The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-05 00:00:00

RA U) iintellitgence.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—SATuasAY.
Tim Quasi e. Witsint —l•eiscsmv ASSAULT CT A
CLLSUSSIAN.
This woe an iedietaient ageism the Ilea. Archibald
Wilms far an indecent assault at a boy 15 yean of age,
called Harry Harwood, who lived in his ~nice.
Mr. H. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Payno appeared for the
provecution, and the Attorney• General sad Mr. Ballantine
for the defendant.
The 'ninon of Harwood (which was too disgusting for
publicatioa) having been gives, together with mas corro-
borative testimony fully establishing the crime, which woe
immusittsd against the will of the boy,
The Atterney,General said he had to discharge a moat
painful duty, but he thought there were limits beyond
which he ought not to go. lio had hoped there might be
some 'instate as to the identity of the difeadaat, but he
meat admit that he could not controvert the 'videos@ whisk
had been given.
Lord Campbell said the Attorney-General bad dons
everything that could be oxpested from his high character.
it was impotaible to doubt that there bad been en improper
purpose in the mind of the unfortunate defendant, but no
improper motive could be attributed to the bey, WINN evi-
dence had bees strongly corroborated.
The jury at once found a verdict of Goa,.
Lord Campbell said, pursuant to a retest set, he wadi
proceed to pass initiate in the remove of these who bad
heard the case, and he should SISLOASS the didbahat
to be imprisoned sir months is the Ronne Corrootisa, 'ad
kept to hard labour.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—SATUEDAT.
Rums ens Loan Cease hams LID Stamm Juana
WIXOM( C. CLIFTON. —BILL T/LAXSACTIONS.
This was en action upon a promissory note, payable em
demand, to recover the sum of 1,0001. and interest. no
defendant pleaded in substance that it was given for IMAM
at dominoes or at hazard, and that the plaintiff received it
without consideration, end with a knowledge of its
character. These latter allegations were put in isatt
the refutation.
The pleadings having been opened, Mr. Edwin James
said that as the defendant undertook to prove that the bill
(motion originated in a gaming transaction, the &Menia-
-1 dos of the issue was east upon him, and be therefore had
Ito begin. The learned counsel then briefly stated the na-
' ture of the ease, more:fully detailed in the evidence which
follows, and said that the defendant was • young
gentleman of fortune, who had been led into
• variety of gaming speeslations, and that the
action cons founded upon OM of two notes given
by him in satisfaction of lames incurred in play with a Mr.
Rowlands. Mr. Rowlands was the son of • medical man
residing not far from his client's father's house (Clifton
and he and his client having travelled together, and
met each other at race courses, they had occasionally
betted and played together. The amount lost in play was
2,5001., hut .5001. having been won hack, the amount for
which the notes were given was only 2,0001. The plaintiff
was the proprietor of the Angel Inn at Abergavenny, and
was himself much gin, n to sporting, and he believed it
would appear that the action was only an attempt to make
this promissory note, useless in Mr. Rowlands' hands,
available in the plaintiff's to recover the amount of his de-
mand against Rowlands, which was Mated to be 8221. He
would now call Mr. Clifton himself, who would prove the
real circumstances of the transaction to be such as should
entitle him to • verdict. . . . .

The defendant, a very youthful-looking pavan, with
moustaehe mad imperial, and dressed in • conspicuous man-
ser, deposed to the facts as stated by his counsel.
la erase-esaahation he said, that his father had bought
him a racehorse whets he was only 17. He had afterwards,
and before he was of age, kept 20 racehorses with his fa.
ther's knowledge. He attended race and bettedtalso with
his father's knowle. He had paid as much as 150,0001.
for debts contracW singe be was 17, assay of them gam•
bliog debts. He now lived uietly, and hoped he was re-
formed. He lived as he was diraseed to do by his solicitor.
He had resided abroad since he had lived quietly, and
did not, he thought, spend more than 1,5001. a-year, and
had set above 1,0001. fresh debts. This was very quiet to
what be owl to be.

MrTehana;siiddreseed thu jury for the plaintiff ered
ridthe plaintiff's (his client's) claims upon Rowlands wee
perfectly clear and book fide, and he was prepared to pews
*wry item of it, if necessary. It was naves until payment
was pressed for representad that this was a bill which
ought not to be paid; and he edwWeidotdm defendant's
evidence did not make good either of dr Ow which he
had set up. If the jury slisuelli se lbws would be a ver
diet for his client, and he Veal way put sum wilassies in
the boa who would prove lwouri ail question what he bed
said. . .

The plaintiff deposed to the fans ea same Waled. He
said that Rowlands was an int:lame friend of OY, that they
bid been at races add other plane of annimmont together,
but he denied any knowledge whatever of the eireamatances
under which Rowlands bad obtained this note of young
He bad asked no questioos, but took it as • secu-
rity for his debt.
Mr. James having replied, urging the extreme improba-
bility of the plaintiff, the intimate friend of Rowlands,
having taken this note without inquiry as to its origin,
TM Lord Chief Bares direetM the jury to consider,
list, whether the plaintiff wee aware that*. bill was given
fur a gaming namaction • sad, sesordly, whether it was
gives by Rowlands to the Plaintiff fora good consideration.
if they thought he had no notiee:of its illegal origin, then
would be entitled to a verdict, with damages equal to
so meth of the WI. as they thought had beat incurred
by Rowlands.
The jury retired, and after an absence of about two houn,
returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with 8181. is. 4d. da-
msel., baring deducted • credit of 31. Bs. 10d, from
8224. fin. 7d. This was to be takes is discharge of the bill
and interest.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—SATuaDAy.
!,.Thai Ma. SiJIMAXT ADANA, MILTLIIT JUDO&

The court sat to day at the Guildhall, Westminster, to
hear appeals. There were in the paper Ave by the London
and North Western Railway Company against St. Pancras
Southampton frost Paving Bates, made from June' 1849,
to July, 18.51, and two against water-rates of the like. When
they were called on
The Maistant-Judge said the counsel appearing in them
were no doubt aware that the special case, ailing from the
company's appeal against the peon'-rate of St. Pancras,
heard and decided a short time ago, which the parish were
to take up to the Court of Queen's Bench, with reference to
the principle on which railway property should be rated,
had hems abandoned by the parish. Such being the case,
and it having been ur derstood that the appeals now in the
paper should stand over until the result of that special case
was known, he would ask what course it was intended
to panne with reference to them.
It was arranged, by the counsel appearing respectively
for the company and fee Gas local authorities that the
cases should be pegoened until the October Sessions, and
that a day slieeM thes be Sled for the hearing.
Several appeals by the South Western Company were also
postponed. - lboree parka appeals, the details of which were
not of puMle Interest, were beard.