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London, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

claim.

Mr. Saxton, for the defendant, submitted that under
the recent Bill of Sales Act, the sada was a transfer of
property requiring registration within 21dar, in default
of which it was veil or against the execution creditor.
The learned Judge, atter consulting the otber judges,
stated his opinion that the registration of such sales was
not required under the act.

The defence was that the whole was a colourable trans•
action between the parties to defeat the defendant's exe-

catior.

The jury returned a verdict for the Plaintiff.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
;Sittings in Banco—Before the Lord Chief Baron,

Barone Bramwell, Watson, and Chymell )
VASS V. THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY

COMPANY.

Mr. H. Hill, Q.C., moved for a rule to set aside the
verdict found for the plaintiff in this case, on the
ground that the company had is•ued defective rules to
their servants. The action was tried before Mr. Baron
Watson at the last assizes at Liverpool. The deceased
was in the service of the company, and at the time
of his death was employed in repairng► the buffer of
an engine. At the station at which he was employed
there was a junction of the East Lancashire Railway,
and also a siding for goods trains, and on their arrival
certain signals, by the ringing of a bell, were to be given
to the pointsman. While the deceased was at work,
between the carriage and engine he was repair.
log, a train arrived and the signals were given,
but could not be heard by the deceased, and the
consequence was that the train ran into the siding, over-
threw the carriage which had not been cleared away,
and killed the deceased.

Rule granted on the point of defective rules.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

WESTMINSTER.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY' DT A SERVANT. Elizabeth
Griffiths, servant to Mrs. Butt, 4, Belgrave-road, was
charged before Mr. Arnold with stealing a white satin
dress, a crimson velvet mantle lined with white lace, a
valuable shawl, a scarf, 5 head-dresses, and other articles
of the value of above 200/ , the property of Mrs. Hudson,
the wife of Mrs. G. Hudson, railway director, who hold
apartments at the houso.
It appeared from the evidence that the previous day
the prisoner sent a little girl of the name of Emily
Stillwell with a bundle, which she directed her to take
to her mother, who lives at No. 17, Hiudon.place.
Prisoner stated to her that she would call for it in the
evening. She also sent another bundle by the same
child to another female. Mr.. Stillwellopened the
bundle, when, uponseeing what the contents were,
she called upon a neighbour, and asked her
what she should do. The neighbour observed,
she had no doubt but that the property was stolen.
Mrs. Stillwell immediately gave information to Mr.
Humphreys, inspector of the B division, Rochester.row,
who directed Fells, N 238, to inquire into the affair.
Fells stated that he took the prisoner into custody
yesterday afternoon at No. 4, B.lgrave-road. He re-
marked to her that she was charged with stealing a
quantity of property belonging to Mrs. Hudson, and he
told tier that she need not say anything unless she liked.
She then stated that she took them all out of a box
which was in the drawing-room. She observed that
Mrs. Stillwell knew nothing of the contents of the
bundle. Falls produced the property. The shawl, it
was stated, oost 1001.
Humphreys, in answer to Mr. Arnold, said that
Mrs.
Mr.Hton, who was of an advanced age, was then
not able to attend, being rather unwell.
The prisoner was remanded fur a week.