The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-13 00:00:00

SECONDARIES COURT-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Secondary Potter.)
BAILEY AND BROTHERS V. HUNT. ,
This was an action to recover damages for the wrong-
ful detention of a valuable painting and copperplate
engraving. The plaintiffs are the well-known print
publishers in Royal .Exchange-buildings, and defendant
Is an engraver.

The damages were laid at 1001., independently of the
value of the property. Defendant suffered judgment to
go by defanit.

111-r. Sleigh, counsel for the plaintiff, stated the case,
from which it appeared that in the spring of 1851 there
was a match in the north of England between two cele-
brated race horses, Voltigeur and the Flying Dutchman.
The plaintiff employed an eminent artist, Mr. Hale, to
give the race, with portraits of the animals, and he ac-
cordingly painted a picture, which was given to defendant
to engrave a plate from. An agreement was made by which
defendant undertook to complete the engraving in three
months, and he was to be paid 101. a month the first
two months, and 501. when the plate was completed.
201. was paid, but defendant never returned the picture,
or finished the plate, and the latter was, of course, use-
less after such a lapse of time ; but there was no doubt
that if it had been furnished at the time required,
plaintiff would have realised a considerable profit, and
the damages now claimed were far below the loss sustained.
Mr. Bailey was called and proved the facts. The
print was to have been published at three guineas.
The defendant was called, and, after at first refusing
to answer, admitted lie had pawned the painting.
The jury gave a verdict for 1567.—viz., 1001. general
damages, 501. for the painting, and 61. for plate.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

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OLD COURT.
(Before Lord Chief Justice Jervis and Mr. Baron
Alderson.)
ALLEGED MURDER AT THE REGENT'S CANAL.
Thomas Mackett, 30, described in the calendar as a
labourer, was placed in the dock on an indictment
charging him with the wilful murder of Eliza Lee, by
thrusting her into the Regent's Canal.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clark conducted the prosecution,
and Mr. Parry defended the prisoner.
It will be recollected that last session the prisoner was
put on his trial for the same offence, but the jury, after
remaining in deliberation for several hours, were dis-
charged without coming to a decision, one of the jury
becoming unwell, and a medical man having declared
that his • life would be in danger if he were not
released. The prisoner was, however, ordered to be de-
tained, to be tried by a fresh jury. The evidence given
at the former trial was published at considerable length,
and the whole circumstances being faMiliar to the pub-
lic, it is unnecessary to report them on the present
occasion.

The principal points were these. The prisoner and
the deceased had cohabited together, but for some time
prior to this event were separated, and prisoner bad
either married or gone to live with some other woman.
On the 31st of January the deceased went and found
him at his work, as a mason, in Portland-town ; and
after he left off, they went to several public-houses, and
were seen drinking at about 11 o'clock, at the Regalia,
in Augusta-street, near the Regent's Canal. Almost after
they had left some one who was in the gardens of the
Regalia heard the noise of a person in the water and
upon running round met a man whom he believed to
be the prisoner, running quickly from the spot, and this
person said that a woman had either fallen or thrown
herself into the water, and he escaped. • Shortly after-
wards the woman was got out quite dead. The next
day when the police went after the prisoner he made
several contradictory statements, and some things that
were known to have been in the deceased woman's pos-
session on the same night were found at his lodgings,
and a portion of them had been pawned by another
woman at the request of the prisoner.
The case was proceeding when we went to press, and
will probably last the entire day.