The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-28 00:00:00

TRURSDAY EVENING, NOVEAIBER 28, 1867.

LAW IN I'ELLI;EI`.;CE.—This Day.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

(Before Mr. Baron Pigott and a Special Jury.)
STUART V. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

This was an action to recover compensation i 4
damages for an alleged injury received while travel-
ling on the Great Western Railway Company's
line.

Mr. Henry James appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Powell, Q.C., and Mr. Wills appeared for the
defendant.

It appeared from the opening statement of the
plaintiff's counsel that he was a retired officer of
the army, who was also engaged in literary pur-
suits, and that a short time since, in March
last, he was travtlling on a portion of
the . line Lear London, or rather within
the metropolitan area, and when he entered at one
of the stations there were two or three passengers
in it, and one man had his legs crossed, and in
getting in plaintiff was obliged to take
hold on the side of the carriage to steady
himself. While he was doing this the door was
violently slammed to and the thumb most seriousl y
bruised. He did not holloa out, but it swelled up
most alarmingly before be got to the next station.
He suffered acutely, and was obliged not only to
call in medical assistance, but to give up doing work
of any description. Ile was making out of one
periodical £lOO by writing for it, and was,
since the accident, unable to carry it on
now. He was also incapacitated froth accepting a
secretaryship which had been offered him. For
these losses, which he attributed to the accident, he
now sued the company for compensation.
It was urged iu defence that the company's ser-
vants were not guilty of any negligence ; and,
in fact, denied that any accident of the kind
occurred. A number of porters who were on duty
on that occasion were called, and declared they
knew nothing at all about it, and that no one heard
any one complain. It was also alleged that the
plaintiff had not given a true description of what
he really was, but that he had in reality left the
Indian army many years ago, and that the situa•
tion of being a secretary was not a certainty.
The learned Judge having summed up, the jury
returned a verdict for the defendants.

POLICE IL TELLIGN :E.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGII-S FREE r.

FURIOUS DRlVlNG.—Richard Ilawkins, a carman,
was charged, before Mr: Knox, with furious
driving.

Police-constable Thom, 135 C, said that on the
previous evening he saw the defendant driving a
horse attached to a waggon laden with coals down
a narrow part of Park-lane at a furious rate, and
after going some distance he drove into a cab and
broke the springs. After some difficulty he stopped
the defendant, who said that he was in a hurry to
get to his destination.

In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said he
believed the defendant had settled for the damage
to the cab.

The defendant said his horse ran away, and be
could not hold it.

Mr. Knox asked the constable whether there was
any pretence for saying the horse ran away.
. .

The constable said there was not, and that the
defendant was urging the horse on.
Mr. Knox said he could not pass over a thing
which put the safety of the public in danger, and
the defendant would have to pay 20s. or 14 days.

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