The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-01 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCK-aHLS DAY.)

00IIRT OF BANIRIJPTOY.
(llefore Mr. Oenuniasioner Bacon, Q. 0.)
His Honour at to-day for the first time 111110 A his ap-
pointment in the room of the late Mr. Commiwiioner °cull-
burn. There was a large attendance of the bar and other
members of the legal profeesion on the learned commis-
sioner taking his rest.
IN RE 11111.1All_MINTARXT8.-IMPORTIOIT

An application for release out of custody was made to
hie Honour, before coming into court, on the part of
William Humphreys, who bad carried on business es a
licensed victualler in Hand-court, Holborn. Tho appli-
cation was opposed on the usual ground, that the first
meeting under the bankruptcy had not yet been held, and
that as no benefit could accrue to the creditors by tho re-
lease of the bankrupt, who had executed two bills of sal.
on hie property, the court was asked, in accordance with
the practice in sack cases, not to make any order in
favour of the bankrupt.
His Honour, in deciding the case, laid down the some-
what important principle that inasmuch as the application
for release was made by the debtor (who was entitled to
make it), it was for the detaining creditor, if he wished
successfully to oppose the application, to prove to the
satisfaction of the court that the state would be pre-
judiced by the release of the debtor. He did not agree
with the view that it was incumbent upon the debtor, if
opposed by his detaining creditor, to satisfy the court
that his release from custody would conduce to the benefit
of the creditors. The application would therefore be
granted.
Mr. A. R. Godfrey appeared for the bankrupt and Mr.
Boydell for the detaining creditor.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Serjeant Coi.)

LW PA

lIIIIIIIST.

Alfred rafo.l9, was indietedfiarsitSaling29 eigars.• a
cigar tube, and a pair of sleeve links, thepropertyof Andrew
Murray. A second indictment charged him with stealing
a purse, two gold watch keys. a gold chain, and gold jewel
came, the property of Spencer Gore Brown. A third in-
dictment charged him with stealing a courier bag, a set of
diamond studs, a pair of gold sleeve links, and other
artii lee, value 261., the property of of Edward Robert
West. in a dwelling house. Under a fourth indictment.
he was charged with stealing a large quantity of plated
articles the property of George Smith. The prisoner
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for 18 months.
(Before lir. Payne.)
EXTRAORDINARY BORBXRT OY A DIAIIOND RING.
nialN LOOO, 29, a traveller in the drug trade, who
with some ability conducted his own defence, was placed
in the dock to answer an indictment which charged him
with stealing a ring valued at about IN.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
George Welch, a pawnbroker, 200, Brick-lane, said,
on the 14th of September the prisoner came to his shop,
and presented a diamond ring to him. and asked him to
lend him 12s. on it. He said he bought it of a man in a
public-house for Ba. Witness said it was a valuable ring,
and the primmer went out to try and find the man of
whom he had bought it. After being away he returned.
and said be could not fled the man, and he (witness) sent
for the police, believing prisoner had stolen it.
Edward Wakeling. licensed victualler. of .5. nehlsortie-
street, said on the morning of Sunday, the 13th of Sept.,
the ring was safe iii a drawer of an escritoire in the bar
parlour, and on the following morning the barmen found
all the drawers open and the ring, a revolver. and a
snuff-box stolen. He did not suspect any one in the house
as a party to the theft, and the only way he accounted
for therobbers was that some person might have secreted
himself in a lobby in front of the bar when the house
was open and waited there until all was quiet, and had
then committed the robbery. and let himself out again.
pulling the door after him, and that the door had bolted
_ . . .

The pawnbroker, in cross-examination by the prisoner,
Paid he did not hear him Pay, " Keep the ring if there is
anything wrong about it." Ile did hear the prisoner say he
would go and fetch the man he had bought the ring
of. The police do send printed notices of all property stolen
to the pawnbrokers.
The prisoner said he bought the ring of a man in a
public house for 78., and anxious to know really what it
was worth he took it to the pawnbroker's. It was a
common thing for working men like himself to buy things
in a public house. When the pawnbroker questioned him
and he thought there was something wrong, he went out
and looked for the man of whom he bad bought the ring,
and returned to the shop. If he had known the real value
of the ring be should not have offered it in pledge fur a few
shillings.
The jury Aqui tted the prisoner.

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

MANSION-HOUSE.
LZ4 &sT►TL DODOKit.

Henry fearer, a lad of 16, melding in Ewer-street, Bo-
rough, was this morning brought before Alderman Sir
Robert Carden, on the charge of stealing four bottles of
wine. one of brandy, and one of gin.
It appeared that the prisoner was in the service of Mr.
Moody, wine merchant, Lime-street, and had been taken
on as an extra hand without a character. On the Pith
September he was entrusted with a half-dozen-bottle
baeket. containing the spirits mentioned, to take to the
Old Kent-road, hut he failed to deliver it, and when
Mr. Bloody's foreman went to apprehend him he col-
lected a number of his companions who attempted to
rescue him, the consequence being that a large crowd
assembled. The pnsoner attempted to throw the fore-
man, who was obliged to threaten to "split his head
tie n." A constable was ultimately fetched to the spot
and the prisoner was taken to the station.
Mr. Allcock, foreman of the bottle deppsartment of St.
George's brewery, Church-lane, Wlutechappel, said the
prisoner was employed by him for about IS months.
On one occasion he was apprehended for abusing a
policeman ; and instead of attending to his work
he wasted his time in reading " Dick Turpin " and
similar periodicals. He was discharged for refusing to do
what he was told, and was forbidden to enter the pro-
mises again ; but he returned and committed a nuisance,
and when witness put him out he fell and cut his head.
Some gentlemen took pity on him and gave him money,
and he then summoned witness to the Thames police-court ;
but the magistrate called him a dirty beast, and told him

to leave the court.
The constable who took !Mu into custody gave him a
very bad character.
Prisoner said he met with an accident, and broke some
of the bottles. Ile drank some of the wine, and gave
away the rest.
:sir It. Carden said he did not believe him, and sen-
tenced him to six months' hard labour in the House of
Correction.

CLERKENWELL.
EXTrAOLDINAEY CDADOM OE Alt ON AND ATTEMPTED
RUICEDE.

firm Ph Ow I. aged 29, of 19, Ironmon,ger-row, St.
Luke's, described as of no occupation, was charged with
fabulously betting the to the bedding and furniture in the
dweliing-hi,use with intent to destroy her life.
The pii9encr occupied the front parlour of the above
house, and since Friday up to the time she was taken into
U Mt, Ay on Tuesday evening the shutters in front of the win-
dow had never been taken down. She was seen on Satur-
day, but nit afterwards until Tuesday afternoon, when
one of the lodgers heard a peculiar noise in the prisoner's
'6,.r0 a, if the windows were being broken by tire, and she
will, her mhildren made an escape from the hens.
As the lodger was passing the prisoner's door she saw a
laige Lily of flame in the room. Au alarm was given,
and a HUM went in and found some articles of wearing
spi alit en Cie, as will as an arm chair and two smaller
buns ',early burnt to charcoal. When the fire was put
out the prisoner could not be seen, and as she had nut been
rem n for some days before, a search was made for her,
and under the lied in her room, Mid in her nightdress she
was toured elingiug to tte cross bar of the bedstead; and
it was not without great difficulty that she was 10111UVUll
from that position. She said she would ruttier be left
ukne to die.
Mr. G. E. Yarrow, surgeon to the G division of polies,
said he hail examined the prisoner for bums, but lie did
not find any. She was suffering from melancholia.
A gentleman who attended to watch the case on behalf
of the friends of the prisoner, said that her father hail re-
cently died, and the solicitors who had tho winding up of
the estate had found it necessary to call on the crown
solicitors. The primmer had since then fancied that she
was being robbed by the solicitors, and hail boon very
melancholy. If hlie was remanded her friends would see
that she was 106pprly looked after.
Inspector lyfe, division, said that he had found in
the prisoner's room two Ravings bank books, one showing
a balance iu favour of the prisoner for 1151. 195., and the
other for 150/. There was also some louse silver iu the
room.
'I he prisoner, who behaved very strongly in coed, was
remanded, and by direction of the magistrate she was at
once ri moved to the House of Deention.

The leading 'wan:jinni of Italy aro delightt•d at
the idea of Queon Isabella losing her throne. She is no
liked of constitutional Italy, and in IR4B sent an army to
support Ferdinand 11. in bin march towards Itume.
What is tortood agenre de along, or chops for
'Totting ;mudding, are greatly ea the increase in l'aris.
These establinliments invite the public to bet on running
horst* in all races in and out of France ; a sort of pool
system, the catabliannent taking 10 per cent. on the wiu-

M 1 LHOCitNI:, At7otisT Ig.—Th(l following gold
'Lips have 'idled for England since the departure of the
last mail. The Vimiera with 66,7.10 ounces, the Jerusalem
with 34,(.25 ounces. and the Sowerwitskire with 47,125

ounce..
NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF WOW OF AZT, AT
Lays.—Return of samiamioss:—Wednemlay, September
30, by semen ticket., 081 ; by payment of M. Ott. nob,
969 ; total, 2,160.