The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-04 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIB DAY.)

EQUITY COURT.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir R. T. Hindersley.)
ATTORNRY-GINERAL e. VOTBDIUL--POTIWZR V. HULBERT.
' The dispute in this case had reference to a brook or
ditch which runs through the village of Pickwick, near
Coraham, Wiltshire, and afterwards passes on to lands in
the occupation of Mr. Poynder. This ditch had been used
as a street drain for • sufficient length of time to establish
the right of the public to make use of it in that way, but
I in 1862, through the act of au individual, an alleged
nuisance was created from which Mr. Poynder sought to
protect himself by stopping the drain. The consequence
of this was that the offensive matter overflowed, causing
injury to the inhabitants of the village, and they having
first obtained a magistrate's order directing Mr. Poynder
to remove the obstruction, came to the court for an
injunction to prevent a repetition of the offence.
Mr. Poynder, on his part, asked for an injunction
to restrain Messrs. Hulbert and Manning, brewers
in the village, from draining into the ditch a
larger quantity of the brewery waste than was
discharged into it from their premises previous to 18.59, the
plaintiff alleging that the nuisance to which he was sub-
facted was mainly owing to the large quantities of putrid
ermenting refuse which Messrs. Hulbert had since that
date carried into the drain, in consequence of the great in-
crease of their business. _

The Vice-Chancellor made the injunction in the first case
perpetual, with costs against the defendant ; and dismissed
the other bill, upon the ground that the plaintiff had failed
to establish that the nuisance was owing to the fault of the
defendant.

Mr. Glace and Mr. J. Pearson were for the Attorney-
General, and Mr. Baily for Mr. Poynder.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

A MADMAN CHARGEDWITEI ASSAULTING AN ACTRESS.

Cornelius Vitrify, address and occupation refused, was
charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting a young female,
named Alice Shell, who was described on the charge-sheet
as an actress, of No. 6, Upper Rupert-street.
It was with some difficulty that the prisoner was placed
in the dock, in consequence of his violence.
The complainant said that about 1 o'clock that morn-
ing she was passing the County Fire Office in Regent-
street, when the prisoner came up to her and said, " You
are a prostitute. you, I'll kill you," and then
gave her a violent blow in the face, leaving a mark behind.
She then gave the prisoner into custody.
In answer to Mr. Knox, the complainant said the pri-
soner was an entire stranger to her.

The prisoner, in a violAt tone, asked the complainant
whether she hat ever told a lie.

The complainant said she might have done so, but she
was not doing so in what she had stated.
The prisoner said that he had never told a lie in his life.
The complainant said the language made use of by the
prisoner was very violent.
Police constable Hemming, 94 C, said he found the com-
plainant with a mark on her face, and she told him the
prisoner had struck her. lie asked the prisoner whether
he had done so, and be said he had, and that he would do
it again.
The prisoner (holding up his band in a threatening
manner) said he would do what he liked to any person.
Mr. Knox asked the prisoner whether he wished to say
anything in answer to the charge.
The prisoner said he could speak to a gentleman when a
gentleman spoke to him. He was sent on earth with a
palm branch in one hand and a dove in the other, to im-
prove mankind and make peace. The complainant struck
him and he then struck her. He met brute force by brute
force. A telegram sent to him had been stopped by Mr.
Gladstone, who, he believed, had the intelligence of the
country under his control. If he was a man he wished to
be treated like a man.

Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner that be
might be seen by the medical officer of the House of
Detention as it was evident the prisoner was mad:.

Runs, the gaoler, had sonic difficulty in persuading the
prisoner to leave the court with him but at last he did so,
addressing the magistrate with the words, "Good morning,
sir ; you are as good a man as me any day." On being
placed in the cell he again became very violent.

LAMBETH.
PILFERING/I IN THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

Darid Hunstans, • genteel-looking youth of 18, was
placed at the bar before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge
of stealing a brooch and several other articles from one of
the sale standings in the Crystal Palace.
James Darling, a special constable at the Crystal
Palace, said that on the day before his attention
was called to the prisoner and another youth, and, while
watching them, he saw the prisoner, while in the Sta-
tionery Court, take up an Albert watch-chain and crumple
it up in his hand. He instantly laid hold of the prisoner,
and his companion, who he said was his brother, got
away. Inspector Bond came up at the time, and he (wit-
ness) handed the prisoner over to hini.
Mr. Bond said that on the prisoner being searched at
the station-house, the brooch, two new knives, a pipe, and
other articles, all new, were found on him, and these he
said he had purchased. They were, however, identified
by the attendants at one of the sale stands, who said
they had been stolen within two hours, particularly the
brooch. The prisoner gave his address, 3, Bath-place,City-
road, and worked with his father, who was • tailor. The
youth who had been in his company he said was his
brother, but he did not live with his father, and he (pri-
soner) did not know his address. In conclusion the wit-
ness applied for a remand, to give him time to make the
necessary inquiries, and as it was the intention of the
company to prosecute, the delay would make no difference.
The prisoner was remanded.