The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-04 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)

!HUBBARD V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WIifITEILS
RAILWAY.
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This action was tried at the last assizes at Ste-°hif
before Mr. Baron Rolfe, ,when a verdict was found '
the plaintiff, damages 101.
Mr. GODSON now moved, with the leave of Ltitis
Learned Judge who tried the case, for a rule to e„,Deh,
cause why a non-suit should not be entered. ".„:"0
action was brought to receive compensation for the .1"„1
of certain sheep belonging to the plaintiff which gh",
upon the line and had been killed by the engine. l'ati
declaration was in trespass, and the motion now 050
was upon the ground that the form of the action Ivo
wrong, and that it ought to have been on the case. °0
appeared at the trial that there was a close abutting Oh,
the railway, and adjoined a field which belonged to
plaintiff, and that the plaintiff had been frequentlf r:".;
%nested not to allow his sheep to get into the close, Yfbte
was the property of the company, and was open to tP
railway. The sheep, however, managed to find their Wilt.);
into it and so upon the line, and were killed.
damage sought to be received were for sheep killed oe
two occasions, and this the Learned Counsel contendsct
was informal, as the defendants did not know until the
day of trial, that the first accident had taken place, of
that any sheep had been killed by it.
Rule nisi granted.

COPE THAMES HAVEN AND DOCK COMPANY. "
This action was tried before Mr. Justice Erie
at the
last assizes at Liverpool, when a verdict was found for
the plaintiff, damages 1001.
Mr. MARTIN applied fir a rule to show cause will
nonsuit should not be entered, or why there should ne
be a new trial.
It appeared that in 1846 the plaintiff who was recenle,
mended to the directors as an individual of great elt,
rience in negotiating the amalgamation and consoli
he
Lion 'of companies, was employed by them to reehe
terms, if possible, with either the North-Western or
Great Western Companies; and for the services so re',
dered he claimed the amount found by the file
The motion was grounded upon tht non-liabilitya •
defendants, and upon other points.
Application granted.

DEATH IN NEWGITE.—Last evening an MLitt:
was held in Newgate, before Mr. William Payne, 01! jecl
body of John Bull, aged twenty-six, a prisoner, con/lc;es
in September, 1847, of obtaining, under false prete%.
a bill of exchange, and sentenced to two years' in3P1;19,.; of
ment. The deceased, it was stated, died of ulcerauto
the bowels. Mr.M‘Murdo, the medical officer of the g,
said that a short time ago, when the deceased's ila/ed
was of a serious character, and when he (witness) fefiLlit
that longer imprisonment would be fatal to him, he d
a certificate to that effect to the Secretary of State, ~1:10-
recommended the deceased for a free pardon. The hr
sons given were not, however, considered strong eac7o%
and a communication was received in reply, direc"be
him to be more explicit; but at the time it arrived .0
deceased had improved in health, and he (witness) cp°ll,4o
not then add any stronger reasons, so the old certioc:,e,
was left. After that, the deceased became much ignt.'"s
and an order for his release was received, but his s,r—bs
was then so bad that he could not bear eMOVIII•
brother of the deceased thanked Mr. Cope the gove7,,:ed
and Mr, M•Murdo, for the great care deceased Terse of
during his illness; and the jury returned a verdict
" Natural death."
THE SMUGGLING CASE AT ROCHESTER-0-1161/110
Christian, of Craven-street, Strand, publican,
!;ling, of Gravesend, van proprietor, and Edwin
ing,
ng, of High-street, Bermondsey, cab proprietor,
manded at a previous examination on a charg,;o
smuggling, were again brought before the roagietrii_ith
at the Guildhall. Rochester, on Thursday, charged "0
having, on the 27th of October last, at St. Margar'd
assisted in the carrying and conveviip, of 170 gallows he
brandy, which had been unshipped without paying he
Customs duty, and which, together with a van and P-0
of horses, were seized at night by two coast-guardso3,,,
belonging to the Shamrock. Mr. Beverley,
the Board of Customs, attended to prosecute, and t
Informations were supported by Mr. William Tenn'
collector at the port of Rochester. The prisoners pl
guilty, and were each convicted in a penalty a ioa
solicit the