The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-31 00:00:00

BAIL COURT.--MAT 30.

Sittings at Westminster.—(Before Mr. Justice Hill and
Common Junes.)
WITCH:ELL V. HOLDBWORTIL—OLANDZIL

Mr. Dishy Seymour end Mr. Houston Browne were
00U/Illel far tlhe plaintiff ; Mr. Francis represented the de.
feudsnt.

This wan an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
damage@ for slanderous words uttered of him by the de-
fendant, who pleaded not guilty.
The plaintiff, who had been an innkeeper in Devonshire,
came to London and set up business in Long-acre as an
auctioneer and house agent, as Dennis and Co., Dennis
being his wife's maiden name. He removed to Fen-court,
Fenclaurchatreet, his wife carrying on Maine's at Delano
in • house rented of the defendant, who knew the plaintiff's
nem was Mitchell. The plaintiff had given the defendant on
account of rent • cheque for U. drawn by a Mr. Harde-
ma, which was dubonoured, and in reference to this
cheque the defendant had stated to a Mrs. Goodman,
who had taken the Mainmast Deletes, thatthe cheque was a
forgery, and that the plaintiff had bees tried for a similar
offence at the Old Bailey. He bad afterwards told the
plaintiff he was a thief of a broker, who had been mixed
up in an affair at Long-acre, where a poor fellow bad been
robbed, and he bad been tried at the Old Bailey.
The defence as to the cheque was that the defendant bad
maid that the plaintiff had given • dishonoured cheque to the
defendant, who had put his name on the back, and was
therefore afraid of being tried for forgery. With regard to
stating that Dennis had been tried at the Old Bailey, he
had only said that • pawn. of that name in Loot/Acre had
been indicted for swindling, but had not intended to refer
to the plaintiff.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 10f.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.--MAT 30.

Sttinp in Banco.—(Before Lord lln.f Justice Erie and
Justices Williams and Byke.)
WOOD N. THE SPOON AND LLATNINSIAD, MID 11111 WIMBLEDON
AIFD DOILLDIO DAILWAT CONPAN/Z/L —TAILING LAND.

This was an action of edeelmsnt to mower some land
which had been taken from the *MIMI by the first-named
company, and afterwards used for the parposr of the two
companies. The matter came before the court upon a
=Puse, the contention being that the Epsom and
inhead Company bad by thair act authority to take
may for their own purposes, and not for the joint pur-
poses of their own and of another company.
The Lord Chief Justice was of opinion that when the
land was taken by the Epsom and Leathethead Company
the title to it passed out of the plaintiff, and therefore that
he could not maintain this action.
Judgment for the defendant..
TAT= V. NAIIIL—BILL OF rzawros LAW.

This was as action apes a bill of exchange at nine
mouths, which was made payable to the "Treasurer for the
time being of the Commercial Travellers' Benevolent Inati-
tretion.' The question sow raked upon demurrer was
whether this bill was In such a form that payment could be
enforced in a court of law.

The Lord Chief Justice said that although the payee of a
bill might be described either by his Christian or surname,
or by his office or by any other description, yet the bill
would not be valid molest at the time of making it the
payee was • capable of being ascertained. A bill
could not be Mir: upon a person who could be ascertained
at a future time, but not at the time the contract was
mitered into.

Judgment for the defendant.
Sittings at Nisi Prins in Middlesex.—(Before Mr. Judie*
Nesting and a Comma Jury.)

PA lON r. COCRIWAT.-1711DCITAKIllg CNA WM.

This was an action to mower 941. 3c, the amount of an
undertaken' kill ; and 761. wan paid into court in satidac•
tiou of all legal claim.
Mr. linewles and another learned gentleman appeared for
the plaintiff ; and Mr. Edwin Janus and Mr. t erk for the
_ _

The plileM was • boor asset and undertaker, in tor-
ors at Rarpread, end fir defendant wee the Rev. Dr.
Orertensy, the inctunteseit of St. Jame', Pentonville. In
Jeremy, 1859, a lady, tarsi Kra. Turner, died, leaving Dr.
Geartesay her executor, and he employed the plaintiff to
bogy hsr.
The plaintiff was called, and be said that he at first told
Dr. trartury that the kind of funeral which he required
would mot from 501. to 801., but this was said in the belief
that the laternent would take place in the neighbourhood
of Loads.. 11 mizqntly turned out that the body was
to bebeard at , Gloucester, and this led to
the ansairiet of the berg increased to 941. 3s. The
charges node wen
Ceorussmiar by iir.Jauese—lt was true be lead champ&
11. for the name, though he had not been celled in aril