The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-06 00:00:00

SHERIFFS COURT.—YewreaDAT.

CLIFFORD r. WALTwI.—TRAIISMISSION OF 1,1111181.111.11111
ST POST —hlfuliTANT to NEW

This was an action to recover the sum of 11. 19a. for
newspapers supplied.
The plaintiff is a well-known news-agent in the City,
and the defendant is a gentleman of repute in the
country.
The question raised was. whether an order given to a
enuntry bookseller could be construed into an order to the
London agent. It appeared that the plaintiff had fer
many years been in the habit of sending newspapers di-
rected to the defendant. Several bills, extending over
a period of seven years, had been paid by defendant, who
now disputed the claim, on the ground that he had given
the order to another party. *discussion oho arose as to
1 the riot of delivery, the papers having bees sent through
the Post-cllee is the usual way.
Ris Resew said the continuous payments proved a liabi-
lity—the irregularity, so nosh complitsmod of, was a sat-

ter to be settled elsewhere. lie did not melee newspapers
with the regularity he wished, but he thought that every.
body wished to get the first information. and he felt glad
when be got it at all.—Verdiet for plaintiff.

BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT.
YESTIBIDAT.
Itsrous D. U. Ilium Ems.
LAST C. BALL-EXTRAORDINARY CONDTCY 01 •

MARRIED MAN.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a trades-
man carrying on business at Camden-town, to recover the
sum of if. 10s. money lent. Plaintiff, a big whiskered
middle-aged man, stated that the defendant, Elisabeth
Hall, who resided with her father next door to him, had
on different occasions borrowed money in the whole to the
above amount, which being unable to get repaid back he
had brought her to that court.
By Mr. Williams, who attended for the defendant—He
was a married man accl the defendant had promised to keep
single till be was a widower, when she would marry him.
He did not exact such promise by threats.
The defendant, in reply to the claim, said that it did not
exist, but admitted that, unknown to her father, sbe had
several times borrowed small sums of the plaintiff but had
always paid him back, and was not now indebted to him.
On one occasion the plaintiff expressed his love for her, and
under a threat of destroying her and himself with &double-
barrelled gun he always kept loaded if she did not keep
single till his wife died, and then many him, she consented
to do so. She, however, afterwards considered the matter
as a mere juke, and formed an acquaintance with a young
man to whom she was shortly going to be married; and
this coming to plaintiff's knowledge, he bad been latterly in
the habit of reiterating his threats with suck vehemence as
to induce her to make her father aware of the facts.

Plaintiff—At any rate the money is owing to me.
His Honour observed that he did not think it was, there
being no proof beyond his bare statement. He could not
help saying that it was very silly for any young woman to
make such a promise (as defendant acknowledged she had
done) to a married man, who was very censurable in exact-
lag it. lie believ.d plaintiff bail made a false demand out
of paltry jealous revenge, and kis decision would, therefore,
be against him.
Judgment for defendant, with costa allowed, to be paid
by plaintiff.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-YESTERDAY.
Btroaa MIL 8111JtaPrf ADLNA, Asurrawr Jews.

James DatilJeffries and John Naylor were indicted for
having stolen 12911.0. weight of lead, the property of the
Royal West India Mail Steam-packet Company, in a vessel
called the Parana, in the pone( London.
Mr. Parry having detailed the facts of the case,
James Carter stated that he was in the employment of
the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company, and was ship.
keeper on hoard the Parana, which had recently arrived
from the West Indies, and was now lying in the export
dock of the company for repairs. The prisoners were known
to him as lightsrmcn. On the arrival of the ship from her
voyage there was a large quantity of mates on board. The
prisoners had the conduct of a barge to be laden with ashes
and carried away. The ship's company loaded the barge.
On the 13th of September, between one and two o'clock,
when the ship's company had all gone away, he raw the
prisoner Naylor bring a piece of lead out of the engine-
room. At this time the barge was lying alongside the ship
full of ashes. Naylor then went with the lead to
the side of the ship on which the barge was,
and before witaeu could get forward to him he
let the piece of lead fall from his hand. When he got
to him he told him to bring up what he had put into
the barge. Naylor then told Jeffries, who was in the I
barge, to give him up the lead, which, by being covered
with ashes, bad been concealed from view. Upon this,
Jeffries pulled up the lead, but witness let it remain there
until the chief officer of the Parana came on board. Nay-
lor said he was sorry for what he had done. A further
search was afterwards made of the barge by a man of the
name of Smith, when four other pieces of lead were found.
He had been in the engine room about one hour previously,
when he knew all the pieces of lead were safe.
John Smith corroborated the evidence as to finding three
other pieces of lead in the barge.
Thomas Hoy, police officer of the East and West India
Docks, said the prisoner Naylor was given into his custody on
the 13th September, when on being told with what be was
charged, be said " It is a bad
it."
have done it, but Jef-
fries knows nothing about it.
Mr. Sleigh and Mr. O'Brien having addressed the jury
for the priseaen' they returned a verdict of Guilty against
Naylor, and No4Grilty as regarded Jeffries.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to hard labour for
Olin months.

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 6, 1853.