The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-27 00:00:00

LAW AND HUGE.

IMPORTANT DECISION AS TO DEPASTURING.—In the
Court of Queen's Bench the case of Lawrence v. King
came on for hearing. It was an appeal against the convic-
tion of the justices of llertfordsh;-e. The complaint was
preferred by King, a constable of the Hurts county police,
against Lawrence, a farmer, of Hatfield, for that, on the
17th June last, at Hatfield, sixteen sheep and twelve
lambs, his property, were found lying about the highway,
contrary to the Highway Act ; and the magistrates for the
petty sessional division of Hertfordshire convicted him of
the offence, and inflicted a fine of 28. 4d., i.e., at the rate
of a penny per head for the twenty-eight animals so found
lying about, and 16s. 6d. for the costs. But they found
as a fact that the animals were under the control of
a keeper at the time they were found lying about, and
the defendant appealed mainly upon that fact, contending
that the absence Jf a keeper was essential to the offence,
whereas the magistrates thought otherwise, as the words
" without a keeper" are omitted from the 25th section of
the Highway Act of 1864, under which they convicted.
The court affirmed the conviction, holding that a distinct
offence was committed against the 25th section of the Act
of 1864 if cattle or sheep were lying ,abent the highway,
even although they were under the control of a keeper at
the time.

THE LATE LORD CARDIGAN AND lIIS CalOOM. —ln the
Court of Common Pleas the notorious case of Lilley v.
the Earl of Cardigan was again brought foward. In
this instance a rule for a new trial was applied for,
on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence,
and also to enter a verdict for the defendant. 'This action
was brought for false imprisonment on a charge of having
stolen a money letter, and the plaintiff bad a verdict. Mr.
Iluddleston, Q.C., on the part of the plaintiff, consented
to allow the damages given by the verdict to be reduced to
£167, the actual expenses to which the plaintiff had been
put ; the rule to be discharged. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., on
the part of the defendant, said he had advised the late
Lord Cardigan before his death to adopt this course,
and he had since the assent of his executors to it,
as the plaintiff's innocence of the charge against
him had been established beyond all doubt, and be
thought that, although there were technical difficulties in
the way of the plaintiff's succeeding, yet, as a gentleman,
Lord Cardigan ought, after the expression of opinion
given by the jury, to recoup his servant the expenses he
had been put to. Mr. Justice Byles said he was very glad
this course had been taken, as it bad been clearly esta-
blished that the plaintiff was innocent. At the same time
he was bound to say that he never knew a case in which a
master had behaved with greater kindness. Rule dis-
charged accordingly.
CONVICTION QUASHED. —ln the court for bearing Crown
cases reserved, the conviction in a case tried at Lewes
was quashed. The prisoner, George Allen), was
indicted for stealing a bedstead, the property of
Stephen Bindon. It appeared that the wife of t e pc:soner
'lad hired the bedstead of Bindon, and that some months
afterwards the man sold it in the presence of his wife. The.
Court asked Mr. Smith what evidence there was that the
prisoner knew that the bedstead had been hired. Mr.
Smith said the presumption was that the wife had toad her
husband. The Court considered that there ITA,S
A such knowledge, and that the conviction could not he
:ustained.

The next meeting of the Fox Club will bet held
Brookes, on Saturday, May 2.

THE LATE ROYAL VISIT TO KINTOLTOIT.----IEX
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has pre,,akt,el the,
vicar of Kimbolton with a Wellingtonea Gigautea, •eatie.b,
had been planted iu the vicarage garden, Lady hazy
"ilontagu, assisted by Lord Charles Montagu, ofticiating
on the occasion. The tree is intended to be asortrenir of
a visit paid to the vicarage by the Prince on the occaxion,
of his recent sojourn at Kimbolton Cast/e, the teat, et tho
Duke of Manchester.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCE:3B OF IVAI.Ari'S MIT TO
l'nrlrrumr.—At Crewe the tritin WAS met by the prizzcipal
officials of the North Staffordshire Railway-, over which
line it then passed on its way to Trtnthazn. 'The train
was due out at fire, but «:13 Uvrute-n tuittutea Lite, lr:(.1
then was driven at a rapid pace, atcypplus nowhere between
Crewe and Trentham, to the great disappointment of
crowds of people who had gathered on the station plat-
forms along the route in the hope of seeing the Royal pair,
The Duke of Sutherland mot his illustrious xigtors at
Crewe, and rode with them to Ttenthank where the
Duchess of Sutherland awaited them at the station, and
where also a large number of people were a...nen/1)/0d to
witness the arrival of their Royal Highnesses. toth. the
Prince and Princess looked renguktkbl/ yekt.l after their
long journey and ratistOt