The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY-NEGLIGENCE.

Mr. Sergeant Pigott said this was an action brought
by the plaintiff against the defendants, and was tried on
the 12th inst. before Mr. Justice Cresawell, at West-
minster, when the plaintiff was non-suited, subject to a
motion to this court to enter the verdict for the plaintiff
for 551., a sum agreed on between the parties, if the
Court considered the learned judge who tried the case
was wrong in his law. The facts of the ease are these :
The defendants were sued for negligence, in not
keeping their station at New-cross in a reasonably
secure state. It appeared from the plaintiff's
evidence that he went to the station about half-
past ten o'clock at night, to proceed to London. Whilst
there he asked a gentleman, a stranger, to direct him to
a part of the platform he was seeking. H• was accord-
ingly directed by the gentleman, but mistook the door,
and pushing open the wrong one, fell into a hole or
cellar below. He was assisted to the platform, and
from thence to the hospital, where it was found that
he bad broken three or four ribs, and he bad been laid
up ever since. There was no lamp over the door, and
it was on the swing at the time the plaintiff fell. The
question for the consideration of the court was whether
there was any negligence on the part of the company to
make them liable ; because, if so, it should have been
submitted on the trial to the jury, and the learned
judge would not have nonsuited the plaintiff.
The court confirmed the ruling of the learned judge,
and the application was discharged.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
(Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron, and
Barons Bramwell, Watson, and Channell.)

CHURCHYARD V. WAT/EINS-COMPROMISING AN ACTION.

The Lord Chief Baron, in delivering judgment in this
case, said it was an action brought by the plaintiff
against the defendant, an attorney, who had acted in
that capacity for him in an action which Watkins com-
promised for 1401., paying over to the plaintiff 701.,
and retaining 701. for costs. The plaintiff, on the trial,
proved that he told the defendant not to compromise
the action unless he (the plaintiff) received 1001., and
the jury, by their verdict, foetid to be the bargain be-
tween them. That disposed of the whole case, because
the jury having found he compromised the case for 1401,,
the defendant was prevented from taking more than
401. for costs. In the course of the conversation the
defendant said to the plaintiff, " Yon are to take 1001.,
and I am entitled to no more than 401., and I am not
sure there is not something coming to you out of that."
The jury on th• trial gave the plaintiff a verdict for 30/.,
which, with the 701, paid, made 100/,, according to the
compromise ; and the Court to-day were of opinion
that the verdict ought not to be disturbed.
Rule for a new trial discharged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

MARLBORO—UGH-STREET.
A JIIYENILE THlEF.—George Wyatt, a well-dressed
good looking youth, 14 years of age, the son of respect.
able parents, residing at Nn 18, Little Pulteney-street,
was brought before Mr. Beadon, for re-examination,
charged with stealing eight sovereigns, belonging to his
father, who, in consequence of illness, was unable to
attend.

Mrs. Wyatt, the lad's mother, who was deeply affected
while giving her evidence, stated that her son, the pri-
soner at the bar, although so young in years was a most
incorrigible thief. He had a good and comfortable
home, a kind father and in fact every thing that a
lad in his station of life could desire. On the morning
of Sunday week she deposited ten sovereigns in a
small box, in a closet in her bedroom In the course
of the afternoon, in consequence of what she was told
by her daughter, she looked in the box, and found
that eight sovereigns out of the ten had been ab-
stracted therefrom. Sheet once suspected the prisoner
and on making inquiries found that he had ab-
sconded. She at once proceeded to the station-house,
and gave information to the police, and she saw
nothing more of the lad till the following day, when he
was in custody, without a farthing in his pocket.
In answer to Mr. Beadon, the prisoner said he did
take the money, the whole of which he spent with a
cabman, whom he did not know, and when he had spent
all the money the cabman tureed him adrift without a
penny.

- The prisoner's mother said her husband: wished to
know whether the lad could not be got into some insti-
tution, where he would be for a time separated from his
bad companions. They were willing to pay what ex-
penses might be incurred. All their desire was, how to
save him from utter destruction.

Mr, Beadon ',aid he would remand the lad for a week,
and in the meanwhile would see what could be done in
the matter.

The lad was then sent back to prison.

WESTMINSTER.

UNGRATEFUL RETURN, —William Osborne, a young
man, said to be very respectably connected, was placed
at the bar before Mr. Paynter, charged with stealing a
silver watoh and guard chain, value 4/., and 145., from
Benjamin Harold, of Britain-street, Chelsea.
The prosecutor stated, that he spent last evening at a
taverh at Kniehtsbridge, where he fell into company
with the prisoner, and they had some liquor together.
On leaving there the prisoner said, he had had some dif-
ferences with his friends, and in consequence had no-
where to sleep that night. Prosecutor kindly said that
if he liked he could share hie bed, and took him borne
to his mother's house, and having given him some sup-
per they retired for the night. Prosecutor took
his watch from his neck, and placed it on
the mantelpiece, and then went to bed and fell asleep.
This morning when he awoke, be found the room door,
which he had fastened on the previous night, open, and
the prisoner gone. All the money that he had in his
pockets, and his watch, had been carried off. Prosecu-
tor immediately gave information to the police.
John Wyse, 75 B, said he apprehended the prisoner
this morning, at Knightsbridge, from the description
given of him, when he denied all kaowledge of either
the watch or money. Prosecutor then came up, and
charged him, and on his way to the station, having no
opportunity of getting rid of the property, he admitted
he had stolen it, and produced the watch and money.
Prisoner was committed for trial.