The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-26 00:00:00

These facts were fully borne out in evidence'
Mr. Greenwood, for the defence, relied on the statute of
limit lions barring the action ; and to prove that the girl
was in Mr. Rook's service btf re 1842.
Mary Banger stated that she lived with Mr. Rooks
in 1840. I had the small-pox in August, 1841. Mrs.
Brooks attended me as nurse. I remained at Mr. Rooks's
until I was partially recovered, when I left. That was the
latter end of September, 1841. When 1 had entirely reco-
vered I went to Mr. Rooks' to Aix my services again, and
found Maria Breoks there. That was in October, 1841.
Mr. Collier replied, imputing that the entries in the
pocket-books were recently manufaeured, and that the wit-
nerses in point of time were mist ken.
The learned judge summed up and said that, on the ques-
tion of damages, the jury must take into consideration that
the plaintiff was content to allow her daughter to live on in
opulence as the mkress of the defendant, and to send a
younger sister as a s. want in the same house; and it was not
until she was supplanted by another mistress that any action
was thought of.
The jury retired, and after an absence of about a quarter
of an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages
1001.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
VIOLENT ASSAULTS.—Thomas Ryan, J'atrick Jordan,
Juhn Burke, William Crimmen, Edward Breen, Phillip
Burke, and David Smart, were charm d with having created
a disturbance at the Albion public. house, Duke street,
Grosvenor square. They were also charged with violently
assaulting several police-constables.
John Roberts, landlord of the Albion public.house, Duke-
street, Giosvenor-aquae, stated that about 7 o'clock last
night the prisoners Ryan, Crimmen, and Jordan came into
his house, and went into the tap room, where they had
something to eat. In ab ,ut half an hour they left the house,
and on his wife going into the taproom she missed a knife
and fork which she had lent to the prison is. The pri-
soner Ryan subsequently returned, and pulled the knife
and fork from his pocket, awl laid it on the bar. Wit-
ness told him that he thought he should be justified in
giving him in charge for taking the knife and fork. The
other prisoners then came in and began creating a crest dis-
turhance, and striking several of the customers who were
standing at the bar. The prisoners then ran out of the
house, and witness followed them into Oxford street, when,
on m-eting with two constable-, he gave Sum in charge.
The prisoners were very violent, and the constables were
roughly treated.
Several constables, who were more or less injured by the
prisoners' violence, were examined; and the prisoners, on
being called upon to answer the charge, denied ill-treating
any of the constables, who, they alleged, had exceeded their
duty in interfering with them.
Mr. Hardwick said he thought the charge sufficiently
proved, and committed the prisoners R.an, Jordan, end
Burke to the House of Correction for six weeks, and the
other primmer' for twenty-one days.
ACCIDENT TO THE PRINCESS BAORATION.—W. Smart,
an om, i'ms driver, appeared to answer a summons for having
damaged the carriage of the Princess Serration. The case
stood over for further evidence, as it was alleged by the
driver that the collision, which broke the back pannel of the
carriage and endangere!f the lives of the Princess Herndon
and Lord Howden, who were inside, was the result of
accident.
The defendant called Mr. Haehell, oilman, Somers town,
who said the wood pavement in Regent-street was very slip-
pery in consequence of having been recently watered. The
princess's carnage was checked in consequence of one of the
horses slipping. The omnibus was eight or nine yards be-
hind, and the driver did all he could to pull up, but the
hones having no foothold of the pavement, he was unable to
accomplish has object in time.
Mr. Daniels, merchant, of Threadneedle-street, said the
omnibus was al yards distant from the carriage when
the horse in the carriage slipped. It was impossible to pull
up in time owing to the state of the wood pavement.
Mr. Hardwick decided that this evidence proved the da-
mage to have occurred through accident, and dismissed the
THAMES.
WHOLTRALE SYCOOLINO.—CopIain Bearer, muter of
the Indianian, West, 420 tons, was charged with carrying
and conveying 159 boxes of cheroots, containing 6971 b. of
foreign manufactured tobacco not having paid the duty, nor
being in packages of 3001 b. as prescribed by law, whereby he
had subjected himself to a penalty of 1001. The value of the
tobacco smuggled was 2091. 2a., and the duty would
amount to 3291. Os. 7d., being altogether 5381. Ss. 7d.
Mr. Pelham, for the defence, produced several papers to
• show that the tobacco was entered in the manifest, and all
r would have been regularly accounted fir had not the officer
* visited the ship before a report could be made. As the
d tobacco was not in the packages required by law his client
a. mast submit to the penalty, but he (Mr. Pelham) hoped he
sheu!d be able to lay such a case before the commissioners as
la would induce them to reduce, if not to remit, the penalty.
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