Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-01 00:00:00

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severe lashing to Stetford,
ie case. He, according to them, was
an unmitigated. scoundrel, 60 morally low, that no honest or
respectable man would stoop to touch him. His Lordship
proceeded to sum up, and, after elucidating the whole case,
stated the prisoners must stand or fail together-; it was a
case of conspiracy, and there must be two in such cases,
therefore, they both must be found guilty or acquitted, The
.:jury then retired at eight o'clock to consider their verdict, and
returned into court in about twenty. minutes with a verdict
-of guilty. His Lordship, in passing sentence, said it was
with unfeigned pain that he saw a person of -Wright's
position in society before him on such a charge. It was
with regret that he had to pass sentence upon him, but it
was necessary in the discharge of his duty. Helhought
that the sentence he did pass would.add to the punishment
already endured by the prisoner. The verdict of the jury
that he was guilty of conspiracy and fraud was a very great
punishment on him. As for Boucher, he acted as a sub-
ordinate, and his offence was hardly so criminal as the
other. Wright, the captain, was sentenced to six months'
imprisonment with hard labour, and Boucher to three
months' imprisonthent with hard labour. The case occu-
pied nearly five hours.
The court then rose, at ton minutes to nine.

per eQut. that was 4zrit there

in defending th

the Fincipal wiluess

NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY

The court opened at nine o'clock yesterday morning, and
his Lordship Mr. Justice Byles resumed the hearing of

HESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN-

SHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.—Several witnesses were called,

who deposed that the rain-storm upon the night in question
was the greatest which had been known, in that part of
the country, during the lifetime of any of the inhabitants.
Persons in the employment of the company were called to
show that every necessary step had been taken, on the rising
of the flood, to avert the consequences, as far as the
extraordinary circumstancescouldallow; and the manager

of the canal was examined to show that the canal baiiks
were in a proper condition of repair. Several scientific
witnesses were examined to show that the damage com-
plained of by the plaintiff did not arise from the causes
alleged, or from any want of care on the part of the
defendants, or deficiency in their works. The examination
of witnesses and the addresses of the learned counsel con-

sumed the time up to four o'clock, when the jury retired to
consider their verdict. On their return into court, at eight
o'clock, after about half-an-hour's conversation with the
judge, the jury agreed to a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages one farthing; the foreman stating that they did
not mean.to give contemptuous damages, but to say that the
extent to which the defendants had contributed to the
damage done was inappreciable.

LINDSAY AND OTHERS v. JANsox.--The plaintiffs in this
action were the owners of a ship called the Shanghai ; and
they sought to recover from the defendant Alfred Janson
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effected with hi
Q.C., and Mr. Blac
Mr. Wheelei. Q.C.

1 insurance which they bad
re-named ship. Mr. Wilde,
)eared for the plaintiffs ; and
Nir. James, Q.C., and Mr. Melhuish
It appeared that the policy in dis-

upon OP a
burn° a

out, and from Swan River to the
.u.auritius, and for thirty days after her arrival. The vessel
left London in 1850, on a voyage to the Swan river, and
on her way she met with some accident which rendered
it necessary to put into Mauritius for repairs. The
id. to give up a bottomry bond in pay-
ment for the repairs, to be returned on the money being
forthcoming when the ship returned from Swan river.
They proceeded to the Swan river, and came back to the
Mauritius in ballast, in

ate was upon a voyag

master was obli

order to discharge the claim
She left Swan river on the

upon the bottomry ,bon
23rd of December, and arrived i

the 14th of Janu4r
buoy, at Pert Leui

y at the Mauritius on
anchor at the Bell-

he came to