The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27. 1851.

ILalo intelligence.

he was incapable of defending himself. He would adjudge
the defendant to pay four guineas.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-YrwrERDAT.
FTITIXOII AT Mu Puc•.—Bmuu MA F. POLLOCK, C. 8., AIM
ATACIAI. JUAllt AT G. II I!, L.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT.—HeRreonn, Fen. 24.

SLIPPER r. TNT; iiii;LiiWE.;TP.It;IIIAITWAY COMPANY.
LIABILITY OP ILAILWAYA Palk Rouses.
This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to re-
cover the value of a mare from the defendants, which had
been killed while on the journey up from Wallingford-road
station to London. 'I he plaintiff alleged that the mare was
delivered to the defendants to be carried on a contract that
they were not to be liable fur injuries in the course a con-
veyance, and that they undertook and promised to provide
a proper and suitable carriage for the conveyance of the
mare, and to stow her away properly and suitably. The
defendants denied the promise, and pleaded that they did
provide a proper carriage, and stow the mare properly and
suitably. It appeared that in the horse carriage in question.
which was of the class usually employed on such occasions,
a large dray horse was placed in the compartment next to
that occupied by the mare of the plaintiff, both of which
animals were to all appearances properly secured in the
presence of the parties respectively interested. On the arrival
of the train at Paddington, however, the mare was found
dead in her stall, her head hanging up by the halter, so AA
almost to have strangled her, while the dray horse was
found standing over and trampling on her stool body, he
having broken away from his stall and found hid way to
the mare through the partition boarding, ts,rtions of which,
as we understood, had broken away. It further appeared
that the plaintiff had signed the usual ticket, exempt-
ing the directors from all liability fur injuries; and
at the close of the case for the plaintiff,
Sir F. The:dicer submitted that there was no evidence to
go to the jury.
Mr. E. James anal Mr. Wilke having been heard at
length,
The Chief Baron eventually directed the jury to find for
the defendants on the 6eneral issue, and fur the plaintiff on
the second plea.
Verdict accordingly.
LOCIIIIAMT e. DUNCOMBE.

The commission of assize for the county of Herta was
opened to-day by Mr. Baron Parke. The cause list is not
yet made up, but the number is believed to be about the
usual average. The gaol calendar is light, and all the cases
are of the ordinary description. Mr. Baron Parke, in his
charge to the grand jury, congratulated them on the light-
ness of the calendar, observing that all the caws contained
in it appeared to be of a very simple description and not re-
quiring any remarks from him r...peeting them, anal he, at
the same time, said it was very satisfactory to see that there
was not a single charge involving the destruction of human
life, or in which the life of any person accused was in
jeopardy.
The grand jury having retired, one or two trifling eases
were disposed of, but they did not furnish any materials fur
are port.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT,—CAnLisLE, FEB. 25.

lii4 Lordship took his scat this morning precisely at nine
o'clock.

HIGHWAY ROMIEUYWITIL VIOLENCE.

Willliami;;;Vang,;g;ijo(Uny;;f(utl;iu;iiuete(l), was
charged with having, on the 16th of November, in company
with others, feloniously assaulted John Palmer, at Sianwis,
and stealing from his person a silver watch and other arti-
cles. The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
It will be remembered that this is the man who was left
sitting on the wall of the Carlisle gaol when his more artful
companions in imprisonment made their escape mainly
through his assistance. 1 he runaway's it is well known have
hitherto escaped detection.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
His lordship, in sentencing the prisoner. said that he had
not the least doubt of the propriety of the verdict. The
prisoner belonged to a very formidable gang, and the sen-
tence upon him was that he be transported beyond the
seas
fur seven years.
CHAUGX or MCIIDER.

This was an action on a bill of exchange for 3,0001., in
which the defendant was sued as the acceptor. The
raised by the record were a denial of the acceptance, fraud,
want occonsideration, and that the bill was an accommoda-
tion one. Both the parties arc Buckinghamshire men—the
defendant being the uncle of one Becher, a gentleman,
who was the drawer and indorsee of this bill, and was
stated to be now non est inveutus. The plaintiff, it ap-
peared, had retired from trade, but afterwards entered into
the service of &They, at a salary, and the main questions
were whether he had given consideration fur the bill and to
what amount, and also whether it was the acceptance of
the defendant ? On the find of these two points the plain-
tiff clearly showed that he had honoured bills for Bethey
under an agreement to the extent of 9.)411 ; and as to the
second, contradictory evidence was gone into. In the end,
however, it was proved that the defendant had accepted
one bill of .s,onUf or Bechey, which he had renewed, and
eventually paid ; but it also appeared that the present hill
had somehow gut into circulation through liechey. Ulti-
mately, by consent of all parties, and under the interference
of the court, . . .

Jane Bland, aged 29 (imperfectly itvitructed), a respect-
able looking young woman, was charged in the ralencLar
with having killed and murdered her female child at
Edcnhall.

The prisoner pleaded guilty to having concealed the birth
of her child, and having beta 41 months in prison, was
sentenced to a farther imprisonment of three months with
bard labour.

Not Purll.-13,, me Ma. Mans Purr.
BEN4ON V. BLACK.

The trial of this cause was resumed to-day at 9 o'clock,
and occupied the court several hours.
Mr. Temple having completed the evidence for the de-
fendant, and the laved baron having summed up, the
jury retired, and remained a considerable time in cnsulta-
tion. In the meantime the case of " Black v. Benson "
was gone into. In this ease the parties in the previous
action changed sides. The declaration stated that the de-
fendant did wilfully and maliciously charge the plaintiff
with fraud and embezzlement, and caused him to be falsely
and wrongfully imprisoned, to his great damage, sic. Upon
the termination of the opening statement of the counsel fur
the plaintiff, the case was brought to a termination by the
tender of an expression of regret on the part of the defendant,
that in a moment of anger and heat he should have made
charges of a criminal nature against Mr. Black, for which
he now, in cooler moments, unreservedly admitted that
there was nu other foundation than his anger. Ile with-
drew every imputation, and desired to have it understood
that he now regarded Mr. Black no entirely free from all
suspicion of dishonest or dishonourable conduct.
Mr. Temple said, on the part of his client, he accepted
this tender of apology and amends. Mr. Black had no vin-
dictive feelings to gratify.
Mr. Atherton said they had agreed to take a verdict for
the plaintiff, damages .501., by way of reimbursing Mr.
Black for certain expenses to which he bad been put by the
accusation brought against him.
' A verdict to the above effect was then returned.
first ease the jury found for the defendant

Mr. kdwin James &veld to accept a venlict for 9501.
without intereq ; and accordingly
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 9 Al.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-TESTERDAT.

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