The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.-11EmoRD, JCLT 11.

The Lord Chief Baron arrived at Hertford by the 6 o'clock
train on Friday, but it was of mune too late for Ms mum to
be opened; but this morning both teamed judges were
engaged in disposing of the reinaining
(Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Cotonou Jury.)

CHAPMAN, AND MCO7lll[lO. kI*DWAI.

Mr. Luah, Q C., and Mr. Peters lurff were fur the plain-
tiffs; and fierfesat BLes sod Mr. C. Pullutk were outt.tsd fur
Lbw defendant.

The plaintiffe in that action are wine and spirit merchant..
in London, and the defendant in a publican and auctioneer at
Birmingham. It appeared that a person named Felton, in
the service of the plaintiffs, had obtained an order for goods
from the di (cadent to the amount of 491., and at the end of
six meths. which was the winal period cif credit, the plaintiffs
applied to the defendant fur payment, but be reused to
pay on the ground that the armament with Felton
was that he was to have twelve month,' Felton, it
appeared, had died in the interim, and this action was
brought; to enforce payment before the eapiration of the
twelve months, the period of credit to which the defendant
considered he waa entitled.

fierjeant Ghee. ids behalf of the defendant, said ft wee to
be regretted that the plaintiffs should have eons to the ex-
pense of bringing thin action, when he should be able to
satisfy the jury in the ale rent possible manner, that the ar-
rangement made by the defendant with E,lton was that he
was to have twelve months credit. The plaintiffs lad been
distinctly informed of the fact, and the defendant had
expressed Lis readiness to pay the amount the moment
the period of credit had expired, but they persisted
in going on with the action. If he proved Were Luis the
defendant would be entitled to a verdict, but the plaintiffs
had to one to blame but themselves fur the expense and
trouble that had been created.

Evidence KM then addomd, which clearly made out the
statement of the learned serpent, sad Mr. U. ito th, the at •
teensy, of Birmingham, who wee at the tisio tainoerned for
the defendant, proved that when the present action was totu-
tuenccd Le made a conintunitation in his behalf to the plain-
tiff., and offered to pay the money if the coats of the defen-
dant, were paid and the at tion discontinued.
The Loral Chief Baron inquired of Mr. Lomb whether he
thought he could expect a verdict after tie ei adore that
had been given for thedefendant, end he replied that he wag
afraid not.
The plaintiffs wire then noneuittd.

V. Il tilt ORD.
Thin wee tried by • ejie ial Jury.
Serpent Slim, Mr. Hawkins, and Mr. Lorkr were retinae
for the plaintiff ; Mr. C. Pollock and Mr. Codd appeared for
the decedent.

Thie wee en action brought by the plaintiff, a young man
named WilMan Gilligan, even:tot the defendant, who eiuries,
on an extensive basin°. at St. Alban's a, a straw bat and
bonnet manufaetunr, to recover damages, for having closed
him to be unlawfully imprieoned upon two charges, one of
stealing a each box, containing a comideriable eUM of money,
and another of sealing wine. It appeared that the ploinief
was the eon of one of the officers of the Herta constabulary,
which was stationed at St. Allan'., but who, it appeared. woe
pensioned in le-50, and went to lira in Ireland. In 1848,
the *intik alio was then ohout fourteen years old, went
into the semi, o of the defendant, and ho was employed
about the werekomee end in the setalsk, and ho re-
mained in the service, except during a abort interval,
until the month of December of teat year, when
the Occurrence embrlaro that mesa the ground of the present
sedan. It Meng that Mr. Buford, who was a endower,
bed married a second wife, and that very sem afterwards be
sad his wife became mutually jealous of each other, and that
Ibis feeling on the part of the latter was carried to such on
'stoat that when her husband wee out upon business she
mad to en after him to watch hie proceeding/4, and the
who is a good looking young tulles, generally at-
sampanied her on thew occasion, and, as was observed by
the Lord Chief Baron in the course of the cue, it ap-
=l that re. Buford went out take nun of her
.M to
nd, and the plaintiff went to take care of her."
This mat of proceeding very naturally gave great annoyance
to the defendant, and he and the plaintiff frequently low-
relied, and even re 'meted occasionally to blows, and it
was a•rged on the part of the plaintiff that the, promeding
a vacs he complained was an net of vile on the part of the
allaileat to revenge himself upon Gilligan, for taking the
alde able wife iu Bair matrimonial equabbles. Thee ireune
stemma which led to the charge. being node spinet the
plaintiff, appeared to be these : in the month of Oetobr
a cash box eoutaining about 111. wait steles from the de-
fendant's warehouse, and the police were called in, but were
unable to detect the thief. No suspicion at this time appeared
to be entertained spinet the plaintiff, and ho continued in
the defendant'. service until the 2nd of Deaember, when the
defendant suddenly dismissed him. Ile then, it appeared,
went to London to look for another eituation, and upon his
returning to St. Albans, on the night of the 10th of Deem
her, be was taken into custody by a wilco:man, upon a
warrant obtained by the defendant, :mkt which he sae
charged with dealing the ouch-box that bad been
loci in October. He was subsequently taken before
the bench of magistrates at St. Allan's, when, in addition to
the charge of etealing the mesh-box, Mr. Barford preferred
another spinet him of steeling wine. This latter charge
was demise 1, but the magistrelas committed the pLaintiff nos
the sessions for trial upon the charge of steeling the reek-boo,
and in due course he was tried and acquitted. The defen-
dant had, however, obtained a true bill spinet the plaintiff
for steeling the wine, and this, indictment was pontponed to
the ensuing session; the plaintiff, during the interval, a
period of two months, being in custedy; but when the tension
came on, no evidence was offered against him upon the in-
die:Mama for stealing the wine, and he wee die:Largest In
COOPIqUenrO of these proceedings: the plaintiff had been put
to 70/. or We expenses; a professional gentleman at St.
Alban's, named Anneskry, having, it appeared, very kindly
taken his ease in hand and made the Weenier, advances;
and the present action was brought to recover damages for
the lose and inconvenience the plaintiff had sustained.
The plaintiff, who was the prineipal sinus., proved a great
many of the shove facts, and he &vied most positivity that
there was any foundation for either of the charges that were
made against him, or that there wee any foundation for the
supposition entertained by the defendant that nnything
improper had taken place between him and his mistress,. Ile
was subjected to a mat searching cross-examination by Mr.
, Pollock ; and in the tourer of it, it appeared that hie wages
usually were only Be. aeweek, and that at the time he was
' dismissed he was receiving only 12a., and that a awn of
TL 14s. was found in his box at the time he was apprehended,
a good many of the coins being of a similar denomination to
these that were in the stolen cash bee. He mid that he had
saved this money by threepence and sixpence at a time, and