The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-21 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGF.NCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF KING'S .BENCH.
WILLCOCK V. MASON.
Mr. ALDERSON stated, that this was an action by a
licensed victualler of Clerkenwell, to recover from the de-
fendant, a stage-coach driver, the value of a gig,
which was broken to pieces by the defendant's coach
running against it. Mr. Willcock was with a friend at
Brown's Wells, on the Barnet road, and the defendant
was meeting him at a very rapid pace ; the plaintiff made
way for him, but the coachman would not yield, and the
coach came in contact with the gig, which was broken to
pieces, and Mr. Willcock's friend was unfortunately killed
on the spot. The Learned Counsel then called
John Bridger, a licensed victualler of Paddington, who
was on the above day at the Green Man, Brown's-wells ; he
was standing at the door, holding his horse; he saw the
plaintiff coming towards London, on the wrong side of the
road; the coach was coming down the hill, in the oppo-
site direction, at a fast rate, on the wrong side also ; the
plaintiff crossed to his right side, at about 30 yards before
he met the coach ; the road was from 25 to 27 yards
wide. Witness called out to the coachman to stop, as he
saw the danger. The two vehicles came in contact, the
hind wheel of the coach with the shaft of the gig, which
was broken ; the gig-horse was thrown down, with Mr.
Willcock's friend under him, and the latter died in three-
quarters of an hour. The coachman drove on, and would
not stop till a constable ran after him.
Cross-examined by Mr. PLATT—The Coroner's verdict
was accidental death. Saw a cart on the other side of
the road, but the coach bad passed that before it came to
the gig.
Mrs. Bridger, wife to the last witness, corroborated her
husband's statement.
John Bean, a constable of Barnet, was coming down
the hill in the same direction as the plaintiff's gig. Did
not see the whole of the accident, but saw the man under
the horse, and ran after the coach to stop it. The coach-
man would not stop till witness drew out his staff.
Burton, the wheelwright, who repaired the gig, deposed
that the expellees amounted to 81.
This was the plaintiff's case.
Mr. PLATT, for the defendant, contended that the acci-
dent was caused solely by the misdriving of the plaintiff's
unfortunate friend, who he should prove had driven into
the wheel of the coach, with the intent of driving round
the end of the coach. It had been insinuated that the
defendant had refused to stop, and had, therefore, been
guilty of great inhumanity. But the fact was, that the
coachman, who was a very steady driver, and who was
going very slow, knew nothing about the accident till a
drunken man called out to him to stop. He did stop, and
procured a post-chaise and a surgeon fur the deceased, and
did every thing that humanity could have prompted. He
then cal. si
Mr. A. J. Andrews, an attorney of Barnet, who was
on the coach-box at the time, and deposed that the defendant
was not driving more than six miles an hour. The coach
was passing a cart, and the gig coming along the road
in a straight line towards them. When the leaders
came near the gig the coachman turned into his
own side, which lie could not have done before. The gig
was in the middle of the road. Did not know of any ac-
cident till the constable, who was drunk, ran after them.
Was sure that there was plenty of room for the gig to pass.
Mr. Cole, a licensed victualler, was in the dickey of
the coach, on the off side. When he first saw the gig the
shaft was pointed towards the hind wheel of the coach, but
it was not then entangled in the wheel. Witness thought
it must hare been the fault of the driver of the gig. Mea-
sured the distance at the time, and there were 14 feet clear
between the track of the coach-wheel and a post on the
gig side of the road. Defendant was driving slowly, at
shout seven miles an hour.
Mr. ALDERSON replied, Lord TENTERDEN summed up
the evidence, and the Jury returned a verdict fur the plain-
tiff—Damages, 81.

PAYNE V. JOHNSTONE.
Mr. GURNEY stated that this was an action by the clerk
of a sugar broker, named Newsome, (who became bank-
rapt in 1824), to recover from his assignee the sum of
501. 16a. id., for services previous to the bankruptcy, and
a further sum for six weeks' services in making up the
bankrupt's books after the bankruptcy, amounting altoge-
ther to 671. 14s.
Mr. KELLY, however, submitted that there was no case
proved.
Lord TENTERDEN was of the same opinion, and the
plaintiff was nonsuited.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
RUTTERFORD V. EVANS, CLERK.

This was an action to recover compensation is damages
for a libel, in which the defendant bad called the plaintiff
a cheat and a dishonest person. The defendant pleaded
several special pleas of justification, but as the trial is
likely to occupy the entire day, we refrain from publishing
an ex-parte statement.

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