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Can.trEsTEn, JAY. 6.—A1l kinds of stock moved off slowly
II the following terms :—Beef, fr6m 3s to 4s 4(1 ; Mutton,
43 441 to 5s 21 • Veal, 4s to 4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6(1
.1"r 81b!,. Suchling Calves, 18s to 282; quarter-old Store
16.3 to t9s and Milch Co.ws, with their :TnP.ll Calf, la

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SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
ttuxTk,N v. POLHILL—RAILWAY LIABILITIES.
Tl.is was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover
the sum of 191. 195., for -services rendered as clerk to the
Cambridge and Colchester Railway Company.
The defendant, who was sued as a provisional com-
mitteeman, &c., pleaded that he was not indebted.
This case differed very slightly from the many which
have lately occupied the public attention. It appeared,
from the statement of counsel and evidence, that in 1845
emnpan
Wad y was proposed, to be called the Cambridge ,
the Colchester Railway Company. The plaintiff was at
offices, acting as clerk, from August, 1843, but the
defendant had nothing to do with the Company till the
24th of
Oetober,'lltliough his name was kept on the
prospectuses till thek;company broke up. Nu deposits had
been paid in, and it,fwas contended that the defendant
Imerely attended two meetings with a view of effecting
n 41'144:al:ntion with another company, in order to ren-
her it efroctive but thnt as that could not be. effected,
withdrew ou the Bth of November, and never autho-
rised his name to be used. It also appeared that a docu-
ment had been signed by the parties intending to act as
provisicual directors, in which plaintiff and another per-
son were described as trustees.
Fo3llr. UDALL submitted that there was no evidence to
eto the jury, for the terms of the agreement With
plaintiff had not been proved in evidence,
and in the absence of that it must be taken
that there WaS a yearly hiring by some per-
sons long previously to the defendant joining the con-
.e,e!ln• In support of his argument he quoted the case of
4eyossettt and Ca-h," 5 Ado!. and Ellis ; and that, at
iiee2"nt', the defendant could only be held liable from
4th of October to the Bth of November, the only
periodon at which it was proved the defendant was at all
c fleeted with the proposed- company, besides which,. the
duties perf
oreaed by Plaintiff was consistent with his cha-
racter as trustee.
The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said the question as
been
nthe
.hiring and liability of parties joining had Rot
uee raised before, and if Mr. Udall felt confident, and
apply
agree to a verdict, the writ should be retained, to
tiPi_y to the court as to whether there was evidence.
Mr. Udall said he should go to the jury, as to amount,
Maether the defendant, if liable at all, was liable for
more than during the time he was connected.
Mr. PUSH replied, and urged that the clerk must
'aye been appointed for the general purposes of the
telTnPanY• As to the duties being performed as a trustee
observations could be met by showing that it .was
usual to make the secretary and clerk nominal trustees,
in order to comply with the Act of Parliament.
The UNDER-SHERIFF left the jury to say'whether the
Parties bad acted under any agreement. If the defend-
ant had held himself out as liable, and the plaintiffs had
r,elied upon him for payment, then the defendant was
tnble ; if there had not been any agreement, or they
had not acted towards each other, as the employer and
the employed, then defendant was entitled to a verdict.
Verdict for the defendant, but the Under-Sheriff
stayed the writ.

SON V. .
This was an action brought toTROLLOPE
recover the sum of
61. 11s., the amount of a farrier's bill. The defendants
Pleaded that they were not indebted.
Mr. Smors stated the case. The plaintiff is a farrier,
and the defendants are highly respectable house de-
corators, and the claim was for work done in 1845 and
1846. It was singular that although the defendants had
Pleaded that they were not indebted, they had claimed
sent of some premises occupied by him, and offered to
allow the amount of the bill out of the rent. Under
these, circumstances all doubt as to tke fairness of the
demand was removed, and, he should contend, the
Thcollateral question as to the liability to pay rent.
ere was some dispute between the parties as to the
lability of plaintiff to pay rent to the defendants which
led to the dispute, or he was quite sure the defendants
would not have resisted the present claim. The Learned
Counsel then called
Mr. Robinson, the defendant's groom to prove the
Work was done.
Mr. noggins said he did not wish to cause the least
Unnecessary trouble, and would admit that the work was
done for the three first-named defendants, William Trol-
lope had nothing to do with the cone, rn.
It was then shown that Mr. William Trollope was not
in the business, being an articled clerk to a solicitor.
Mr. SimoN said, that under these circumstances he
must submit to a nonsuit.
Mr. Hoggins said that the defendants and their rela-
tives had carried on business for more than a century,
and they would not have refused payment except on
good grounds, the fact was as defendant was not in-
debted to the four, the four could not plead the set-off.

IMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
'dna Alexander, aged 25, described in the calendar as
Vit Lauded woman, was convicted of stealing a watch and
aer articles from the person of William Charnock.
04r
he prisoner, who, it appeared, was in league with one
,11(1w0 men, solicited the prosecutor to accompany her,
Whilst doing so, snatched the articles from him.
yhe was sentenced to transportation for ten years.
a, 'le the case of coining, reported yesterday, we fell into
trierr°r, in consequence of the Learned Judge who
a _ the case (Mr. Justice Maule) omitting to state, in
I,lQtyneing the prisoner for fifteen years on each con-
,tet,_n, that " each sentence was to commence and end
t t" same time." The prisoner was, therefore, sen-
.ette
0u to fifteen years' transportation, and not to thirty,
as stated.
ir.4AXsttucitTEß —Matthew Ford, aged 21, an omnibus
i7,ert was indicted for the manslaughter of William
a driver of one of Mr. Ball's Brixton omnibuses.
6 th
'QO occurrence took place on Brixton-hill on the
wh, ,of December last. From the evidence adduced,
-I`en, as in all similar cases, was extremely contradic-
p-rYstiit , appeared, that about five o'clock on the day in
eon, the two omnibuses were proceeding a
pac, the omnibus driven by the prisonerbeing
,halightly in advance of the one in charge of the deceased.
4110 prisoner gradually " slowed " his omnibus across
Aleh e road, in order to prevent the deceased driving past.
a sudden drawing up brought the deceased's omnibus
sudden
a lamp-post, and he was thrown from the box,
and received such injuries that he died in about ten
days after. No collision took place between the omni-
buses. The prisoner was, however, on the " off" aide
at the time, the "near "one being his proper side. The
men drove rival omnibuses, and being actuated by a
spirit of rivalry, evidently were not particular in their
eourtedes, and annoyed each other in the way described,
Passing each other when an eligible opportunity offered,
and each availing himself of every means by which he
could keep his vehicle ahead. One or two of the wit-
nesses stated that the men were both to blame.
Mr. Ballantine was for the prosecution, and Mr.
Clarkson for the prisoner.
M CLARKSON contended that the prisoner was
vthollr. y blameless, and that the deceased alone caused the
kcident which resulted in his death.
Mr. Justice MAULS summed up ; and,
The jury acquitted the prisoner.
SURR—

.EY SESSIONS.—(THIS DAY.)
tighsGeorge Stone, convicted of having in his possession
t counterfeit half-crowns, was sentenced tn. twelve
nths imprisonment, with hard labour.
Several prisoners charged with larcenies pleaded
geilty, and were sentenced to various terms of imprison-
,lll,ent• Among them Edward Byrne, aged 15, for
t‘-`ealing two loaves of bread from the shop of Mr. Henry
—ni4den, at Cheam, was sentenced to solitary confine-
ment for seven days, and to be once privately whipped.
-"
in WM. Matthews, 20 years of age, was indicted for steal-
g
llhirt h a shirt at Wonersh, from John Cobbett. The
ad ben put out with other clothes to dr, and had been stolen. It was found in possession of they prisoner,
,Who said, in his defence, that he had bought it of a
tea
p on the road.--Verdict, Guilty.
,The prisoner was also indicted for stealing a number
of carpenter's tools, at Compton, on the Bth Dec. last.
William Hurst, a wheelwright, stated that on the
day named he was at work at a farm-houee in Compton,
and left the tools in a shed at night. The next morn-
ing
thethey were not to be found. Witness identified several
of tools.
11r. Slarner, landlord of the Blind Man at Farnham,
said that he and his ostler had bought most of the
articles produced of a party, of whom the prisoner
Was one.
W. Hollington, the inspector of police at Guildford,
having heard of Mr. Hurst's loss, had reason to suspect
the prisoner. He followed the prisoner and two others
from Guildford to Farnham, keeping them in sight as
Ouch as possible. He occasionally lost sight of them.
On inquiry at Farnham he leamed that the tools had
been sold us described by the last witness. On his ap-
prehension the prisoner declared that he and his com-
tv,kPanions had found them in a turnip field ; but witness
a positive that throughout the whole etireen the two towns none of the party entered any
field of that kind.
Verdict—Not Guilty.
llollington being recalled, stated that the prisoner was
known to be connected with two men whom he had ap-
P!ehended for a highway robbery committed with
l'i°l°llce•—Sentence, three months' imprisonment, with
haul labour, and to be once privately whipped.
oCMoore, aged 38, for stealing a handkerchief from
ulcheth, landlord of the Masons' Arms, Croydon,
14 Christams-day, was sentenced to six months' impri.
"ritnent at Brixton, with hard labour.
BWilliam Laurence was indicted for stealing, from Mr.
~wen-nal), butcher, of Bermondsey, twelve trusses of
thy' four trusses of straw, and three bushels of oats, on
18th of December. Mr. Charnock prosecuted. The
John Pluck
Prisoner was described as being a butcher's porter.
Itt the said that he delivered 36 trusses of hay
til premises of Mr. Bowerman, in Cottage-row, Ber'
the trusses,
on the 17th December. He could recognise
trusses,because instead of adopting the usual mode of
trine' the two
` bands different ways, one being tucked to
t(.le . right and the other to the left,
witness always
Qeked both his bandst the
that
Cross-examined_
H Had tnoet left„
slightest doubt but
,tilladthe. hay he h.ad seen at the station-house was the
delivered by him to Mr. Bowerman.
r,!„T_,l'ttonlas Tvwers, a person in Mr. Bowerman's em-
;_u? ent, had received the bay from the last witness,
t 0 a shay towed it away.in the loft. On the day after the
`livered his attention was called by t is master
sress
That hay lying in the tni.ldle of the public road.
Lo"? immediately recognised as being part of the hay
Ist..reeorvd from Flu*. On going into the loft with
tr.i...ll93vvernaan he missed twelve trussea °fluty, three
" of straw, and a quantity of oats.