The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-24 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-tTHIS DAY.)

•
COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Wore Vice.Chancallar Sir G. M. Gina.)
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This is a representative one; in which Mr. Alabaster
had taken out a summons asking that his name might be
rumored from the register of shareholders and list of
contributories of the above bank in respect of three 201.
shares. 'I he dispute in this came arose out of the amalga-
mation of the bank with the Financial Corporation.
His Honour was of opinion that Mr. Alabaster's name
must be removed, but as to ►is coats, having regard to
the length of the affidavits, three-fourths of the costs
otherwise payable to him would be disallowed. The
liquidator would bare his costs out of the estate, as bs-
tweeu solicitor and client. It is understood that this
decision will affect no lees than 12.653 shares of 201. held
by betwoea 100 and 200 persons.

COUItT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
IN El HARPS* TRILVHTSREA.
This was an adjourned sitting for examination and dis-
charge. The bankrupt was described as late of Bow and
of Bromley-by-Bow, manufacturing chemist and whole-
sale drysalter, and now of Dublin and of Sandycove, near
Dublin, manager of the Dublin Rice Mills. He has
been before the court dame the let of May, and
his accounts as filed return debts and liabili-
ties to the amount of 20,275/., of which 14,10 V.
represents contingent liabilities on account of shares, kc.,
in public companies ; the smuts consist of_ property given
ap to the magma, 1801.; property held as security,
2,9101. 10e. ; good, doubtful, and bad debts, 2,9951. In
the SSear 1865 it appears that Mr. Twelvetrees transferred
his to a limited ecompop, grit ti
_6ll•lneg
year the business was pumbaied by the ienmeal Trading
tompeny (Limited). Both those companies are now in
liquidation.
'flz. Bagley appeared for the assignees, and Mr. !Carly
for the bankrupt.
Some further evidence having been given by the bank-
rupt, in explanation of his transactions and his position
with regard to Harper Twelvetrem (Limited) and the
General Treding Company (Limited), and an additional
account explanatory of chows transactions having been
filed,
Mr. Bagley said that the &signets were now satisfied,
as the bankrupt had given every information in referesioe
to his affairs, and
His Honour, in granting the order of discharge, ob-
served that it must always be a matter of regret to find •
person fall from a position of affluence through getting
himself mixed up with public companies. The bankrupt
had assisted his assignees, and given his evidenee very
fairly, and the order of discharge would be granted.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

(Before the Be.eorder.)

Onialt• CADS Or BIGAMY.
William RoDeri Oomkrin, was charged with feloni-
ously intermarrying with Sarah Anne Hoy, his wife Eliza
Goodwin being alive.
This was a case of rather a peculiar character. The
prisoner, who was a ape table man, was married to his
first wife at Halesham, Norfolk, in 1849, but he seemed to
have left her shortly afterwards, and they never again
appeared to have come into communication with each
other. in the rear 1865 the prisoner became acquainted
with a respectable young woman, named Sarah Anne
Hoy, and upon the representation that he was a
single man they we married in May,. 1866, at
Shoreditch Church. The prisoner was taken into custody
at Norwich, which was his native place, and when he was
told the charge against him be said that he had not seen
his first wife for eleven years, and believed she was
dead, and he wished she was. He also said that ho
had caught hie wife in bed with his brother very
khoitly after they were married, and that she
left him and was living with his brother at Yar-
mouth, and as she had been guilty of adultery, he consi-
dered that the bad no further claim upon him. The pri-
soner made the same defence before the magistrate. It
aps:cared that the pri,,oner had treated his second
wife very kindly. and although her friends had felt it
their duty to institute the prevent prosecution, she exhi-
bited a good deal of interest for the prisoner, and gave her
evidenee very unwillingly against hem.
31r. Maley, alio appeared for the defence, submitted to
the court, at the clue° of the case for the prosecution, that
the charge could net be supported, on the ground that the
prisoner had beeu away from his first wife for more than
retell yearn, awl that there was no evidence to show that
be ;knew the was alive at the time he contracted the
second mailings.
The Recorder said that the prisoner was proved to
have rcpreteuted that ho was a single man when he
married the second wife, which was evidence that he was
aware that hi:, wife was alive. if he had believed she
was dead, he would Lave represented himself as a
widower.
Mr. l)ulby then addressed the jury for the defence, and
he cositended that, under the circumstances, they might
fairly conclude that when the prisoner contracted the
world waniage ho really believed that his first wife was
dead. . .

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The Recorder having annulled up, the jury, after some
deliberation, found the prisoner (Jolley, but atruagly re-
commended him to mercy on account of the long period
that ho bad been separated from his drat wife.
The Recorder sentenced him to six months' hard
labour.