The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-28 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Noy. 27.

Bilking at Nisi Pries in Nigellssex.—(l3er; Lo rd Olusf".
Judos Eris sod • CounaosJiar oy.)
B•GLIT 11. 10111111.—M111•0141110 • ILIZTALIT.
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The plaintiff had been in the serviced the defendant, who
is a market passer at Isleworth, and he claimed damages
for an sinault, =dales, for having been dismiwed without
proper notice. There was likewise a count for wages.
Yr. Collie. and Yr. Prentice Alward for the plaintiff ;
and Ur. IL Chambers and Yr. Hance for the defendant.
The plaintiff's case was that he became foreman to the
defsadant as the 10th July, 1841, and continued in that
runtil the 6th of July last. His wages were at Out
eke
md afterwards 30a. a week, and in addition b. had •
cottage and his vegetables free. It wee also arranged that
be should have 108. at the end of each year of his service,
end that there should be a fortnight's notice to terminate
the service. On the 6th July last the defendant complained
in referee= to the manner in which the plaintiff had
taidsome broccoli, and said be lisd a good man to take
pleaceThe plaintiff answered, " Then get him," and
this having irritated the defendant he got out of him chaise,
laid bold of the plaintiff's now and pulled it violently, and
afterwards shook him. The ocionxinence was that the
plaintiff left, and at the mid of the week him wages were
seat to him.

The defendant's conned ambled that the defendant was
an initeble man, end that he bed pulled the plaintiff's
noes ; bat he &Wed the* there was any liability upon any
of the ethos muds.

The defendant, • graidenesa 72 yens old, was called, and
said that the *Wars Wary was at lint 21.. • week.
Not a word was said sheet 10, a being given, though
witness had frequently glues the tiff If. or 101. a year
Ns • gratuity. Witness ran horror struck when be
heard the plaintiff's rainier in the witness-box give a
different veraion of the employment. The vitae= ire-
=tlyerealed to the Almighty ma to the truth of his
led semenantsd that he had never told a He
lase he had bets • ram ,• aad that this he hid Bedard
pialdhly in his pariah. 'The broccoli should have been
planted in alternate rows between some strawberries, bit
Via plaintiff pinned them in every row, and fer the very
Impose of spoi. the permanent crops. (laughter.) The
witness then, b awa from his learned eouneal, de-
dered”that he had great insults from that ' little
rib= pinata), and wished the jury oal7 knew •
pert of what ha Imam In fact the plaintiff had
bees more amber than ..need He (witness) was two
years ago in a weak state of Wad, and the plaintiff insulted
him, and witams was as near as possible pulling the plain-
tiff's noes this. (Laughter.) He had received more im-
pudence from the plaintiff than from all the other people in
the world. He was born impudent. It was bred in him ;it
was in his bone. (Loud laughter.)
Wes Norris,
damwho was present at the time of the assault,
did not
skied that thens Id= plaimtiff wm impudent, and that her father
Hr. Norris, the defendant's eon, said that the plaintiff had
often been impudent to the defendant. After the plaintiff
left, witness exerted himself and procured him a good 'bas-
tion.

The jury found that there had been an that the
plaintiff should have 101. and a fartnight's notice ; but that
the plaintiff had not been discharged by the defendant.
This was a verdict far the defendant upon this part of the
case ; and as to the await they awarded the plaintiff H.
Hiss Lordship refused to certify for meta.