The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
00,4 Mel Prins inMiddlesex.--(Seta' Lord Chief
Justice Bovill and a Oommon Jury.)
WEE= a, ICEMAN). -
Th. *Miff in this ease sued so reamer damages for
the tens of her husband, who was killed in consequenoe of
conesios between two vehicles.
sir R. Collier sad Mr. Hanes appeared to; the plaintiff ;
end Mr. Serjeant Parry for the defendant.
The doomed was a man 74 years of age, but he was
otiose end industrious, and he carried on at Edmonton the
woos' of a oowkeeper, and also that of a market gar-
ahem and floaist. On the 7th May last he was driving
, tight van along Weir-hall.lane, Edmonton, and met
eat of the defendant's coming in the opposite direction.
fis drew up the van on the near side because the cart was
ob, middle of the road, but the cart came on, struck
the vas, and threw out the deceased, whose thigh was
subm;heed who died ss:thin • month in consequence of
mo occident The driver of the defendant's cart was a
.niog man, 18 or 20 years of age ; he was seated on the
WA.% of the cart. He had no reins, and he seemed
le be Wimp, for he paid no attention even
*posh the dammed struck at him with the whip. This
.Ang man had been indicted for manslaughter, and
'od to a month's imprisonment. The learmadeounsel
amiss the case stated that although the declaration of
tyaeohased, made in anticipation of death, would be ev l-
ime in a criminal promedift, yet as the law now stood
ode declarations were not evidence in • proceeding in a
coil mart.
refeenee to the question of damages, the plaintiff's
ies was that in consequence of the death of the deceased,
the milk business had fallen off from weekly takings of 2/.
113/, to shout Hs., and is was said that the other business
led also suffered, because the deceased had personally done
the most important part of it, that of propagating
gam and his sons were unable to do this work.- It was
the mid that it would be necessary to employ a man at a
tiler, of 30s. a week to Attend to the propagation.
Er. Serjeant Parry called no witnesses ; but he addressed
the jury in mitigation of damages ; and submitted that on
inapt had been made to exaggerate the damages, and
shed them to consider whether they did not think that
he deceased's three sons could not carry on the businesses
IleOrt as well without him as with him.
a. jury found for the plaintiff—damages 501.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(THIS DAY.)

The December general sessions of the peace were com-
posed this morning at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell,
Sias William Henry Bonin, Eiq. , assistant-judge, Joeeph
pipe, Esq., deputy-assistant judge, and the following
agitates :—Mr. H. Harwood Harwood, Mr. Woolsey,
fitudeld, Dr. Jervis, Mr. Alexander, Mr. G. Ashley
fdd, Mr. Loveland, Mr. J. G. Filcher, Mr. Marten, Mr.
Caddo, MP., and Mr. Cotterill.
(Before Mr. Bodkin, Assistant-Judge.)
THE CALSIDAIt.
The calendar, which is rather heavy, contains the names
BM prisoners for trial; 16 for misdemeanour and 90 for
Sissy. The stateof education of the prisoners is as follows:
-Bad only, 19 ; neither read nor write 21 ; write only! 4 ;
ad and write imperfectly, 64; and of superior education,

lona
The offences 'red varionskirids, els.—lndecent assaults,
soling from the person, embezzlement, robbery in
inning house, and maliciously wounding.
BAIL DAY.

rpm the application of Mr. Cooper (senior barrister),
the mart appointed Friday as the bail day.
ROBBERT BY A CLERK IN THE UNION BANK.
William Huey Vier, 22, a very respectably dressed
yeast man, a clerk in the Union Bank, was indicted for
Icahn aU. Bank of England note, the property of Mr.
Pete Bertha/1 Laurie, the chairman of the Union Bank,
sad others, his masters.
Mr. Bailey (instructed by Messrs. Maynard, Son, and
Ca, of Coleman-street) prosecuted ; Mr. Collins appeared
for the priscoer.
The prisoner, when called upon by Mr. Francis (the
deputy clerk of the peace) hung down his head and
plaided guilty.
Hr. Besley stated the prisoner was in the employ of
the Union Bank, and while in their service had stolen a
Si. note to pay some expense's he had incurred. He (Mr.
Seeley) wished to all the attention of the court to a spe-
ciality in this case. When the noto was missed
mother clerk was suspected, but the prisoner,
to throw suspicion upon himself, absconded, and wrote
s letter to the directors confessing his guilt, saying
he could not bear that another person should be
sespeeted of a crime of which he was guilty. The directors
thought this, and the hitherto excellent character he
lad borne, very good reasons for the court to deal merci-
folly with the prisoner.
Sir. Collins said he appeared for the prisoner, and he
vu usual obliged to his friend Mr. Bewley for what he
kol maid about him. There were a number of witnesses
to his good character, if the court would bear them.
The Assistant-Judge said it was unnecessary, as the pri-
aner would not have been in the service of the bank
I.leas he bad borne a good character. As regarded the
Meaner, the court would pass a lenient sentence, which
he hoped would have a good effect upon him.
Sentence—Two months.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

CLERKENWELL.
COUNTER-CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE-CONSTABLE.

William Wulf!undone, a drover, who gave his address at i
Brandon-road, York-road, Islington, was charged with
lommitting a violent assault on a police-constable of the
I division at the outside of the New Cattle Market.
The evidence of the constable was to the effect that
stsreen 9 and 10 o'clock at night he was on duty in
M York-road, and was engaged in clearing away
mob that had assembled in front of the
New Market Inu, when the defendant went behind
and ill-used him and knocked him down so that ho
Wearoa insensible, and did not recover his senses until he
:onod binecif in the Kentish-town police-station. The
Moues at that time m:ale his escape, and was not appre-
seied until the following night. He had not gives the
►inner the leas; provocation for his acting in the manner
le had.

la eress.examination by Mr. Ricketts, solicitor for the
efface, the constable denied that he had been in the
pblie-house bar drinking for about an hour. He was
etain that the prisoner was the man that hit him and
mocked him down. He also denied that he had hit ri
gild, that he had made use of bad language, or that he
ne in any way the worse for liquor or intoxicated.
A carman was called on the pars of the constable to
yore that the prisoner was the man that assaulted him
alknocked him down.
_ _

li. kicketta said he had respectable tradesmen in at-
Wham who had instructed him to arty that the constable
been guilty of telling the most gross untruths, for
tl would prove that he was drunk and had Mused a
'Lid, and that though the prisoner was these he had
Wen no part in the transaction.
Fire witnesses were called two of them tradesmen),
160 proved that though the prisoner was at the house at
s!, time of the disturbance, he took no part in the affray.
The witnesses also swore that the constable was drunk,
tit he been drinking in the public-house for nearly
el hour before the disturbance took place, that
leknocked about a child that was taking home its parents'
wands, and that when he was remonstrated with he
tale use of bad and foul language, and without any
Wsrocation began pushing the crowd that had assembled,
w.l it was whilst so engaged that he was knocked down
lel injured, but nos by the defendant.
The constable denied that he was the worse for liquor,
w that he made use of bed language.
The magistrate said it was a case he could not decide,
sad committed the prisoner to the Middlesex Sessions for
teal, but on the application of Mr. Rickets, consented to
Metall, the prisoner himself in the sum of M. and one
witty in the tam of 101. for his appearance at the sessions.
:Ile necessary bail was at once put in, and the prisoner
ett tee court.

LIFEBOAT SERVICE. CAISTOR, NEAR GREAT
TAtilorm, Dec. I.—A vessel was observed to strike on
the e Calder Shoal, or Inner Barber sand, yesterday evening
;reports the Rev. C. W. Steward) during a fresh breeze
from south-east by east. The beachmen went off in their
AVIS on the vessel showing large signal lights, but found
tt eY could not reach her with the yawl, and they there-
tE"Teturned for the Birmingham (No. 2) lifeboat of the
.ttional Lifeboat Institution, which was then launched.
Tim; vessel, which was the schooner Coronation, of London,
,ttuad to the north in ballast, was found to be lying
tut on the sand in the midst of the breakers,
'hi from her position the lifeboat was unable
1° Pt nearer than within 60 or 70 yards, the water being
tr 7 shallow on the lee-side of the vesseL After great
.9tealty the lifeboat effected a communication with the
telloone r. Having saeuied a warp from the vessel the We-
fts-Caen directed the crew to get into their own small
hod which was then hauled alongside the lifeboat and
three men taken out of her into the latter. These men
'Wed that the matter was left on the vessel which he
I_o used to leave. Tice lifeboatmen, however, nobly
.
to leave the schooner without him, and after wait-
IN for upwards of two hours the tide flowed and they were
"'lied to get closer to the wreck. They then, after
tuch difficulty, persuaded the toaster to fasten a rope
rood his body, and then throw himself into the sea on
the lee-side, and he was rescued from his perilous posi-
b4a, and the lifeboat returned to shore with the ship-
'rocked men, arriving there about 1 o'clock this morning.
?be schooner has sinoe become total wreck.
WESTRINsTRR Sc become
Andria of Terence
be performed on the evenings of Thursday, 13th, Taws-
', Nth, and Thursday, 20th of December, in the Dor-
st°l7, Al usual ; the lust two nights with prologue and
e.