN RI !HRS.-A WIAIIIR Or TH2 VICTORIA C 2038.
The bankrupt was described as a bookseller and commis.
Mon agent for negotiating loans, of Fetter-lane. His debts
are only 1091. He had been in prison, and stated on exa-
min►tion that he had an annuity of 101. a year for the
Victoria Cross. This was the sitting for examination and
discharge. There was no opposition.
The bankrupt attributed his failure to his h►ring in-
curred liabilities in respect of one of the City clubs for
clerks.
His Honour granted the order.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
THE ALLEGED FORGERIES UPON TEE LEEDS RANK.
At the sitting of the court, Pumas Bdpeby, for-
merly carrying on business as a merchant in the City,
earrendored to take his trial upon several indictments
charging him with obtaining more than 100,0001. from the
Leeds Banking Company by fraud and forgery.
fierjeant Ballantine was specially retained with Mr.
Sleigh and Mr. F. H. Lewis to defend the prisoner • Mr.
Giffard, q.c., was specially retained with Mr. Poland to
conduct the prosecution.
An application was made by Berjeant Ballantine to post-
pone the trial on the ground that Mr. Greenland, the
former manager of the bank, who was a moat material
witness for the prosecution, was at Geneva, and could not
or would not attend to give hie evidence, and it was
most important for the prisoner to have an opportunity of
cross-examining this witness, es by this mean, he should
be able to show that he was entirely innocent of the
offence imputed to him. The learned serjeant also put in
en affidavit made by Mr. Lewis, the solicitor for the pro-
secution, which stated that three other witnesses whose
evidence was most material and important for the prisoner
were too ill to attend on the present *cession.
Mr. Giffard opposed the application, and said that there
had been ample opportunity of cross-examining the wit-
nese Greenland when he was examined at the Mansion-
, house, both upon the occasion when the prisoner was under
charge, and when another person named De Villas was
under charge, for being concerned in the sense trams.
lion. The offence imputed to the prisoner was that of
uttering bills of exchange purporting to be accepted by a
non-existing company in Berrie, and it was necessary to
procure the attendance of the minister of justice and the
inspector of mines in that country, and they were
now in attendance ; but if the trial was postponed, there
really were no feeds to bring them again to this
country. The evidence of these witnesses was absolutely
necessary to support the charge, and the virtual effect of a
postponement on the present occasion would be that the
trial would never come on.

Mr. Justice Byles said that the evidence of the witness
Greenland was clearly most important, and it should not
be forgotten that be bad already been convicted of per.
jury, and although be had been pardoned thin was not ea
account of his supposed innocence, but on ac,munt of the
state of his heal t He therefore was of opinion that the
trial should be postponed to the next session.
The defendant was then discharged upon the same re.
cognisances as these upon which he had now surrendered.
THE ROBBKRT OF 13,0001. BY A STOCKBROKER'S CLERK.
Williast JuAn Hurst, the stockbroker's clerk, who had
pleaded guilty on the previous day to a charge of mis-
demeanour, in having fraudulently obtained large sums of
money the property of his employers, was brought ugifitord
tdlme nt and sentenced to eighteen months'
liosellattheors, who was tried forlchild murder yesterday
and convicted of endeavouring to conceal the birth, was
also brought up and sentenced to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for two years.
The case of Geraldine Meurice, the Lishionable swindler,
was postponed to the next session.