The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-08 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

Nm Piarco.Ziefiretir F. Po 6.B.,;;T:Bprelal Jury.
HAXPIWIRLZ V. TUB EABTRIIN COUNTIES RAILWAY COY•
PANT. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. The Attoreey-General

(with whom was Mr. E. James) stated that an arrange
ment had been entered into to return a verdict for the de-
ft ndants in this case. The cause of action arose out of an acci-
dent which happened last ye it on the defendants' line, when
the plaintiff's wifo unfortunately bad had her leg broken.
Shortly after that occurrence the defendants paid the
plaintiff a considerable sum of money as compensation for
the injury sustained, and the sum they so paid woe assessed
by Mr. Lad, a brewer, and justice of the peace for
the county of Essex, in whom employment the plain-
tiff then was. Subsequently, however, the present
action era, brought to recover compensation for the
plaintiff 'a loss of his wife's society during ker illness, and for
some expenses not included in the arrangement originally
made. Under those circumstances the plaintiff's counsel
thought the action could not fairly he maintained, and it was
consented that a verdict should be taken for the company.—
Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Barstow), foe
We plaintiff, said, that in point of strict form, the action would
certainly lie. but, under all the circumstances he had advised
that a verdict should be entered for the defendants. After
some discussion as to the terms upon which the verdict
might be taken as suggested, Mr. James (in the absence of
the learned Attorney-General) stated the terms were, that
the taxed costs of the plaintiff should be paid. The company
wished to set liberally, and were desirous to relieve the
plaintiff, who was a poor man, from the payment of any costs
e had incurred.—The verdict was accordingly entered for
the defendants.

All the other came in the list were either referred or
po.•tpencd, before 12 o'clock, when the court was adjourned,

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
➢cfure Mr. Commissioner Phillips.
IN RE R. BEAN TES YOUNGE/A—RAILWAY JOEHING.—
This insolvent was opposed for Mews. Alsop, •ad for • Mr.
Carloss, another creditor. The debts set forth on the sche-
dule amounted to 3,3001., and there wu 1,1001. on the other
side, including bad debts. The insolvent commenced
news in 1815 as a stockbroker at Hull, with a capßal of 8501.,
which he had lost in speculation. The opposition on the part
of Mr. Carlos. wu fora vexatious defence of an action. It ap-
pealed that Calose and the tasoleent, who was both maw

ben of the Hun Stock Exchange, had had many tranaac-
dons together, and thet when they discontinued their deal-
ing', some difference arose as to the amount the insolvent
was indebted to Carlos. The affair was referred to the
committee of the Exchange, who decided that a debt of
1091. 3e. Bd. was due, on which an action was brought. The
caste amounted to 4W., being 301. beyond what was news-
mu, in coasequenee of the insolvent heehaw pet in a plea
to the action. The learned commissioner remarked, that
the insolvent had acted in a most unwarrantably vexatious
manner towards Mr. Carlos, and that a keg remand would
be recorded ; bat, inasmuch as the insolvent had merely de-
scribed himself as a stockbroker, while he had, at the same
time, acted as a railway jobber to a considerable extent, the
case must be adjourned to re-advertise. The court rose till
Thursday, the 16th inst.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
01.1) COURT.—albee Mr. Mlle Patteeto and Mr. Malice Meals.
Pawnee. Irian was charged with perjury.
This was a pne a imitated by the matinees appointed
under a fiat at lisaV hatted against the defendant in
October, 1844, UM perjury having been committed
by the defendant won examination before the court, and
having reforms*, te ens of the items in his balance-sheet.
The year mails' Ills bankruptcy, the defendant. who
carried on -the Mime at a carrier at Coggeshall in Essex,
was indicted at the Lem /aim for an assault, and two pro-
fessional gentlemen, named askew» and Smoothey, were
engaged to conduct his dame. On the day the trial
took place, and just beim the jury returned their
verdict, it appeared that the defendant handed to
Mr. Bickmore a bag containing money, which formed the
subject of the present inquiry. In the account he gave of
his estate he said that aeon the occasion above referred to he
gave Mr. Bickmore 92/. in the bag, and made him a creditor to
his estate in that amount. This assertion was contradicted
by Mr. Bickmore.—Mr. Bickmore deposed that he defended
the prisoner at theorizes at Chelmsford with Mr. Smoothey,
and a day or two before the trial the defendant handed him
201, on account of the expenses. He required some
more money . from the defendant on the day of the
trial, and just as the proceedings concluded, he
handed to him a bag containing money, which he
found to contain twelve sovereigns. Ab rut two months
after the transaction the defendant applied to him for a loan
of 21., and no claim was made upon him respecting the ;921.
until after the bankruptcy, when he was applied to by the
official assignee.—Mr. Smoothey proved that, at the time of
the trial at Chelmsford, Mr. Bickmore came to the inn and
produced a bag containing money, which he counted, and
said that the defendant had given him twelve pounds. He
met the defendant after he came out of prison, and on his
asking him when he intended to pay his bill, he promised to
do so in the February following, and he at tke same time
said he did not think he owed Mr. Bickmore much, for he
had given him 201. before the trial, and had handed him a
bag containing twelve sovereigns after he was convicted.—A
crimes., named Knight, also proved that the defendant told
him that he had only given him twelve or fourteen pounds.
—Mr. Ryland, for the defence, said that the question the
jury had to decide was, whether the story told by the defend-
ant, or that told by Mr. Bickmore, was the truth. He said
that the prisoner had all al.ng persisted in the same
statement, and he trusted he should be able to satisfy them,
by the evidence he should adduce, that he had really handed
over the sums he had stated.—Benjamin Willsher stated
that, at the time of the trial at Chelmsford, he was in the
defendant's service, and in the morning on which the trial
took place he saw the defendant count out 921. in notes and
gold, which he placed in a canvas bag, and he said that he
(the defendant) handed over the same bog with its contents
to Mr. Bickmoro, He admitted that he had told the soli-
citor for the prosecution that which he had stated at the
Court of Bankruptoy was not true, and that he had been
led into it by kis master ; and he said he believed it was •
false statement that Mr. Bickmore had the 921. The de-
fendant, upon one occasion, told him that he only gave him
121.—Mr. Justice Patterson summed up thy case, and the
jury immediately returned • verdict of Guilly.—The learned
judge said that the court felt it an imperative duty to pass a
severe sentence. He ordered the prisoner to be confined for
one month in the House of Correction, and at the expirtrion
of that period directed that he should be transported for
seven years.
NEW POCHT.—Before Mr. Comminsioner Bullock and Alderman sir