The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-04 00:00:00

ALIIRETr r: WILSON AND ANOTIIESI.

This wee an action to recover damages for false impri-
sonment.
Mr. Serjesint Sleigh and Mr. Willey Wright appeared
for the plaintiff, and Mr. D. Seymour, Q.C., and Mr.
Team for the defendants.
The plaintiff was an accountant having offices in Chan-
cery-lane. and he became connected with Mr. Wilson
through some bill transactions which this gentleman had
with a Mr. Smith. This was in September, MD. After-
wards the plaintiff bad some port wine from Mr. Wilson
to sell, but he did not pay for the wine. In July last
Yr. pawn met the plaintiff, called him a thief, and the
defendants, one of whom was Mr. Wilson's attonner, bad
the plaintiff locked up, charged with having *ought him-
self within the terms of the rraudalent Trustees Act
Before the giagianates, however, no evidence was given,
and the plain till was discharged.
In the course of the case an arrangement was come to
that there should be • verdict for the plaintiff for 601.,
which amount was to be reduced by 201., the value of the
wine.
Justice Smith said that people ought to be extremely
careful not to use the criminal law to =forma civil right.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—DEC. 3.
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This was an aotica to tar tDsright to cortain articles of
furniture, which had been seised by the sheriff of Mid-
dlesex.
Mr. Day wee counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. dorm
for
the delendent.
The defendant had seised the erode under a judgment
which ho bad obtained against Xr. Frederick Doelton for
a claims of about 6001. It mewed that Mr. Donnas was
indebted to the plaintiff in 4001. odd, and requiring
_wise
further advanese, he diorama of to the PIM= Pthe

!mauve be Ida been** Owl Worst% wad* had aM
valued at 4001. Kr. DeaWn gave bias a raw* for
se" sad the plaintiff alto parebased the leant of
bow far lied, Aso powatioa a arrant who
ferseerly Isla fa Mc Thadoe' tey.
Per tie defame It WasasStsnded that the receipt bad
the effect el a bill of ask, sad ea.! Se hare been duly re.
gietared and further, that no lepl trander of the pro.
jury lavat.the direetka
boa
the learead judge,
found that the Intrldee hid acted boat dde, and that the
plaintiff we the reel owner of the property.
forth.Vrediet

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weensiday by platen and bumbler weepro-
ceeded with Ude ms
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ordained the ruell4=e, but most of the
edema are of the
annum CLOY 44:4=21. A lennithwerwo titres
leen Bell, 27, and Bores Hill, 17, Inge
'Mk fillenievels swift a letteril";orwailliani
citir deseroding maw% with 111111114414 and without
reemenalis mod -ifishirs mu.
Mr. Mean sod Mr. Holmse 000dooest the prosecution.
Mr. Taylor append flw the primer Ulm The ether
Felonies. was
The dieno=eeghis ernes were @somewhat
The wrossenter is • bream and mask, al
INrehan-
ger near eiseifeed, and the phew. were bis breams-
m-law, lie having sesrelei their sister, and MI Oi di=
had been in his Denim bat was dietherged • theettime pre-
rioustothopresenttranseetiontakingPisos. Itappmeeedthat
on the 13th of July • Are took place upon the poseastor's
by a very large quanthy oic=oeras
aod be overleaf received from
7;a7sa of I,IOW. On the 20th of July, pastime to
the mossy berm paid for the laseraace, he remised the
letter that was the subject el inquiry and which was in
the following terms. It was addeared to the prosecutor :
—" I understand you say that you can have me arrested
wbesever you like, and that lam • rogue. Now, I
will see what lan do with you. I mesa to go this mora-
ine to London to the imerame oßos, by the *party'
train, and make no mistake. If you want to me me.=
had bath me er meat at the station." It was
this War was weitesa by the prisoner o=l Ball
at a pallie-hosse at Stamford, sad that his
brother John was t at the time, mad that
be Mewed it to aim and asked if it would do,
bed it appeared that Jake endeavoured to diem&
bker trent sending it. George Hall, however, waited in
ding so, and it appoint that he gave the letter to his
mother to deliver to Hr. Wifiln, and he mada me of the
expreeion that he believed he lenset BBL old the
. A day or two after the had bean gimme
Isierc.triffin, it mewed that the prisoner John called
upoa WM and asked lima whether be did not inlaid to
" fork oat same sao," at the same time observing that
it would be mach ksMer for him to do se, rather then have
any trouble with the inseams office. The promoter,
however, merely Amami that they were a couple
scamps, and that be knew what their object was, that
they bad ruined their father and :tithed thommelves, and
ware now trying to ruin him, but they would find
him • different man to what they expected, and
he immediately consulted his iscadior, and the
primmen were given into custody Amos the pre-
sent charge. In the conies of the ems, the
prisoner George Hall put some questions to the prose-
odor, lowing
.apparently with the object of lowing that be
really did set Ire to his property, but he indignantly re-
the charge, and declared that there was not the
theatrd foundation for the allegations that were made by
the prisoner against him.
At the close of the case for the proesoutice, the learned
jzotenexpremeed his opinion that the evidence was not
t to support the charge against the prisoner John,
and the case, so far as be was concerned, was therefore
withdrawn from the consideration of the jury.
Baron Bramwell, in summing up to the jury with
reference to the case of Ueorge Han aid the circum-
stances were somewhat remarkable. The letter was un-
doubtedly very ambiguous, and unless they believed that
it contained a demand for money and a threat to accuse
the prosecutor of the crime of arson if he did not comply
With that demand. thetheerould mot be justified in con-
victing the prisoner of crime of which he was accused.
The jury retired to deliberate, and upon their return
into court gave a verdict of Not Guilty.
William Thomas Hall, 17, pleaded guilty to setting Are
to some stacks by which act a large quantity of property
was oonsonsed. No motive whatever was es signed for
prisoner's conduct, and he appeared solely to have been
actuated by • morbid desire to-do mischief.
Baron Bramwell, in passing sentence, expressed his re-
gret that be bad not the power of ordering the infliction
of the cat-o'-nine tail. in eases of this description. Ile
sentenced the primmer to eight years' penal servitude.

STIUSING roar larnip:

Edward Lake lily respectable-looking young
man, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with
stealing a letter containing two halt-sovereigns and 114
postage-stamps, the property of the Pcennaster-Ouneral.
He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude.