The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-10 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

EQUITY COURT.
(llefore Vice-Ch►ncellor Sir W. Page Wood.)
IN RE CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS CORPANY.

Tie a. re I. :trijourneil sunanonses and motions, to
n. pending the approval by the court of a scheme
of ‘rr.r..i, 7cent between the company and their creditors.
provisions of the Railway Companies Act of
.n.
Hr. WaS the first instance of an application of the kind
Icinch of the court.
Wlll,,ock, QA'., Mr. Gifford, Q.C., Mr. Wm.
r . t;.C., Mr. Cotton, Q.C., Mr. Druce, Q.C., Mr.
Mr. W. W. 3lakeson, Mr. John Edwards, Mr.
t Mr. Joseph W. Chitty, Mr. F. C. J.
Mi. Martineau, Mr. Stallard, Mr. Fry,
,::.,I,:m Hastings, Mr. W. Pearson, Mr. Rowcliffe,
W. W. Cooper, Mr. J. L. Bird, Mr. Frederick Waller,
Moron. Mr. A. Smith, Mr. Langley, Mr. Crack-
, ,1. l Mr. W. F. Robinson appeared in the various
tt
. . . . .

ice-Chancellor considered the scheme to be a boull

wade an order whereby it would be con•
• I u.ti. subject to the very important question as to the
of the landowner, upon which he should reserve his
t until next week.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN LIE CAROLINE CU RSE:IN._

To, h-inkrupt, who was described as of Lancaster-ter-
? . Lincaster.road, Notting-hill, widow, applied for an
r of discharge.
Mr. Aldridge appeared for the official assignee And said
,s., was a peculiar one. The bankrupt only owed 2/.
r own account but she had incurred Habil.
t of over SW/. on bills accepted by her for
th, accommodation of a gentleman named Banich,
ling at Bath. Mr. liaulch had since died,
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a.l the billet were left unpaid. There was no objection to
tLr bud.rupt passing, she having furnished particulars,
du,cted by the court, relative to her interest under
ha father's will. . _

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The bills were all held by Stetekey's Banking Company,
. . .

Mr. 11.1.*y, who supported, said it was surprihw
the bank could have discounted the bills, the bankrupt
being a lady of no status in the world.
llis Honour granted the order of discharge.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
EXTENSIVE SEIZURE or CoINING MATERIALS. b:C.
.T.lta I'l,, aged 60, who described himself as a tailor,
and said he had a small income on which he lived, but
who is said by the police to have been a coiner for the last
:and Elite Se, et, who said she was his servant,
but who is alleged by the police to be living with him as
his wife, were brought up on remand charzed with having
it their possession a large quantity of base coin, with
miterials and apparatus for its manufacture.
On the 341 th ult. Mr. Brannan, the officer specially en.
ga,;eil by the Mint authoritics,went with his son, Inspector
Brannan, of the F division, Inspectors Garforth, of the E
division, and Fyfe, of the G division, and other offi-
cers, to the prisoners' lodgings, at No. 1, Blooms-
bury-court, Holborn. They went upstairs to the
third floor front room, and finding it fastened Inspector
Brannan broke it in with a sledge hammer, and they
entered the room. Vino was seated at the fire
with a cleft stick in his hand, in which was fixed
a counterfeit florin, the edge of which he was filing. Upon
seeing Inspector Brannan enter he jumped up. rushed at
him with a knife in his hand, and made a stab at his throat.
Mr. Brannan, however, pushed the prisoner back from his
son, who thus escaped injury. TLe prisoner was seised
by the officers. The female prisoner was engaged in
clipping the edges of counterfeit florins with a scissors.
She was taken into custody by Sergeant Ackrell,
of the F division. On the fire was • pot,
fell of molten metal, such as is used in coin-
ing. In the room were found nine double and seventeen
single moulds for coining sovereigns, half-sovereigns, half.
crowns, florins, napoleon', la., galvanic batteries,
and other materials for making, colouring, and coat-
ing base coin, with also the following specimens of
the manufacture : 5 half.erowns, 122 florins, 13
sixpences and 20 napoleons. It was stated that from
time to time Vine hail kept establishments for this manu-
facture in different parts of London.
Vine said it was the first time that the girl had taken
any part in the work, or had known anything about it.
They were committed for trial.

SOUTHWARK.
COMMITTAL OF A POLYGAMIST.

A well.dressed, middle-aged, gentlemanly-looking
named leorix Pearr,, described as a surgeon, was brought
up for final examination, charged with intermarrying with
Catherine Pearce, his drat wile, Eruelia Pearce, being
then and now living. He was also ch►rged with having been
convicted at Glasgow in 1865, of bigamy.
Mr. Chipperfield. of Trinity.street, appeared for the
prisoner; and Mr. 11. Allen, the prosecuting officer of the
Associate Institute for Enforcing the Laws for the Protec-
tion of Women, watched the case on behalf of the society.
Henry West, a grocer, carrying on business at d 4,
White-street, Coronet, said that he knew the prisoner,
and on the 2`nd of September last he was present at St.
Mary's Church, Newington, when he was married to
Catherine Pearce ; sheawaa, however, no relation to him
whatever, but a very respectable and industrious young
woman.

Alice Amelia Syria said she also knew the prisoner, and
WAS present as bridesmaid in St. Peter's Church, Wal-
worth, on the Ist of April, 1844, when he was married
to Emetic Pearae, his first wife, now in attendance.
Catherine Pearce, a very respectable-looking young
woman, said that she became acquainted with the prisoner
about March last, when he was an assistant to a surgeon in
extensive practice et Newington. He told her he was a
single man. Believing that, she was married to him at
Eh. Mary's Church, Newington Butts, on the 2nd of Sep-
tember last. A short time ago she ascertained that be
hal two wives living, and he was given into custody.
William Moore, M, who apprehended the prisoner,
reduced the certificate of the first marriage, at St. Peter's
Church, Walworth, on the lit April, 1844. He bad com-
pared it with the register in the vestry.
Inspector Darner, P division, also produced the certifi-
cate of the marriage of the prisoner with Catherine Pearce,
on the 2nd of September last, at St. Mary's, Newington.
He also said he was present in the Justices' Court in Glas-
gow, on the 27th of December, 1865, when be was tried
and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour for bigamy.
Mr. Chipperfield reserved his defence, and the prisoner
was committed to Newgate for trial.