The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-20 00:00:00

IN RE LEICEaTER.

The bankrupt, a schoobnuter, of Walham-green, came
before the court with debts of 2981. It appeared that he
had been in the piano trade, and also in the wine trade,
at Manchester, and Lad been twice before insolvent.

A creditor o.pposed in person. He bad supplied the
bankrupt with groceries to the amount of 12/., and had
not been paid •farthing, although the bankrupt had •
school full of pupils whose parents paid him regularly.
His Honour said he must make • distinction between •
man of education like the bankrupt, whose business it was
to teach others, and ignorant men who came up in smock
frocks, barely able to write their own nausea. The order
would be suspended for six months, with limited protec-
tion.

Mr. Aldridge appeared for the official assignee, and Mr.
Dobie for the bankrupt.
(Before Mr. Registrar Spring Rice.)
IN RE HANNAH NEWINGTON.
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This case was recently before the court, on the bank-
rupt's application for release from custody, and attracted
some attention from the number of aliases borne by the
bankrupt, amongst which were Canning, De Horne, and
several others, the enumeration of which and her
various addresses occupies about twenty-sin line, in her
pfition. Her release was ordered on her finding bail.
The debts are edated at 2,3241. She ascribes her failure to
"illness and insufficiency of presents from friends."
This was the sitting for choice of assignees, but the pro-
ceedings were purely formal.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant Judge.)
A SHAM INSURANCE AGENT.

George IVillianal;;nr;son:-i7,efeiC: was indicted for
obtaining divers sums of money, ranging from :Is. to 10s.,
by false pretences, from various persons. There were six
' indictments against the prisoner.
Mr. F. H. Lewis (instructed by Messrs. Humphreys and
Morgan) prosecuted ; Mr. Richard Harris defended the
prisoner.
The mode the prisoner pursued was to ascertain from
certain papers that had fallen into his hands as to what
insurance offices persons had insured their property in, and
going there with certain blank forms of an ofhoe, urged
them to insure in that, as it offered very peculiar silvan.
taps. In a number of cases be succeeded in inducing
persons to consent to insure is the office named, they at
the same time filling up one of the forms he presented.
He stated that it would be necessary to peya certain sum for
the registration, and these sums were paid tohini,and they
saw no more of him. It was afterwards discovered that
the prisoner was not authorised to receive any applications
for insurance in the office, and that in fact they hail all
been swindled out of their money.
Mr. R. Harris said that the prisoner had formerly been
an accredited agent of an insurance company, and he be-
lieved he could obtain new subecribers for their office,
fully intending to pay over the money.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for two years.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

CLERKENWELL.
PRACAB BETWEEN TRADE-SEEN.

Mr. Hugh M'On ;tor' of 119, Penton ville.road, dentist,
waa summoned by Mr. Thomas Everett, trilor, of Penton-
street, Pentonville, before Mr. Cooke on a charge of
assault.

Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, appeared for the complainant, and
from his statement, which was borne out by the evidence, it
appeared that the complainant went to the defendant's
house about soma clothes that he had made for him, and a
dispute having arisen as to the amount the defendant
had to pay, the defendant became very excited, and called
the complainant a d—d scoundrel. The complainant,
fearing violence went towards the door, when the defend-
ant nished at him and drove his hand into the complain-
ant's face, caught him by the throat, and violently forced
him against the wall. The complainant at last got out of
the house and the following day asked the defendant to
apologise, as he would not, the present proceedings
were taken.

The defendant denied the charge' toto, and said that
the complair.ant had abused him. 'ammo
Mr. Ricketts said that while the parties had been in
court he had tried to get the defendant to apologise, but he
would not.
Mr. Cooke said the case was made out, and ordered the
defendant to pay a fine of 20s. and the costs, or in default
seven days hop-bailment.
The tine was paid.