The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-06 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Sittings at Nisi Prins in Middlesex.—(ltefore Lord Chief
Justice Bovill and a Special Jury.)
HUNT r. THI NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COiIPAiT.
This was an action to recover damages for injuries Enf
fered upon the defendants' line.
Mr. Prentice, Q.C., and Mr. Matthews appeared for the
plaintiff ; and Mr. Giffard, Q.C., and Mr. Stanley Hill
for the defendants.
The plaintiff was secretary to four of the Star-Bowkett
building societies, and last summer he was in the conne
of establishing two more of such societies, to which he
was to be secretary. On the night of the lot July
he was returning from Bushey, he having been
to Watford to attend a meeting of one of the
new societies, when the train ran into an
engine which was upon the line. The plaintiff said that
he was shot forward as though from a gun end fell upon
the floor. He got upon the seat, and after a short delay
he went on his way to London. When he was examined
it was found that there waua akin wound on the leg, and
the plaintiff felt pain all down one side of
his body, and bad great difficulty in walking. Fee
six or seven weeks he could not attend to his
business, and then when he went to his books he suffered
from headache and was unable to work as he had done I
before. These symptoms continued in mitigated form
down to the present time. As to pecuniary loss
the plaintiff had to give up the two societies which
be was in the course of forming, and his income from
those already established was, in three instances, about
60f. • and another, 50f. a year. Be had paid 101. for
assistance in his work during his incapacity ; and in addi-
tion there were the charges for medical attendance.
Mr. Jenkins, a surgeon, and Dr. Buzzard, were examined
in reference to the plaintiff's injuries, and it was said that
a medical man of great eminence had examined him, but
this gentleman was not called as a witness because he
required 20 guineas as a fee for attending in court.
The jury found for the plaiutiff—Damages, 1251.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
(Before Sir.l. P. Wilde.)
r. BOTHAMLEY AND FAARER.
This was a petition by the husband, praying for a die.
solution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery
with the co-respondent.
Mr. Searle ergreared for the petitioner ; and Mr. Prit-
chard for the respondent and co-respondent.
The marriage took place in lard, the respondent sr
on the business of a chemist, at Dorchester. Hea
etg,
wards removed to Chatteris, in Cambridgeshire,
where ho made the acquaintance of the co-respon-
dent, who is a surgeon at that place. Dr. Ferrer
visited at the house, but the petitioner had no
suspicion of anything being wrong until 1865, when hie
wife mid she was going to Newark. In reality,
however, else went to Nottingham, and there met
the cirrevixindent, with whom she slept for two or three
nights sit ass hotel. The petitioner forgave his wife for
this offence on her promising that it should not occur
again s but mine time afterwards Dr. Ferrer and Mrs.
I:othai iley were found together in her bedroom under aus-
icious circumstances, during the absence of the husband
From the house ; and upon this fact coming to the know-
ledge of Mr. Itothmuley, he left his wife and filed this
petition.
(The case was proceeding when our report left.]