The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENGT'.

(Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a special jury.'

P, usi nr,it

GORE V. WALPOLE.

This was an action for alleged trespass and false im-
prisonment, and the defendant the Right Hon. Mr. Wal-
pole, who had been Secretary for the Home Department,
under tho Conseryative Government, pleaded not guilty,
justification, and, finally, that the alleged offence was
voided by the Statute of Limitations.
The plaintiff conducted his own case, and the defendant
was represented by the Solicitor-General and Mr•
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The plaintiff read a very lengthened document which
occupied some hours yesterday, when the case was com-
menced, from which it appeared that he claimed damages
of £5,000 for illegal detention in Bethlem Hospital for
two years and nine months, and also for being confined
in the Queen's Bench prison in a room with criminals.
Some other witne-ses were called, and the case for the
plaintiff was closed.

The Solicitor-General then opened the case for the de-
fandant, and Dr. Hood of Bethlem Hospital and other wit-
nesses were called.

The Solicitor-General said at the conclusion of the evi-
dence that he would leave the case in the hands of his
lordship.
The learned judge having summed up,
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed
the damages at one farthing.
Leave was given to plaintiff to move.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.)
CATCHPOLE V. TILE NORTH, LONDON RAILWAY.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff for compen-
sation for injuries sustained in consequence of the alleged
neglect of the defendants. The plaintiff was a passenger
on the North London Railway, and in the same carriage
that he was travelling in two ladies were also passengers.
The train arrived at the station and the two ladies alighted
in safety, but the plaintiff alleged that as he was stepping
from the carriage the train re-started, the result of which
was that he was thrown on his head on the platform,
and sustained such severe injury that for 13 weeks he was
incapacitated from following his ordinary occupation, and
caused an outlay of a considerable sum of money for
medical attendance. After the accident he did not com-
municate the fact to the porter or guard on duty, but as he
was leaving the station ho told the ticket collector that he
had met with a severe accident, and that he should make
the company liable for the injury ho had sustained. He
contended the number of the company's servants at the
station was altogether inadequate to the requirements of the
number of passenger s using the station at night time. The
medical evidence for the plaintiff went to show the serious
nature of the injuries sustained, which were very severe.
For the company it was contended that the accident arose
altogether from the neglect of the plaintiff, and not from
any blame attributable to them. The regular signal was
given on the train entering the station, the porter called
out the name of the station, the doors of the carriages
were opened, and the passengers left the station in safety
with the exception of the plaintiff. The theory of the
defence was that the plaintiff did not rise to quit the car-
riage at the proper time, but that he remained in it too long,
and when he was stepping on to the platform the signal
had been given by the guard for the train to move, and
that as in ordinary cases a sudden jerk was generally the
result, and just at this particular moment the defendant,
unfortunately for himself, was stepping from the carriage.
The ',guard of the train and the porter, in evidence, said
they did not see the defendant fall, neither did they hear
at all of the accident, although they opened all the doors of
the carriages composing the train, and closed them again
as the train went out of the station.

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The judge, in his summing up, explained the law on the
subject, and told the jury, if they thought the matter was
purely accidental, their verdict should be for the company.
The jury, after half an hour's deliberation, returned a
verdict for the defendant.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before Sir J. C. Wilde.)
CONRADI V. CONRADI AND FLASHMAN.-JUDGMENT.

The petitioner in this case, which was heard some
days since, is steward of a steamer plying between
Dover and Ostend, and the co-respondent is a gen-
tleman of fortune. The petitioner prayed for a dissolu-
tion of marriage by reason of his wife's adultery, and
both defendants denied the charge. Subsequently to
filing of his answer, the co-respondent obtained leave to
amend his plea by placing on the record a charge of
adultery against the petitioner. It was fully proved
that there was an improper intimacy between the
co-defendants at Dover, where all the parties resided, and
that it was carried on frequently during the absence of the
petitioner in France. On the other hand the co-respon-
dent established his counter charge of adultery, and the
petition was accordingliy dismissed. An application was
afterwards made on behalf of the co-respondent that the
petition might be condemned with costs which he (the co-
respondent) had incurred in proving the counter charge of
adultery, and judgment was reserved.
His Lordship now decided that the petitioner was rea-
sonably liable to the costs in that part of the co-respon-
dent's relating to the adultery, subject to some deduction
arising out of cortain frivolous charges which the co-re-
spondent made.

,ITIES.

80t

101 31

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—MONDAY.
LINCOLN HANDICAP.
10 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (offered)
12 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken)
14 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken freely)
20 to 1 agst East Lynn (taken)
20 to 1 agst Treasure Trovo (taken)
20 to 1 agst Gemma (taken freely)
20 to 1 agst Historian (taken)
25 to 1 agst Lucky Star (taken)
26 to 1 agst Begum (taken)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
15 to 1 agst Laura (taken)
100 to 6 agst Cortolvin (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst L'Africain (offered)
WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP.

20 to 1 agst Mr. Bartholomew's nomination (offered)
22 to 1 agst Mr. Brocklebank's nomination (taken)
25 to 1 agst Mr. H. Haywood's nomination (taken)
25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Spink's nomination (taken)
33 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (offered)
33 to 1 agst Mr. 11. Jardine's nomination (offered)
35 to 1 agst Mr. E.W. Stocker's nomination (taken)
40 to 1 agst Mr. W. H. Massey's nomination (offered;
40 to 1 agst Lord Stair's nomination (offered)
40 to 1 agst Mr. J. Campbell's nomination (offered)
40 to 1 agst Mr. J. Johnstone's nomination (taken)

13, 1866.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BIRMINGHAM RACES-THIS DAY.
[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]

Licensed Victuallers' Plate. 3 miles. Run at I.
Garus, Roadster, Benazet, Pot Pourri, Banbury, Acolyte
Ace of Trumps, Ace of Hearts, Corsica, Equinox, Cloister,
Oscar, King Tom, and Turnham Green are here. Paid
forfeit—Arlescott, Northam, Manchester, Fairy King,
and Ennis Lass.

Craven Cup. 3i miles. Run at 2 30.—Arcus, Reporter,
Cloister, Jack Gayhurst, Acolyte, Plover, and Turnham
Green are here.

Grand Annual Steeplechase. About 4 miles. Run at
3 15.—Reporter, Jerry, Church Militant, Lord George,
The Rogue, Ibex, branhoff, Roadster, The Scrub, King of
Hearts, Sprite, Acolyte, Jacob, and Ace of Hearts are
here. Paid forfeit—Rhcebus and Rassington.
WEIGHTS FOR THE SCURRY HANDICAP.—Two miles.—
Benazet, 6 yrs 'l2st ; Redwing, all 4 ; Arens, alOl2 ;
Oscar, a 10 12 ; Ace of Trumps, a 10 10 ; Rapture, a 10 10 ;
Bunbury, a 10 10 ; Express, a 10 7 ; Corsica, 5 10 7 ; Pot
Pourri, alO 7 ; Jacob, alO 5 ; Liberty, 10 5 ; No Name,
10 5; Turnham Green, 5 10 0; and Grey Kitty, 10st._

Entries for the Hunters' Plate. Three miles.—Soda
Water, Little Lady, Empress, Humphrey, Tiger, Lawyer,
First Flight, Ely, Liberty, King Tom, and Grey Kitty.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' PLATE.

1
Three ran.
CRAVEN CUP.