The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-12 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

ROLLS COURT.
la/LT C. WMITLINO.-NIIR 01b11111.

Mr. Bela lii11121\0; for leave t 0 fits slain' on
behalf of Martha Early, who was a legatee wader the will of
• testator named Townsend. The executors of the testator
had got M ►is personal estate and raid his debts and some of
his legacies, and had invested the surplus of his
estate in their names. Both the executor* wee since
dead, and the trust funds were now standing in the names of
the defendants, who had been appointed trustees of the ter-
tator's will. It was stated that the defendants bad, in a
salt of " Early r. Benbow," admitted assets sufficient to pay
the remaining legacies, and the object of the plaintiff was to
have her legacy with interest paid out of the trust hint's.
The Muter of the Rolls gave leave to the the claim.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

THIS DAY.

OLD COUNT.
Bssoas Tzz Ccontox Bwz.un.
Simnit o • THUATUIXO LITTLE.

Octacins Ryland, 60, a reeputablolooking man, des-
'gibed se a clerk, was indicted for feloniously sending a
threatening letter to the Rev. William Bingo Collier, with
intent to extort money from him.
The prisoner pleaded Guilty, and, when he was asked
whether he had anything to ►ay in anest of judgment, he
replied that it was his first offence, and threw himself upon
the merciful consideration of the Court.

The Common Serjeant told him that he had confessed
himself to be guilty of one of the highest offences known to
the law, tad he therefore felt himself compelled to pug upon
him the sentence of transportation for life.

BEMS./ Ma. it .TICZ PATTtION.
POEY-OFFICE ROBBERY.

T. Simpson, 27, was indicted for stealing a letter. con-
!tuning a half sovereign and a shilling, the property of the

Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, end Mr. Met-
calfe detenclett the prisoner.
. .

It appeared that'the prisoner was porter in the service of
Mr. Bredoa, a grocer, in High-street, Islington, and who
also keep a pest-letter receiving house. In consequence of
irregularities t►at occurred in this district, the Post-cffice
anthorities took steps to discover who was the depredator,
and a letter, con'aining a half sovereign and a shilling, both
of which were marked, was p.sted at the receiving-house
where the prisoner was employed on the Bth of May. Tnis
letter, in due course, should have arrived at the principal
office between five and tin o'clock the same evening; bet,
upon the ►eg being opened, the letter was missing, and Mr.
Psculdiorpe, a gentleman employed in a position of au-
t►ority at the Post-office, proceeded immediately to Mr.
Bredon•e office, accompanied by an officer, and upon the
prisoner being questioned, and eventually taken into
surely and searched, the marked shilling was found in his
pommies, but no trace was observed of the half sovereign or
the letter. When the prisoner was asked how he cams to
be fa possession of the marked coin, he smarted that it waa
his own property, and that he had brought it from his own
bow the day before.
The jury found the prisoner Gully, but recommended
him to mercy on account of the good character he had re•
calved.

—lit;prieoser wee seateneed to be Imprisoned and kept to
bard labour for 18 mouths.

Tia no 22222 IST AA AWL

In the New Court, C11,0611* Pereira, the ayah who
appeared yesterday at t►e prosecution of two porous,
named Patrick and Sarah Smith, for s•eeling a large quaatity
of jewellery from her, surrendered to take her trial epos a
&ergs of robbing Dr. Darwood, ass of the witnesses for
the defense in that ease. - . .

No *vulvae, vas offered foe time prevention, and tea jury
altorofore rettarsod a verdict of Not Guilty.

POLIO, INTILLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREIT.

CIIARGI or OBTAINING MOSIT VXDaa FALB Pas.
TI csa. —AM Maria Tolfrvy was finally emsaintd,
duirgod with fraudulently obtaining the sum of M. from
Wm. Risbardson, 19, Sun-street, Besioragate-street, under
the promos Opium him a Gamboa in the Home-office,
through her influence with Lon. Alfred Pilot.
The evidence given at the former examination having
bass ',mated,
Lord Alfred Paget proved that hs was not acquainted with
the prisoner, whom he had never seen before in his life. The
latter produced was not in his handwriting.
Slim Hanby said about four years ago the prisoner obtained
2701. from her, under the protases of investing it for her ad-
vantage. She saw nothing mole of the prisoner for a con•
siderallle ties after, and when she demanded the restoration
of her mosey. The prisoner gave her 701. and an 10 U for
the remainder. The latter had not been taken up.
Several tradesmen, who were in court stated that the pri-
soner bad swindled them oat of property to a largo amount,
under the pretence of showing them to various nobleman
and gentlemen. A number of other charges were gone into,
sad the prisoner wm fully committed for trial.