The Express.
London, England, 1857-06-09 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE. the roe
4th of
THIS DAY. come ian I°v co
preten,

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. sccor
(Bitting. in Bance.—Bdure Chi,' Justice Cockburn and awn
Justices Cnoncell, Williams, sud Willis.) out
Bs Re ELL W. tHt EASTIMAN COUNTIES &AMWAY COMPANY. Um

—TM TILITIC ON THE RASTERN COUNTIES LINN. Orocott
MroPhipeen mewed for a rule, calling upon the defendants the per
In this owe to show came why a railway beionging to the celled me
Raiders Union Railway Company ehould not be sa fairly and to do with
efficiently worked sad kept up ass route between Norwich whet she
and Landon, es the same was waked and kept up Indite and the time;
at the time of the passing of the 17th and 18th Viet., c. peke
220, • private act. In 1854 there was a terminus at •
Thorpe, on the Cambridge line, and a terminus at to,,k p
Victoria, on the Colchester line, and the Foustern Counties deem ;
Railway Company, by the act before-mentioned, obtained a to be of
power to work the Norfolk ltailwey by the Thorpe Station, edditd
and she the Baton Union Railway by the Victoria K,
Station. The inhabitants of Norwich feared that Reyl
the consequence of the two stations being under the that
control of one company might be that the trains might I,mo
be discontinued, and they presented a memorial to the end I
company, praying that some clause might be introduced ladle.
Into the act to prevent that roault. That, however, did tell
not meet with any attention, sod the set passed with- ode
out any such clause being introduced. A clause well
however, was introduced byconeent which stated true t
that it should not be lawful for the company to like ti
discontinue or close the Victoria station, and able that but ti
the railway belonging to the Eastern Union Railway she ge
Company should be Al fairly and as efficiently time.
worked between London aid Norwich u before, end if yid,
this was not done then that it should be lawful fur Greco
the Booed of Trade to make such order as they should of the
think fit. Previously to the passing of the sit there were had I,
four trains which kit the Victoria gallon for London, four wee cc
left for Norwich, which ran into the Victoria eta- imme
tion, and one from the Victoria station to Col- had I
cheater. They were afterwards reduced, however, edoite
to two each way. After this another memorial was suit to which
the 'Eastern Counties' Itailway Company, which was signed what
by 1,300 inhabitants of the city of Norwich, there
many of whom were magistrates, clergymen, merchenta, soli- with
chore, and ethers, and they - /*prevented the greet peso
inconvenience which snow in consequence of the decrease mid,
of tie. trains running into the Victoria station. A great rood,
many meetings were held by the inhabitants, at woks
which Mr. Barerell acted as chairman, and a correspondence bed ,
ceased between him and the oterstszy to the Hastiest Coon- diem
'es Railwa Company, which, iseweeer, ended In nothing. Thee'
Mr. Beiwell then wrote to the Board of Trade, and the had ,
board, slier some correspondence, stated that they end t
had no mono of enforcing their orders, the act had spool
ROT Imposed a penalty, and Mr. Darnell had his re- atom
needy applying to this court, and accordingly he woe:
made present application. At the present lime the
three train ran from the Victoria station, and two on
ran into it, but they were not gad:lent for the wants thee
of the tragic. There was now, with the exception of an ex- her
press train, only one teem from Loudon running into the et el
Victoria station, and that was a parliamentary train. The saw
main complaint was that when the trains were brought to the
Norwich, it was a great distance from the market place hod
and town; the planes where they were wanted. has
Mt. Justice Williams—Was any motive stated by the did
Company why they preferred the Norfolk lino station in pre- nee
Serena to the Victoria station? eat
Mr. Phipeon said there had been a letter written by the ii,
secretary about it, and which had been answered by Mr. f
Harwell. The question was whether the company were jus-
tified in doing what they had, and he submitted that they
were not.
Rule granted.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER. inc
(Sittings In Senn.—Before the Lord Chief Baron, end an
Barons Merlin, Bramwell, and Charms)). no
DAY V. ORPWOOD.—A WINTAAAA JUST.
Mr. &donut Thant,' moved for • rule to show cause why tio
the verdict in this °sae should not be set aside end a new ne
trial bad. The action wes for breach of covenant and was of
tried before Mr. Baron Channel) during the sitting in the •
prement term. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff lid
for 35/. The ground on which he made the present motion to
wan that the verdict wee againet the evidence. ray
Mr. Boren Channel! thought the learned cowed was en- tie
titled to • rule. Even if the verdict stood, be won not as- 11.
tinned that the jury had not awarded an excessive amount of bli
fre
daniagm.
Mr. Serjemit Thomas said perhaps the court would allow
him to take a rule to eater the verdict for the defendant.
The Lord Chief Baron—We have no power to grant
each • rule. Even if there wsu not a while of evidence
to support the finding of the jury, we could not give you a
rule tn that form.
The Court granted • rule nisi for • new trial or to reduce
the damages.
One or two other ass which had been beard before Mr.
Baron Channell having been mentioned, that learned judge
retired in order to preerde in the Nisi Psi= Court. Ilia place
was taken by Mr. Baron Watson, and the Court then pro- m
needed to Eva motions.

ARCHES COURT.
(Before Sir John Dodson.)
EVANS V. EVANS.-SSATINCIL

7111. EisINSPECTOI FIELD AND HIS WITNESSES.
Si J. Dodson gave judgment in this case, which was a
snit of divorce by reason of adultery, promoted by tho
hue-
band against the wile. The marriage took Oath on the 4th
of November, 1830, at Cheltenham, where both the parties
were resident. The cohabitation only continued till
the following March, when Mr. Evans, who had
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previously been engaging himself in field sports in fie
Leieestershire, preposed to return to Cheltenham and Chel
live with his mother. Mrs. Evans declined to reside trim
with heel:nether-in-tom in any capacity but that of a .utter; own
and a quarrel thereupon ensuing, a separation took no
place. Mr. Carrington, Mrs. Evan's father, repro- gull
seated to her that she was wrong, and penuaded emp
her to write • letter of mbruiedon to her husband.
He took this letter himself to Mr. Evans, and endeavoured °n,,,
to bring about a reconciliation, but Mr. Evans refused, and mot
the parties had never cohabited since. The Bret act of add- beim
tery wee charged to have been committed at Cheltenham T
with a gentlemen of the name of Robinson. It was pleaded hors
that about nine o'elot It on the 29th of July, 1853, Mr. Re- F
Limon, Mee. Evans, and her sister wont out for • walk;
and that after a time Mini Carrington returned home alone.
After this apemen named John Munn swore that he saw Mr. I
Robinson take Mee. Evans over some rough ground to a wall,
and there commit the offence with ker. But Munn mast bare
sworn falsely. Ile was perfectly well acquainted with the par-
Mee, and so there could be no mistake as to identity, and. yet
It was now admitted that on the day in question Mr. Robin-
son was not in Cheltenham at all. The neat offence was
pleaded to have been committed in Edgware-road, where
Mr. &dilation Vol stated to have taken lodging, for
Mrs. Evans. At Bret light it might seem rather
extmoedinary that Mr. Robinson, • gentleman who
was not living with his wife, should engage apartments in
London for a lady separated from her husband. But it
must be recollected that Mr. Itobinaon was a friend of the
family, and that he had frequently before taken lodgings in
town for the C • tons.
It was pleaded t while Mrs. Evans was in Edgware-
road Mr. Robinson had paid her great attentions but it
was remarkable that throughout this case not one instance of
improper familiarity was pleaded eneept the acts of adultery
theme-Ives. In June, 1854, Mr. Robinson again engaged
apartments for Mrs. Evans—this time at No. 2,
Bryanotonenquare. The apartments consisted, amongst
other rooms, of a front drawing-mom and a back
drawing room separated front ft by • pair of folding
doers. This back room was connected with a bed roost, and E
was maigned to Mr. Millen, Mrs. Evans' comin, who act
tompanied her to town, • young gentleman who had formerly Itr
been in the Indian army, but who was at that time reading ore
for holy orders. Now it certainly would have been
rather curious if Mr. Robinson had taken these apartmente in
order to commit adultery in them, that Mrs. Evans should
have assigned tide bark NUM to her cousin, who must by suchan arrangement have been cognieant of all that passed in the
front room. Another circumstance which es/take dawning of
attention was this: Immediately after_Mr. Evans' arrival in !,'''
town, Mr. Robinson absented himself and went down to tt'
Cheltenham for several days. In order to obtain evidence
against his wife, Mr. Evans had engaged Mr. Field,
formerly • detective officer, but now engaged on t",
hie own account. Mr. Field had teen down to Chellen- "
ham to watch the partite, and he deposed to several matters A
which he had seen there, and which seemed to have given
him an unfavourable opinion of Mrs. Evans. But ti
really there was no remon whatever for regarding tt
them circumdances with suspicion, for there woe "
nothing in them inconeietcnt with the hypothesis of
perfect innocence. When Mrs. Evans came up Brysnaton-
square, Mr. Field followed her, and had an interview with
the landlady, Mrs. King. Mrs. King at fine would have I
nothing to do with hint, but she consented to receive 251. and t
to allow a person named Jackets* to come and live in the house,
in order to sea what was going on. Afterwards, she told
Mr. Field that Jackson was nothing but a "bother," and
that she must be got rid of Acceedingly Jarkson was sent
away, and her place was supplied by • Mrs. Orecett, the wife !
of a journeyman butcher, who wea hired at the rate
of two guineas a week foe • month to live
in the bowie in the double rapacity of cook and spy. Mrs.
Ring would not have Mr. Field come to the home because
he was koown, but she agreed to meet him at the Marble-
arch. When the saw him there she said to him,
" I will have nothing to do with the burins.,
but here is my friend, Mrs. Price, perhaps she
MIL" Mr. Field was very much obliged to her,
and agreed to pay Mrs. Price for her loss of time, if she
would also watch the parties. Nothing, however, was die-
covered, and so • consultation took place between Mr.
Enna, Mr. Field, and Dr. Jones, • medical man, re-
siding in Manchester- maitre. Dr. loam said be had got
• very special gimlet of modern invention, and suggested
that this gimlet should be taken to the home, and that
a hole be bored through the folding-doers with it. On
Sunday the 2nd of July, the gimlet was accordingly de-
livered Mrs. Grocett, who first of all made a hole
through the thick part of the door; but she found
that would be of' no use. She therefore made
tee another hole lower down, and in • thinner plain, and by that
media she said she was enabled to command a view of half