The Express.
London, England, 1855-06-25 00:00:00

BUNT= V. TIM ORNAT NOSTMANN RAILWAY COMPANY,

—RAILWAY ACCIDZIty.
Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. ;Bramwell, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins for the nom-
Ain was an action brought by the plaintiff, the proprie-
tor of the Old Bell Tavern, Holborn, to recover compensa-
tion, in damages, from the defendants, for injuries sustained
by reason of the alleged negligence of the servants in their
employ. It appeared that the plaintiff, in company with
a friend, left the Hiss's Cross station by the five o'clock
express train, for Biggleewade, on the Bth of August, 1863,
and bad not proceeded further than Hornaey when a violent
collision took place, the train having run into a coal train
which wu standing woes the line. The plaintiff, who
was sitting with his face to the engirt', was thrown for-
ward, with great force against the opposite side of the
carriage, causing • severe abraaion of the skin on his
forehead and contusions on his knees. When he recovered
from the shock he proceeded on his journey, and returned
to Landon, from which time he had not been able to attend
to his business, having been afflicted with paralysis caused
from the general shock to his system. The medical testi-
mony went to establish that although the plaintiff had
occosionally suffered from gout, the symptoms which he
complained of were to be *earthed solely to the accident.
For the defendants, it was admitted that they were
rupoosible for the gross negligence of their servant, who
was most culpable in his conduct; but they denied that
the sufferings experienced by the plaintiff were the result
of the accident. In support of this part of the case the
defends's., celed two medical gentlemen who bad examined
the plaintiff on two occasions by the direction of the com-
pany, mad who gave it as their belief that the symptoms felt
by the plaintiff could not be attributed to the accident, but
were essentially the result of suppressed gout, from which
complaint he was suffering. They were of opinion that the
paralytic attacks might result from a blow on the bead, but
net without being followed by more immediate severity in
the result.
Mr. Hawkins, in the absence of Mr. Bramwell, summed
up the defendants' evidence.
Sir Frederica Thcsiger replied on the whole cum
The Lord Chief Baron having rammed up the evidence,
told the jury it was for them to say whether the plaintiff had
sustained the injury complained of by reason of the acci•
dent. If they were of opinion that the plaintiff was suffer-
ing merely from constitutional maladies, the defendants
were entitled to their verdict ; but if, on the contrary, they
thought he was suffering from the results of the accident,
be was entitled to such damages as the requirements of the
case demanded.
The jury returned a verdict iot the plaintiff, damages 701.
RITCRIIIB V. 311.13C1.—ALLIOED LIBEL,
Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Lath appeared for the
Bplaintiff ; and Sir
en F. Thesiger, Mr. C. Foster, and Mr.
euley for the defant.
Mr. James said this was an action for tLe publication of
a libel reflecting on the character of the plaintiff, who had
for many; ars filled the Ala •of inspector of prisons for
Ireland. Au act of parliament was passed some years ago
whereby the duties which had been performed by tie
plaintiff were abolished, and it wain an article commenting
on this change toes the libel complained of appeared in the
columns of the Civil Service Garotte, on the 24th Feb.,
1855. Without going at length into the nature of the
libel, safnoe it to my it charged the plaintiff with having
been ignominiously dismissed from his office. It was but
due to the plaintiff to say that from the time he filled the
cane he had acted moat beneficially for the service, and Sir
J.Young, in making his report upon this subjects had spoken
of this gentl man in the highest terms.
Sir Frederick Theeiger said be would take the liberty of
interrupting his learned friend, as he felt it would be im
possible for him to offer opposition successfully against a
v. rdict on this occasion. He appeared there for the pro-
prietors of the Civil Set** Gazette, a paper which was
conducted with great ability. Its principal feature was to
comment fairly upoa all appointments made in the Civil
Service of the country. With regard to the libel itself, he
would state that the defe dant was a stranger to the
plaintiff, and that he was not the author of that ibel. It
wes a communicati a which had been made to the paper
by a correspondent, and had been inadvertently introduced
into its columns. That communication ought to have
gone forth to the public, for it certainly had improperly
assailed the shasseter of the plaintiff. Such a stewment
wee molt unjust, end ought never to have been made. Oa
being satisfied that the statement was unfounded, the pro-
pintoes of the paper felt it to be their dut to retreat the
unjust imputatioes east on the plaintiff's character, and n.
„maim as, a verdict for 601. • which amount, though small,
enuld be sufficient to protect the plaintiff from pecuniary
lam
The jury accordingly returned a verdict for the plaintiff—
damages 60

William Gardner, a stout and daring-looking fellow, was
charged with committing the following robbery :
William Plummer, an intelligent little boy, ten years of
age, paid—l reside at 19, Soathwark•rquar... On the 13th
inst. I was goisiu to my aunt's, after my father's funeral. I
went in an uninibue, and I getout at Ring's-cross. I saw
the prisoner and another man, sad asked them the way to
• Snivel-square, where my aunt lives. It was about eleven
o'clock at night, and they said they would show me. The
primmer then took me up in his arms to give me a ride, be
maid. On the way I felt him tryiag in which pocket I bad
my money. I took it eat without his seeing me. Trey then
took me up a street, and into a dark court, where the pet.
rimer pat his band on my mouth, and took a shilling and a
halfpenny from my pocket and ran away. I ran after him,
calling out " Stop thief." He was stopped, and a police-
man took him.
Juba Driscoll, 206 8, said—l was told that a little boy
had been robbed, rid I was after the pr Boner and caught
him In Church way. When the boy was robbed was off
fleymenr-street.
The prisoner denier' that he had ever seen the boy, or bad
committee the robbery, or that he had ever been charged
with an offence.
The prima... was remanded to imitable the officer to see it
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