The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-18 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(I;efoe Mr. liaxlitt. lh,puty-Commissioner.)
IN ac SOPHIA TYLER.
benkrupt, described as of Abridge, in the parish of
1 a:bourne, an the county of Essex, widow, applied to be
~o 1 from prison. The debts were under Ma
Reed, who supported the bankrupt, said that
Nye 11143111 Pd in custody nt the suit of the London
n..:meermg and Iron Ship-building Company (Limited),
oed there were virtually no other creditors. The bank-
, pt had ~adracted to construct a gate at the entrance
t, dock, but the chain which suspended the gate broke,
he ) 1,1111,111 v had to finish the work. Cress actions were
hen tenimeneed in which the bankrupt was unsuccessful,
.111 she 1:3,1 been six weeks in prison at the suit of the
rioneering and Iron Shipbuilding Company
(l imited). ller health was also suffering through being
tlased sei a very snail unwholesome room in the county
))1 lath of the company it was submitted that the
I -11krupt was not entitled to her immediate release, as she
„i parsned a most vexatious course, and the sitting for
ice (4.l,aignees had not vet taken place.
Ilenour held that the pmper time for the detaining
-liter to oppose the bankrupt would be when she up-
....l for her order of kb,h3rge. Ile saw no mason for
• ,ping her any longer in etedody, and entered her to be
s leased.
. . ,

Aprlication granted.
In the absence of oppo,ition an order of release from
ri,tody was granted to Frank Preston, who
,cribed himself as of ;;, lungham-street. Langham-
, ..e. gentleman. formoily of Ikamuudsey and elsewhere,
ter slid runner. 'l'll,, avid, were about 7,000/., and
li.iukrupt ascribes his failure to losses in trade,
•01, of cieditors, and insufficient means.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(Tills DAY.)

(Before the Recorder.)
• • - I,AORDINARY ClIAI:oE A4.:AINST AN ITALIAN.
F;, ~.; , 60, an Italian. was charged with teloniondy
• hii[2. a letter to Ba:il Melas, threatening to murder

:
;set jeant Ilullantine, Serjeant Sleigh, and Mr. Poland
• ,ecuted ; the prisoner wa, defended by Mr. Montagu
'than's.
The circumstances of the case will be in the recollection
f the public, Mill they were of a very extraordinary dia-
ler. 'lle prisoner was put ujau his trial at the
be,,aons Inc the same offence, out it was aminged
the jury should be discharged from giving
aict in the expectation that some arrangement might
, ..mc to that would prevent the prisoner from being in
....Awn to commit any act of violence for the future.
.-spectation, however, was not realised, and in conse-
, •., aof an extraordinary discovery that has taken place
. •.! the interval at the lodgings of the prisoner it was
necessary on account of the gravity of the
to proceed with the present charge. To state
, the circumstances connected with the charge it
to remind the public that the prisoner
, :••, tuerly the proprietor of a mercantile journal
.• 1., the object of supplying information cannected
, !,. orn t null% and which was extensively patronised
merchants of London, and the prisoner was
have derived an iliu•ome of 700 t. per annum
Another and more useful publication of the
, • we, however, started by a person named
- • . whirl, had the effect of entirely superseding
,•• 21.,.; to the prisoner, and the consequence of
thd the prisoner appeared to have enter-
: . of the most deadly hatred, not only
~, • 7 tionibusib, but also against all the
.. • Lands who subscribed to his
-publication, and

to the prosecutor, Mr. Melas, who is a
hand of considerable eminence and
• :arcing on his business in Mincing.
vsult of this state of things was that
par. ngo the prisoner made a most
. t:.,k upon Mr. Dornbusch as he was going
in the City, with a stiletto, and wounded
-.oven places, and one blow evidently
d ti.o heart would inevitably have been
the ne.trument had not been providentially
.., a book that was in Mr. Dornbusch's breast
.. • l'or this offence the prisoner was tried at
. •I .1 Criminal Court, and the defence of insanity
p for the prisoner. This defence, however, failed,
• 1..• ....onvicteil and sentenced to the extraordinarily
t p nidtment of twelvemonths hard labour. Very
,Itcl he regain.d his liberty it appeared that the pri-
..,,amenwil writing letters of a most serious chi,-
to the prosecutor, the effect of these commanica-
out to convey a threat that unless a sum of
. which, at four per cent. interest, would yield him
c...:,,,• of 700/., which he had heretofore enjoyed
I,i• publication, was given to him, some desperate
ould be committed. In the letter that was

• • -.host of proaecution the prisoner told the
t 0... to ‘• make the sign of the cross," an expres-
-11 is understood by Italians, it appears, to mean
t•• Nei°. r.• for death, and the prosecutor was so much
• tt tc,.i :tt the conduct and threats of the prisoner that
• lily went abroad to avoid him. Since the last
•11.11 it appeared that the prisoner's lodging was
.srheti and there were found a six-chamber revolver,
..itsl with powder and ball, and also a plan of the
I • dates adjoining the private residence of the prose-
( •/, :tea the names of the different streets leading to
: . away from it. In addition to the deadly weapon
• lent/Deli there were also found a number of documents
• : most extraordinary character, one of which appeared
is' an elaborate defence when he should be upon his
•• upon the charge of murder, which was the crime
evidently contemplated committing. 'l'be prisoner, in
t her documents, also statist that it was his original in-
tention to have murdered the Greek priest in London, as
lie was a prominent person amongst the Greek fraternity,
tit that he had changed his mind. The documents men-
••tiett were all of a most extraordinary and incoherent
• • -cription, and were of a character to induce a strong
•

mi.;ii that the writer could not be in his sound mind,

'11.• jury (mind tlw• prisoner 6,,i/t/.
i,,iginent was deferred till the next session,

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

GUILDITALL.
DODDERY AT DENT, ALCROrt, AND CO.'S.
• h Randall, who said he was a leather case maker,
at the bar before Alderman Causton, charged
teding three cases of gloves from the warehouse of
f: t,. Dint, Aleroft, and Co., 97, Wood-street.
' hit Pickering, a salesman, in the employ of that firm,
t bit about half-past 12 o'clock yesterday the prisoner
through his department with a piece of paper in his
resmbling a list, as if going in the ordinary way
for goods. In a short tune he returned with
' • door hoses produced under his arm. The value of
lt/. Witness's suspicions were suddenly aroused,
he followed the prisoner downstairs, and asked him
1..• was doing with them, and ho replied that they
been given to him for Mr. Gay, of Mortimer-street.
a• he knew they had no such customer he made him
•.. p•Dlirn again, and then he found they had boen taken
is one of their fixtures. They contained six dozen pairs
• dose...
he ,slicer asked for a remand, as he thought the pri-
• , I would be known to either Agar, Reeves, ur Smith.
Causton remanded the prisoner.
CLERKENWELL.

'it la O}• ITTRID XRAT AT TIIR RINGS CROSS NATIXXT.

r. John Hartley, one of the Sanitary Inspectors of the
edi of St. Pancras. applied to Mr. Cooke for an order
the destruction of several pieces of lamb that he had
• 14ed ae being unlit for food at the King's-cross Market.
Mr. Cooke made au order for the immediate destruc-
iion of the meat.