The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-19 00:00:00

lIANRATTY V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY SO.

This was an action to recover damages for personal inju-
ries sustained by the plaintiff by a collision on the defen-
dants line, and also for destruction of certain cattle of the
plaintiff.

The Attorney-General of the County Palatine (Mr E.
Tames, Q.C.), and Mr C. Russell were for the plaintiff;
Mr Brett, Q.C., and Mr Butt for the defendants.
The defendants paid into, court £l7B 108 for the loss of
the cattle.
The plaintiff le a cattle drover in Ireland, and was proceed-
ing, on Deo. 18, 1863, with 17 head of cattle to Norwich.
When at Corby, near Grantham, on the defendants' line, a
stoppage occurred, and whilst the train was standing still
another train from the north ran into it. Plaintiff was then
asleep in the guard's van. The van was shattered and the
plaintiff thrown upon h:s face among the rubbish and ren-
dered insensible. When he came to himself he found him•
self sitting under a hedge by the roadside. He was assisted
to an hotel, and attended by the company's surgeons. He
was found to have been considerably shaken, and had cuts
on the leg and eyebrow. He also complained of pain in the
head, back, and side. After eight days he was allowed tore=
turn to Ireland, where he has been attended by a surgeon
up to the present time. He still complained of great pain and
dizziness in the head, and of seeing, as he expressed it,
" 100 or 200 things at once." He subsequently consulted
physicians in Dublin, and paid £4l for medical attendance.
The plaintiff was called, and proved that the cattle which
he had with him, and which were se injured that they were
killed and sold by the company, cost him, including ex-
penses, £192 10s, and that he would have sold them for
£202 10s. also that he usually came to England with cattle
about 26 times a year. His profits he laid at £3OO a year.

The cross-examination was directed to show that he lived
in a very humble manner, and was not seriously hurt by the
collision. _

It was proved by the medical man called that the dizzi•
ness plaintiff complained of might continue for a long time,
but that there was no organic disease.
At the conclusion of the examination the case was left to
the jury without speeches or summing up, and the jury gave
a verdict for the plaintiff for £2Ol 108,)vith interest for a
year, for the cattle, and .Cl5O for the personal injury.

__—
TILE CHARGE OF MURDER BY POISON IN MAN-
CHESTER,-0a Saturday morning, at the City Po-
lice Court, Ann Corigan, who had been remanded from the
previous Saturday, charged on suspicion with the wilful
murder of Ann Conway, was again brought before Mr Fow-
ler and Mr Ross. It will be remembered that last week, on
a preliminary analysis of the sediment in two of the de-
ceased's medicine bottle, Mr Fletcher thought he had dis-
covered traces of arsenic; but he expressly guarded himself
against that conclusion being accepted as decisive. The
evidence of Mr Fletcher find Professor Roscoe, on Saturday
morning, giving the result of a thorough analysis, was con-
clusive as to their being io trace of arsenic or other mineral
poison in the contents of the bottles. The erroneous result
of the preliminary analysis was satisfactorily explained,
and the prisoner was discharged,--Nartaeater .Eniner.