The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-20 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
After Term Nisi Prins sittings at Guilehall.—(l3e6
d Mr. Justice Mellor an a Common Jury.) .
JUDD a. RASIDDIO.
This was an action to try the right to certain household
furniture. The defendant pleaded several pleas, on
them being that the goods in question were furniture psa
chased for the express purpose of enabling one
Adams to carry on the occupation of a prostitute.
Mr. H. C. Cole, Q.C., and Mr. Joyce were moue] fed
the plaintiff ; Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. Pearce am,
oounsel for the defendant.
The plaintiff is a linendraper in High-street, St. Jae,.
wood, and the defendant is • furniture broker in Yu*.
bone-road, end toe question was the right to certain ior.
niture which the plaintiff claimed under a bill of salq
Annie Adams, who was living under the pratemit
of • gentleman named Hyams, at Lime-villa, 'web
lingtoa-road, St. John's-wood, and had been kadv,
to the plaintiff as • customer for some tine
Mrs. Clifford. Hyams and Adams frequently ei;
to his shop and purchased goods, and on one wanes
Hyams complained that he found it very expensive to po,
three guineas per week for the furnished house, ope
which the plaintiff suggested it would be much better ke
Mr. Hymns to purchase the furniture. Mr. liyam ho
not the means of purchasing the property, bed ti
was eventually arranged that plaintiff should numbs**
furniture, and take • bill of sale as security foe ihs
money. Plaintiff accordingly purchased the furniture fer
1401., and in August, Miss Adams being indebted to bid
in a nun of money, a bill of lisle was even by
Adams (Hyams having purchased the goods for ha' is
the
.plaintiff for 1951. It was arranged between ea
that Rpm' should pay down 201., sad
balaooe by monthly instalments of 81.65. Bd. The y
were paid, and the instalments for some time, It
January, 1866, Hyams left Miss Adams, and she be,
acquainted with Captain Gould, and in the autumn, tkes
being several instalments due, Captain Gould gave its
plaintiff a cheque for about lot., which, however, v
eventually dishonoured, and he ltimately gave the olie.
tiff a bill of exchange for 901. for the balance, which,
also dishonoured. -Miss Adams afterwards sold the ills'.
tare to the defendant for WI.

The plaintiff was called, and in addition to the slam
statement said he gave receipts to Miss Adams in her
name. There was no interest named in the bill of ow,
but it included 151.15 e. bonus for purchasing the tannins.
In cross-examination be stated that he had knows
Annie Adams for five or six years, and how she was living.
Captain Gould succeeded to Hymns. (Plaintiff thee vim
into the account, which appeared to be of a rather ea.
pleated character.) Up to October, 1866, there iral a
balance due from Annie Adams of 751., and in that NM*
Adams drew a four months' bill for9o/. Is. 6d., which ins
accepted by Captain Gould, and endorsed by Adams me
the plaintiff.
Mr. lieeant Ballantine—Which was duly paid?
Plaintiff—Unfortunately not. (Laughter.)
Mr. serjeent Ballantine—And Captain Gould and tie
lady have both gone?
Plaintiff—Yes ; and I have not been able to find the,
Captain Gould gave him a cheque for 26/. which was pa
Captain Gould gave a second cheque for 36/. (part of It,
money lent, and 11. interest) which was not paid. Asa.
amnion was put in for rent. He never said to anyone that
be had taken Gould's bill of exchange to replace the bald
sale, but as Gould was gone he should stick to dr
furniture. Never promised to take the bill of sale
Miss Adams. He hail no recollection of having had giro
to him • policy of insurance. He made inquiries slims
Captain Gould of his agents in Pall-mall, and ?
good account of him, he took his acceptance
for the amount in arrears. Adams was in debt to

named Hart, and he introduced plaintiff to a paws
Harvey to discount Captain Gould's bill. He did
he had taken up the bill to square up all accounts.
Re-examined—The bill of exchange, if it had been paid,
would have settled up aIL (The plaintiff was enamel
bow he made up 901., but he seemed to so misapprehend al
the questions put to him that the learned judge °Mend
he had got the thing into such inextricable continue the
it was impossible to understand it.) It ultimately twin
out that a subsequent private account of Miss Adams In
been included in the amount. After the bill was give
Kiss Adams asked for the bill of sale, but he refund a
Fromit until the bill of exchange was paid. He ascension
from the agents that Captain Gould was on the stalf
the Bengal native infantry.
Mr. Serjeant Ballantine, for the defendant, mid
should not support the plea of immorality to defeat th
plaintiff's claim ; but he should ask them to give their se
diet for the defendant on the substantial merits et is
ease. There was only one instalment of $l. Cs. MAN
on the Ist of September, 1866, and the phintiff bs
no right now to introduce an account for dispel
subsequently had as secured by the bill of al
on the furniture. The plaintiff might have nth
• bad bargain in taking the bill of exchange and timelier;
but he could not now come back on the bill of ale
Captain Gould was anxious to relieve the furnitan from
ineumbrance, and the plaintiff willingly took the if
exchange in payment. Miss Adams considered the gent
had reverted to her, and in that belief sbe sold to it
plaintiff about 541. worth of the furniture and took tas
remainder.

[Theeaae was proceeding when our report left.l

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.

The May adjourned general sessions of the peas for tie
county of Middlesex commenced this morning stile
Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Boaz
ass istantlndge; Mr. Joseph Payne, deputy-wets
*
judge ; and a bench of magistrates.
The calendar contains the names of 95 prisoners CO.
mitted for trial—of whom 86 are indicted for felony,' fs
misdemeanour. The offences 0011lifl:. of robberies from ths
person, stealing in dwelling-houses, embezzlement by et.
rants, robbery from the London and North Western Ink
way Company, robbery from the Crest Northern KW.,
Company, assaulting members of the metropolitan ples
force whilst in the execution of their duty, lead desk%
rescuing a prisoner whilst in the lawful custody of limbs.
constable, and several other offences.
The state of education of the prisoners was reporkd ra
follows :—Can neither read nor write. 22 ' • can read alb
12 ; read and write imperfectly, t 7 ; read sad vim
well, 4.

THE POLICE COURTS
(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
STIALING A CHEQUE-
William Rowan, a porter, was placed at the her
remand, before Alderman Hale, charged with gain:
cheque from his master.
George Pavel.)). said—On Friday, the '22nd of lane la
he sent the prisoner, who was a porter in his emplse,"
the Itirkbeck Bank with a cheque for 16/. to get Gabel,
and bring the proceeds back to him. He had not seats
since until he was in custody, fur he never mturnad to d 1
work.
Henry Horace Browse, clerk in the Birkbeck Bak
Southampton-buildings, produced the cheque in imam
which he cashed on the 22ad of June, 1866. It was pe
vented for payment by a boy, but he could net Meath
the prisoner as the boy. He paid it in two 51. Iss. d
silver and 61. in gold, late in the afternoon of that day.
Henry Canons, 444 A, said on Monday night he west*
Peter's-hum, Cow-cross, and apprehended the prisoner ea
a warrant issued from this court. As soon as the prude
saw him be said he knew what witness warted line he.
He further said it was about a cheque, and it was WOO
two young men he had met on the mail, hut that it hid
come home to them both, for they had since got IS raw*
each. The prisoner had been previously convicted.
The prisoner said he had only been convicted NOW
one month. He had nothing to say in defence.
Alderman Hale fully committed him for trial.
MARLBOROUG H-STREET.

RAIIIBIRY AT A RAILWAY sTATRA.
Wm. Thomas, • lad, was charged before Mr. }fwie
with stealing • purse containing W. from the pens,"
Mrs. Charlotte Jennings, of No. 17, New Unioirstreet,
Moorfields.
The peosecutrix rid—Last night shout 10 o'zleck 1 mod
standing in company of my husband on the plalk!"'
the Portland-road station of the Metropolitan Rml"y'
there being a large number of persons there at the tat
waiting for a train to the City. I noticed the prieomr;
keep standing close to me, and he pushed again., me
kept following nie. Suddenly I felt something belga
my pocket, and on turning round I SOW the
my puree. containing MI. in gold and some silver, m
II
bawl. We seized the prisoner, lint be succe,dol Pd°
ins the puree to a man in the crowd.
Mr. Jennings, husband of the prosecutrit. OS
similar evidence,
• eitil
Policemonstable James Thompson, NM sanl ,
duty last night in Osnaburg-street, when I was fedi,.
the Portland-road station of the 'Weil:round Railwaysf
the prisoner was given in ch..rge for stealing the
cntn is purse containing SI. ( searching the prisoir,
found some coppers in his pocket, and in his hoot 45..4
Mr. Mansfield —Did he make any answer to the chef.'
Constable—He did not.
Mr. Mansfield—ls he known'
Inspector Hubbard—l cannot say at prevent, bus
believe if he is remanded he will be known.
Mr. Mansfield remanded the prisoner for a week.

WEST/ON:3ITR.
A
Mr. Samuel Nicholas Ca , a gentleman 111.0,1,1% Of
years or age, was charged with baring been .hunk •••
disorderly.
Polioe-oonstahle Cregen, 1% 8, said, that at • Col
put 11 last night he was on duty in the 11e grive"`"
Pimlico, when he saw a number of pimple maembledelf"
site 89, F.celeston-square, and found the defendant n!tP.l,6
the bell and knocking at the door there. He W"
and riotous, and witness took him into custody.

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Mr. Self.—
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to the ezeit
being drunk"
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Defendant.
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Witueaa—Ves. _ -
IP-fenilant's explanation was this—He directed a cabman
t...1ri.,, hint to St. lieorges•rivid, and u he drove to Bel-
-- se•nvol instivel, accused made a mistake in the house
te be wvnt. :Ind was very much annoyed at Baling
It W.,, not his friend's. A mob soon collected, u the
~,,,ziptrate must know mob. soon would.
Mr. selfr - What do you say to being drunk
lirfendant-1 don't wish to contradict the constable as
t.. the eNeitement I laboured under, but I don't admit
br:e.tdrunk I don't wish to impute anything to the
tendible. I was excited. I should be very happy to put
in th.• poor•box instead of paying a Roe.
(gr. Srlfi• 1 must not enrich the poor-box at the expense
IA her M.inety ; that won't do.
iraendint —I would rather do that.
Mr. Selfe I see you arc a solicitor.
1 iefeatrit —Yes.
Mr. s,•lfe • Then you must pay accordingly. You are
:AP,' bk. 1.1. (Laughter.)
It w.O immediately paid.
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)17THWARK.
mwrm rick 'Nu IN WI RK ROOMS.

roh4ri,o- Marra. 42. an inmate of Bermondsey Work-
touse. W:01 charged with refusing to perform the work
alloted to her by order of the master of that establish-
ment.
lallor, the taskmaster, gave evidence that the prisoner
vas an inmate, and at 2 in the afternoon he received
orders to place her in the oakum shed to pick oakum. She
refused to perform the work, and the master gave her
into custody.
The defendant, a decent-looking woman, said that she
hot been scrubbing from 7 till 11, and she thought it very
h3el.ifter that to be sent to the minim shed, which was
a pace of punishment for disorderly inmates, more like •
tri•on than anything else.
The master denied that. He was bound by the Poor-law
Feud to put able-bodied females to work, and he ordered
her to pick oakum.
Defendant assured his worship that the oakum-shed was
disonlerly females, and she did not think she had done
scything to disgrace herself to be put there.
The Magistrate asked the muter whether it was in-
t. sled as a -,sunishment towards her.
The master replied in the negative. It was only used to
restrict her from wandering over the house agitating the
ether females and those who would not work when left to
themselves. In fact, he had caught the prisoner doing her
own fancy work, and the oakum-shod was set apart to pre-
vent that.
The Magistrate asked what authority he bad to set her
at such work.
The master replied that the act of parliament gave it to
him.
The Magistrate asked if he put well-conducted females
to oakum picking generally.
He replied not as a rale. It was not considered punish-
ment.
The Magistrate, after examining the set of parliament,
consi.lered the master had exceeded his duty in placing the
woman to oakum picking under the circumstances. It was
an evasion of the act of parliament, therefore lie should
discharge the prisoner.