The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-08 00:00:00

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Th, 4 WsiS ansistslicat ion •or an order on the solicitor to
....t.;isces, Mr. lb..vesley. to pay into the coast
t•-1, L, L.al rue. ircki w. part of the bankrupt'. e.state.
Mt. Kegley supportkit the -.lspliciiEon; Mr. Sasgood op•
p—,••l it.
It that :in action had been brought by Mr.
liZl,2lyi,ll, the assign. V. .114.sib,t p.atie. who hail pro.
',ivy of the bankrupt'. in their po,sesssion ; the matter
was 11. f, to Arbitration. and an swum .U 8 made in

fa'-or thr aAslght, fur /., winch soul hail boen re-
c he Mi. Peveiiey. It that Mr. Peorrley
tail ionittor claim for vat kill. I..ytneuts wade on account
of the
Aiti, some 41i-c ussion a. to the items,
His Honour made nu oolet tit .t Mr. Peverley
within is wade. pay into court lie.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Tills l).11..)

(Before the Recorder.)
rn~rsecrrmsr.

.Virchnot, :ts, a I,to.r.carticr employed in the
General l'ust•nttice. %yds indicted for feloniously stettling
front a letter cot post.tge .tamps, the property of her Ma.
Jcd 's l'itittitasterdiuret al.

Mi. Metclfe, with who.., w. Mr. StrAight (instructed
ty M, . Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office authorities), mi.
pcAle.l for the pro,iecution, the prisoner was deft:tided
I,y Mr. Pater.

11, wcs the onlin..ry case of a robbery being iliscoverol
by n :sots of a test letter. It appeared that in consequence
of complaints reading the Post.ultiee from the district in
winch the prison. r was eiti.ll.)T.l to deliver letters, a test
bud. with sixty m .eked po•tage stamps, was made up on
the 1-411 lbecetiiher last, :.1111 directed to a Mr. Jones, &
stctioner. living in AIM-vs.:ate-street. This letter fell to
the prisoner's lot to deliver, but it never readied Mr.
11.41111, 1.. It hull! it W., The primmer, when taxed
with the non-delivery, .1,14..1 that be had ever received
the letter in ; but Liter in the same day it appeared
that the prisoner 1..01 sold I s, worth of stamps to a young
lad neon.•l Mayrill, einl.l.yed at a post.othce receiving, lualse
iu .11.11isate-st.. et, and :....oast the stamps he sold was
the sheet of st sty
MI. I'. tie sai.l he could 1..4 combat this evidence,
and then-fore he should .1. chile to address the jury for
the defence. lie could only appeal to the court for its
merciful consideration. hisoner had been in the army and
served in the Crimea, where he gained two medals and a
nuall pension, but lately Leal given way to drink, and
hi nmr his present position.
Tin jury return...l a 5tr.11.4 of Goifty.
Tic. Recorder said, in e-ousi,leration of the fact that by
thi: conviction the prisoner would lose his p,nsion, the
court would not p.es till- ,tit,hve of penal servitude usual
is such cotes. The sentence WWI that he be imprisoned,
With hard labour, for IS cal- ndar months.

111 E toNt lIE ‘IETIto•POLITAN R 11I.WAT.

Mr. :sleigh made an app!ica tint, to the court in this case
—that the recognisatices of the w itnesses in the charge of
manslaughter arising out of the tthove accident should be
respited to the nest session, and that no bill should he
preferred at the present sittings of the court. Ile said
that fifteen witnesses were bound over or requested to
attend before the grand jury at the present session. and
oat of that number, from souk cause ur other, only two or
three were in attendance. Messrs.Lewisand Lewis had only
been very recently instructed to prosecute, and they
felt that under the circumstances it would not be advis-
able to prefer a bill against tie defendants at this session,
but that the best course to take would be to let the case
stand over to the nest lebbioll.
The Recorder said he considered it was not advisable
that the charge should hang over the heads of the defen-
dants fur another session if it could be disposed of at the
present one, and be suggested that inquiries should he
made with a view to see whether the defendants could
not ho tried upon the coroner's inquisition.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAV.)

SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
A GoAT IN CO HT.

A I ieharl Conner, tinel-de:II:a sailor, was indicted
for ate:sling a goat, value 10s., the property of John
Sullivan.

The pri,,oner pleaded not guilty.
John Sullivan, of 15, Ws, 'house-buildings. Whitechapel,
said he was a labourer, and on the 27th of December he
was iu the Sidney smith public-house, Dock-street,
Whiteehapel, and had a goat with him, which wu held by
a!trlng.

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Mr. Payne—A goat ! Where is it!
Witness—lt is here, my lord. (Laughter.)
Mr. Payne—Bring it in. (Renewed laughter.)
Witness—Yee, my lord.
The goat was accordingly led into court, and its intro-
duction to his lonlship caused a deal of amuse-
ment. When the quadruped in question arrived it
did not seem to understand it, new position, and looked
mond and round until it I.IIV his lordship, when it made
a bleating noise, and as cell kliaviour was likely to inter-
rupt the business of the court he was immediately ejected,
amidst shouts of laughter.
Eviden,o resumed—The prisoner, with two other men
who were in the public-house, rubbed against me and took
the goat from me. I was a little the worse for liquor. I
tried to follow them when they went out, but was pre-
vented.

John Pales, 09 U, said—l saw the prisoner come out of
the public house with the goat and I took it from him.
Prosecutor then charged him a ith robbery, and I took him
into custody.
The jury Acqeditted the prisoner.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

ROWSTREET.
ASSAULTING A PRIVATE CoNsTAIILE AT THE OLYMPIC