The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-01 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE---This Day,

COURT OF EXCII.EQUER.
MILLS V. LEATiOI.7;...N:'
to recover
This was an action brought by the plaint
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damages for injuries sustained under the following
stances :—Tho plaintiff, in company with some other per-
sons, were being conveyed to the races in a vehicle belong-
ing to the defendant, and while on the road one of the
wheels came off, the passengers were thrown out, and the
plaintiff received a severe injury to his ancle, and it was to
compensate himself for the loss ho had sustained that the
present action was brought. The defendant denied his lia-
bility to make compensation, and contended that he was not
hired to convey the party to the races, but was merely doing
so in a friendly manner to some of the gentlemen ; he was
therefore not liable within the meaning of the act.

The jury, alter a long deliberation, found a verdict for
defendant.

Owing to the non-attendance of jurymen whilst the above
jury were locked up, the next case, Watson v. Belasco, was
not taken, the jury consisting f only three persons.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT A PAWNBROXEB.'S.—Patrick
Rourke, a tall, stout man, was charged with stealing a
silver watch of the value 01 £2 25., from the shop of Mr.
George Gill, pawnbroker, of the Tottenham-court-road,
George Mitcham, a young mat in the employ of Mr.
Gill, deposed that the prisoner came into the stop that
morning and asked to see a silver watch of about the value
of £2 2s. He showed the prisoner one and he examined
it, and said it would do, and then walked out of the shop
with it in his possession. He went after the prisoner and
brought him back, when he denied having the watch, and
threatened to assassinate him if he detained him. A con-
stable was then sent for, and he found the watch in the
prisoner's pocket.
Westley Tobitt, 54 E, said he was called to Mr. Gill's
shop, and the prisoner denied having the watch, but on
searching him he found it in the pocket of the prisoner's
trowsers.

The prisoner, who cross-examined the witnesses in a
very impudent manner, said that he never threatened to,
assassinate the young man.
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for trial.
CAUTION TO CARRIERS AND OTHERS.—Joseph Fry,
a carrier, of Rickmansworth, Hens, appeared to answer the
complaint of Mr William Love, chief officer of the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of having
caused a horse to be cruelly illtreated by being worked
while in a totally unfit state.
On a former occasion a man named Griffin in the de-
fendant's employ, was charged with a similar offence, and
the matter was ordered to stand over that the defendant
Fry might be proceeded against.
Mr. Arthur Cherry, the veterinary surgeon, and Simeon
Sell, one of the society's officers, having deposed to the
state the horse was in at the time, the former stating that
it had a long-standing disease of the postern joints, and
both that it was totally unfit for use,
Mr. Love stated that the horse since Griffin was brought
to the court had been destroyed. The defendant Fry was
notorious for the last 10 years for the bad state of his
horses, and had been convicted at this and Guildhall
court, and his men had been year after year convicted.
Griffin wat, ordered to pay 10s., and Fry £3 and coats, the
latter amounting to 12s. 6d. Fry did not pay his fine, and
went to prison.