The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-26 00:00:00

fIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN'G, -FEBRUARY M.

LAW .1.21' TELLIGENCE.—(Ths:s Day.)

SECONDARIES COURT.
(Mr. Potter and a Special Jury.)
RAILWAY ACCIDENT-DAMAGES £7OO-SHAW V. THB

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY CO.
This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages laid at
41,000, sustained in a railway accident, defendants having
suffered judgment to go by default.
Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Sergeant Pigott, with Mr. Phipson, for the company,
The plaintiff on the 21st June last travelled by the de-
fendants' line from Burton-on-Trent to Clifton. A colli-
sion ensued, and the plaintiff was by it a great sufferer.
He declared in the record that in addition to numerous
bruises, he had sustained a rupture of the liver, injury to
the spine and concussion of the brain, and for these he now
sought compensation at the hands of the defendants.
Before the jury was sworn the legal gentlemen held a
conference, and Mr. Sergeant Pigott said the case would
be very short for the jury, who would be able to keep all
their appointments by 12 o'clock.
Mr. Huddlestone—Or quarter-past 11. (Laughter.) We
shall not trouble the jury much, as we have agreed.
The learned Secondary having directed the jury to be
sworn,

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
TRIAL STAKES.

Mr. Huddlestone said—This is an action brought by the
plaintiff to recover damages for very serious injuries. The
plaintiff was a passenger in defendants' train on the 21st
June last, and he was so severely injured that he has been
ill ever since. I and my learned friend have, lam happy
to say, agreed upon an amount, and it is for the jury to assess
our agreement. The sum agreed was £7OO, with whifith the
plaintiff was satisfied.

The court was much crowded, and great interest was ex
pressed.

LATEST BETTING.
LINCOLN HANDICAP.
4to 1 agst ['neat (taken)
7to 1 agst Shropshire (taken)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day,

BOVir-STREET.

EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT.—An elderly man, named
William Samuel Mays, was brought up on remand, charged
with embezzling various sums of money, amounting in all
to about £6OO, the property of his employers, Messrs. Cox,
church furniture makers, Southampton-street, Strand.
The Rev. Mr. Woodward Mills said—On the 19th of
December last year he paid the prisoner £1 15e. 6d. for the
Messrs. Cox, for which he gave him the receipt now pro-
duced.

The Rev. Mr. Story said he had paid the prisoner
£1 10s., which he was indebted to Messrs. Cox.

Mr. Cox said prisoner was in his employ, and d had been
so for the last twenty years, as clerk and collector at a salary
of £2 2s. per week. His duty was to receive money due
from customers and pay it into the bank after properly en-
tering it in the ledger and cash-book. There were entries
in the ledger of the sums received from Messrs.
Was provided with a
his duty to give all
to keep his receipts all cor-
tMh
printedl scas ahn
formdbo Story,ok
receipt
To he
iept
prisonerbut
whicht hey were not entered into
it
was
customers on the payment of their accounts. In one case,
thate
given the usual receipt;
bructt,i ofn
he
the Asilrg.
on t
eh Story, ortsrhy,
ew invoice pitrhi sona view
as
ire had
wan a
cquittance, for the debt.
He had not had time to closely examine the whole of the
books of the firm, but the prisoner said he estimated his
defalcations at £6OO, all within the last three years. Last
year he said he had appropriated to his own use about
£2OO.

Mr. Henry asked the prisoner what he had to say in
answer to the charge.

The prisoner replied, in a low tone of voice, "nothing."
ROBBERY BY A. DISCHARGED SERVANT.— Richard
on
niufffaelste p
t wraestepnlcaecsed ,
The prisoner had been in the service of Lord Lonsdale as
at the bar charged with obtaining goods
groom for many years, but owing to his misconduct he was
discharged. On the day he left his lordship's service he
went to Mr. Austin's, and obtained. a very expensive saddle,
representing it was for his lordship, On
getting the pro-
perty into his possession he
Lona-
daltook it into a public-house and
in the service of LW -el
raised some money on it. The next day the police became
aware of the transaction, and the prisoner was taken into
custody.
Theforeman , Haymarket, said that
knowing
he
ehad
the
prisonerat various
of I 1 lr.
a Ss
being:i t
times
sr,
of
8 supplied him with goods in
the belief that he was properly authorised to order the Lro-
perty. The things he had had amounted to over £l4.
Another tradesman was in attendance to prove that the
prisoner had had goods from him under the same circum-
stances to the amount of X [2.

In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he was quite
guilty of all the charges brought against him, and he was
very sorry for it.
lie was then fully committed for trial.

1862.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

LINCOLN RACES—(This Day.)

Ducat
Weatherden
Dusk
Seven ran.
BROCKLESBY STAKES.

Dirt Cheap
Vindicta
Princess Louisa
Thirteen ran.
SELLING STAKES.

St. Bernard
St. Lawrence 2
HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE.

Duhallow
1
Cannibal
2
Catspaw
3
Fifteen ran.
CITY HANDICAP.

Fairy Seat
1
Arcadia
2
Walkington
3
Ten ran.