The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-02 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY
COUNCIL—Jinx 1.
(Present Lord Romilly, Chief Baron Kelly , Sir J. Co'vile,
Sir E. V. Williams, and Sir L. Peel.)
GILL V. ItABSOW.-BANINI7PTCY IN KNOLAND AND THE

COLONIES
This was an appeal from a decision of the Court of
Common Pleas at Barlsuloes, by which the appellant,
Howard Gill, was sentenced to twelve months' imprison-
ment. He had been a merchant in that island, and in
April, 1867, when in England, was declared insolvent. In
September of the same year he was made bankrupt 'in Lon-
don, and eventually obtained his certificate. In 1865, when
at Barbadoes, his case was restored and he was sentenced to
twelve months' imprisonment, on which he appealed. The
question now raised was whether the bankruptcy in
England and the certificate ousted the jurisdiction in the
bankruptcy at Barbadoes.
Mr. E. W. Lord appeared for the appellant Gill ; Mr.
Forsyth, Q.C. and C. Poutifex appeared for the res-
pondent's creditor at Barbadoes.
Their lordship' were of opinion, without calling on Mr.
Forsyth, that the court at Barbadoes bad jurisdiction,
that the insolvency in the island was first in point of date,
and that the bankrupt had no ground to appeaL
The appeal was dismissed with costs.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—JULY 1.
SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Hannan and a Common Jury.)
81.1010218 v. HOLWILL.

This was an action for slander.
Mr. F. Turner was counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Hall
appeared for the defendant.
The parties reside at Woodford, the plaintiff's father
being a veterinary surgeon at Woodford, and the defen-
dant a baker at the same place. A disagreement took
place between the families, and the defendant had called
the plaintiff, a young lady 17 years of age, a strumpet.
As soon as the plaintiff's ease was opened the defendant
tendered a full and ample apology, which was accepted
and a juror was withdrawn. The object was the vindica-
tion of the young lady's character.

THE HOLBORN VALLEY WORN®.—These works
are making rapid progress towards completion. The first
portion of the permanent works has just been thrown
open to the public—namely, the Western Approach-street,
so called, which leads from Holborn at the southern end
of Hatton-garden to Farringdon-road. This street is in-
tended to accommodate the carriage traffic between the
low level of Farringdon-road and the high level of Hol-
born, and foot passengers will have the option of using
this new thoroughfare, or one of the four large public
staircases now in course of construction at the angles
of the Farringdon-street viaduct. The street is sixty
feet wide between the frontages of the houses, the
carriage way alone being 36 feet. The works which have
been completed within the last few weeks have brought
into view the new arrangements of the public way at the
western end of the Holborn Valley Viaduct, where there is a
circus 170 feet indiameter, or equal in size to Regent-circus,
Oxford-street. There six fines of thoroughfare will
diverge, the chief of them being the lize of Holborn,
running snit and west, and the Western Approach-street,
now completed, a new atroet leading from Farringdon-
road. at the foot of Holborn-hill, and Hatton-garden.
PAINFUL SCENE IN COURT.- -At the Berke Quar-
ter Sessions, held on Tuesday in the Assize-courts,
Reading, before Mr. Benyon, M.P., and other magistrates,
Charles Piggott, a young man respectably conneeteAl, was
charged with having stolen seven tickets of admission to
the grand stand at Ascot,value 3L 10a., the perty of his
masters, the trustees of the said stand; and James Bentley,
42, was indicted for receiving the above tickets on the 12th
of June, knowing them to have been stolen. Mr. Mon-
tagu Williams appeared fur the prosecution; Mr. J. 0.
Orifilts defended -Piggott, and Mr. Pater appeared for
Bentley. The prisoner Piggott is the son of an auc-
tioneer and house-agent carrying on business near Lon-
don, and during Ascot races ho was employed as ticket
taker at one of the entrance. to the grand stand, being
paid M. 104. for the four days. Mr. Skinner, the manager
of the grand stand, cautioned him that a watch would be
kept on the part of the trustees to check any dishonest
practices, and in the face of this the prisoner gave Bentley
seven tickets of admission. The learned counsel for the
prisoners addressed the court at considerable length, and
lbpersons gave Piggott an excellent character forlionesty,
respectability, &c. The chairman summed up, and the
ay found the prisoners guilty. The court sentenced
Piggott to four months' imprisonment in Reading gaol
with bard labour; and immediately the sentence had been
pronounced the prisoner's father fell senseless to the floor,
and moaned repeatedly, causing a great sensation in court:
He was carried- to an ante-room, and after a time re-
covered C011d0116111128. Bentley was also sentenced to four
months' imprisonment. Much sympathy was felt for the
friends of Piggott.

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" observes dlr Henry Marsh, Bart., Physician to lien
LT:PICT In Ireland, "the reviving and reenunating etrolts of a
regular daily wares at this animal Oil are highly shitietovlory.
De /avowable action en the systems is renovating ; It cheeks pro-
gressive emaciation, restores the yielding health Mulds, av it
a.m. the tottering firm, and Wags about a ;wet reissrkabla
dieser in all the v.tal fatioliags." Bold only in ospeulol
Hoff-pints, 21, (d. ; Pinta, 4s,
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