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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORFOLK OlRCUlT.—Nonwicff, Itasca 29.
CROWN CotraY.—(Before Mr. Serjeant Tozer.)
William Davis was indicted for the manslaughter of
Henry Alfred Lydamore, on the high seas, on the 6th De-
°ember, 1865. TM prisoner was the matter of the smack
Rouseabout, of Yarmouth, and Lydamore a cabin boy on
board. The ease for the prosecution was that the boy had
been cruelly beaten and ill-used by the prisoner, and that
in consequence of the injuries received he had subsequently
died. There appeared to be no doubt that the prisoner
had repeatedly thrashed the boy with the tiller rope,
whether rightly or wrongly, but the medical testimony
failed in showing that the immediate cause of death was
the result of such treatment. According to the evidence
of the surgeons called, the death was caused by a wound
on the head, which was shown to have been occasioned by
a fall from the companion ladder. The prisoner was then
tried on the minor charge of wounding with intent to do
grievous bodily harm, and the jury returned a verdict of
lin Guilty. Mr. Cherry prosecuted, and Mr. Metcalfe
• defended the prisoner.
In the Nisi Prim Court the jury in Lucas v. Newman,
reported in our columns of yesterday, returned a ver-
dict for the plaintiff. A poaching case of no particular
interest concluded the criminal bunnies.
(Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.)
RALDWICK O. TIM QUAY zooms RAILWAY COMPANY.
Mr. Keane, Q.C., and Mr. Metcalfe for the plaintiff ;
Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Stephenson for the company.
This was an action brought to recover damages for in-
juries sustained in a railway accident on the 25th January,
1.865. The plaintiff is a traveller for a wholesale grocery
business in London, engaged at a salary of 5501. a year, and
on the day in question was travelling in a third-class car-
riage from Ipswich to Bungay. Some bullocks appear to
have strayed up the embankment on to the line, and as the
train neared the Herndon° station the engine struck one
of them, swerved off the line, and rolled down the embank-
ment ; the coupling irons broke, and this saved the
rest of the train from falling. In consequence of the
concussion the plaintiff was thrown violently over a seat
into a further compartment, one of his teeth was knocked
out, and he lay for some little time stunned at the bottom
of the Barr e. When he was somewhat recovered, he
opened the door and sprang out, when catching his foot
against the leg of the bullock be fell and rolled down the
embankment. The medical evidence went to show that the
plaintiff bad suffered from concussion of the spine, and
that his nervous system was still considerably deranged, so
much so, that he had been advised, and as the plaintiff
himself said compelled, to relinquish a considerable part of
his business, with a corresponding diminution of his salary.
For the defendants, it was contended that the accident
was not occasioned by the negligence of the company.
The jury were of opinion that the oomny was liable, and
returaW a verdict for plaintiff, with 2001. damages.
MARCH 31
(Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Common Jary.)
TIIOOOBI Y. DIAL AND OTHERS.
Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., Mr. Keane, Q.C., and Mr. Stephen-
son for the plaintiff ; Mr. Bulwer, Q.C., and Mr. Metcalfe
for the defendants.
The plaintiff was the master of a small sloop called the
Oddfellow, and the defendant Beal part owner of a barque
called the Abyssinian. On the 26th March, 1865, flare
appeared to have been a severe gale off the Norfolk coast, and
no leas than 80 vessels ran into Lowestoft Harbour
for shelter, amongstthemithe plaintiffs sloop. Very shortly
aftelthe defendant's barque followed, came into collision
with the smaller vessel and did such damage as caused
it to sink. For the plaintiff it was contended that this
was in consequence of the bad seamanship of the defen-
dants. For the defendants, on the other hand, it was
argued that it was purely an accident and unavoidable.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with
damages 3501.
Another cause of no public interest is in course of hear-
ing, and that will conclude the business of this assize. The
Lord Chief Justice took his seat to-day in the nisi prim
mart for the first time since his recent indisposition.

NORTHERN CIRCIIIT.—LivsgrooL, ItiLacs 31.

Owing Coorrr.—(Botore Mr. Judi°. Mellor.)

ALLEGRO WURDZE OP A CAPTAIN ST A FORZION SAILOR.
Antonio Petrone, • Spanish seaman, was indicted for
the murder of Bran Hughes, at Gersten, on the 11th
February last.
The deceased and three other captains of vessels were
drinking together at the Gersten Hotel, on the night of
the 11th, and about 11 o'clock they left with the intention
of proceeding to the Gunton dock, where their vessels
were. On the way they met with the prisoner, who ap-
to be intoxicated, and Captain Hughes, pitying
Csarestndition, offered to conduct him to his ship.
They went along together for some time, and then,
with the prisoner in his charge, Captain Hughes
left his companions, and crossed to the part of the quay
where the Antonio (the prisoner's vessel) was moore&
Shortly afterwards the friends of Captain Hughes heard a
scuffling noise, and saw two men leap from the bows of the
Antonio. Aimed immediately Captain Hughes staggered
backwards, and, falling into the arms of one of his friends,
Captain Jenkins (who had run up), he declared that he
was stabbed. Hughes died in a few days afterwards.
For the defence it was urged that the prisoner, being a
foreigner, was under the idea that the deceased intended
to rob and molest him.
The jury acquitted the prisoner of murder, but found
him Guilty of manslaughter, with • recommendation to
mercy.
Sentence was deterred.

ALLZGED MEMOIR IN A COAL MINE.
William Wedgewood, a collier, was indicted for having,
on the 12th January last, murdered Abraham Simm, in the
Leigh coal-pit, at Daydock. The deceased was also a col-
lier, and some dispute had taken place between the men
relative to the appropriation of certain boxes or tubs of
coal. During this dispute the prisoner went to another
part of the mme and returned with • large hammer, and when
Simm was next seen he was found so dreadfully bruised
and injured about the head that he died some days after-
wards. The skull had been driven into the brain. The
prisoner was found Guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced
to 15 years' penal servitude.