The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-19 00:00:00

IDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1852.

Tat jury, heves mint the goes that, reemod with a
verdict it Guilty *case both defcadaste.
Idr. Knowles prayed judgment; upon whisk
Lord Cam pben said he was quite ready to pressman the
imigment of the mart. The defendants had bees coavieted
deli elbow oda mat estioue character in a great eouner-
did sky, and 11 wee necoseary to protect the cematualty
hem mit lauds se they had bees reovad to beguilty of.
Mr. Ode oil kit client Fettillant had already been int-
primed eht meas.
Lard Omeephell wee glad to ham received that informa-
tion. The sums of the court we. that }resilient be I.
plates& to the Mews of Careens for the City of London
at hard Ways he two years. ad that Denis be imprisoned
is the was place for twelve calendar months at hard

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AUSTIN AND ANOTVIIII O.
YIELD, AND LNICISTIMISHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. -
RAILWAY ACCIIDINT.

'1 he pia/aline in this ease purchased 21 horses at Bever-
ley fair, and put them upon the defendants' railway to be
taken to London. As they did not wish to incur the expense
of horse boxes, the bones were put into cattle kinks, and it
was agreed that the company should not be responsible for
the fitness of the trucks. Upon the line the axle of one
of the wheels got hot, and although attention was celled to
it the truck was tent on until it got between Whittleeea
and March, when it broke down. The result was that a
mare, worth 361., wee so injured that she had to be
; and damage was don" to the other horses hi
the extent of twenty-five pounds. The plaintiffs some
time ago brought an action in the Queen's Bench, in which
they sonfht to charge the defendant' upon their common
law liability as earricn, but in that action they failed, upon
the ground that there was a special contract. Under these
circumstances the Present actiun IV As brought, upon the
ground that the accident had Kneen from the negligence of
the eompany's servants.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, damages 601.

COLLZTT O. POSTE& —ACTION UPON A POLICY OP
Imamate&

The plaintiff in this ems is the late member of parlia-
ment for Athlone, and the defendant is the representative
of the Britannia Inenesweeuffiee. The awe came before
the court upon an bens ben ebe Court of Chummy, to try
whether, at the time ef elhellifits a policy for 9991. on the
life albs *Wire *llk Ken fea Collett, certain medi-
eel iwillematien which aught he hey* been known to the Bri-
tannin Life heasennne Cumpony.now represented by the de-
fendant, was Of igessalled, and also whether, at
the time of eQ Ibe piney Mrs. Collett was afflicted
with any disseminate be shorten life. The plaintiff, for-
merly Y. P. kr married Sir Thomas Gage's daugh-
ter with whams be unseen not to have lived happily, for in
1835 a deed of legemillisa was executed, after which she
lived apart fres bee bnehand. la September, 1814, an in-
serene, for 9991. wee Alleged ea her life in the Britannia
Life Luanne* three* the esesey of Major Richardson,
who signed the ordinary deduation as to her health, lasting
that he did not know she wee suffering from any disease
tending to shorten life, and referring the cotes for further
inquiries to her usual medical attendant, Dr. Milligan. In
June, 1845, Mrs. Collett wan taken seriously ill while play-
ing on the guitar, and a few hours afterwards died. The
plaintiff administered to her effects, but the defendants re-
fused to pay the policy. A bill in Chancery was thereupon
flied against them, of which the present issue is the result.
Mr. Cotterill, her solicitor, who frequently had professional
interviews with her, deposed that she appeared, during his
acquaintance with her, to be in good health ; but severe'
female witnesses, who had lived with her in various capa-
cities, proved that in consequence of a fall, while ascending
Skiddaw, soon after her marriage, she had been subject to ,
periodical pains in her head and aide, and that ultimately a
'
kind of abscess was formed in her side, which frequently
discharged itself, occasioning temporary relief, and that it
• was in consequence of a violent discharge of this nature
that she cried. Sir Benjamin Brodie, who attended her in
1834, gave evidence u to the peculiar and doubtful nature
of her disease, and several other medical witnesses were in
attendance. The jury, however, having intimated their
belief that in September, 1844, when the assurance was
• effected, Mn. Collett was suffering under thin disease, and
' that it was one tending to shorten life, the eau terminated
in a verdict for the defendant.