The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-30 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Sittings in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Justice, and
Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and license.)

EC PAIttE P. A. TAYLOR, 31. P., IX TIIE NATTER OF THE EX-

GroWERMOII OF JAMAICA.

Sir R. Collier, Q.C., with whom was Dlr. Stephen, Q.O ,
applied on the part of Mr. P. A. Taylor for a
rule. calling upon Mr. Vaughan, the magistrate
of Bow..treet police-court, and Mr. John Edward
Eyre, to 'bow cause why the former should not hear the
inidence produced before him on certain charges prefen ed
against Mr. Eyre, and proceed thereon sczording to the
law. The learned counsel tint applied for a lulu under
the 11th and 12th Vic. cap. 24 ; but
The Lord Chief Justice liming asked whether be was not
compelled under Jervis's Act to apply for a writ of man-
damus,
sir R. Collier amended his application.
The Lord Chief Justice—Very well, take a rule for a
writ of mandamus.
accotaingly.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(I;efore Mr. Coramisrioner llolropL)
IN RE PETERS AND WILIIVERTON.

This ofta an adjourned sitting for examination and dia.
cb agi.. The bankrupts were ribbon manufacturers and
dt, 1.• in trimming., carrying on businces in Chemaide
(*.vestry. l'he balance sheet disclosed liabilities
to t!...,.,,punt of 123,088/. ; the assets being returned at
with property held as security of the value of

Att.,' a partial hearing the sitting was aejonrue4 for
h.aka opts to answer requisitions.

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

CLERKENWELL.
DESPERATE ATTACK 01 A WII E.

ThAert Bartlett, sged 27, a smith, of 3.1, Great
I ~.1-adon-street, Bt. Pancras, wee charged on remand
WHI feloniously assaulting his wife, and doing her
~•'‘A bodily harm.
Mr. il. Allen, prosecuting officer of the Associate In-
s/It:h. for Enforcing the Laws for the l'rotecticn of
W.d.: n. watched the case. . .

"'he complainant, who
sippeared very weak :tad ill, said
-- I uti, the wife of the defendant, and reside at 35, Great
VI.. &Won-street, St. Pancras. On the morning of Easter
51A..1.,y the defendant kicked ate violently because I had
COt got a towel clean enough for him to wipe himself on,
ad Itethrt-atened that if 1 did not come home in proper time
6r ~ould ill-use me as he had done before. I went
r or'. and came home, and then went for a walk. I was
4f, iI. hut I returned to my home, and as I was doing so
I and nearly fell. I was weak from want, and I
rc '.; lout a gentleman. This gentleman asked me if
sou • :i•ing warm would do me good, and I said "yes,"
441 I went with him to a public-house and had a
CI-, d ;;in and hot water. I was so weak and ill that I
•.! feyl able to go home, and the gentleman assisted
~.-"! ,,•11 and saw me into my room. I laid my
tin. bed and was in the act of getting off the bed
husband came in. The gentleman was in the act
of '., -eing the room when the defendant entered. My bus.
band then caught hold of me, throw me heavily on the
"o':, • began kicking me all over the body. He punched
the eyes and on the now. I was knocked insensible,
0-) I by until the following morning.
r.te ,h•iendant—Was the gentleman a stranger to you?
51 .s—Yea,
Th, defendant—Then why did you take a stranger to
,t,or

"hek.—l had no more idea of doing wrong than
" I.aby in my arm'. It is a vile assertion
to hide your brutality, for you to say that you
t.,,,Mt me on the floor with a man. I will swear
tk.t 1 did not say that the gentleman was a doctor
CO,•.e to wee my child. I did not address him as my uncle
rh.la I went uato the house, for there was no one in the
u 0", • when I went in with the gentleman. I do not re-
'am'er toying when you entered the room and asked for
the matches, " I will not get them ; let the gentleman get
th
e defendant—lf the gentleman is a stranger to you,
"mold he know where to get the matches?
"two —I cannot say.
". Ws William t:ibson. of St. l'ancrak Infirmary,
robed the nature of the injuries the prosemitris had