The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-22 00:00:00

EXPRESS, MONDAY

LAW INTELLIGENIX-(1111:4

COITItT OF (ZLIENN'S BENCEI.
After Tenn Nisi Prins Sittings at Wii,,tinni4,ir.—(ll3fore
tLe Lonl Chita Judtdo and a Suuciml Jury.)
RI AR A 1.1.A1T r. "Tll9

Al the sitting of the court thi m truing.
Mr. 'taker Orton° aaked his lordship to stay exectitinn
frr eons in this caw, withal was tried on Saturday last,
and i vistaed in a verdict for the diirenihnts, until the fon; Eh
dry of next trim, on the ground that the verdict was
against the evidence. It would ho no hardship to the de-
fendants iu waiting for their ousts if the court mould
refwe the rule.

Lord Chief Justice —My not staying execution will
not lm•vr tit your moving float tornt. I don't sou any
ground for my staying exeetiCon.
Mr. Laker (beano•—All the evidenoo WM documentary
and tlw construction of documentary evidence 1.1 exclu-
sively the province of the court.
The Lord Chief Justice -Not in sue.h a case as this. If
so you should have addressed me on Saturday instead of
th.• imp.
Mr. eeno- It is evidence which the court has a butter
oppoi Wilily 44 judging than a jcry under ordittiry
cu m. tatie.o.

The bud thief Justice —The jury fully coni•lor.ul the
matt. r, cud you,n Mr. Gmeue, bail the opportunity of
ailtberchig the jury lu.st.
Mr. tircone-1 will not go into the merits of the caw.
but put it merely on the ground that the action could not
be raid to he Texatiotia

The Lord Chief Justice—l don't say it WAS. The cave
was fairly put to the jury on both side+, and everything
that coati! be said was said by both. The jury took out
the japers and deliberated upon them, and returned their
verdict on the ground that a full apology had been
offered. I see no reason to quarrel with that verdict,
upon the , d that it was against the evi-
dence. A judge dons not stay . execution un-
less he Soall stifle ground for saying the venliet
WWI against the evidence. It was entirely a
question for the jury, and if a rule is
moved for, I shell tell the Court it was
one eminently for them to determine. I told the jury to
take the articles, and the apology, and roe if it, thelat-
ter, was substantiated, and unless I saw plainly that
they had gone wrong I should not interfere. I cannot
grant the application, because staying execution implies is
certain amount of dissatisfaction m the mind of the
judge, and I do nut feel diseatisfied with the jury.
Application refused.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Bofore Mr. Acting-Commissioner lisslitt.)
Ix allrlikiLlN AND PMEEIN.

The bankrupts, Henry and Frederick Perrin, wore
merchants, of Mincing-lane. This was the sitting for ex-
amination and discharge. The joint debts are 24,157/. ;
assets in good debts and property, 1,0401. ; consignments
to Melbourne, 7551. ; property held as security, 11,2171.
Mr. Reed, for the bankrupts, stated that they had been
engaged in an extensive business, and the accounts, which
were enormous, had only just been filed. Under these
circumstances, the assignees would require time to exa-
mine the accounts.

Mr. Bagley, who represented the assignees, said that
the bankrupts were in default in not filing their accounts,
and asked that they should bear the costs of the adjourn-
ment.

His Honour said the costs of both meetings might abide
the result, and adjourned the sitting till the 2nd of
November.

IN RR JOIE( TOZER.

The bankrupt, a merchant of lacteen's-buildings, New-
street-square, and Devereux-court, Temple-bar, hail traded
under the firm of "Tozer and Co." Ho applied for his
discharge from debts of 8,894/, of which 3,7961. is in re-
spect of the Saloon Steam-;packet Company, and 1,4271.
on accommodation bills. l'he deficiency is stated at
7,3701._ _ _ _

%night, for the assignees, was willing that the bank-
rupt should pan his examination, no further accounts
being required, but asked, the case being an important
one, that the order of discharge should be adjourned.
Mr. Chidley, for creditors, supported the application. It
was necessary that some information from Jersey should
bo received before the order of discharge was taken.
Mr. Lawrence, on the part of the bankrupt. consented,
and the sitting was adjourned till the 27th of July.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

The June adourned general sessions of the peaoe for
the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at the
&widens-house, Clerkenwell-green, before the assistant-
judge, Mr. Joseph Payne, deputy assistant-judge, and the
following magistrates:—Mr. Baxter, Mr. Henry Edwards,
M.P., Mr. J. G. Filcher Mr. Rankine, Mr. Mitchell, Mr.
Gordon, M.P., Mr. Woolsey, Mr. Martin, Mr. James
Tyler, Mr. Twenty-roan, Mr. John Beutloy, Mr. Roberts,
&c.

The calendar contains the names of 123 prisoners com-
mitted for trial, of whom 101 were indicted for felony, and
22 for misdemeanour. The offences with which the pri-
soners are charged consist of robberies from the Great
Western Railway Company, North London Railway Com-
pany, Great Eastern Railway Company, and Metropolitan
Railway Company ; robberies from vessels in the River
Thames ; robberies from the person ; assaults on the
metropolitan police whilst engaged in the execution of
their duty, embezzlement from a loan society, and a
great number of minor offences. The state of education
of the prisoners was again of a very low description.