The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-08 00:00:00

LAW AND POLIO?

RAILWAY INJURIES.—No less than five action t 0
compensation from railway companies were beareirTurtr
metropolitan courts on Saturday. In the Bail
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damages were asked for a lady who had gone to they
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worth station of the South-Eastern after the last tr4;130
left, and had met with a serious fall owing to the Ijovifer
being extinguished. As the traffic of the daY 133
the judge exonerated the company • blaroe' :et
the plaintiff was nonsuited. In thesafmleem court i'lit)cil)o!
lady applied for compensation from the 14°11;0
Chatham, and Dover Company, for injuries receive; 11
the Elephant and Castle station.' This verdict Will; :49'1
civen for the defendants.

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THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—In the Courfof
„toe'
Pleas a laundress brought an action against the .eli'snag
politan Railway Company for injury done toiler7.oo
by the hasty closing of a carriage-door. The verclie"
for the defendants.
f 01/e;
MoRE COMPENSATION CASES.—In the Court 0 ofet-
quer the London and South-Western CompanyQetl
called upon to pay £l,OOO to a groom' who bad bee crest
seriously hurt in a collision at Crewkerne. rrbe
Eastern Company was sued by a widow, underboed.
Campbell's Act, for damages for the loss of herht the de
'Whilst travelling on the line in December last'
ceased, on arriving at his destination, endeavoured tA6'bsel4
the carriage, when the train was suddenly jerice"„ ser
and he fell between the platform and the carringe',:p.
viving only three days. The jury gave £1,550 dni°-rs3',e°
A LIBEL CASE.—At Guildhall, on Saturday, IN-fr. 'a"l/1,6
Irving Scott, proprietor and editor of the Beporte.r, pub'
London Monetary Times, was charged with 113viligtothe
lished a libel on Mr. Edmund Clench, in reference betp:
proceedings against Mr. Doulton, late M.P. for La 'ulna
in the Brussels law courts. Mr. Clench was the
promoter of the Public Works Company at 13cig111 eet'
intinfogi
which Mr. Doulton was charged with appr°Pr
tain sums. Mr. Clench did not originate the Pr°c,:p Case'
against Mr. Doulton, but he gave evidence in tilo." tit
While the proceedings were pending at Brut,.
article complained of appeared in the ReP°).";;cleil
anteed
referred in very strong terms to Mr. Clench's
as a promoter of joint-stock companies, and cleelel't
no tribunal would pronounce an adverse judgrnienclenc,ij:
the uncorroborated testimony of Mr. Edaninu tP.'
for he had been concerned in the getting' 1113
deed oel
wrecking of more joint-stock companies thn
man living. Mr. Clench, in his evidence, totalllpaajeo
this charge. He had, he said, promoted some ce,
a co g,
and amalgamated others, but he never wreck ffezarnier
parry. Mr. Clench was subjected to a long cross- ,ankiPS
tion respecting his transactions with a number 01 1
and insurance companies. The case was adjourn°

GENERAL GRANT'S SECRETARY.— A 1-:
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correspondent writes :—" Would you like
most to MI°A. lao
Badeauuncomfortable man on earth ? His naive is AO
He is General Grant's confidential secr-arive
For six.months he has sp.entGfroaunrt hnoeuvresrpseeresdallejuietteterVei
up applications for office
hence his jolly health. Bad is roartYr -ti
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fights well. You see him b t l'
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