The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-23 00:00:00

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) •
IN AN 'WINO AND WiNSNOINT.
Tim) bankrupts were shipowners and shipwrits, of
Eoteliff-cross and No. 11, leadenhall-Mreet. This was
the atthig for examination and discharge. The joint
lishliities amount to 16,434/. ; the assets end property
held as security are returned at 15,2024. A re-
by Mr. SaffeaT, the accountant, states that the
6obupts began business in February, 1882, with a capital
of 6,1311. The business was prosperous until the beginning
of 1865, when the capital had increased to upwards of
MOO. Subsequent losses and liabilities on aceommoda•
tics bills and other acceptances had swallowed up this
amount
mt.Lawrance and Mr. H. Linklater appeared for the
bsekrpts.
xx E. Reed, for the assigner, expressed their 'Min-
imise with the accounts, and said that the only unfavour-
able feature in the case was the accommodation bills—two
in lumber, for 1,0001. each ; but both those bills had been
tow% up by the acceptors since the adjudication. The
salvoes had sold the bankrupt's premises at Ratoliff,
whisk, deducting charges on them, had realised 3,0001. ;
and other assets brought up the amount to nearly 7,0001.
His Honour, having inquired if any other creditor
opposed, and being answered in the negative, granted the
sitter of discharge.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(THIS DAY.)

The April adjourned quarter sessions of the peace for
the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at the
Guildhall, Westminster, where all subsequent sessions will
be held until July next, in consequence of nery re-
tain to the Sessions-house, ClerkenwelL Mr. W. H.
:Ndf&, Assistant-Judge, presided, and there were on the
beech Mr. H. H. Harwood, Mr. Mills, Mr. Loveland, Mr.
Rankine, Mr. Levick, Mr. John Bentley, Mr. Charles
White, Sir James Tyler, &e.
Till CALSCIDAR.
The calendar is numerically very heavy, there being
143 prisoners committed for trial, 113 being indicted for
felony, and 30 for misdemeanour. The state of education
of the prisoners is again reported as very low indeed and
is as follows :—Can neither read nor write, 66 ; can read
and write only imperfectly, 63 ; can read only, 10 ; can
read and write well, 4 ; superior education, none. The
offences with which the prisoners stand charged are
embeulement, stealing by servants, assaults and wounding,
robberies from the person, pot stealing, breaking and enter-
ing dwelling houses, receiving property well knowing it to
have been stolen, indecent animas, assaulting the police in
the execution of their duty, furious driving, conspiracy to
defraud, keeping disorderly houses, Stc.
THE GRAND JURY.
The Amistant-Judge very briefly addressed the grand
jury, explaining to them that it was not necessary to
examine the whole of the witnesses on the back of the bill
if they were satisfied that a prima facie case of suspicion
was made out by one or two, but he advised them not to
throw out any bill until they had examined all the wit-
nesses who could be called in support of the charge. He
did not think any of the cases presented any difficulty, and
he should at once send them to their duties.
The grand jury then retired.

THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

WORSHIP-STREET.
BURGLARIES AND ROBBLIIIT.S.
William Powell, 25, a slim-built man, described as being
engaged in some chemical works, WAS charged with being
in ion of property supposed to be stolen.
emit Bishop, N division, said—This morning at 5
o'cloc I met the prisoner in Mare-street, Hackney, with a
hamper on his shoulder. I asked him, " What have you
there!" and he replied, " Brick-lane Station, Great Eastern
Railway—send into the country." I asked him what was
in it. lie said, " Ah, how should I know that!" I told
him that I was not satisfied, had it off his shoulder, looked
into it, and saw a raw leg of mutton, two tea-
spoons, and some butter. I could not understand
sending butter into the country, and there being appa-
rently a great variety of articles in the hamper, I
took it and the prisoner to the station-house, where I
charged him with the felonious possession, he not account-
ing satisfactorily for it, but contenting himself by saying
that I should have to answer for detaining it and also to
Pay for his loss of time. A direction on the hamper, to
which he had not alluded, induced me to proceed to
Nassau-terrace, Dalston-lane, and I ascertained that it
Mil been stolen from No. 4 there ; the hamper empty when
stolen, and in a stable. The iron bar of the back kitchen
of N 0.9 was broken away ; footsteps were distinctly visible,
ma also at No. 5. I ask for a remand. A gentleman is pre-
sent to identify part of the property.
Mr. George Samuel Pritchard, builder, No. 4, Gloucester-
terrace, Victoria-park-road--On Saturday last I discovered
that an outbuilding attached to my residence had been
broken into, and a variety of property stolen, principally
comprised of bell linen. (Witness identified some of that
found in the hamper as his.)
Prisoner, who merely said that he had been " led into
it," was remanded, and immeiliately afterwards a young
woman with an infant in arms was charged by Sergeant
N division, with being concerned in the last-
mentioned burglary. She gave her name Harriet Lyrae,
18 years of age, single, and living at 5, Albion-place,
Bethnal-green.
Jarrett, 279 N, said—While the prisoner Powell was
being brought to this court I went to the address given by
him, where I found the prisoner now at the bar. In a I
basket beneath the bed I found 64 duplicates relating to
nearly every description of property, from "time-pieces to
boots." From the bed itself I took a sheet and other
articles of a like kind, which I produce. Prisoner said
that the man she was cohabiting with had brought them
borne.
Mr. Pritchard identified the sheet and portions of the
other things found by the constable.
Sergeant Burin stated that the duplicates mentioned,
and fourteen others, found in the prisoner's possession,
related to a considerable amount of plunder in connexion
with burglaries committed in the vicinity of Hackney and
its neighbourhood during the peat nine months, principally
plate and apparel. A remand in this case also would enable
him to bring further charges against both prisoners.
Remand granted. Prisoner did not utter a word.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

• DLO AND DUMB MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING A
CONSTABLE.
Henry Spence, a deaf and dumb man, was charged be-
fore Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Weeks, 339 A.
The constable said his attention was called to the
prisoner by a person residing in the Haymarket, who said
the prisoner had assaulted him by spitting in his face and
striking him. Re motioned to the prisoner to go away,
and he went a short distance and then returned and struck
him in the face, kicked him, and tried to throw him, but
he clogied with the prisoner and both fell together, and at
that moment a gentleman called ont, " Policeman, mind,
he has got a knife," but instead of a knife it was a trowel,
he being a bricklayer, which he had taken prom his pocket.
The Rev. Samuel Smith, chaplain to the Deaf and Dumb
Association, having by means of signs explained the evi-
dence to the prisoner,
The prisoner (through the Rev. Mr. Smith) said he was
drunk at the time, and that he was quite surprised when
he woke up and found himself in the station.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined him 10e., or seven days.
SOUTHWARK.
ALLEGRO ZLOPRMENT AND ROBBVIT.
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George Ai7straseit ,76;;;;;Za,Waspiacad at the bar
Charged with stealing a quantity of furniture, wearing
,oltesrel, &c., the property of Thomas Cowie, under the
°mowing singular circumstances :
The prosecutor, a seaman, whose bronzed countenance
denoted travel in foreign climes, said that about two years
ago, he sailed for Australia and the Bantu able seaman, leer-
log his wife comfortably situated in a small house in Raven-
street, St. Geerge's-in-the-East, with plenty of furniture
Ind everything neceeeary. In the early part of last week
he returned from see, and went to the latter house, and to
his surprise was informed that his wife had left with a
foreigner, taking all his goods, a few days previous. His
wife knew that he was to be expected home as she