The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-12 00:00:00

The wheel passed over my leg. I was confined for
about two or area months.... My brother William
and.a hired boy have done, the work I:used previ-
ously to ._thawbeeniame, ever since, one leg
being shorter than the other, ,and have never been+
able to work since I recovered. I was on the left-
hand of the street going towards Clerkenwell-close,
when the accident happened.
Cross-examined.—l was first able to get about in
the beginning of. March. I had gone out with the
truck for my father about two years. The -other
boy, whose name was James Sanby, came about
March. He does not now live with my father, nor,
was he ever regularly in his service, but was sent
for when wanted. He was sent for about, twelve
times, and is 16 years olds. 1
Mr. Jackson—l am a.surgeon by profession, but
not a member of the Royal -College. .I attended
this lad from the third week after the accident. I
have no Claim for any assistance I rendered. He
will always be lame; from a shortness in the leg.
Elizabeth Crisp, had frequently attended, the lad
during his confinement, and proved that another boy
had been employed in his place.
Thomas Palmer proved that James Saxby had
been repeatedly employed, in consequence of his bro-
ther's illness.

Miss Palmer—Mr. Dugard called after the acci-
dent, and said that when it happened he was gone
into the house to change some of his clothes, and
had left only an old washerwoman to take charge of
his horse and chaise. Wlien he came out, he found
neither horse, chaise, nor woman, and the latter he
complained of in very strong terms for her negli-
gence in allowing the horse to run away.
Mr. Sergeant WILDE, with whom was Mr. F.
Pomocx, addressed the Jury for the defendant.—
He regretted that an action of such a description as
the present should ever have been brought ; it could
be alone from mercenary feelings, being merely to
recover compensation for what must have been a
very trifling loss—the loss of a child's services, who
was only 11 years old. Had the action been brought
by the eon to recover compensation for the injury
he had sustained, and the suffering he had under-
gone, it would have been widely different, but the
Learned Sergeant supposed that would be reserved
for another occasion. The jury would, therefore,
have merely to assess the loss the plaintiff had-sus-
tained from his son's illness,-provided his Lordship
should be of opinion that the • defendant had been
guilty of negligence, which the Learned Sergeant.did
not think had been proved, but on that point they
would have his Lordship's opinion, with which he
should rest satisfied. • _

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, that he certainly
thought the defendant had been. guilty of negligence,
as an old woman did not appear to him to be a pro-
per person to have the care of a horsed and therefore
the plaintiff was entitled to recover. It would,
however, have looked much better had this action
been brought by the son for the injury he had sus•
tained, than by the father, for the trifling loss proved
to have accrued to him. The only question for the
jury was, what amount would be sufficient to com-
pensate the plaintiff for the loss of his son's, services.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 51.

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