The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-01 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
•TTDIM AT A PIM AT IFITAIMITIL -AO= AD CA PAL

WS O. SORRIIIY •rn

This wee ea sotio• to recover campaniles% Is damages
for false imprisonment.
Mr. Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. Buddlestone appeared for
the plaiatiff; and tbe defendants were represented by Mr.
B Jessie sad another I. tuned ireatlenisn.
It appeared that the plaintiff, Miss Bliss Grieves, was
an minute la the establishes's% of Madame Doses., et
11, Bratee-street, Board-street, sad is the 11101016 et Weber,
abrsitS o'clock in the evening, went to the shooed Yews.
&-werby and Tatham, linendrapers, is Illegeat-eiless, and
ourehaaed SOON article' which amounted to 3s. Si, sad
tendered in payment two half-nowise, which the eeshier
declared to be bed, sad a pollosmas was called in, and she
was gives fate "tasted, aa • smasher, sad taken Mum& •
crowd whisk had collected at the door, sod down Weed-
, street, to the polies statics, in St. Oilee's. She esserted
her ianooonee, gave her own address end the name of the
lady in whose genies she wee, u well as the saber of
her sister Olivia, who lived in Geeirrestreet, Hanover-
square, sad whose she requested slight be sent for, bat
they refund to seed or to stake soy inquiries as
to the truth of her stay At the Hat o* she wa. chivied
w.th pausing bad money and searchtd by the f al e et a, cher,
eeeryt,ing •he had oa being take. o!, and being compelled
op-n her mos. hia order to show if .he ha" coecreled any
bet coil under lint tongue, and the emelt was that the
sea•cher thought the was a retpectsble por,os, add at her
request she was p aced in a cell by herself, fastest el with
fri a. asd o:lsse diarepot I Ids character,. It seemed tt at
the two balf-crowne had a sonewha.: eisgelar ap-
Pea men, the plaintiff had borrowed them from her
sister, who happened to have some quicksilver is bet
pocket, sad thin having sniped from a piece of paper in
which it was wrapped up, gave the ooins en automate
'aniseed to inert* a nephrite" of their gensiessess. At a
quarter after elevenths same evening the Grath. rot Madame
Deimos went to the station he bail eat the platataff, tat the
imposter wee so soaviatied a the grouseleessess of the
eharge, that he took on himself the respossibi ivy of release-
iag her, sad she west home in a ceb. It was •
wet night when she was given into custody, and, bev-
ies thin shoes on, her feet become dem* in walking
through the sties% and her health might have
been "nicest, endangered, as she had jot rose-
'seed from • severe It of Weems. Os the ease bobs/
beard nest mining at Mar.borough-street polies...mit by
Kr. Bingham, the half-crowns were tested, end foetid to be
good, and the plaintiff we' St once diseharged. Subse-
quently, Noun. Souerby lunted ea apology is the Tema
and Morel" Pod, sad dieted, by way of compensation
U. la the last instance, and afterwards IW., but the plaiatiff
refused to accept either of these eases.

The plaintiff, her Water, MedenielDeeeen, and others hay-
Leg bean umlaut ea the part el the plaintiff, and proved
the above lams,

Mr. Z. Isom said tt • defeadants had eadeavoored to
Bake a full reperstioa for the uniortsuate mistake which
had bees committed, and if them was any inaccusey in the
fans as set oat in t►e apology, It was entirely nointentieed.
Meters. Itioirerby were extremely desirous to be set right
before the pultdie, and they wished to leave the matter ea-
tirely in his lordship's bands.
Mr. Serleaot Wilkins consented to that arraageosent.
Lord Campbell said as the law now stood the judge was
bound to try a ease, if both sides 'Halted him to do so, sad
as bah the hissed monied here cemented, be woe ready
to take the: course. His opiaion was that the fun it
101. was not sulkiest. H. had M deabt shoat the re-
spectebtlity of the defendants, sad that they meat to do
whit was right, sad that this wa a IMPS tf see
Fitton, but le thought they had inducted them-
. 41.15 very harshly aid lacemskitratoly. TIN ap.
peasant* of VV.. yam/ wos•s spoke for itself; be Mrlt
say she brooght a letter of recommadatioo woh her. Never
sacs he Vag a judge. or at the bar, tad he reeo a witness
whose conduit is the brit' use more onset ept onahle. Prom
her detente's, oa the present make he al ould aspire
that her sammer sad appearana whoa in the WI" tee 'lie I
to her Wooten* and respectibility, sad he considered that
tka defendasts behaved harshly In sot marilag for bar els or
or employer to eerreborate her statement It wee • sad
Shies for a yesog lady like her to be takes throoph the
streets, sad stripped end examined in the way she was.
It was to be wished that the apology had come sooner;
it was siebetaatially a fair 'Weakest if the trammel:km—
*ad it se far did the defeadaate credit, chat it
was sot mods instil the thireanth of November,
►f it the a-tlea was co.Beneed, tie oeserrosee hawk,
taken ;la• an the lath of Octoter. Ceder all the drone-
stilton has •as of opiatos that the *Mad eight to have
an alditiotal 10/
Verdict omelet f. r the plalatif—dmaeges Mt.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
11P110 1111. sainniumia IlitaDTD.
IN 11 POTLIT.
The baakeept, Treacle Pudgy, wash sad eloelmaaker,
of Newiagtoa-esweerey, applied for his eertileste. He
owes to thaesured wediton 1.3001. ; so meets. Three
peon wo he was is a deficiency of 1,023/.
Yr. Lawlor, fee the welpasea, called attestlas to the
eettre abases of costs; bet stated that the welisees
wished to leave the matter le the heads el** asset.
Hie Boom sated what had Itheome of the preferty?
Ks. Lawlor soil the besseleeld %niters had bees wised
We rest. There wore ao debts duets the bankrupt.
Hie Boothe, remarking that with, the wells hod lees
1771., the espeeme had emoted 1.00 W., impended the
seettilmte fee Wee seesaw ; when reeled, is be of tb•
semi clew.