The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-15 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.(THIS DAY.)

FIRST DAY OF TERM.

Easter T, rut commencing to-day, the Lord Chen-
• :mconling to custom, entertained the judges, ger.
jeents, awl go, C 11.4 counsel at brenkfaat. Afterwards
Lord Cs.rrs and the judges proceeded to Westminster
eel opened their respective courts. There was • larger
c„,„,1 Lf .pectators than usual in the hall, es eke
sew LordChancellur, who for the first time since his ela
satinti to the Woolsack appeared in this public ceremony
es the hon.( a the profession. and his learned brethren,
•
aloe.: in full-dress robes accompnnied by their dB-
Pa
cer• 3nd ttaindearcrs. A practice hos grown up of late of
cheerine the new judges, and on this occasion the Lord
Chnocellor, Lord Justice Page Wood, Vim-Chancellor
Gill 4J. sod Mr. J usti .e Hansen wer. w..rmly cheered, en 1 a
• greeting ins given to Chief Jcsace Lookbuni,
cee.f iti-tne Loyal, stA sone otter jud_sy.

EQUITY COURT.
(Berme hancellor °Ward.)
It TICHBORNE—T.CII9OIISI V. MOITTN.
avplie,tion was made for leave so have these amen
rransfetr, to another branch of the court, cm the ground
OA the V ur-t'hanzellor had Been engaged la them se
counsel for one of the paraiem
Mr. Kap. od.o . sate ie the applioatien.
The Viee-Chanecllor said there could be no objectit n,
but in Mint of fact his permission was not required for
the transfer.
His lionotu rose shortly after 2 o'clock.

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
AN sWELLMOBSMAX.

A respectably.dreseed elderly man, who gave the name
It't , and described himself as a hone-dealer,
ea- •
charged before Mr. Alderman Wilson with loitering in
various banks in the City for the purpose of committing a
felony ; and he was likewise charged with stealing a 101.
noN.. the property of Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, railway
earners. I p.o.r Thames-street.
It .ipp,tred that Edward Hancock. a detective officer,
w.aclual the prisoner a° into different banks in Lombard.
• eet, Th rem !needle-street and elsewhere, witbout transact-
ing ..ny business. Eventually, as he was leaving one of
the offices liancock went up to him and asked what be
was doing there, he replied that he had been changing
• sot,. and he produced 10 sovereigns. The officer
toll him that was not true, and said he should take him
custedy, and the prisoner then begged him to take all
th mo..ey he had about him--14f. odd—mat let him go.
He eet then taken to the station and gave the name of
Willi do White. . _ _

Mr. Brown, a collector in the employment of Mosul.
(1, .I.lm and Horne, deposed that on the of
...r last ho was in Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co.'s bank
ply mg in a sum of money and put a 10f. and two X bank
notes ea the counter. His attention having been diverted
to! a moment, he suddenly missed the 10f. note, and turn-
lb; found, he saw the prisoner, who had been
stmling close beside biro walking towards the
door. Witness followed and seemed him of
tto theft, which he admitted, and producing the
is sic crumpled up in his hands, begged to be allowed to go,
was a respectable man with a large family. Witness
to.,k him to the manager of the bank, and after some con-
r. ion the prisoner was allowed to goon giving his name
aid address, which afterwards turned out to be false.

Is reply to the alderman, the prisoner said his address
America—(laughterl—and that he had no address
is England.
Alderman Wilson remanded him for a week.
CLERKEI4WELL.

NERIOUS citems AGAIN T A ITADIMMAII.

A Wits Raankill, a bonnet-shape waaufaotarer in an
e•tessive way of business, at 2, Lloyd-square, Clerkenwell,
ar la charged with indecently sassalting Mrs. Harriet
White, of Canal: terrace, Wharf-road. Bt. Pancras,.

Mr. Rickets, solicitor, prosecuted ; Mr. Thomas Wake.
ling, solicitor, defended ; and Mr. H. Allen, prosecuting
officer of the Associate Institute fur Enforcing the Laws
for the Protection of Women, watched the ease.

The complainant, who was.in tears, said—MT husband
is a police-constable in the employ of the Great Northern
Railway Company. I know the defendant, having worked
for hint about three weeks. On Monday night I went to
his house and took in my work. I walked into the work-
room as usual, put down my work, and bad some conver-
sation with the defendant. After that the defendant got
up and shut the door, and I felt very faint and ill. He
caught me round the waist and pushed me against the
will. I struggloil with him and called him a beast,
and then he put his bass in my back and again
pushed me against the wall. He then lifted my clothes.
The witness then detailed particulars that cannot be
vidished, and added: I made all the resistance I could,
but I did not call oat very loudly, as I was so faint. As
:coil as I could I left the house, and my female friend,
eb.. was outside, said, " How faint and all you look." I
did not communicate what had occurred to her, because
shu bola gentleman with her. As soon as I got home I
tOl.l une of the lodgers of what the defendant had done
al, ii my husband came home I told him what had
it 1.;.,
• • smeineil by Mr. Wakeling—l have worked for
: lint about three weeks, and he has never coin-
niy work. When the defendant was&stealt-
h., i I •• Don't," as loud as I could. I do not
LLOWa there was anyone in the front parlour that
r., that took place. I used nay hands to re-
, as I could. I have born married 15 months.
itaivs of my frock were torn, as was my petticoat,
r. 11 ~tl. I said to my friend outside that I was
I hid. After that I went with her and her young
n..s to a public house, and had a glue of ale, she saying
0..: I would do me ;clod.
l',,:ie...ionstable Ranger. 199 G, said, that when he
I the prisoner with the offence, he replied—" Is it
I wouhl do such a thing as that—l have a wife of
The prosecutrii was then called in, and iden-
i :ie. defendant, and then he said—" You are doing
. n.mcy, and I will have you up for it."
die remanded the case, and said he would take
I. Nu Nureties in the sum of 401. each, and the
lint Isiinwlf in $O/.

•ELLIOt ANSAULT ON A WIFE.
/. Plrfiett, aged 27, of 35, Clarendon-street,
• •- ; .Ivstribed on the charge sheet as a smith,
• •with ass tidting and endangering the life of
L • lily L•artlett.
A. II promecuting alter of the Associate tomti-
t • r Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women,
!. .1 ti raw.
I%,'.....rge:ttA older, Iti Y, handed in the following

" ht. Pancras Infirmary, April 15, 1%8.
I fy tLit Elizabeth Bartlett is now in the St.
1 .ind is too ill to attend the court.

" F. W. Cresols, M.D."
• ..,t,nct f Police-sergeant Farrell, 26 Y, was to
' •terday he went to the above house and
v..!thel ins on the bed in an apparently dying
veered with blood, and her face was very
Ile had her removed to the infirmary, and
the .I,fendant 1•47 apprehended, and when told
he " If you had been in my place you
..aale as I dui. I went home last night and
n. the dtr,r, found a man and my wile on the bed.
r.. . n zut up and ran down stairs, sad then I hit my
ki,Ltd her, but I did not nes any instrument.
- ,he richly deserved."
, 'cod ant Paid it was all true what the constable
;. • ' lle was annoyed at finding the man on the
. .

rouauded the defendant for a week for the
of the wife.

IN rAI.I.ERVINIC GOWN IN BINHOPSGATZ.
..(,rtiiit.; a numeronsly attended meeting of the
the ward of Buthopsgal was held at the
• • trn "to concert measures ,or the election of
m to till the vacancy CALM I by the death of
•.m opeland." Mr. M. -mod occupied the
I Mr. Deputy Owden h I serrtid the ward
'or canny years, and he bell Jed the ratepayers
do better than elect tha• gentleman. Mr.
oed a n•solution to the toffee- that Mr. Deputy
• , a fit and proper person to .epeeecnt the wrrd
.It of ..hltrmen. Mr. Swain seconded the motion
called unanimously. It is understood the
1..11 take place on the 'l7th iu t.

. - -
' 1....1uENT To A VoLuNT t.;;R. —A lament-
resulting from rashness ..r carelessness, 00.-tter.lay
.-tter.lay morning at the Basingstoke station of
.lie Western Hailw.ty. A number of Volunteers
• e.l there from the review at Portsmouth, and am
ne ong
11010, Russell Johnson, a tailor, a member of
seethe's or sonth.western srtills;ry corps. It
• thet We. reAtuent had not taken any part in the
but .lo*lnuton had put en his uniform to be able
;:' • the teduced fares. While waiting at the station
v. to printed on his journey, he crossed the line
4 chick a.m., passing under a luggage train that was
there• and was just about to step towards the
when the train was shunted, and the wheels
•.. r Lis thighs. indicting a compound fracture
• - •'.. of both legs. He was immed..tely
gentlemen of the teens, where
e;.: till the next down train, when be was con.
the eannty Hospital at Winches sr, which he
k quarter to sin the morning. Ks was quite
*hen lie urriveci at the hospital, but never sal-
from the shock to permit of an operation
• I...funned. He died yesterday shaman, about
.; Decoasea was 27 years of age. He
••••
,a ight in the wheel as he passed
• mnue4t will be held.