The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-13 00:00:00

WOOND COURT.

ttings u Nisi Prim is Loodou.—(l3stors Mr. Julio,
within and • Common Jury.
ODGCLNSON r. WILLS.—ACCIDENT TO NZ 010101 HODO-
MENA.

The piebald( is this are, fir George Haftlsos, wee for-
merly sheriff al Leedom and Middles:, he da-
magesin oustacse al having been knocked down and
eariceely hurt Hansen cab as the nth October, 1859.
Mr. M. Chem sad Mr. J. Drown appeared for the
• tiff; and Mr. Graffito and Mr. Murphy for the
defeedant.
The principal facts dated by the plaintiff's witness
were that at to minutes Wore four on the afternoon of the
25th October, Mr Gems was crossing the end of the
Falsnantresd at its junction with Oxford-street. He
was gong eastward, and had passed the " harbour
of refuge " in the middle of the crossing, and had
got on to the last half of the road. It was and
blowing at the time, and Sir George had his umbrella
up. At this instant the Hansom ash was driven round the
corner from Oxford-street at the rate of ten mile* an boar,
and one shaft went through Sir George's umbrella end
struck him below the eye. He was thrown violently, and
either the wheel paned over his left foot, or the horn trod
on it. A policeman who saw the occurrence panned the eab,
sad having stopped it took the number of the cab, 1,211,
and the driver's number, 1,857. A ticket was also given
bf the driver. which corresponded with them numbs's.
When the polmeman returned Sir George was .
and was bleeding from the back part of the ha=
from the cheek-bone. He wss taken at ere, into the New
lan, and afterward, to St. Mary's Hospital, where be re-
mained for nearly two hours before he recovered his seems.
He wounds were dressed b the house eurgeon, and Mr.
Line, one of the principal surgeons, sew him next
day. He bad then only partly recovered from
• easeumiou of the brain which he had suf-
fered, but at his own request he was permitted
to be taken boom. Afterwards he was attended by Mr.
Hands, his own medical man, who was of opinion that he
had by no mews recovered from the accident at the present
time. ffir George himself said that be found great diffi-
culty is a=irtoo documents from confusion in his heed
since the sad that when he walked some distance
he became as m the injury to his foot. Mr. Hands'
bill enameled to about 25/.

The Hasse of the cabman, No. 1,887, was put in, and the
document gem his name, William Item, height 6 feet, eyed
=andkit
sad eomplexiou desk. The policeman was re-
sod he said that this doseriptiou agreed with that of
the man who drove the oafs that sawed the ancideot.
The defies:l2M% OM wee, that there wee no doubt that
MOO was the driver who leseeked down Sir George ; and it
was • fact that Mims bad bees in the service of the
deteodert, bat be had drives a four•wheel and not a
Hamm cab. Nom, however, left the defendant', ser-
vim es the 17th September, 1859, more than a month
before the accident, and went into the service of • cab
proprietor named Young for a few days. Moss never drove
• sob for the defendant after the 17th of September, 1869,
sad he was now dead. The man who drove the cab 1,211
on the day in quediOkeres named Mayhew, and his appear-
s's*, was altogether Nftreot from the description of Moe,.
The ameba of Idaybew's badge wee 6.1141 i It was mg-
stated Met Nees imam that lee '"gat lab tremble gave
wan tieltat, mid that the polimmaa bed tam the
ambers from the ticket, and act from the bad,* et the
dame and the rob as be believed. • JeMlemaa from the
Mieb(s at Sonnarestlonee gal that he bed beard et cabmen
glo wow debt* though he bed no peremal Ilmentedie
ilearii a elremmtmem Beyond Me qmeatire M idiatity
ef the mime the deleadant's soma submitted that there
wee so paved el my segligenal on the part of the driver,
whoever he wee

ism the CooWe of the ease a good deal of easement was
wade opoo the bet that the adios had Dot been brought
wind Dearly a yaw Om the assidont.
The jury afhw weriderfog the smatter for a coulde of
hours found a verdict for the pialetiff, damages 251., but
they railed that they thought It was a pity that the action
had not been brought sooner.