The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-03 00:00:00

SECONDARIES COURT.-MAT 2.

1131111 IT W. 11411111011D.--PALIIII IMPALONXII3III.
This was a writ of bigotry to awes* the damages to the
above action, judgment Junta' ban *afford to go by
default.

-11r.1erjesist Millar said this action bad been brought ►y
the plaintiff to obtain compensation in danteges for having
bee. deprived of his liberty end detained for two hours on
board the vessel of which the defendant was captain. The
delendant had admitted that be was not justided in the
course he had pursued (by snff..riog judgment to go by de-
fault), bat it would be ter the jury to say to what amount
of damages the plaintiff was entitled for his wounded feel-
fags and the iadignity be had *offered is the sight of the
other passengers by being detained a prisoner. An apology
bad been demanded of the railway company, and the letter
leg unanswered. _ _ _

Tinney said he wee a member of the
Inner Temple, aad had chamben there. In December,
1884, he took a through ticket from Paris to London. He
got on board the Undies at Calais about three o'clock in the
morning, aad arrived at Dover about sic. The steward
same Sikhs end demanded la. Bd. for luggage. He refused,
sails, he had so luggege, sad did set require the services
of the steward. The steward ,shed 011 Ist bit sae ahem
until he paid It. He ammated is the eapteds aid the sap-
min esuirened the d of the steward, telling bias (the
plaintiff) that the fee demesdaB was the flied fee for por-
terage to the cestom-holes, and thence to the railway sta-
des, and tbat all paid it whether they bad say luggage or
sot, and that as h. (the defendant)jwas resposeible to the
company for those fees, he insisted upon their being paid
before he left the ship. He tried to leave the vessel but the
mate and sus prevented him doing so. The captain and
mate loft the Unclip', and IMO time afterwards the latter
came bank, took his (pleiwife) name and address, and then
told him he might go. He was just In time to catch the
o'clock dais.

dic;aeistniaed by Mr. Hawkins—He had always before
geld the Is. 61., but would not oa this oceomion, because
the steward demanded (My le. from a Frau:bus, who had
luggage. The Frenchman bed takes a lump tithes in
Pane, for which he paid 2s. 61. AU the other passengers
paid 11 61. without objecting. The captain told him he
was no gentleman or he would pay it.
Mr. Hawkins contended that the demand of Is. 6d. was
a legal claim, and one that should not have bon objected to
by the plalatiff, as it was a chugs established to defray the
expenses of facilitating the transit of passenger' luggage
through the Cantos bows and theses to **beim, for which
no other charge was made. The oonveolesee of the autos
wavery great to the public. He admitted that the de-
feadaat had dose term to detain the plaintiff, but having
dimmed then encer ha was wilting to apologise for it in
such • swam no eau goalless& might apologise to ano-
ther ; bat he weenie prepared to bold himself up to the
public w ea *stardom, when he felt he was only doing hie
duty. Mr. Heerkise concluded his address by calling on the
jury to give very slight damages, as the plaintiff had re-
ceived no Wary or 111000,0111enee beyond being detained
en board the Had's, for an hoar. Re was not detained long
enough to pecan hie leaving Dover by the regular min.
The learned emendary having summed up,
The jary retired. and after an Mame, of half an hour,
retuned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 76i.

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The emetics fa them emus was whether the MOW
tioae is pretootioa eases Anal orders baying bees ohgtied
is the Ant, amid be susiateed. The pennies were allowed
to be Sled la order that **three cossatioloaere might adopt
• rule ea the subject.
Mr. Casualesisser Murphy ease tared to the bar, after a

Ilesseltatioa with his learned solliseguse, that the Chili
Cosamissieser had a szoog opiates is the matter, and had
givea hie reams la a jadguteat be had prososeead, not to
allow a sewed petition where a flail order had been ob-
tallied cis the Ist, and when debts therein when 'lndio-
'barged or sot sanded. Mr. Oseunisicsor Phillips had
"..soened la the prism, sad is, so reason to
abor Ms opialos. As the 'majority of Use cos
silsisiors wen apiast second petitions seder the
Passetion Ass, he should (Mr. CrOMMILISIOIMI Marpltp),
the sake of uniformity, concur, sad is future so such
pelliekes would be eseseived istiseissura Ste 110•01 II said
the esseinissers would be glad if the question was raised
bass tho Chart of Queoa's Beach, by naiades= or other •
elms He was free to safes' that his own opium was in
Omer of messed petitions.
Is ens of the owes (Shaw) sa application was suede to
slims the caw, in order to raise the question before the
Open of (bows Beach ; and, farther, the fees, eaespt the
mosey paid, Welk asked to be returned to the insolvent
Mr. CamaisMaer Murphy declined to adioans the case,
amid ordered the poshiss as be disused. With regard to
limm appliestiles he So hes to Shaw's see, he Omega% they
GNU sot In be stem*, betas it was Wended to raids the
gemodes before ed court, he wadi sat ',soled* the
far theta
at:a:rides ware dismissed.

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