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INTO TTTTT OIDIA.-PRISONAL ATTIFIDANCS OF Dn.
71NDANTO UPON VIM TRIAL OF INDICIIIIFIT4.
At t►e sitting of the coon. Mr. Robinson, the master of
the Crowlomee, reed the following new rule of court :
" Easter Term, 113.52.

•
"It is ordered that whenever a defendant shall be re-
geared by law, and the practice of this court, to give recog-
nisance to appear and answer to any indictment found in
this court, or removed, or to be removed, into the same, it
shall be added to the condition of every such recognisance
t►at the defendant shell personally appear, from day to
day, on the trial of such indictment, and not depart until
hi shall he discharged by tine court before whom such trial
shall be had, unless the court or ajudgo shall think fit
to dispense with the conditions of such additional re-
. _ . .

Lord Campbell mey as well explain the object
of the new rule. whien has just been read. It is 119 aeesen
the iaeonvenienee experienced from defendants in ISM sf
misdemeanour not appearing to receive sentsases whoa the
trial takes place at nisi print. By an eseellent set of par-
liament, passed a foe years ago, the judge who Wes en in-
dictment at nisi pt ins is authorised iimsdlinely le pies
sentence, nutted of waiting until the Mew*/ him apes
the defendant bring brought up to reetive the sestemee of
the court. It is us the greatest importance dist lestemee
shouts' be intim...limey paused in the face of the ementry,
end before thine who lisve witnessed the evident, upon
which the conviction has taken pine; bat it has her
petted again and again that justice hen beat defeated br
the defendant not appearing ts mein Ns 11111116010, ssi
we have reams to believe that lint sine
have taken place betasen the preereater=rhede=
The prooecutor has got the warrant far endehemilisi the
defestbust, and made use of it as n hriumrlat

of eatortun, and bas made a pfivete haria between Mae.
self and the defendant, er bees ilmfeehml.
Our elver i., it the delendast it="gaittp, that he ibell
in main have the genuine of the law game no him.
0.1101 C. Nawwap.alT KAILWATCONCANT.—DIUIVIUIIIII.
This wee ea action Mought upon an agreement between
the Newmarket Railway Company and 86i Mamas awe,
by whet, the defendant. agreed Me pay the pleistdr
for actual, and 1,5001. for comieggieggfal, damage, in enter-
ing aprin end tiling bu land for their projected railway.
whisk WM. intended to paw through the plaintiff's land. It
was stipulated that the plaintiff ems ant to oppose the de-
fendant.' bill in poriirmi rat, and be emeerdingly refrained
from doihg en. The hill paned is 1818, but the
defendants suhrquently determined net to take ion
rof the plainti. lead, and, in fact, aheahmeed therir The
defendant. had pleaded that tho Linda were not required;
and that the amount 'ought to he recovered was, therefore,
not due. This plea had been demurred to.
Mr. Addison was heard in support of the demurrer. and
urged that there wee an absolute coveoant to pa the
whether the defendant. took the land nr nit. The 4=
eouneel cited " Webb v. l'ortarnouth Railway" (15 Jurist,
89) in support of kis argument.
Mr. Bramwell, hi C., supported the plea, and contended
that the legal and reasonable construction of the afire. m. nt
was; that the defendant. would not enter on the land 'nil
they bad paid the money stipulated Int., and not that tho y
were to pay it whether they wanted the land or stet.
The court deferred judgment.

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RAILRAT COTIPANT.—Surer KILLTO NT A RAILWAY
TkOIN.
This was as settee to v. cover is ataaatattace of
am, sheep ',elongate to the Ilso Lillcd
epos the defendants' line, the MS aria balm the 11
court epee demurer to three plestt and agape ismarrer
In tleelaratine
la the enOtOO of the ereumeat the matt tadvaillal ad' Is
Lily roe lit,getiou and .Nos if Ile puttee wadi as •ea
W dive op tia technical point., sad Mt Ulll ewe be argued
=hi maim sad the rights of Ai partite papperla do-
ns leered amnia ismatai is tido
ea awed **WI loam* waft Ills hub fitrriestas

The plaintiff bad some sheep in his own field, which
escaped in new al defective feariag, and got
upon some land he the Great Northern Railway
Company, and • edheialng the defeadanta' fine.
This last meutioned plan of land was not fenced from the
railway. and the sheep easnorpsently got apes the line, and
were killed. The quesdea relied way whether the plain-
tiff's sheep, having Mapassod spas des Great Northern
Cornlwal's land, DO had_ way right to enforce the duty
against the defendants Off ferernsg that land, and to recover
the damage done is cossequeses of their not fencing it.
The Court held that sle plaintiff was not in • position to
enforce any such duty main* the defendants, and that the
derision must be in their Mew.
Jadgmeat for the defendants.
NOTaLLO C. SvoLow.—Kusteat Corratour.
This was an action to recover damages for infringement
of copyright, in consequence of the defendant having copied
the parts of • song of the plaintiff'', separately, and distri-
buted them gratuitousiy among the members of the Liver-
pool Philharmonic Society, for the purposes of one of their
concerts. The question was, whether this amounted to an
infringement, and the matter was argued at some length on
• former occasion, and again to-d, but the court took
time to consider their judgment. Mee therefore postpone
OUT report.
armee, AT Pis, ?Rao to MIDDLI•NT—smear XL ANNUM NAVIN
Alit, • toanue
Bt SINE.SII of Till COURT.
The list for this, the second sitt*gs, contained ten
ramie, tie, of which were tried in naddended, and one or
two others were withdrawn. TM court sat for the first
time in a room at the top of one of the new buildings, and
• long eight of stairs higher than the highest of the
" back attics " prepared for the ViceChaneellon. The
room, apparently, bad been got ready in • hurry; and it is
to be hoped that this was so, for it did not wear an appear-
ance that matches well with the dignity of the second supe-
rior court of law is the kingdom, but presented to the eye
rather an odd combination of whitewashed walla, red battle,
and newly planed deal wood, but no paint. Considerable
difficulty was ex ocrienced in getting enough jurymen to fill
the bur, which may ha amounted for by the
difficulty of finding their way through the numerous pee
ages; but at length twelve jurymen were obtained, and after
sornekfurther delay, his lordship arrived, evidently very
much distressed with the labour of reaching his "bad
eminence," and the businine then proceeded. In the course
of the day an application was made to the mat to postpone
o trial, upon tbe ground that the plaintiff was seventy
yeses of age, and in ill health, and it was impassible to get
him up the numerous stairs necessary to reach the court.
His lordship said be had muck &Seeley in getting up
himself. H. hail ascertained that there were 8.5 stairs,
which was • great deal too many for as body, like himself,
not so strong as they used to be. However. he did not
think it had been sufficiently shown that the plaintiff in
this action was • necessary witness, and he could not,
therefore, postpone the trial. The case was consequently
called on, and the plaintiff was non-suited.
MAIDLOW r. TRINNT.--CONNISSION roe LITTINO LAND.
The plaintiff in this ease sued, as administrator of John
Maidlow, who had been employed by the defendant to let
for him certain building land in the neighbourhood of
ftrestbouroc-grove. The deceased succeeded in letting
land for 26 houses to • person named Chaleraft, sad land
foe 30 houses to Moms. Bishop and Hortoa. Pee this he
charged 2/. a house. and the plaintiff therefore claimed
1121., less 61., which had been paid.
The care went on fur some time, when, upon the Nugget-
tion of his lordship, it was settledAhe parties agreeing to a
verdict for 601.

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Di ROTRICRILD V. THI ROYAL MAIL Brs.Ax PACILZT

COMPANY :TIM GOLD DIM RODDILDT.
This we. an action on the ease brought by Meson. De
Rothschild against the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com-
pany, to recover from them the value of a box of gold dust
which was shipped at Chagas to Southampton in one of
the company's vessels. The gold was contained in a box,
and directed to the Bank of England, and was put upon
the railway at Southampton in order to be conveyed to
London. The gold left Southampton in perfect safety;
but on arriving at the London terminus of the South
Western Railway, one of the boxes, of which there were
eleven, we. found missing. It was subsequently discovered
that the box had been stolen from one of the luggage wag-
gons at Winchester, but no portion of the property was
recovered. At the trial at Buil/nail the Lord Chief Baron
directed the jury to find for the plaintiffs, on the ground
of negligence, with 2061. damages. Sir A. B. Cockburn,
Q.C., having obtained • rule' to set aside the verdict found
for the defendants upon the second and third Saes, and to
enter a verdict thereon 100 the plaintiffs,
The Attarney-Otnerel and Mr. Crowder, Q.C., showed
cause gamiest the rule, and contended that the ems came
within the exceptions mentioned in the bill of lading as
" robbers and dancers of the road." The word " robbers"
alone was aot found in say mercantile instrument. The
words that were used were " pirates," "robbers," and
" thieves." The words " robbers" and " dangers of the
roads" bad evidently been introduced to meet the dangers
and risks to which a contract of this deseription was ex-
Cs. The meaning of the word "robbery:" as laid down
tete books, was a felonious taking of stoney or goods
heat the person of another by valence, or
,putting hiss in
bodily fear. In this case the word robber" was
clearly intended to be used in the popular sense as
a generic term to comaprelsead all kinds of %hell
sad therefore the defeefleate wee* wit in the exceptions in
the bill of Whig. With respect to Moldings' of the seas.
row* sad roan, it was now conteaded that the term road
meet • mad au dry land sad not • roadstead, breams •
sosailend would be covered by the sea. If then the term
road meat a road or highway. it was quite clear that the
plundering of the geld by he feasible removal from the rail-
way itempony's was NM of time perils and dangers
of the rend by lb.
mired, end within the
eseeptions pirmiled by the defendants.
Si, A. I. Osoltbrms. Q.C., addressed the court in support
of the rule, end ',sanded that Is was not likely that any
merchant would expose his pregorty to oneb anima of
risks ma it world he exposed to ifilbe eidaste isntended
for by the dehmlasts were to be showed in the present
case. WitILS to the wood rebben "it meet be
construed to its lapel merming, 'and the lg
import of that was that • maim wee a
conualtrad • theft by videos& It sena not ruadoebled
that the bill of Wisg bad bus. bb or
eabnimid is the osildisoo et II wee
therein, a lied dessmost a he molneed *dilly sod so-
eord=tals=cation. The law spiel which
the to indontnify thimeolms was ••
loss arising by • of mused mew er yobbos who timid
TWIN% est moo disk elloolod without videos.
whisk woo las one is dr ood Mimes. With
to the wise " the damson of mdie wilts" deo Wised eragasras-
' contended that them were. mold see eppb Se say pro-
perty that was stolen whilst being conveyed by • railway,
rommuch as a railway was not a used.
It being now half-past 4 o' the farther hearing of
, the case was adjourned until morning next.
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ELMSSITII COFYIILD 0. ELIZANITH Fano, AND JOHN
CoePHILO V. TIIS Beine.—KITIthOIIDINART CASs.
These were actions to recover images foe a malicious
prosecution. The defendant pleaded die general imam.
The two plaintiffs Mend Is endi afar a the relation of
father and daughter. The deltairth we the owner of a
publiohotuie called the Mese Meth awl Mkrapie, is Great
Bathetroet, Clerkenwell. The lean at the Yom had ho..
gamed by Mews. Whitbread. late abide Mae It bad
Wien, to the elder plaintiff In the awes et MU, et width.
however, it eggsmind that be bed eely geld 1001. Latterly
Mies thideldthell MS the Mut la her tether, and he bad
resided et )Nagai la q,t 76a Arm pat in as ere-
intim At theme qpietese• sad Mk poser NM of the
pro ea *spewed Mae areirests et the kw had
been brake., sera the peenkes bed bees Wheel to fall into
a state et aiYaeesael thimplete Mkpidellea. The defendant's
1•04.4.11. ill: lam, a akeller. she mesa as her general
Gawk Ikea me a builder theeedc=lseerlthe place into
=Meth et repair. Mks the most de-
formation to the biliildegers, but at last they
=ela getting her oaf at the Math. A short time
however, she nub Mr way bask into the house
IllennAdi
_villlasw • and for *ll, ler have mad Meer,
with Almader Mandy, Peter Ikada, and WNW= Dino
liLl,
Imo leff4ed the asseithe ter
Len? =theme and de:
beaught te sewer Mugu The tilawthe eareeedthery
stetermat IMP Mil by, the plaintiff.
Mir Oellid—The distress was levied by Mr. Chem, who
left a mum arm & Sienna Wine% awl Wterwardo a man
named theinzeli peemellen The badmen went on as
amaal for &me weeks, era dm Chase ordered the
house to be fined. I always Mpg the key, and I hums it
row in my least. On the SA Iri Detsembar, Terry, with
10 or 12 me*, cone to the bees. I wee is a her parlour.
1 was cleaning the 1•1101, hr Trip aid there was
DO occasion foe me to de raq Ear" es he was
moior to take all the Moine and leen out of the
house. lle said that there WSW be workmen about,
and thid I had better give up pemenden. Then ho took all
the dilOr 4 and windows out. I sent to the police•orlice for
insistence. A policeman came and mid that all the portico
on the premises had better walk quietly up to the station-
house. (A knish) I mean Terry and all his men. I had
mien Terry in charge. They were locked up for the night.
I weld back to the premises, when 1 slept, notwithstand-
ing that there were no windows in the house. On the fol-
lowing day the men were brought up before Mr. Cowie I
the magistrate, hut by the advice of my father's solicitor
, withdrew the charge, and they were ordered by the twis-
t r trite to put the whirs beck again. I went hack to the
Mouse, hut I did not hove a window put in. There were
two men in the house, who followed me about night and
do,. There was a soup ladle, which woe mimeo the ..nly
thug left in the house, and with that they were continually
pouting water on the walls and on me. Th. y poured water
down the chimney, and when I went up stairs they cut the
steiresee away, so that the only moan. I had of getting
into the Angle was through the window. This was done by
Terry and hi. men. On the 10th they cut the staircase
down. whilst I was in the room above, and when I told
then, I wanted to come down they abused me mandelou%ly.
On the 15th of December they threw 18 nr 20 pails of water
on me and Hardy. (Sensation.) On the 12th of Mem-
ber, I went before the magistrate, and Terry was held to
1,4 I On the 19th Terry NMI his men came again.
Mr. li run Aldi mon—l suppiee these men left you et
Littitema —Some of them stayed all night, or at least they
hays come at two o'clock in the morning to bee if I had a
Ore, and to put it oat. On the 19th, between two and three
&sink la the ettealeas, Teem Via Oa or twelve et ha

men, was in the bas-parlour. Terry seised Hardy by the
bait of his head, and dragged him ram a shutter on which
he was lying, for there were no chain I. the hcuse. Hardy
was the potman at the time of the ;disarm, and was left
there by
.my father to protect me. 'lady either fell or
jumped into the cellar for safety. (Great laughter.)
(here were neither floors not windows in the house.
Mr. Baron Alderson thought it would have 'been better
for the plidatiff to haw had recourse to the faw, thee to
bare remained, in the month of December, in a house with.
out windows, and tube sluiced with pails of water.
' Mr. Joan said the young woman was a pawn of sieges
lar energy of character. (A laugh.)
Mr. Baron Alderson—Saw sated. She'd seeks awq
good militiaman. (Loud laughter.) She her MNMiM
already. (Itemewed laughter.)
Witases—Then, was • yang seas is the bosuns:
Oillson, who had heard es the deg IMlsse thalps wm
coming again, and had shred_ to whet ma.
him out of the window. (A bugh.) They leiriar to go
out. I said I would Nth Terry steak me as lbe side ed
the bead, and lurcked In down. After be bed kagebed
MO about meet 'candela*, he loth held d me, sad with
the assistance of his men, he mead me es the wisdom
ledge. It. hurt me nab, ad I hie eherweinis top
to a surgeon about it. Whso he hal pst no as the wit
tow. sill, Terry nailed e board assess W. Medd ust welt
to get me est. My body was out of the window, but my
feet were Meth the seem. I believe I was Minsibla. I
believe that the poem seileide paid the door dawn, and
Terry with his men woe 'bilged to retreat if they had
not, I believe they wend bare IMMO wry sadly off. There
were about two haired puma present, and they
cried shame on Mr. Terry. I was taken to a
neighbours house. I believe a policeman helped me.
I afterwards returned to the house and was helped in again
I through a window. Did hot leave the house until Febru-
ary, when I was ejected by a legal process. My father
was not present at all.
Cross-examined—l was summoned before the county
court, and was ordered to pay money to two of the brick-
layers ; bat I have heard no more of it since. The men
' said they woad pull the house down over my head, and I
raid I wish
stay while there was one brick left upon
80•11602.41iia2/8_1111h.)
The two brickla bid in the first in-
dium be dossed with felony stordlog the window-
mothin Thio lam* sakes me Ca
Own, mai I am ward togp am b dam 21 the Conroy
After • post deal d ether seldom es behalf of dr
pthatiffis,
Mr. Humfrey alarmed the jury for the defendant The
=I had broken every single covenant in hie Imes; the
wore tombilog down (one bad wally fallen) ; and
he bad sainted to fissure them or to pay the taxes. Mrs.
Fagg had. obtained lawful possession of the premien, bat
MiesiDeffield bad raised the neighbourhood, and had foe-
daily tented oat the worlunen. Mn. Fagg had ceEeinaill
acted without milk*. Mr. Lae when Terry cons
te him of the tratinent and personal violence he re-
ceived, took the opinion of counsel, and had acted upon his
advice. The reams he including Mr. Colloid in the in-
dictment was, that be had signed an authority to Hardy,
who was certainly Involved in the forcible airy. The
learned counsel then called
John Terry, a builder, was employed to do the repairs.
On the Bth of December witneus was charged with stealing
the window sashes. On the 19th he went again to continue
the repair', and found persons there armed with choppers
and ether weapons. There was a mob daily in front of the
house. They were addrecied and excited by Miss Coffield,
who said they ought to " pitch into " witness and his men.
There were Six or seven persons in the house on the 19th,
and they said they would chop his head open. His
eyee were blackened by Hardy. Asked the people to go
out peaceably and let him proceed with his work, or else
he must put them out. Instantly one of the men jumped
up, and was in the act of using the chopper, when witness
called his men to assist him. A struggle ensued, and at
length they got the men out. Showers of brickbats were
thrown into the house, and at last the mob effected an en-
trance, and began to chop down a partition which witness
had pat up to protect himself and his meta. Had corn-
plained to Mr. Lane of the treatment, and also made com-
plaints to the magistrate. Every day prior to the 19th of
December some of his tools or ladders were burnt before
his eyes. There was a gun amongst the weapons. Had
estimated the repairs at 8001., bat they had amounted to
1,3001.
Cross-examined—The weapons were handed about from
ear to another. Did not pour water on Miss Colloid, but
it might have gone indirectly upon her. Did not pour pails
of water over her. lied been served with a sualnlOna fee
an assault upon Mw Cuffield, but could not say that it was
ea the 19th of December. There had been nothing bat
summoosea and excitement in this affair sine* its corn-
menceronst. Miss Colleld was very "obstropulous" on the
on the 19th, and, therefore, he and two of his men laid
bold of her, seated her on the window sill, and placed a
shutter against her back. Her legs were hanging out in
the street. The sashes bad not beet" taken away. Had
taken up the floors and cut away the staircases.
James Cooper, one of the labourees of the last witness,
corroborated parts of his master', evidence. Had heard
the ma with the gun say that he would blow his brains
out. Witless" vrasstruck by Wilson. Had assisted in bar-
ricading the window. Terry himself and the other men im-
mediately quitted the house in bodily fear.
Crateelansined.—Was not in bodily fear of Miss Coffield.
Had not planned this matter on the 18th of December at a
public house. Had entered the house through the parlour
window.—George Dell gave similar evident's.
William Lane, the plaintiff's attorney, deposal that that
lady had known nothing of the indictment until
ivolz
lately. Had acted as her general spot, sad had fat
preferred the indictment. as he thanght he Ina jandied
doing. Had adopted that peemedin' g ups as 'plaint
given by Mr. Belleatine, the banieter, who set only drew
the indictment, but advised him qua the miehmes.
Crees-examined.—Had add the of the Witt-
man a da er two after the Dial, and ober the peed. hod
be acquitted. The defendant wend pey Os mete of the
present media earl et the essslsss
Mr. Jana sew peeped to ma sdiesse M Ile the de-
theillaat with the tespassibility ei the bliMent.
Jobe Omni, memighs desk to the plaistfrs attorney,
C:"a Me Mee diehndest woe perm (mut on Monday,
Ihst bee stimehaso hod hoes Mopped with Mday en
the Ishoetnediog that Mr. lase% ma wese to hied bw.
Whoa wittiest bed served bee with the whose% she Mid
witness that she knew of the proceedings. [Mr. Mem
thou placed his brief in the witness's hand, be ISIS is
show that he]
bed sot made this statement oo the spew of
the mime
Mr. d.Huesfriry desired the witness to point out the
is the brief, and it there appeared that the words ii=it
have bees used by her were " I know," and not "I knave
oe the witsem had alleged in his examination.
can only say that the weed in the brief is a
doled sum.
Mr. Bens Alliance—We% gembnem, I tea only say,
that if ever yes shoat get as ottemey's clerk lato you
haw or per Mies es such as erred, the only adb
thiAs yes ma do is to kick him est Ohs ream.
Mi. Idustrraattg cared a few ebeirestisisialiiio=
last pine de
Mr. lames dammed the etresgtqle of lb fir
Mr. Berm Alderson salt be felt y with
aD admissions that were drawn from partiesiurble
manner, and be did not mesa to spray Ms remark to Asa
neys clerks in particular.
Mr. James homed that he shoed abed be able to Induce
his lordship ansidembly to modify kis 11111111011.
Mr. Berea Alirataa-1 very muck doubt it.
Mr. James this replied es the whole ems.
Mr. Beres Alamo, is summing up, add be thought it
would he a meet dengerme Mktg H any bad 7, whether en
attorney se sere dirk, amid be edited in go to •
lady 76 years of sip mil, in the dames at berediVidet
ad-
viser or of any Mend, to ask her to mho
telling her that they would save her the trouble of MM.
adtplaised, and dw ea wearies is Gaut, of whisk old
nisseill soy bay wield satmelly stand is dyed, ape-
s Woad esomel did sot always put their Isaias
is meet mkt eel pails emmser. (Laughter. Ilse
I=l.lsmeaseed meek, et hedssidation, and (Mr.
1 AMeama) resimmealed juries to take into their
slime eseddeesties whet sr they weld give their MM.
emcee to that sort of pressedher. Heim they steadfastly
set their haw against it, people-weed pastime en the die.
iodination of peruses to appear, a simonises's that sp.
peared to him to be the only objection to the resist altera-
tion in the law of evidence, which, he Tit= = the
whOill, worked unseemmonly well. Hie
weeded to eminent upon the sae umber ismetigett.:.
He then& there woe as evidence et Bea le waxy at all.
John delasid bad eiomM melds' to do with the transac-
tion ; bet there wee ilemes opium* Ws daughter of for-
cible detainer, if they band the lehndast's Witneniel.
If, however, they placed no release on dish steteinestss
and were satisfied that there was smart awn Be Milts
indictment, they math be thee the* Wee
maliciously. The dellenibut hod, se deseht, hem wow,
but then she, or at best Mr. Ism, bad 'sly beard one
side, and in itt* aft what he bed hoes told, he had
simply followed the advice of essmiel. That certainly
struck him (the lammed judge) 1111 being emeedingly like
boa fides. If the Jug wave sallied that the Mmithast
had not acted from mike or soy improper motive, this
the y matelisd in his favour; he although the plsintith
had undoubtedly sutheined an iiikery, it was an injury for
which the law eluded no remedy, ter it would be mai-
festly very inkarises M the 'alma a justice if juries
ere rashly to giro
_heavy dumps in every ease where a
proueuties had tailed. If, however, they thought that the
plaintilL were entitled to a waist, they ought certainly
out to give a very large sum beyond the 841. which their
defence had cost them, for the G&W for which they had
been indicted was manifestly ens that would nut attach
much dial/race to their character, or make their neighbours
think much the Irene of them.
The jury, after an absence from the court of three
Was and a half, returned at seven o'clock with a ve did
fur the plaintiffs—damage. 164/. 4s. 10d.

2001.—from Juhn Broome, for the purpose of compoundisig
an indictment preferred against John Broome at the last
Lewes amino for cheating at cards. The indictment
charged Richard Sill that he made • felonious tumult
'waist John sod Ile•ry Browne, sod put them la bodily
fear and danger of their lives, and that ho did feloniously
take from them those valuable securities. A second count
charged that the said Richard Sill, with usenases and
*nate, did demand of the said John sad Beery Broome
certain monies and bills of exchange.
Mr. l'arry, on the list being returned, applied to the
court to allow the ease to be transferred to the Central
Criminal Court, as this was a case that this court had now
power to try.—The learned Judge said, under those eir-
aum►tancee, it would go there, as a matter of course.

TSB POLICE COUBTS.
MARYLEBONE,

Joh* Thomas, a cabman, waschorpd with having caused
the death of Elisa Anne Croney, and severely injuring
another woman of advanced age, named Sarah Mendler.
John Harrison deposed that between five and via o'clock
on the previous evening he was on horseback in Melton-
street, Eurton•square, upon one side of which street was a
waggon, end upon the other a flock of sheep. The pri-
soner was coining out of the square with a lady and gentle-
man in his vehicle, which was proceeding at the rata of no
more than five miles an hour, when he (witness) saw two
women fall down close to the side of the cab. They were
lifted up, end conveyed to the University Hospital, where
one was pronounced to be dead, and the other suffering
from • broken thigh. The former was leading the latter,
' who is entirely blind, and has for the last 40 years
tained a living by playing a hurdy-gurdy about Totten-
ham-eourt•road end its Ir:entity. Witness added that ho
did not notice whether the poor creatures weft run
against by the horse. The prisoner seemed quite fright-
ened and !tart spas being told of the lamentable occur-
rence, and said that be was not aware of having caused
mischief to any one.
Another person, named Keith, gave evidence, stating
that the deceased and her companion, the hardy-gurely
player, ran against the cab, and that they both, in conse-
quence thereof, cams to the ground with great force. Ho
did not consider that the driver (the prisoner) was at all to
blame with regard to the melancholy affair.
Hollis', 63 E, said that the prisoner wu perfectly sober.
The accused expressed his deep regret at the occurrence,
and said he knew not that any one had been injured until
told thereof by some bystanders.
The magistrate was of opinion, from all that he had
heard, that the occurrence was accidental, and that a
coroner's jiffy would, no doubt, come to the like con-
clusion. . .

Prisoner was bailed to appear next Tuesday.
The blind hurdy-gurdy player, whoa° thigh is broken, is
the person who wu depicted by Mr. Mayhew in his
"Labour and the
.„.

BoUTIIWARK.

Edwin Kesterlon, coachnisker, of Long-acre, and Re-
becca Marlin, a female in charge of some stables in Great
Suffolk-street, Southwark, were summoned, under Lord
Campbell's Act, for committing wilful and corrupt perjury
ins sn action brought by Mrs. Kesterton, mother of the first-
named defendant, in the Southwark County Court, against
Mr. Green, residing near the police court.
The allegations of both the parties in this prosecution
have already been laid before the public, and are, more-
over, of no general interest.
At the claso of the examination of the witnesses Mr.
Alleckett dismissed the cue.