The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-11 00:00:00

TILE LORD MAYOR IND snizirrs.

The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, accompanied by several
civic officials, tame into court. sod the usual forms having
beenban goesquet Armen. t
il hell. Recorder invited their lordships to
the at Gudha
The Lord Chief Justice replied that some of their lord.
ships would have the broom of being there ; and the Lord
Mayor having bowed to the beech, withdrew.

COURT OF RICCREQUER.—Noy. 9.
In coasequence of the other barons being engaged In the
(loud Error, only two of the judges sat to hear motions,
and their lordships rose at an early hour for the purpose of
receiving the Lord Mayor, who, attended by the Recorder
sad civic dignitaries, cease to be sworn in on receiving office.
The oars before the Coart did not call fora report.

CRIMINAL COURT OF APPEAL—Nov. 9.
(Before the Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Justices W
and Wißieme, and Barone Martin and Chan )
1.1111 QUM V. WIDDYZIL—NTEALING A soctivr's NONZT.
The prisoner, William Webster, was triad at the Wad
Riding Bessious on an indictment charging him with steal-
ing three sovereigns, the property of Samuel Fox and
others.

It appeared in evidence that • man named Holt, a mem-
ber of a Band of Hope Hociety, had the sole management of
• shop in which were sold articles the property of the
society. Thepriensteramiellmi ia the shop, and was himself a
member of the moiety. Ha was sus tsd sod some sovereigns
were marked. which were afterward. fatted upon the prisoner,
who admitted that he had takes them. On the trial the
prosecutor failed to prove the existence of the society,
and that the money belonged to them, whereupon the
prosecutor's counsel amended the indictment, and laid it as
the property of Holt. Yr. Campbell Foster, the prisoner's
counsel, produced documents showing the existence of
the society, and argued that the property was in the true-
tem of the moiety and not in Holt.
Ir. Campbell Foster appeared in support of the appeal.
The court were of opinion that Holt was the sole manager
of
the buainees and was answerable for any money that
imam into his laioda. He was in the actual possession of
the sassy.
Coaysetlwa
TB! VAIN P. TIADON AND MID.

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The prisoners were tried in Yorkshire for a malicious
simiult, and committing grievous bodily harm on Hiram

The Lord Chief Baron Pollock said the jury who triad this
owe came into court end said they found the prisoners guilty
of a common saasult. The chairmen who tried the pn
movers at the &erelong declined to receive the verdict, and
seat the jury back to reconsider their verdict, and on their
return they found them guilty of un eggraveted assault.
Mr. Campbell Foster appeared in support of the con-
viction.

The court ezprereml an opinion that they thought the
chairman ought to bare taken the Mat Tenho* but took
time to consider their judatueot.

TSB BONIN T. IeDONALD—PARTNERNHIP.
The prisoner, it spued, was • servant to the prose-
cutor 4 • salary of 15W. per annum. He made application
to the prosecutor for an increase of salary, and it was
arranged between
percentage co the profits.them that the prisoner should have a
The prisoner was subsequently
indicted for emburent, mid on the trial it was conteoded
that he was a partner.
Mr. Hopwoodappeared in support of the prosecution.
The Lord Chief Baron Pollock said it appear.' to him
clear that notwithstanding the language of an agreement
might be such as to constitute a piirtoersbip as regarded
third persons, yet as between the parties to an agreement
it had no such effect, and the relation of master and servant
continued.
Conviction affirmed.
TIM DUBIN T. ABINGTON 1L1.1017 AND KART ANN WHIM
la this cer. the primmer, had been convicted of an in-
decent exposure of their persons on Wandsworth-common.
The offense emnplained of wee proved by tee testimony of
one *items ally, whereas the act of parliament states it
should be " to the nuisance of divers persons."
The court took time to esesider its judgment.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—Nov. 9.
(Before the Chief Commissioner.)
TS RE JAMES LUDMIN.—OOIIIII7IIENT POM cozirrywr.
This wee an application on the part of a creditor named
Wyld to commit the insolvent for onotempt, under panther
eircumatances. in the year 1867 the insolvent petitioned
the court under the Protection Act, and was opposed by
Wyld, who was a creditor, on account of an action for false
Imprisonment. A proposal was made to &steal& • sem for
the creditors, and protection was renewed. He had, how-
ever. failed to keep up his payments, and hence the present
epplicatimi to commit him for contempt in not obeying the
order of the alert. A rule was served and no cause was
shwa.
/iv Dowse was for the complainant.
The Chief Commissioner made the rule absolute for
commitment for contempt.
It RI P. AMMSTIONO.—PLTDING Carne.
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