The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-26 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Af• r Term Nisi Prinz Si;tiap at Guildball.—(Before the
Lard Chief Justice and Special Juries.)

e. THE LONDON AND BOOTH WEST/AIN RAILWAY

COMPANY.

IVIS a part heard case----fTem yesterday. It was an
by the widow and children to recover compensation
i. a for the death of Mr. Richard Raker, from in-
to'him tinter by the abutting of she carriage-door, at
na thu morning of the late Oxford and Cambridge
Mr. Ila Q.C., and the Hon. Mr. Thesiger were
rainsel for the plaintiffs • Mr. Serjeant Itallantine, Mr.
mard, and Mr. Wood: appeared for the defendants.
'file I. ticidars of the plaintiffs' case were reported
r•ver.lay. The defence was that the accident was not
proiimate cause of the death; that deceased load
;_• mac ; and a total denial on the part of the
.....rt.,' that they had in any way, directly or indirectly,
....hie...kneed the settlemeut of the ease by Dr. Vine and
a. Vine wam c .11ed, and in the tonne of his evidence
b * id he thoti,lit.when first be saw the deceased he way
t.!•.• 1,1,111,51011 that he bad been primed up to
• . on the company, and that be was @hamming.
e changed his opinion; the finger at that
•of ....:covered and he was able to use it. He denied
~..itively that he ever spoke to the deceased about
• .41'w con because he hail received iostructions from
• . • .I.•ny never to do such a thing.
11. t'ase ans called- Ile was a clerk in the Wat-
t • "thee. When he called on the deceased be read the
d :red other reports to him in order to give
collected narrative " of the case and to show
,nat the accident arose from his own negli-
• awl that the company could not admit their
!• ...ity; he told him he was sent down by the secretary
,•• • •coo• I. can amicable arrangement. Deceased said at
. 1.0 null afterwards that he would take 7.54.
'lei, o .itar.A, in his cross-examination, mid the replete
••• 1.••4 ant to the accidents committee. He was
tench as to whether be rend to the deceased
•.1 hcal reports, but he was tumble to say if he had
....,, impot taint one handed to him, if he had it he
:.a.:1,, bis, 'hown it to the deceased, but be was not quite
Mi. ..serjeant Ballantine this morning said that since
e.5t...1.y I. had had an opportunity of further consider
nqz th.• ~.e, and of communicating with the secretary of
tl . ,• and be was of opinion that it was not neces-
.ry to piove that the accident was the entice cause of
lit that if it facilitated it by acting on a man of
.teas temperament it would be sufficient to maintain
he ...tem, and that he did not feel he could call eminent
..;i•• .1 men to dispute it. He had been informed that
. •is u. n`i Case had far exceeded hie instructions in
:' • :.4 the case, and his conduct wee such
•••, could not be countenanced by the company.
the circumstances be thought it useless to
further, and the company cemented to a verdict
•• :iiest then; for 2,31151., to be divided between the
The entop:kuy had always directed that no arrangement
shoold he come to in these eases except through Mr.

t ramble, their respectable solicitor.
'the Lord Chief Justice said that so long as that was
t‘..,1 on, everything would be done with perfect safety by
th it gentleman.
Mr. Hawkins said he had no intention to oast any reflec-
tions upon Mr. Crombie, or any of the responsible officers,
but upon Mr. Case's conduct.
The Lord Chief Justice said it ought to be clearly under-
stood there was not the slightest imputation on Dr. Vine.
lle seemed to have properly discharged his doty an a
medical officer of the company, and the reflections that
been made on him arose from some misapprehension
in the part of Mrs. Baker. Mr. Case in his zeal for the
~.inpany had gone to far. He was happy to find there
was no rossibility of such a thing occurring in future.
Mr. Hawkins said he bad agreed to a verdict of '2,300/.
L, divided in the following manner-500f to the widow
:.i,•! 204 W. to each of the nine children.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Natii.4. at Nisi Pries in London.—(Before Lord Chief
Justios Bovill and a Special Jury.)
SINCLAIR T. LORI) RIDESDALE.
T e plaintiff in this case was engineer to the Great
Etste:n Railway Company, and the action was to recover
”...1;,,s for some libellous statements which had been
•I, I y Lord Redeadale in two letters which he had writ-
ten to the listes in reference to the &Stara of that railway
'I 1..• Attorney-General: Sir Geo. Honyntan, and W

V.-01...ma appeared for the plaintiff ; an'd Mr:Huddleston, chambers, and three of them atri!
and Mr. Archibald for the defendant. 'harked* us his lodgings searellia, there were
Attorney-Gerieral said that Lord Redesdale, as the found a plan of bullets and gunpowder.
were no doubt aware, was chairman of the committee Mr. IlibWn dressed the jury very briefly for the
• f 001ing orders of the House of Lords. In 1807 Lord prisoner, and he argued that, under all the circumstances,
;Ade, in his place in the House, made certain state. 1 they might freely entertain some doubt whether the
in...., in referenceto the Great Eastern Railway Company, I prisoner intended to commit the dreadful crime
Iti .is led to • long correspondence in the Tina. In one of wilful murder ; and as to the other intent
•f letters Lord Itedesdale said, "Mr. Sinclair, the , alleged in the indictment, that of doing gm/ions
s.:11, r of the company, who was to fix the schedule of bodily harm he said be should not for • moment
was required to resign after the late investigation. attempt to struggle against • conviction for that
I ono doubt whatever that the more these transactions ! offence.
i...nestly inquired into the more complete will be the I Some vitamins' were celled to speak to the character of
t .wire of the job, and the manner in which too many the and they described him as a remarkablyquiet,
of directors have acted in managing the concerns gen e, well-behaved young man.
entrusted to their cheap." At the time this letter was ! Baron Bramwell having rammed up, the jury almost
,litteu Mr. Sinclair was out of England, but Mr. immediately found the prisoner Guilty of abootang at the
v wrote, " I have never beard before that , prosecutor with latent to do him grievous bodily ham.
•inchir was called on to resign. I know ! The nelson& was sentenced to be kept In penal semi.
th.o. from 1862 to the present time he has tude tor life.
00 I .I,d still Rote as the company's engineer," and Mr. The learned judge ordered the officers to be paid a re;
81 Lips wrote that the statement that Mr. Sinclair had ward of 10/. for their bravery and good conduct.