The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-02 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Phis Day.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

,Sittings in Nisi Prius before the Lord Chief Justice
and a Special J ury.)

RISK ALLAH V. THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE

INSLTRANCE COMPANY (LIMITED).

This action was brought to recover the sum of
£3,000, being the amount secured by a marine
policy of insurance effected for the plaintiff on the
15th of April, 1867, by Messrs. Frank, Adler, and
Co., of Constantinople, in respect of a certain
" group" or parcel of money and securities, to be
forwarded from Constantinople to London per
the steamer Godavery. The defendants pleaded
that they did not promise as alleged in the declara-
tion ; that the plaintiff was not entrusted with
goods as alleged; that the goods were not lost
by the perils insured against, or hny of them ;
that the goods were not shipped in a certain
boat to be conveyed to the steamer as alleged ; and

that the defenda'►ts were induced to make the in-
surance by the fraud of the plaintiff. To these pleas
plaintiff replied joining issue as to four of them, and
not guilty as to the allegation of frau.l.
Allah was examined at anne length, and cletailei
the steps taken to insure the " group" with the de-
ftndants, and also the manner iu which it was lost,
which, he said, arose from his accidenta!ly falling
into the sea whist stepping from a small boat to
the Godavery, in which he had taken his pass.►ge ;
he then having it in his possession. The " group"
weighed about 201 b., and contained 1,000 napo-
leons, 400 sovereigns, 15,000 franc notes, and £4,000
Turkish Consolides (worth £1,200). The evidence
cffered to-day was of a very complicated character,
and entirely devoid of general interest, excepting
that which attached to it in consequence of the re-
cent trials for libel.

No definite result had been arrived at when we
went to press.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SCANDALOUS CRUELTY TO A lloßsE.—Thomas
Beale, a carman, in the employ of Mrs. Rebecca
Moat, sand dealer, of Moat-street, Battersea Fields,
was charged by the Royal Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Animals with the following case
of cruelty to a horse by working it while in an unfit
state :

Inspector Temperley, of the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said that he saw
the prisoner driving a horse attached to a cart lade
with sand in Oxford-street, and on examining it he
found that besides one of the hind legs being en-
tirely useless, it had a sore on its back, extending
nearly the whole length of it, the discharge from it
dropping on the ground. On speaking to the pri-
soner, he admitted he had been driving the horse
in its then condition for two months, and that he
had told his mistress about it.

The prisoner said he had spoken to his mistress
about the horse, but she took no notice of what he
said.

Barns, the gaoler, after corroborating a portion
of Temperley's evidence, said that to save the poor
creature from being further tortured he had placed
a large piece of paper over its back to keep the
flies off.

The prisoner was remanded for a week on his
own recognizance, and a summons ordered to be
taken out by the society against the owner of the
horse.