The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-17 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

;Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn,

and Justices Smith, Shee, and Lush.
KNOWLE V. NUNN-DISEASED MEAT.

In this case the Plaintiff., a farmer near Leeds, brought
an action to recover damages for the loss which
he sustained through the death of five bullocks.
It appeared that the plaintiff purchased six bullocks
from the defendant, who gave him a warranty that the
bullocks were free from disease, but instead of being as he
stated at the time of the sale 14 days in his possession,
they had beosu purchased only 4 days previously at Leeds
market, and had boon brought from the Newcastle market,
where as it was well known, the cattle plague prevailed at
the time. Two of the bullocks were diseased, and commu-
nicated the plague to bullocks of the plaintiff, five of which
died. The case was tried before Mr. Justice Keating and
the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for £3O, being the
value of only two of the bullocks, but the learned judge
gave plaintiff permission to move for a rule to have the
amount awarded increased to £231 10s. 4d.

Mr. Maufsty, Q.C., appeared in support of the rule nisi,
which was granted.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

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130 W-S MEET.

CHARGE OF FORGERY.—A respectably-dressed man,
named Griffiths, was placed at the bar, charged with

'orgery.

From the statement of Mr. Mullins, the solicitor, it ap-
peared that the prisoner was formerly in the service of
Messrs. Boone, Gould, and Co., publishers, Bouverie-
street, and the cheque in question was originally drawn in
1862, by a lady named Phillipson. The fact that the forgery
was not discovered until the present time was occasioned
by the lady residing in the country and her banker's book
not having been made up until 1866. The cheque was
originally drawn in favour of Messrs. Boone, Gould, and
Co., in payment for a book, the price of which was £3 3s.
The cheque it is supposed came into the prisoner's posses-
sion, as he had access to the letters as they arrived
from the Post-office early in the morning. A re-
ceipt was produced on the part of Miss Phillipson
purporting to be that of Messrs. Boone and Gould for her
account. The endorsement on the cheque and the writing
on the back of the bank notes was supposed to be that of
the prisoner. He had obtained £33 3s. for the cheque by
inserting an additional igure 3 before that originally
written in the cheque by Miss Phillipsen.
He was remanded.

WESTMINSTER.

FRIGHTFUL CASE AND VERY. PECULIAR RESULT.—John
Godwin, a man who has been two or three times convicted
for assaulting his wife, was this morning charged with
assaulting and wounding her in several places.
Mrs. Sarah Balleford, mother of the accused's wife, said
that she had been wounded in the head in many places,
and came to her yesterday afternoon covered with blood,
when she put her into a cab, and, after calling at the
police-station, conveyed her to St. George's Hospital.
She had before this complained of her husband ill-using
her, and witness went to their lodgings yesterday after-
noon to give her the money to procure a warrant against
him, immediately after which the attack which gave rise
to the present charge was commenced.
James Brooke, 34 B, said that after accompanying the
prosecutrix to the hospital he went to apprehend her
husband. He found a pool of blood inside the door and a
shovel, the edge of which was covered with blood and hair,
and corresponded with wounds on the woman's head. The
wife left the hospital without the consent of the surgeon.
A woman here exclaimed, " The wife is present."

Mr. Arnold said ho would hear her account, but instead
of giving it she turned out of the witness-box exclaiming,
"Let him come home."
Mr. Arnold—l must insist upon your telling me what
your husband did to you ?
The Wife—l don't know, perhaps he didn't do anything.
Let him come home ?
Mr. Arnold—l must hear from you how this occurred.
You have wounds on the head.
The Wife—l dare say I got them myself. I don't know
anything about it. It is no good asking me. I have got
nothing to say.
Mr. Arnold—You have seen the shovel produced, with
human hair and blood upon it.
The Wife.—That's not the shovel it was done with at
all.
Mr. Arnold.—Which was?
The Wife.—l don't know, I suppose I fell upod a shovel.
I don't know anything about it.
Mr. Arnold (to the wife's mother) —And your daughter
yesterday gave you a clear account of how this occurred ?
The Mother.—She did.
Mr. Arnold (to the wife).—I shall not bo trifled with.
Will you tell me how it occurred ?
The Wife.-1 don't know anything about it.

Mr. Arnold.—The prisoner is remanded for a week, and
I shall commit the wife until the same time to the House
Detention for refusing to give evidence.