The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-21 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

LAMBETH.

Julia Beelie, an inmate of Lambeth workhouse, who
seemed to be sufferiag from paralysis and nearly total
blindness, applied to Mr. Elliott for • warrant inst a
female named Boldly, also &resident fn Lambethworkhoose
Mr. Dixon, the mooed usher, Wormed his worship that
a few days ago the applicant addressed • letter so the Hon.
G. C. Norton, and that guiltiness) had desired him (Dixon)
to make the necessary inquiries respecting the subject-mat-
ter of her ootnplaint. From thew inquiries he found that
the applicant, from her &filiation', had bees an inmate of
Lambeth workhouse for seven or eight years, and for a por-
tion of that time had been permitted to act as assistant
nurse in the foul ward for females. In that position she
was enabled, by her kindness and attention to the ardor- ,
tunate inmates, and their gratuities of halfpence aed
peace, to save up as math asl7s., but the labour of preserv-
ing this sum from the knowledge of the nurse sad the work-
house authorities was a task requiring more than ordinary
care and iageouity. She was obliged to sew it up pence by
panoe, as she received it, is her stays ; sad fearing she
should knelt all, she requested a person on whom she
could depend —a Moe. M`Donnold, who had called to see
her, to paws the seventeen shillings and bring her the
duplicate. Mrs. hi'Dotusold discharged the trust reposed ta
her by pledging the seveatees ail 'nes at Mr. Folkard's,
the pawnbroker, and brought the appplicatit the ticket.
Mr. Elliott —What ! pawnel money ?
Dixon—Yes, sir ; and the applicant thought it was all
rightand safe. A female ismer* of the workhouse, named
Scully , by some mesas or other caught sight of the
duplicate and discharging herself from the house, at ones
proceeded to Mr. Folkard'a, and requested the usual form
of declaration for the pledge, stating that she had lost the
original duplicate, and it was given to her. This declara-
tion she got signed by his worship at this court, sad re.
*sired the seventeen shilliogs, less the interest. Scully
spent the mousy in • short time and thou returned to the
workhouse, and the object of the present application wee
to obtain a warrant monist bor.
The warrant was at once granted.

THE LAW OF BANKIIIIPTOY.—Yesterday, at the
Judges' Members, three applications were made in me
case to discharge • debtor oat of wasted, on the mound
that he had executed a deed of arrangement under the
Bankruptcy Act. Mr. Allen was counsel for the defendant.
end the applications were opposed. The point invoiced
was as to a deed executed before and after au arrest. In
this ease the deed vu after the streak ead Mr. Allen sub-
' =hied that m it pee protection from arrest, it al o gave
protection u to an exisuog detention by a writ of ca. ea.,
and he founded his argument on the Bankruptcy Act of
1861, and also oe the 112th section of the Act of 1849. Mr.
Taylor objected to the validity of the deed and discharge
of the debtor under such • document. Mr. Justice Willa
suggested that on • deed executed after an arrest be had
no power to release. The debts and costs should be brought
Into court. Mr. Allen said the debtor, by the deed. bad
denuded himself of all hie property. His lordship refused
to discharge on other terms, and made an order is the Mime
actions that the defendant be discharged on bringing the
debts and mats into court.

Tors Caasaa iieI'ORGIICO THE COMITIMS OF
Etmi.raw's WILL.—At the Westmiaster Folios-court yester-
day, Mrs. As.. Ouse, of Wistertoo-hooee, St. Joba're
wood, appeared in discharge of her 1,0001. bail to answer
the charge of forging two signatures to the will of the late
Countess Caroline Bellew, sad with felonlowly uttering the
name with intent to defraud. Joseph Verlander also ap-
peared to answer a charge of perjury respecting the sig.,
oatares to the tame armament. Some farther evidence was
adduced, and the cue was adjourned to this day (Wed I
ageday).
Diem PROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—Igiat even-
ing Mr. Richards. deputy maser, held an inquiry at the
Prince of Wales Tavern, Arbour-square, Stepney, touching
the death of Mrs. Isabella Brock, aged
.45 years. The de-
ceased was the widow of a master mariner, and she kept
for some years put a lodging-house (her own property)
for medical and commercial men at 7, Wellesley-street,
Stepney. She gave way to drink latterly tom extraordinary
extent, visiting the public-hones 12 times a day for plate
and pots of beer and spirits. The police on one cousion
found her walking abroad clad only in one under garment,
and labouring under delirium tremens. The last time she
was seen was on Monday week, when she knocked at Mr.
Young's, the pawnbroker's, before Bin the morning, to
• pledge a sheet to get money for drink. She bad been ma
walking up and down outside the pawnbroker's with the
' sheet nyder her arm from 2 o'clock in the morning, wait-
'leg for the establishment to open. On Friday last the
police looked in through bee kitchen window, and saw her
Ibody lying, nearly waked, on the floor. Dr. Morton was
called in, and stated that she bad bees dead for two days
e c lat. It was at first supposed that she bad strangled
but it was mortals's:l that she died from the
Weds of drink. All bee lodgers had left her on account
et her immoderate drinking. The jury reused a verdict of
" Death from exhaustion from exceseive drinking of beer
sad ardent spirits."
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