The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-25 00:00:00

ar OZOIO:E HENRY H0N.0!4.-ALLEGED OECRrTION OF

PROPZIM.
This was a meeting for the last examinaticia of the bank-
rupt, • pump manufacturer, at No. 90, Upper Ground.
street, Mackinani. The bankrupt had sot filed any
accounts.
Mr Took, for the bankrupt, applied for Ai allowance, and
at adjournment for sin weeks.
Mr. Murrough, fur the assignees, objected to the granting
of any allowance. The assignees alleged that within •
week before filing the petition the bankrupt hail secreted •
large quantity of his property. Mr. Commissioner Evans,
to whose court the nutter was attached, had already refused
the application for allowance.
The Conunisiioner refused the application for allowance,
and ordered an adjournment until the sth of October next.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

TWO eines OF CROSS BRUTALITY.
Williams Peankba, a rough-looking fellow, a drover, of
Nelson-place, Gravel-lane, was chanted on a summons by
Mr. W. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, with having cruelly ill-trested• bullock
at the New Cattle Market.
From the evidence of police-constable Cook, 431 A, it ap-
that be was on duty at the New Cattle Market, where
Casaw the defendant in one of the alleys amonget a number
of bullocks, which were tied up in the usual manner to the
railings of the alley. The bullocks were all tightly wedged
in one with the other, there being hardly standing room for
them, in consequence of which they were very restless, and
one of the bullocks near to which the defendant was stand-
ing kicked out, and touched the defendant's coat with its
foot. The defendant then got into a violent rage, and
taking a deliberate aim with a long heavy stick which be bad
in his hand, he caught the bullock across the hock, and upon
the poor animal lifting its leg, he repeated the blow with
the erne violence. He (the defendant) afterwards struck
it another blow on one of its hind legs just above the hoof.
The blow was given with such fume that the blood spirtel
out from the gash which had been made with the stick. Ho
(the officer) thereupon remonstrated with the defendant,
when he told the officer to mind his own business or he
would serve him the same.
In answer to the charge, the defendant said he did not
intend at the time to hurt the bullock. What he did was
in nolUdefence.

The namistrate asked if anything was previously known
et Use defendant.

Mr. Love w.O not aware that the defendant had ever been
ociavided.

Mr. Brim, characterised the defendant's conduct as being
r cowardly ma it wee brutal, and observed that it was for.
trate for him nothing wee previously known spinet him
or he would not have given him the throe of paying a tine.
la this instance he should indict • penalty of 2t/a. and the
cosy, or in default 21 days' hard
Aka !labs, a rob-driver, badge 3,784, residing in Ton-
bridgorreet, WM charged with gross cruelty to a horse is
CL!Oew-town.

ltr.io;;;Watched the cue on behalf of the Royal Society.
Poliee-ocestable Rowe, 326 S. said that he saw the de•
Pendant grossly ill•treating a cab:borse about the legs, each
blow marl), bringing the hone to the ground. The hone
had been out in a cab all night, and there was not the
slightest necessity for the prisoner's gross and brutal
°abduct.

Mr. liarker, after censuring the defendant in very severe
terms. sentenced him to: pay a fine of U., or in default 21
days' h►rd labour.
Me prisoner wee locked rip in default.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET
THE COPYRIGHT ACT.-NON-DELIVEIT OF BOOICS TO THE
PUBLIC LIBEABY AT CAMBRIDGE.
Mr. Joke Camden Holten, publisher, 151 e, Piccadilly,
appeared to answer two summonses for the nomdelivery of
two books to the Public Library at Cambridge, the hooks
being "A Garland of Christmas Carols," and "Profitable
Meditations," a poem written by John Bunyan whilst con-
fined in Bedford Gaol.
Mr. Riviera', of Fenchumb-buildings, appeared to sap-
ped the seanionsee, and said they were taken out against
sap-
Mr. Rotten for an infringement of the Copyright Act—
namely, the non -delivery of two books—and which act entailed
on publishers a penalty of If, for every copy not delivered.
It was the first information filed on behalf of the library
at Cambridge, but as some persons had not regularly de-
livered the books,: the authorities were compelled to adopt
proceedings. Mr. llotten had expressed his regret that the
books should not have been sent, and that being the awe
be should merely ask for a nominal fine, the value of the
books which they had been obliged to purchase as evidence,
4s. Id. and 7s. 6d., and the costs, a guinea.
Mr. Hotku sai lie wished to plead guilty to both sum-
mons.

Rivington said he was willing to acoept Mr. Hotton's
statement that the books were not delivered through an
oversight.
On this understanding • nominal fine of is , the value of
the books, and a guinea costa, were ordered to be paid by
Mr. Hotten, the magistotte remarking that nothing but an
oversight, be should think, would have prevented the de-
livery of such hooka, they being of small value.