The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

Kaln intelligence.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—TZSIERDAY.
SEITISIDI AT AIM hdlg. —11111.0 b• LOSD CA/S/Slti, AND a OFICIAL
Jeer.
THE QUEEN e. HENT3I.—INDECINT ASSAULT.
This was an indictment for an indecent assault, and for
acts of bestiality, alleged to have been committed by the
defendant in the surgery of the prosecutor, Mr. W. Hol-
land.

Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Peters-
dor°, appeared for the prosecution. The facts of the case,
as stated by the 1 d counsel, aid deposed to by the
prosecutor, omitting the details, which are unfit for publi-
cation, were as follows: Upon the 13th of October last the
def, 'idiot game into the prosecutor's shop, ostensibly to
purchase a truss; he then went with Mr. Holland into the
buck parlour, end there having exposed his person, com-
mitted the serious disgusting acts which formed the
grounds of this prosecution. The prosecutor did not give
him iuto custody, being, as he stated, too much troubled
and excited. In about ten minutes the defendant left the
place.
Mr. Serjearit Wilkins appeared for the defendant, and
contended that the evidence was not suflizient to warrant a
verdict of guilty. The learned gootleman called two wit-
nesses who spoke of the defendant as a moral and religious
man.

Lord Campbell summed up.
The jury retired to consider their verdict. In about an
hour they came into court, and returned a verdict of
Gwildy.
Thy defendant was then called upon his bail to receive
sentence. A.; he did not appear,
Lord Campbell ordered his recognisanese to be tolerated.
His lordship then proceeded to pass sentence. He said, the
defendant was found guilty of a most detestable and dis-
gusting offence, and in the verdict of the jury he (Lord
Campbell) entirely concurred. Indeed, bad there not been
• verdict for the prosecution, the ends of justice would have
been defeated. The sentence of the court was, that the
defendant should be imprisoned in the House of Correction
for the county of Middlesex for one year, and for that time
should be kept to hard labour.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—YEsTERDAT.
eirrnwe AT Nisihuve a ILIUDIMIVL—Iiboosa Caw Jen=

ii:iii.
VIHTILATION OF THZ COVILT.

The Chief Justice to-day ag;iiicimi—pralned of the im-
proper manner in which the court was ventilated. He
stated that a strong current of cold air came on his right
band, traversed the bench and tho jury boa, and then
passed into the body of the court.
Sir Frederick Thesiger said the worst part of the busi-
ness was that they were continually being made the sub-
jects of experiments.
The Chief Justice thought it was rather strange that this
was the court which lir. Gurney referred to as being so
perfectly ventilated as to justify his being appointed to ven-
tilate the House of Commons.

BURCH ELL AND 0711111 V. SPOITIIIWOODE AND
OINIRS.-TMN LAILNI, BILPABT, AND 13AIJAIIIINA RAIL-
WAY COMPANY..

The plaintiffs in this case were Messrs. Burch's% KU-
gour, and Parsons, the solicitors ; and the defendants
were three of the directors of the Lame, Belfast, and
Ballymena Railway Comrany. The action mime out of
some proceedings in Chancery, and it was brought to re-
cover 7491 , being the charge for 1,498 notices to land-
owners and occupiers, along the line of the projected
railway.
Sir Fitsroy Kelly, Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., Mr. Willes, and
another learned gentleman, appeared for the plaintiffs; and
Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Serpent kiss, and Mr. Lomb,
for the defendants. _ _

It appeared that the scheme for the railway was formed
in the year 1845, and the ylliatiffs were appointed solici-
tors tot; Mr. Hoare, of Ballymena, being the solicitor in
Ireland. On the 19th December, 1845, a meeting of diree-
tors was held, to consider a defect which was discovered in
the plan, deposited under the act of parliament, the defect
being, that in the lithographed plans about half a mile
of pantry was omitted from the plan. The consequence
was that it was resolved to abandon that portion of the line
between Larne and Carrickfergus, sod it became necessary
to prepare fresh notices. The present claim was resisted
upon two grounds—first, it was said that the preparation of
these notices' was the business of Mr. Hoare and not of the

plaintiffs, and that under the circumstances even Mr.
Hoare could not charge for them ; and secondly, that at the
time these notices were prepared, Mr. Bluebell knew of
the defect in the plans, and that it was probable the notices
would be useless. According to the plaintiffs' ease Mr.
Hoare was unused to business of the kind in question, and
therefore the plaintiffs were obliged to assist hiss to a great
intent. It was, in fact, said that if the plaintiffs had not
prepared the notices they would not have been prepared at
all to time; and beyond this it was stated, that the pro-
Iparation of the notices was properly the business of the
London solieiton. As to the other points, it appeared that
, Mr. Harebell knew of the defects in the plans on the 12th
December ; but upon the morniag'of the 13th December his
horse threw him, and he was thus rendered unable to
attend is business fur five days. In the meantime his
clerks prepared the notices, in ignorance of the fact that
there was a defect in the plans.
Sir Fitzroy Holly said, in opening the ease, that the
pecuniary question was by no means the most important
one involved in the case, ler Mr. Harebell considered that
an imputation had been cast upon him, by saying that be
knew of a defect in the plans which' would render thel
notices melees, before he prepared them, and he wished to
clear himself from this imputation.
Sir Frederick Thesiger, in addressing the jury for the
defendants, said that it was not intended, on the part of
his clients, to make any imputation upon the character of
Mr. Harebell.
The Chief Justice also made a similar statement, and
said, further, that he had personally known Mr. Bnrcbell
for many years, and he gave testimony to the high charac-
ter borne by that gentleman.
The jury retired for half an hoer, and then found a ver-
dict for the defendants. To this finding they added these
words, " But, at the same time, we beg to state that we are
unanimously of opinion that no reflection whatever can be
cast upon the character or conduct of Mr. Harebell in this
business." _ _ _

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The case conunenced the first thing in the naming, and
did not finish until put 8 o'clock at night.

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MINT OP ♦ LATIN?.
Mr. Atherton, Q.C., and Mr. Webster appeared for the
plaintiff; and the Attorney-General, Mr. Hindman!, and
Yr. Grove, for the defendant.
The action was brtught to recover damages for the al-
leged infringement of a patent for an application of ma-
chinery to a tire-plug, called a " stand-pipe." The defense
was that there had been no infringement of the plaintiff's
patent, inasmuch as the plaintiff's invention wee only a
new combination of old materials, of which defendant had
also availed himself for the construction of his instrument.
Several witnesses were called on either aide; and the
case had not concluded when the court rose.