The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-08 00:00:00

LAW LNTELLIGEIIOII
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COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE W. J. 130.18.—THR VICTORIA TRIATRL.
Thia was a sitting for last examination and die:barge.
louknitat, William James Bose, was demaibed m late
j the Victoria Theatre, Waterloo-road, and elsewhere,
il•catrieal manager, and now of Waloot-place, Bennington•
out of business. He applied to the of
on his own
tition. in consequence, as he alleges, of the failure of
Bears. Frampton and Fenton, late lessees of the Victoria
Ltre, to whom be had advanced large sums of money.
un-ecured debts are 452/. ; liabilities upon smoommo-
doion Dills, 92. V., and there are no assets. The creditorsthe
inch pie s number of actors, actresses, and employes at
I trona Theatre.
Mr. Stubbs, for the assignees, did not oppose ; Mr.
r,,,,eit.on Griffiths was counsel for the bankrupt.
Thr Coinrciasioner (referring to the accounts) asked for
,-..r information about the accommodation bUle.
„3tlJ;(*rillfithadsai;l,oool., that thanedbanwukrulittnhacamnirly fr:dm,islenadiato
Messrs. Frampton and Fenton in the manage-
of ; the Victoria Theatre, but being unaoctistomed
'tried speculations he lost his money. The bills
.eenpted in order to provide funds for the payment of
painters, ballet dancers, and other employes at
• ..'.eitra whose claims had to be discharged weekly.
the bankrupt incurred those liabilities he mina-
th,t be was fully secured upon the lease
, , theatre, but it having been thrown suddenly
hands through the failure of Means. Frampton
• Felton his only chance of retrieving himself was to
.er the place open by producing piooes suited to the
of the people on that side of the water. At length
v compelled to succumb under the pressure of in-
atticulties, and accordingly filed his petition. He
before.
• IR, 11..finar —lt seems to me, notwithstanding what has
Is•srn that the bankrupt had no right to throw waste
L'
I ri into the market.
t.el. i.krupt stated that 1,20 W. was originally given
forth, lelne and he considered he was fully secured
~-,fie[ the responsibilities he had undertaken.
11,mour granted the order for discharge.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Justice Shoal
7-11: LAMBETHPRM PRDER.—
OCEEDINGS. EXTRAORDINARY
7 Clark, 27, described as a labourer, was placed at
;I. 1..,r to plead to an indictment which charged him with
tl., !Intl murder of Annie Smith.
Ari.vu the charge was read to the prisoner, he, in a firm
):.ice, replica, " I am guilty."
who was instructed to defend the prisoner,
met to hint, and in the most earnest manner urged him
cot to plead guilty, but to plead not guilty, and have all
the circetustances connected with the case inquired into.
TI,. Leing again asked whether he was guilty
or hut Ledo., replied that he was guilty,
Mr. •loiNh, upon this, applied to the court to direct
that tic plea of guilty should not be recorded, but
th, trial should be postponed to the next session,
s:,l during the interval he expected to be able to
rit.,in r oitlenee to show that at the time the
wa. committed the prisoner was in such a state
mind as to render him not criminally responsible
ha what he had done. The learned counsel added that
• only instructed by the sheriffs to appear on behalf
the prisoner he was not in a position to mate what eel.
I e was likely to bring forward on the next occasion.
till. Jastice Shoe, after communicating with Mr. Avery,
• P..• clerk of the court, addressed the prisoner, and
add him that
t althougho t he
that mightt e feel
committed
he
compelled
t'. rat ituruted to him, there might be circumstances
r •enected with it that would show that the act did not
amount to the crime of murder, or that he was not reopen-
n'.h• for that offence. He therefore strongly advised hint
le lead not guilty, the effect of which would merely be
that all the facts would be brought before the jury, and it
_oil.' be seen whether or not he was responsible for the
c.ime of wilful murder.
The prosecutor still persisted in pleading guilty.
The learned judge, after some deliberation, said that
upon this state of things he thought he was bound to re-
. • ice the plea of guilty, but, upon referring to the act of
; tiliament, he found that he was not compelled to pass
tsztence. Ho should, therefore, receive the plea of
silty, but should defer pealing sentence until next
',mien, when evidence could be brought forward to show
vhat the state of mind of the prisoner was at the time
the act was °outwitted, and also at the time he appeared
before the jury.
The prisoner expressed a wish to address the court, hut
he was advised out to do so, and he was then removed
from the dock.
TIE EARI. (11* RHAIITESINIRT AND HIS STEWARD.
lir. Metcalfe (Mr. F. A. Lewis with him) made en Rp•
pliaition in thin, ease on behalf of the slefendent, Mr.
e'•ert Short li'aters, that the indictments preferred
ng.,inst hint by the Earl of Shaftesbury for embezzlement
should he disposed of at the next session of the court.
Tile application was resisted by Mr. Oilier& (j.C., on
behtlf of the presecution, on the ground that the Chancery
proceedings were not yet concluded.
Mr. Justice tihee, however, capressed an opinion that
smelt serious charges should not be kept hanging over tl,e
lead of the defendant for an indefinite period, and he
,he•etcd that the trial should take plasm at the April