The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-10 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY).
(Sittings in Banco.) -
The Court took the new trial paper to-day. No case of
any public interest came on during the morning.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius befoie Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.)
ELIOT V. ELLIS AND HICKS, PARISH OFFICERS OF TIIE CLERK

ENWELI, WORKHOUSE,

In this case Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Mr. Barstow, and Mr.
Chambers were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Sergeant Shee
and Mr. Warren were for the defendants.

Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD stated the case. This was an
action of trespass brought by the plaintiff, who is an attorney,
against the defendants, one of them being the master of the
Clerkenwell workhouse, and the other one of the relieving
officers, for illegally confining and detaining him in the
workhouse. It appeared that on the 2d of December, 1842,
the plaintiff, who resided in Brunswick-street, Barnsburv-
road, Islington, was confined as a person of unsound mind,
and on the 6th of December he was brought before Mr.
Greenwood, the magistrate. The evidence of the plaintiff's
unsound state of mind was that of one of the war.
rant officers of the Court, who, on going to his
house to serve a warrant, found him perfectly
naked, except that he had a blanket thrown over him, and
was reading from a Bible which was fastened to the wall,
with great violence of language and gesture. When brought
before the Court, however, he was asked by the parish
surgeon, Mr. Semple, some questions on the subject of Bibles,
but replied that such questions were irrelevant to the subject.
He allowed he had six or eight Bibles in different languages,
'and that the Duke of Sussex had the largest collection of any
man in England. The magistrate, not thinking that there
was sufficient ground for his detention, refused to interfere.
and the plaintiff withdrew. Her now brought the present
action against the parish officers for his illegal imprisonment
and detention. Evidence was called on the part of the
plaintiff to show that he was perfectly sane. It is probable
the case will not be concluded to-day.

EXCHEQUER COURT-THIS DAY.
(Sittings at Nisi Frius, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and
a Common Jury.)
WEEKS V. ROBERTS.

This was a solicitor's action to recover 431.. the ;mount of
a bill of costs. The plaintiff Weeks is a solicitor carrying on
business in Chancery-lane, and the defendant is a labourer
residing at Tyddyen Galle, in the Island of Anglesea. It
appeared that the child of the defendant Roberts was entitled
to a small property in right of her mother, deceased. Roberts,
as next of kin, filed a bill in Chancery to recover the property,
and employed as his solicitor in the matter Henry Rumsey
Williams, of Carnarvon, who agreed to manage the business
on the defendant's undertaking to remunerate him for his
services when he recovered the property. Rumsey
Williams then engaged the plaintiff Weeks as his
agent in London to attend to the mit. In July, 1841, the
suit still pending, Rumsey Williams died, and the plaintiff
Weeks shortly after wrote to the deceased's clerk, Hugh Wil-
liams, to say that before the approaching Michaelmas
term he should require a retainer in this, among
other suits in which he then acted as agent for Williams.
Subsequently Weeks wrote to demand 20/. on account for
carrying on the suit, and Williams wrote in reply to explain
the terms on which the suit was originally commenced and
continued for Roberts, and stating that Roberts was a poor
man who could not advance any such sum as 20/., but that
the plaintiff Weeks would be paid the amount of his charges
as soon as the property was recovered. Subsequently the
conduct of the cause came into the hands of a solicitor.
named Rous, and then the plaintiff Weeks brought the
present action.
Mr. Jervis and Mr. Atherton appeared for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Martin for the defendant.

Evidence to prove the above-mentioned state of things
having been adduced,

Mr.-31AnTrq submitted that no case had been made out for
the plaintiff.

The CIIIEF BARON said he did riot wish to non-suit the
plaintiff as he thought there was some evidence to go to the
jury ; but he would give leave to the defendant to move to
have the plaintiff non-suited.

Mr. MIRTIN. said that Weeks knew that he could only be
paid out of the estate when possession was recovered, and
that he would then be paid.
The LORD CHIEF BARON having summed up, the Jury,
after a few moments' deliberation, returned a verdict for the
defendant.

CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.
OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
INFANTICIDE.—JuIia Elizabeth Scales, aged 19, was id-
dicted for the wilful murder, on the 22d of March last, of a
female child, of which she had been lately delivered.
Mr. E. Platt appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Doane
defended the prisoner.
The circumstances of this case have very recently been
fully before the public in our police report, when the pri-
soner was examined before Mr. Henry, at Lambeth-street
police-office.
The jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a ver-
dict of Not Guilty.
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