The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-03 00:00:00

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HOME ClRCUlT.—limorrox. Aran. 2.

WAS IN. LIMO. Putt ASIR • IMICIAL
WILLIS v.
This mum, which was pertly Herd ea Saturday, was
remind to-day, sad was act brought to • oushislos sant
eight &dock at sight.
Mr. B James, Q.O , Mr. Wordsworth, and Mr. Bayliss,
wire for the plaiatiffi and Sujeut Shoo, Mr. M. Cham-
bers, Q.C., sad Mr. Robinson, for the defeadant.
The amen was brought to reemr sompentatioa in de-
mises from the decadent, for hulas maliciously made a
sharp imain•t the plaiatiff of having conspired with a por-
ton aimed Hoary Gibson, to defraud him of 6001, by fah*
representatiose with regatd to the vales of a mina at Car
demerit, in belted, ogled the Royal I:liberate* Silver sad
Lead Mice. The ems lasted the greeter part of two days,
bat as there b beta a good deal of litigation epos the
same manor, and meat of the prlaclpal facts have hem
before reported, it will be summary to give all the ovi-
duct' is detail. It appeared that the plaintiff was a eel-
owner, and also largely engaged is the corn trade at Wel-
verharaptoo, and the defendant was a perms engaged is the
mate pursuits at Briny Hill, is the same neighbourhood,
sad they were Asst lstrodueed to oath other epos the
masks of the Great Babibition of 1851, and after this
period them was • seed deal of 'enmity between. them.
The plaintiff, it appeared, was also acquainted with (M-
-ew, who had ea interest in mead mines, ogees MUM
was oat eelled the Gnat Welch Silver sad Lead See,
sad from the. eunespesdesce that pared Intuits the par-
tite, there appeased** be so doubt that the delbadalit was
very maims to have as interest is this pa/tinier mine, as
well as the oat that wee afterwards piseilal, Royal
Hibernian; sad at less* he persisted a ire is the
femur, for white r• pad OIL, sad ea She lea d Awa.
1852, be pee 5001. be a shine in the later. Mass op-
peered to have bees the misolgel meat is the natter, asi
it was admitted that he bad reesived dm singes for the sham
in the Matra.* Mae, and it tossed that. at gm=
the traasaetioa, se reel was the maidens. of thi
and all the other who bad parehated inets,to
Gibson's roes and Sid be their Wisest, that
they made a preset of a piste at plate Si two bar
died real vase. A very short time, it appeared,
to dispel the dame of weak that ware es.
peed to be derived from the miaow sail the defendant
bright an eaten egoista Oben, to sewer the
mosey he bad paid, bat the Wkse was see presseded with,
and be Agana et lest year, it appeared that be preferred a
bill Won the mind jury at the Clestael Criminal Coat
etreggag the plaintiff sad Gibson with=bing
the
tegelher
Miran. him try take repressaleame to
to mime
queake. The bill was MIA sal apes tht a mensal
Ism* cad the plastiff was takes kb suotody and numbed
betase the asegiolirates at Woleethampton, by when be
was esiared to Clad bail to answer the charge. It was
Mission the part of tbe plalatiff, that be had just am-
gaoled s lease he mute estenehe anisette that were likely
be paws bldbbassidel Is hie isearask sad that be we
de a Imp Wiles dish amphora sway a handsel
Lama, sad it sees will that Ms essengsesee eI kb being takes
kW ember smiler the elsemetlessee woe to destroy bb
era% sad that Obis asme apes and he wee
Angel maim kb preptelp, mad led aow nothing bat an
Ammo et 41. • week frees kb estate to 'abase upon.
The kiliehment was is doe comes lbeneed b Ms asses%
Bomb by mama, sad it appeared that Gases kft Obi
mustry, and whoa the trial of the plalatE same ea
Wan Lord Campbell, the cam was Napped after
the deiadent had gives bis evideam, the bend judge
ruling that there was so Masan to swat IM charge
again* Tbe plaballll appsmod wee pet to an u-
ps., et VAL delhadieg the poseseaties.
ILr ilatieest Mise addremed the jury es Wall et the de-
feudist, sad he prefteed deemasatery sad ether wawa,
with • view to show that the deileadest bad a ememable
mend fee em nsobs that the Oskar woe sessitaed with
the fraud width he mid had audishiedly bees_ Maffil ka by
Giber's. He peeked Wan written by the plabilw to the
defendant, is width bib him to have a
sham be the
aka, sad gave a slowbg. immiptlea have
its prospeets teem
We we pommel Annelids, ell *ups Mataients
smisabhodke Abs. It applaud that skims h Gibmsat
emir ether peaks bad made a pad eskilklut et fife is
setaesee te the Grand Him es Nine, dist, is point at
AM, se lake was is making ; ask although mem misers
wen employed, nod isms pits sere deg by Shim that no-
thing is the daps at era was seer Messearel, sad it was
paved that, at the seism. of Giliess, a um awed Cassell,
who had Ms mmegemest of the mks, wrote a report, a copy
of whisk was sestliba kr the purpose, is whisk be stated
that be bed dhoseeted the lode, and that it was worth at least
1501. a fathom, sod Ohio Masked report was, so doubt,
aide see sf be the papas et inducing persons to booms
amebae= is the else.
Baran Platt, to emmetki up the case to the jury, said,
that the rely qualms they hat to consider was, whether
the defssdaat had essiesabk sr probable cause for including
the plaintiff is the Millatetat for a conspiracy to defraud.
So far as Gibes woe sessiesod there would probably not
be mach doubt :abe nature of his proosedings,
but it wee agelbet whether the evidence satisfied
them that tit falsilr bed any guilty knowledge of the
lesimactios. It did set appear that he bad ever derived
any advents's bun the Rise la questise, or that he even
we a gavels it, and the jury would wader *Who: it
we not potable that he might Isere imam* =de Ni.
bile represintatiess relating to it from isimitsies glees
him by Game, sad without fraudulent bilesdes.
jury, after a very short delibetallea, returned a
'media for the plaintiff—damages 1,6001.