The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-28 00:00:00

COURT OF OOMMON PLEAS.

tinge at Nisi Priam, in Kiddleeex.—(Before Lord Chief
Justice Bovill and a Special Jury.)

surrey Asa Irma v, marl AND mimic

This wasrsTaction- of ejectment to recover possession
of a piece of land at Poplar, which had been ppur-
chased 1842 by Mr. Green, the smineii
builder, and upon some of which there were afterwards
built some almshouses, whilst the remainder of the land
was used for a cemetery. Another eirainistanee was that
Mr. Green himself was buried in this
Mr. Gibbons appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Field,
Q.C., and Mr. W Williams for the defendant.
The Lord Chief Justice in the course of the case sug-
gested that instead of conbiing who should have posses-
mon of the burial plain of Mr. Green, the better course
would be to refer it to some gentleman at the bar to say
who had the legal title to the land, and in the event of the
decision being for the plaintiffs, that they. should convey
the land to the defendants upon being paid a sum to be
fixed by the arbitrator.
This course, after some discussion, was agreed to.
Of the two other cases on the list, one was referred and
the other was settled, and the court rose soon after 11
o'clock.

corrr OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.) 1
SIMEON V. SVDION.
Mr. Boyford for the petitioner, the wife of a tobacconist,
rese=. The marriage was in 1866, and the respondent
her two months afterwards. He had been guilty
of adultery, and
The court made a decree nisi, with costs.
rase= (Ti, gonna 'Amman)) E. TACIT.
Mr. Inderwick for the petitioner.
The marriage took place in 1862, the respondent being
scia a clerk to a reheat at Great Bt. Helen's, in the City.
He conduc himself towards the petitioner with some-
thing of • violence. Ones he threw her down
stairs au dieted seen. tvjeries upon her. Oa another
amid= hung himself, but his wife saved Ms life by
tutting Mu. He bad also been guilty of adultery,
and
The court made a decree nisi.
NOBLE C. NOELS AND SODIUM.
The petitioner, who appeared in person, was a tailor at
Ipswich. He married this respondent at Eating, in 1853,
and cohabited with her for about ten years. She then
left him, and she bad since contracted a bigamous marriage
with the co-respondent, Silus Oodman.
Decree nisi, but without costs.
EADOIETON V. PLAI7OHTON AND EDWARDS.
Mr. Searle for the petitioner, the house-surgeon at
Rochdale Dispensary. In 1863 he married the rieen-
dent, Miss Tournaire, a dancer at a music-hall in Man-
chester ; and she afterwards went to keep an engage-
ment at Bradford. Shortly afterwards she began to lire
with the leader of the orchestra.
I tDecree nisi with costs.

POLICE COURTEL-4THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.
DARING 111011 WAN ItOBBIZT.

Joh* Rya., aiTclaioal7,- up on remand
charged with stealiug.from the person of Alice Ferguson,
a leather bag containing sundry articles.
The prosecutrix, who said she lived at Springhead,
Gravesend, deposed that while balking down Oxford-
street at about halt past 3 in the afternoon, four b
of whom the prisoner is one, came reusing outer
Newton-street. They pushed up wait her
matched away her bag. One of ems Risked it
along the pavement, and the prisoner matched it up and
ran away with it. She told a hut she was so
excited she could remember no mare. arton,
1 1, chased the prisoner, and atter • _ tmmidt cap-
tured him with the bag which was *monied wader hie
coat. Nothing had since been seen of the other offenden,
but a remand was requested in order to endeavour to
apprehend them and to ascertain if there bad been any
previous convictions against the prisoner.
It was ultimately discovered that the prisoner had been
committed for three years to the Hammersmith Reforma-
tory', from which he bad only recently been liberated.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Hr. Vaughan said he
esteemed it a very
sserious case, and he could not do lees
than commit the prisoner to the House of Correction for
six months' imprisonment with hard labour.

ran woizmune anovirriows Aar.
Mr. Alfred Robot Naylor, of No. 6, St. James's-sheet,
Barnsbury-road, was summoned at the instance of the
vestry of Bt. Mary, blington, for having on the 3rd of
November two workshops or workplaces not kept in a
decent state, and not ventilated in each a manner al to
render harmless as far as practicable any gases, vapours,
dust, or other impurities generated in the course of the
work carried on therein, the same being a nuisance, or
injurious, or dangerous to health.
The summons was ultimately withdrawn, on the de-
fendant undertaking not to use the premises named in the
summons, viz., the underground room, as workshops, and
paying 11. be. as oasts.

A HOAX UPON THI MILITARY.—The Carlisle
Jaime! says the proosedinp at the polling-booths at
Brampton, on Thursday, were the quietest on record. Up
to the close of the poll t..e had not been a single fight
or • single window broken. Great, therefore, was tM
surprise of the inhabitants when, about lo'clock, a detach-
ment of the 40th Foot, under the command of Captain
Armstrong, marched into the town for the pur-
pose of quelling • riot. The soldiers, itspez
had been despatched from Carlisle by
= and for fear the Dandy should be upset
by colliers, it they travelled by the coal line from
Milton, the special train was stopped at the Tarn Main,
and the military marched thence to Brampton. On ap-
proaching the town they formed in regular order to be
ready for any emergency, but to their great surprise, when
they arrived within sight of the place there was
hardly any one to he seen near the polling booth, and the
street were quite orderly. The captain applied to • con-
duit magistrate (the Bev. Isaac Dodgeon) for orders, but
ha ha none to give, and the men were conse-
quently marched down to the police °See ; and
were afterwards supplied with rehnehm=te by the
tory committee, who had received instructions to that
effect from the tory managers at Carlisle. During the
sojourn of the soldiers in the town, Captain Thompson
waited upon the commanding officer and inquired, on
behalf of Mr. Howard, by whose authority or at whom
refined the troops had be= sent. Captain
replied that he bad been sent by orders of his 4=l,r=
a similar reply was given to a deputation of inhabitants,
who asked for a copy of the telegram requesting the
despatch of military from Carlisle. The detachment re-
turned to the Castle in the evenin A great desire is
manifested at Brampton to . who sent fn them,
for never were demon proceedings carried as In a more
orderly eammer.