The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-18 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
WAY AND WIFE V. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION

COMFANY.

This was an action for an injury sustained by the wife by
the falling of a mast upon her, in consequence, as was alleged,
of the want of due care on board one of the company's
steamers in which she and her husband had been passengers
to Herne Bay.

Mr. Huldleston, Q.C., Mr. Mellish, QC., and Mr. Lumley
Smith were for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and
Mr. C. Pollock were for the company.

In August last the lady and her husband were passengers
on board of one of the company's steamers, the Prince of
Wales, to Herne Bay, and while they were going down the
river one of the masts suddenly snapped short about a foot
from the deck and fell heavily upon the lady, doing her
severe injury. She was detained at Herne Bay until Octo-
ber, and the expenses came, it was said, to nearly £l5O. The
plaintiffs' case was that the mast was made of two pieces,
one of which was let into the other, and that partly from
this defect and partly throneh the want of proper supports
the fracture took place at the point of junction as the men
were hoisting or shifting the sails.
The caso for the defence was that the mast was made in
the ordinary and, indeed, approved way, and th it the acci-
dent arose simply through a " sudden squall," and it was so
stated in the report made by the company to the Board of
Trade at the time.

After a long trial in which there was a great deal of evi•
deuce on both sides,
The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff; damages,
£l,OOO.

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Kerr.)

CAUTION TO SERVANTS ILL-USING ANDIALS-FALVEY V,

GRIFFIN.

This was an action to recover wages, alleged to be with-
held by the defendant, who is a livery stable keeper.
His Honour—Why does defendant refuse to pay the
money ?
Plaintiff—He says that I beat a horse belonging to him,
and I dld not.

Defendant—My attention was called to the plaintiff, who
had been cruelly beating a horse belonging to me. I found
that the animal was seriously injured, and I pros!cuted the
plaintiff at Guildhall. He was fined 40e,, which he paid.
Plaintiff— I paid the fine, but I was quite innocent, I
assure you,

His Honour— I have no doubt that the magistrate was
satisfied before you were fined. The fine was for th• public
ofience, but as you have misconducted yourself you must
forfeit your wages.
Verdict for defendant.
THE COURT IS SAFE.-HULL V. BATTY.

This was a claim to recover £4 4s.—defendant being the
well-known Italian warehouseman of Finsbury-pavement.
Mr. Pook, of Basinghall-street, stated that his client, the
defendant, was ( bliged to attend the Society of Arts to-day
upon a most important inquiry into the rights of prize-medal
holders. He had a good defence to the action, and applied
for the case to be adjourned.
His Honour said defendant must pay ss. costs.
Plaintiff—lt is a great bother.
Mr. Pook—The money is quite safe. The defendant is
of Finsbury-pavement.

His Honour—l must not know anybody here. You had
better pay the money into court.
Mr. Pook—He will do so.

His Honour—There, Mr. Hull, the Court is quite safe,
you know. (Laughter,)

Adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

"YOUNG MEN FROM THE COUNTRY" IN THE HAY-
MARKET.---Charles Robinson, coachman, living at 20,
Eccleston-square, and Henry Farrington, coachman, living
at 18, Eccleston-square, were charged before Mr. Knox
willa being drunk, and behaving in a disorderly manner in
the Haymarket.

Austin, 188 C, said—At " closing" time this morning
I saw some persons turned out of a tavern in the Haymar •
ket, and as soon as they got outside they began fighting.
Mr. Knox - What is closing time
Austin—Four o'clock. The defendants then backed the
females, and urged them to fight, and on his interfering
they began laughing and jeering, and said that if they gave
me 2d, I would let them see a good fight with the —.
Soon afterwards I saw one of the defendants fighting with
a young man, and as they were both drunk I took them
into custody.
One of the defendants said—We are young men from the
country, and were on our way with another coachman to
see Covent-garden, and went up the Haymarket, and stood
to see what was going on the same as others did, when the
constable told us to move on. A girl at the time took our
friend's watch. Neither of us were drunk.
Sergeant Harrison—They were both drunk.

Mr. Knox—l believe you are both from the country.
Instead of seeing Covent-garden you got drunk, and saw
the inside of a police-station, You must pay ss. each.
A HARD CASE —A female, named Brown, applied this
morning to Mr. Knox for his advice under the following
circumstances :

The applicant said that some time ago her and her hus-
band sold their life interests in a little property for the sum
of £lOO, the money being paid over to Mr. H. W. Young,
a solicitor, who acted for them. &tine of the money was
paid over to them by Mr. Young, but Mr. Young was sub-
subsequently charged with forgery, and convicted, his pro-
perty being seized by the sheriff. At this time Mr. Young
had about £45 of her and her husband's money in his
hands. Messrs. Parsons and Lee, of 15, Coleman-street,
City, then wrote to the sheriff (Mr. Gammon) requesting
that applicant's claim might be investigated, in answer
to which the sheriff stated that money had been paid over
to the Crown-office. She then went to the Crown..office,
and was there informed that the accounts had been made
up, and that the officers could not interfere. As she was in
great distress—her husband having had to un ergo two
operations—she had attended in the hope that she might
find some means of getting her money.
Mr. Knox said the applicant had better petition the Se-
cretary of State; it was the only course she could pursue,