The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-08 00:00:00

Jamie V. BCCELINAN.-Tili COOK AND KIN NA/MU.

The plaintiff had been cook to the defendant, who resides
in Bloointield-road, Maids-hill, and she sued to recover
damages for an &a wait and false iniprisonmeet.
Mt. Maim and Mr. Lloyd appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Holl for the defendant.
In the course of the plaintiff's case it wee stated that
on the 6th of October last, she received a month's notice to
quit the defendant's service, and she remained until the
14th of that month, when she left under the following cir-
cumstances : Her minus amused her of having broken a
stove, but this the plaintiff danied, and suggested that her
master, who was in the hebit of baking bread, had made the
stove so hot that it bad cracked. She had another interview
with her mistress, and after that the defendant amused the
plaintiff of having been itupudeat, and ordered her to leave
the house by 6 o'clock. The defendant left as soon es she
could to seek a lodging, but having been detained by rain,
and by the party whom she sought being out, she did not
return to her master's house until past 7 o'clock. He then
said that as she had not returned sooner she should not go
up stairs to fetch her things, and he placed himself on the
stain to prevent her going up. She insisted that she had a
right to go where her things were, a- ad attempted to do so.
The defendant, however, pushed her back, and afterwards
seat for a policeman. Whilst the defendant was off the
stairs she went up, and when she came down again she was
given into the custody of • policeman who was waiting.
The policeman laid hold of her in • brutal and unmanly
=DIM and so hurt her arm that sbe had
not bad the fall use of it since. She "de-
fended" herself from being taken to the statics-house,
but another policeman was fetched, and she was taken
to the station-house, and locked up all night in company
with a woman charged with theft, mil in • call infested by
vermin. When they got before the rospintrate, the charge
preferred by Mr. Buchanan was dimmed, whilst on a
charge of having resisted the police she was bound over in
her own recorussaoss.
A police serpent, however, who was called for the plain-
tiff, said his impressioe was uit it was in reference to Mr.
Buebanaa's charge that the plaintiff was bound over, and
that the charge in reference to the police was not dis-
cussed.

The defendant's ease was, that the plaintiff seized him
by the wrists whilst he was upon the stairs, and having
mastered him and pushed him away she west up. The
defendant had previously offered to let her fellow servants
fetch her thing. down stairs, but she said she had takes
them up, and she would bring them down. The
policeman having been sent for, her master and the
policeman tried to persuade the plaintiff to leave, and
her wages were offered to her. She, however, refused to
leave, and behaved in a most violent manner, stamping her
foot, raving, and shaking her fist in her master's face as
though she would strike him. The policeman himself re-
mained for from Isalf.an-hour to an hour, trying to persuade
the plaintiff, but ineffectually. When he endeavoured to
remove her she clapped his face, knocked his bat off, and
pulled his hair. His opinion was that she was the strongest
woman that he had ever had to do with. When the second
policeman came they with difficulty took her to the station.
His lordship said that apes the plaintiff's own showing
the defendant was justified in putting the plaintiff out of
the house, but the question remained whether he was justi-
firi in giving her in charge.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 10/.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Dge. 7.
Sittings at Nisi Prins at Westrainster.—(Bs(ors Lord Chief
Baron Pollock and a Common Jury.)
GIDDINGS T. WOOD.-1111I0C11 NUM ACCIDENT.
mi. wee An action to recover c'mpensation for serious
injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of
the defendant's servants.

The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Tindal Atkinson and Mr. liottley were counsel for
the plaintiff ; Mr. Pearce was counsel for the defendant.
The plaintiff is a working sawyer, and the defendant is
the proprietor of the Havelock omnibuses running between
the Elephant and Castle and Aingslarid•gate. Oa Sunday,
the Sth May, 15.19, the plaintiff west to dine
with some friends in St. Oeorges-place, White-
street, Borough. They dined about baltpsat oss o'clock,
and about 3 o clock the plaintiff with three of his male
friends, walked up the Borough. oa his way home to his
residence in the City.rowl. W sixty yards from the site
of the old Town-ha he went into the road to hail • Kings-
land omnibus. It proved to be full, and the plaintiff turned
round to regain the pavement. He saw the omnibus in
question coming along the mad at a rapid pace (there being
a strong opposition on the hoe at the time, and the system
of "nursing" was being canted on). He held up his hand
and shouted, and before the driver, who was looking round
to the opposition omnibus, could pull his horses op
the pole struck him oa the left side. With ex-
traordinary presence of mind he e.iught hold of
the cad of the pule, and was carried eight or
ten feet along in that perilous tesiition, till one of the h. ,rw,
supped on his tom taking off one of the tue.nsils, wh• a he
fell, and the ownibit4 pissed ever Lis leg, omits/11AM it.
Fie was taken to St. ilartheloisiew's Hospital, where Le re-