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London, England, 1846-03-16 00:00:00

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LA W INTELLIGENCE.
ROLL'S COURT, March 14.
GRAY V. THE LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.
An injunction was obtained in this cause to restrain
the Liverpool, Wigan, and Bolton Railway Company
from constructing their railway over the plaintiff's land
at Darcey Lever. At the time the railway Bill was
passed, the Messrs. Darcey, who are owners of large cot-
ton mills and goits on water-courses, near Liverpool,
opposed the railway company, and obtained the insertion
of certain clauses in the Act, the effect of which were
that the railway should not pass over the land of the
plaintiffs, nor in manner to obstruct their works, with-
out first obtaining their emsent, under a very heavy
penalty. The defendants, however, in the face of these
clauses, 'dad taken possession of part of the plaintiff's
laud and intended to commence forming their line
His LORDSHIP granted the injuction.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 14.
IN RE GRAHAM, AD IBIS, AND co.
This case came before the Court for the audit of
accounts, as a preliminary proceeding to the declaration
of a dividend.

A gentleman (Mr.Mackillop) from the office of Mr.
Folk tt, the official assignee, exhibited the accounts to
the Learned Commissioner. It will be remembered that
the parties were warehousemen at the corner of Old
Change, in Cheapside. Graham had, it appeared in
consequence of railway specultnions, committed
suicide. Adams had surrendered, and had passed
his examination, and Macfarlane, the other partner, had
not surrendered to the fiat. The credit accounts
Showed a favourable apre2rance. The debts of the estate
were about 44,000/. ; there was a considerable stock
given up, and book debts owing to the concern of about
11,000/. There had already been realised for the
creditors the sum of 16,0001., now in the hands of the
official assignee, for the payment of a dividend, of which
sum 8,000/. had been collected from debtors in the
country, numbering some hundreds, on applications
madeua quantity of of railway the official assignee. There was besides a
" scrip, ' on which about 700/. had
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been paid, which it was expected would be made avail-
able for a second dividend.

The audit was made, and a dividend of 7s. in the
pound will be payable in a few days. A further divi-
dend is expected out of the railway scrip and other
property.

ASSIZE IN
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 13.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
John Webster and Aaron Shaw were charged with having,
on the 23d of January, at Sandal Magna, violently assaulted
Richard Haigh, and robbed him of 20s. and a half-crown.
Mr. Hall and Mr. Stanhope were counsel fur the prosecu-
tion ; the prisoners were undefended.
The prosecutor is a farmer and maltster, residing near
Bretton, and on Friday, the 23d of January, he attended
Wakefield market. He left the Little Bull Inn about seven
o'clock, and on reaching a place called Striker's •hill, about
five miles and a quarter from Wakefield, he observed three
men a short distance in advance of him. On coming
up to the party, his horse was seized on each side by
two of them, whilst their accomplice endeavoured to
knock him off the animal, by inflicting several severe blows
on the back part of his person. The prosecutor successfully
resisted their intentians for a short time, and on finding he
had no chance any longer to encounter them in that posi-
tion, lie dismounted, in order that he might better enter
into the contest. He was immediately surrounded by the
three highwaymen, who were all armed with thick sticks,
with which they beat him unmercifully, and eventually
knocked him down. During the struggle a number of stabs
were made at the prosecutor, but none of them were
attended with any serious consequences. Whilst on the
ground Mr. Haigh was robbed of his money, and at this
juncture two neighbours came up, one of whom, named
Stephenson, was knocked down, and his companion, pro-
bably thinking discretion the better part of valour, ran
away. Mr. Stephenson pursued the party who had struck
him, and coming up to the prosecutor he found Webster in
custody of Mr. llaigh ; it then turned out that Webster, after
having knocked Mr. Stephenson down, ran in the direction
of the prosecutor, who instantly secured him. Mr. Haigh
and his friend next took Webster prisoner to the Beaumont
Arms, at Bretton, where lie acknowledged that he was the
person that had robbed Mr. Haigh, and produced the whole
of the money, amongst which was a half-crown which the
prosecutor had had in his possession fur about fourteen years.
On the place where the attack was mage being subsequently
searched a loaded pistol, with a split cap on the nipple, a
knife, and some sticks were found; and on examining Mr.
Plaigh's great coat upwards of a dozen incisions were found
about the back and breast. Shaw was also captured the
same night, and, on being taken to the same house where
Webster was in custody, they affected total ignorance of
each other. On the next day they were removed to the
House of Correction at Wakefield, where it was discovered
that Webster had a jacket, having the name " A. Shaw"
marked on the sleeve lin.ng. It was then admitted that
the prisoners had changed their jackets on Woolley Edge,
previous to the robbery, at which time they agreed to rob
the first person they met on horseback, but not to attack any
one on foot.

The jury found the prisoners Guilty.
In ordering sentence of death to be recorded against the
prisoners, his Loupsurr observed that they had each ')f them
been convicted of au offence which still, by law, pansisefl