The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-26 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

LORD MAYOR'S COURT.—JuLy 25.
(Before the Recorder and a Special Jury.)
MLA AND Wain= V. 1211 ORMAN NAME= RAILWAY
COMPANY.
This was the Brat case snider the Groat Eastern Railway
(Metropolitan Station and Railways) Act, 1864, sod eau-
ted the court until a late hour. The claim was for about
u6OOl.
r. Lloyd (with whom was Mr. Garth) appeared in sup-
port of the claim ; and Mr. Bovill, Q.O. (Mr. Bidder with
him) for the oompany
The claimants, builders In Bishopigate-street, had carried
on business for some time, and the profits for the prompt
year were expected to exceed 10,0004 In previous years
there had been a loos. The evidence addnoed in this cam
was voluminoua Nearly twenty witnesses were celled for
the claimants, and several for the company. As usual In
compensation IMAM the surveyors and valuers gave walla-
ing evidence, and the dill...seas as to the leasehold pro-
perty was upwards of 5.0001. The claimants asked 10,000 k,
and the witnesses for the company estimated the property
at a sum under 5,0001. Only part of the property was re-
quired by the company, sod ow of the questions was as to
whether the business road be continued in the premises.
largeA sum was asked for the removal, and several emi-
sent builders were called in support a the claim.
Oa the part of the claimants Mr. Lloyd asked for a full
compensation for the loss resulted, and insisted that lo
such cams there should be a liberal allowance.
On the other side the claim was alleged to be too line.
The learned Recorder phased the ewe before the court at
past seven °Walk with his iblesekfted skarn els.
The jury assessed the isoospeonatlem at 12,0004

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCIIIT.-31AioaroNs, JULY 25.

Both courts proceeded to bushman this zoning.
Joshes Crompton presiding on the cavil side, sad Baron
Pigott in the crown court. There are Si moms sneered for
trial, 10 of which an marked to be tried bv special juries.
The pot calendar eontMes the names of 55 primmer' ; awl
there are no lees than three charges of murder, sad several
other very serious
•••• • • •

Ames Smith, 24, a man who, although he gave this same,
was reoogaised as the brother of the boy Bartow who was
heard at Maidstone a few years ago for the murder, under
very aggravated circumstances, of a young lad upon Chatham
BeAry Tltompaow, alias Joke Palsforii, 22, and John
thititk, 38. were charged with wilfully and maliciously setting
are to a stack of straw, at Folkestone, on the 12th of June
last.

Biron promoted.
Mu prosecutor was a fanner named Klepper*, who
occupies a large farm near Folk•stous, and it appeared that
on the smiles in question a stack of straw upon his pre-
mises was diseovered to be on fire, and the whole wu
destroyed. The evidence went to show that the primmer.
were seen coming in ► direction from the steak at the time
the fire took place, sod when they were apprehended they
admitted that they had wilfully set fire to the stack.
There did sot sum to be any wig/able motive for the
commission of the wither! act.
The prisoners ware found Ouiky, and sentenced to gnu
years' penal servitude.

THZ BTAFT/HITIST AOCIDIMIT.
Upon the application of Ilerjeant BeHooting who Is
retaieed to prosecute ea-behalf of the Booth Eastern
ltallway coinFooy, this ease was Axed to be Jakob tossorrew

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CIVIL SnDs—(Bstore Mr. J ustios Croenptoe.)
AUSTIN THE TOUNOZZ V. BOOMS.

This was an action to recover damages for injuries re-
ceived by the bite of • ferocious dog-beloogieg to the de-
fendant, the Rev. Mr. Hooper, the near of Cooling Hoo,
near Strood.
Mr. Hawkins, Q C., and Mr. F. J. Smith were for the
plaintiff ; and Mr. Moessgu Chambers, Q 0., and Mr. Phil-
brick were for the defendant.
The plaintiff in this action was a lad about 15 years of
age, and he had been 'tamed with his father, who is a
painter by trade, upon the peemises of the defendant. Alter
they had left work in the evening the father seemed to
have remembered that be had left • paint pot behind,
and sent his sou back to fetch it, and be west into a barn
belonging to the defendant for that and it was
alleged that nom his doing so the dog nee* o, • Scotch
bound bitch, flew et him and bit him in the leg, and, no
doubt, injured him very severely. The case on the part
of the plaintiff was, that the animal in stagnant' was
known to be • Ticino' one, and that it had previously
bitten other persona. This allegation, however, was de.
nied by the reverend defendaat, on whose behalf it war
also contended that the plaintiff had no business to go
into the barn where the dog was, and that, notwithstand-
ing this, the dog would not have bitten him if she bad not
had puppies, and the plaintiff had not attempted to in-
terfere with them.
After the oats bad proceeded some length the learned
lodge obeeteed that there were some very nice points of law
is the question, and whatever the malt might be here, if
further proceedings were adopted in • superior court, very
considerable elperree would be incurred by the parties. He
suggested, therefore, that some arrangement should be come
to between the parties.
The learned counsel on both sides upon this conferred
together, and shortly afterwards it was announced that the
defendant had contented to give the boy 251., and to pay
SW. foe costa.
Mr. Hawkins. on the part of the plaintiff, expressed him-
self perfectly satisfied with this arrauseineet, and at the
same time expressed his opinion that, under the circum-
stances, the defendant had sated most properly and
considerately in the matter.
A number of other mums were disposed of during the
day, but none of them wen of the slightest public import-
ance.

NORFOLK CIRCIIIT.-BEDFORD, JULY 25.
The Lord Chief Justice Erie asd the Lord Chief Baca
came from Aylesbury yesterd.y, and attended Civil's ser-
vice in the afternoon. The Chief Baron opened the am-
miseics. There are three muses for trial, and eleven pri-
posers. With the exception of one ease of arson the
offences charged are of a most trivial character.
Mows COONL—(Before the Lord Chief Bares Pollock.)
Joseph Hale, a respectable looking man, was charged
with bigamy.
Me. Bullock for the prosecution ; Mr. Orrldge defended
the prisoner.
Is the year 1839 the priscser was married to his fret
wife, They lived unhappily together, and at the soul the
first twelvemoeth she left aim. Far some years she lived
with a man named Wright as housekeeper, sad two years
since le't him to live with another man. In the year 1867
the prisoner married another woman, with whom he lived
happily, bad one child, and was in ell respects s good hus-
band.
From some canes which did not appear dating the teal
this prosecution was put in motion, and it appeared that a
statement made bT the prisoner was true, to the effect that
he had not man htsfirst wife for ►wenty-four years.