The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-27 00:00:00

,•*Hoeg, Mau, and other decoossie her ate la the cases.
To the earring et Mr. Marshall, Mr. Bennett entered the
Foe es a eaters for Dmitri, Blakekty. The conmel for this
'defendant, however did set ask him a angle qusetios, sad
the jury without lend tpirea fased,a verdict Ice the *WWI ,
for a 5i., which, with Up costs, hr Hass been paid.
" The following eerropeedeass subsequently paled be-
tweet Mx. Mare/101l lAA Kr. Beamitt
'" William Marshall to Philip Paasett.-53, New
Bead-street, August 8, 1864—Dear Bir,—lf you
have say demand at ors for the agleam of your
astrodome at Guildford I beg you to seed me the
at once, in ceder that my solicitor M matrearsthem in the emit to be trued spinet Gaeta/ y
Blokakty. Have delayed whom to you on this enbjeot. I
have hem is daily expeetatica of the receipt of a &gm for
W amount et your bet or the melt of dm trial. which I
moot my you seamed to have spared no poise to make oda
—Yours respectfully, Wu. Maesiiiim..—T. P. Beaeatt,
Bensett to Waite= MaralialL-111, Mark
-
lam, E.C., London, August 8, 1864. —Si— In
reply of yaws today, -Mr. Hewlett kis amhd
me to my that be has so wpm= to dirge. se he eon-
eiders Capita' Elakelsy has been very badly treated, sad
that should the preetat verdict be adhered to, Ovate
Blakeley win have quite enough asperses without his
lidding to them ; and with regard to the bet, Mr. Bennett
recollects making some idler, bat was eat aware that you
a:coped it.—l am, air, yours faithfully, ROUST H.
Bias.—W. Marshell, Keq:
" Other letters have pawed which Mr. Marshall does eat
feel himself at liberty to publish without the express comsat
of Mr. Bennett, A copy of this stemmas' hie bees
submitted to Mr. Beenett, with au Levitate:lo to add to
it say explanation which may modify or ooditessliot any
matesieet is it whisk he may cassider .M to be strictly
true. To this challaige no reply has been received.
It will he observed that Mr. Bennett admits something
slant the bet, altholgh he doge not heppea to remember
whether it was accepted. He does not restore to my that
it was not accepted: Mr. Marshall is aware, and Mr. Bea.
sett no doubt is aware, that the farm' bet, though not
illegal, can no Imager be reigivered in a court of law. It is
emphatically a debt of bosom. Mr. Bennett is said to take
prat bacon is the to, merchants and apr4og men will
form their ewe takes of kis soodest, sed those
mos and *hamster are alit slow to foam when OE
this nature are brought before them°
It was about this time too that the plaintiff received a letter
from the defendant status that, unless the 1,0004. was paid,
the defendant would publish hi grads* std seed a state.
meat of the whole affair to Mark-lane, Shanghai, St. Petrie-
hen, sad the different emporia where the firm of Lsightoa
sod 'Bad
carried on say business.
le cromaxamination the witness denied that he had ever
made snob a bet as than motioned by the defendant. With
2=lto sending kis clerk home to Loodoo, that wee eh.
10 necessary or somata of kis busies's. As to kis
going into the witoserbox. be was called time quite neetx-
Mty by Mr. Lush et sauestioe of Bann Martin ;
the
questions were asked of ham, as the unseal came to
apeemint ou both rides, sod a verdict was taken by coastal.
Several other witnesses were called, after which Mr.
Modal Atkinson made • very eloquent speech to the jury
on behalf of his client. _ . .

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sanm log up tie Comma Berjeant mid it mattered
not one pia whether the bet was ever made or sot, as., if the
mosey bad been fairly won of Mr. Bennett, and the de-
fendant had had a legal claim apes him. ouch lettere as had
been written wen certainly writes with latest to extort
mousy, and there could be so doubt that in this nee the
defendant had held out very serious threats. With regard
to the snare of the bet, eves at the time when bets wen
recoverable, such a het would certainly sot be legal, for as
1,0001. were depeading on the action, it might reasonably
he supposed that the trial might peesibly be influenced by
it, and that so junco might be pwrverted.
The jury, after a short deliberation. resumed the follow-
ing verdict--" We tad the defendant Guilty of maliciously
publiahlog a libel with intent to extort mosey," which em-
bodies the first and last counts of the indictenot.

tae Cosmos firjeant, is roteaciug the defendant, told
him he thooght he had acted very badly towards the Maio-
tiff, who appeared to have behaved very well to him, sad
who did not pries for purriahmeat oat of any vindictive
feeling, but who hid only Mooed the matter into court for
his own lake He should Dot pass • vary severe imattece
apse him, although he we. liable to be impriseeed for three
yams on the first must, and Gee years. the lost mask The
senteses at the wart wee that he be imprimeed for one day,
filled 501., mid enter into his owe noogniumors far twelve
months is the sum of 2001. to keep the pros for the apace
of twelve mouths towards Mr. Benson sad all her Majesty's
wTb
defrodant's solicitors at ones wrote out a cheque tor
the amount, and the dateadant left the court alter eater*
into his noogmmnala.

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