The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-26 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

Sitttings at Nisi Print!, at Westminster, before Mr.

Baron Bramwell and a Common Jury.)
GOTERILL V. HUDSON.-CURIOUS CASH OP TRESPASS

AND OBSTRUCTION.
The plaintiff in this case is an old man, residing in
Warwickshire, and the defendant is Captain Hudson,
plaintiff admission to
the Governor of the Queen's Prison ; and the action
was brought to recover damsges for a trespass, and
for illegally preventing the laintiff
the prison after he had been discharged out of
custody. The damages were laid at 1001. It appeared
from theevidence adduced on the part of the plaintiff and
defendant that in 1841 he was taken on a ca set in cones.
quence of difficulties he got into with some parish officers
in Warwickshire relative to an illegal distress. He
remained in prison from that time till this year, when,
through the kindness of the defendant, he was liberated
by the payment of 201. to Christ's Hospital for that
purpose. During the time the plaintiff was in prison he
acted as servant to the better class prisoners, and ap-
peared well satisfied with his incarceration. He had
the habit of gathering all the old rags, bones, string,
broken crockery,
&e, procured in the prison dust-bins,
and allowing them to accumulate in his sleeping-room ;
in 1853, and on many frequent occasions, he was remon-
strated with relative to it, and ordered to destroy or
remove all the offensive parts of the rubbish that were
likely to engender disease. He declined, and he was
removed to another room with the beat portion and least
offensive portion of the rubbish. As the plaintiff would
not get rid of tho refuse it was destroyed by the Govern-
ment. After he got out of prison he applied for
admission to see a prisoner, who he stated
owed him some money, but the Governor re-
fused him admission ; and it was on this obktiuction,
which it was said was contrary to the rules, that that
part of the action was founded.
The jury, however, before the completion of the evi-
dence for the defence, stopped the case, and returned a
verdict for the defendant, in which the learned judge
concurred.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Corarainioner Holroyd.)

TER ROYAL BRITISH BANG.—LAST EXAMINATION MEET
ING OF THE DIRECTORS.
To-day was appointed for the Lust examination of the
directors of the Royal British Bank.
Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, asked for an adjourn.
ment until after the trial, which is expected to take
place in February next.
Mr. Freshfield did not oppose an adjournment, but
complained that the parties who had been prosecuted
had not had the required facilities of reference to the
books.
Mr. Linkiater said that the assignees were exceedingly
anxious that Mr. Freshfield's clients should have the
fullest opportunity of referring to the books and docu-
ments under proper supervision.
After some discussion his Honour said that such facili-
ties ought to be afforded.
Mr. Mason, on behalf of Messrs. Gillot, Hurst, and
Butt, who had only been directors for one month before
the failure of the bank, applied that they should be
allowedpass, as they had filed their accounts and were
n
Mr. Linklater said that; Mr. Lee, the official assignee,
ot includedto in the indictment.
had not had time to go through the accounts, and there-
fore an adjournment must take place ; but those gentle-
men had rendered great assistance and done everything
in their power to give information.
THE DIVIDEND.—Mr. Linklater said that as respected
the dividend he was enabled to state that there was a
prospect of an immediate disposal of the Welsh mines,
when a dividend would be declared, although it might
be something less then the 21. in the pound, as there
were some proceedings pending in Chancery, but which
would not delay the distribution of the dividend. He
also said that the management with the shareholders
was proceeding most satisfactorily.
The examination was then adjourned till the 6th
t March next.