The Express. — 1867-08-16 (London, England)

REAR DAMAGES POE 7ALEZ DEPILISONMENT. The case of " Fiabley T. Cooper and another " was an action to repover damages for wrongful dismissal and fate imprisonment upon • *barge of anbearlessent. The defendants plimied in effect that the plaintiff was guilty of the offence of which they had amused him, and that they way, tbeiefore, justified in the mune they adopted. andSVt Parry and Mr. Bosley were for the plaintiff , Salter for the Montagudefo Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Talloord odai4a.  ThL ow occupied the court a considerable time, and the circumatances were of a somewhat extraordinary character. The plaintiff had been • commercial traveller and el/Ueda for several highly respectable firms in the City prior to his introduction to the defendants, who are wholesale gnome in Limeoteeet He wee engaged by them in April to travel about the country to collect orders and receive moneys, the salary to be paid to him being 1501. • year, and 11. • day travelling expenses. At the time of en ng the service of the defendants he had made a proposal to a guarantee society, with which • ocotabi amount of il3lOlllllOO wan to have been adapted, but owing, as was alleged en the part of the plaintiff, to some mistake the guarantee was not completed and thbrefore upon the counts relating to the wrcogfui die. mina it was admitted that the defendants were entitled tea verdict. The question Weans to the Wee imprisonment was of • much more sinew desseter. Very shortly after plaintiff's engagemest he, while on • tourney, mat a statement of moneys received, asses which wee a summ of 111. 16s. ed. from ens cuslemer, which he had dey entered. The total amount he received was not tranemittoL Owes esereopondense thim took linos, the result being MN the *lainq wee ordered to return home to mane oat a statement ape amounts, which he did. The defendelets were wit, lori ever. minded, and they discharged the plaintiff, afar had been in their service only shad four Zsaafios Win amount of money was at this tine in • • balance, and ha made a claim for salary, not o absorbed the balance in his kends, but made defendant debtors. As he kept the mosey, cue of the firm wail the Mansion-house to see whether • charge of Inn mat could, be supported, and to obtain a warrant for apprehimoden of the plaintiff, when one of the clerks, hisotsting er.,biAl6 expressed a draw opiaion that maglstiere eradd bed=iii=testeo wareenti Notwithelandingliztithe amistanee of o City Mean, Wiser, who apesekedd the plaintiff upon the 'harp of embezzling the sum of 111. 16s. N., and he wee locked up all day and night, =din the morning hseras taken before the Lord Mayor who adjourned the inquiry far a week, but admitted the 'plaintiff to bail. At the next hear* Mr. Weather, the solicitor, attended for thb defendants, and admitted that he was unable to sup. port the charge ed of embezzlement, and the plaintiff Ink than dtioharg . The jury, after consulting together for about a quarter of-an returned a verdict for the plaintiff—DaMAP," 4001  TUE POLICE COURT&  Slasa, butler to Major Chemlters*, of Cottage, liMon-equare, wee= on warran wi resift lam Ingrate, the The henessmid said that the stajoris=Chant,pagult want to Hyde last week, and left the primmer, her. and the cook in the house. On Monday, from two till eleven *Stock, she was left in charge of the home, and when hi 0111110 home at *loves he ordered her to bed. fibs said she wgpted to go end mt her supper beer, and went out for that purpose. When she returned she knocked and rang, and was not admitted by the prisoner, sad then opened the door with a latch-key belonging to • Mend of the major's. The prisoner mlled bar into his bedroom. and asked her why the had opened the door. She explained, ad he threw her out of his room and kicked her. On the Monday the major discharged her, and on the same evening she went to get her boxes, and while in the hems the pawner tried to throw her over the banisters, and said he would kill her. She then mane to get the warrant, be having again meaulted km, by throwing her on to the mud in the mews. /he primmer made a very tforward statement, and said he bad been in 1161 or Champagne's swim seven yeas. On the Monday Ingram was drunk, and had a man in the bee" and se his mother had ordered him to look to the home he saw that all was right. He denied the assault as alleged • she was drunk, and fell dr-irn. Oa the Tuesday he did not smash her. She had brought the house into disgrace. In reply to Mr. Arnold she admitted that part of the major's brandy was gone, and that her brother-in-law had been at the door.  7iirarTrOldi;cijoraned the warrant till Saturday for the attendance of the major and the 000 k, and allowed primmer torso at large on his own recognisance..  MARLSOILOITiIHAITItSET. 'Patriot Shea, • pensioned soldier was charged before Kr. Knox with attempting to commit suicide in Sensing' ton•gardess by opening a vein in his arm. Park-esse6salsie Steel, No. 32, mid be was oa duty In Hermingleerpedas on Saturday stimrsoos, the 3rd of August, whoa he was informed that a man had oesessitted suicide in the gardens. He went t.) the Omaha/an and found Shea lying on the ground, to all appeamase dead. He obtained assistance and took him to St. Marro Hospital in a cab, where he had remained under medical treatment. The accused, it appeared, had seen a good deal of service in India, and was discharged on the f& of October last with a pension of 6d. a day. Went to Wales, *here he had a brother. Clot employment at a grocer's, but suffering from consumption he spat blood from overexertion, and from that time his health got Tons. Came to London to look for sag work, but could) get acme, as him health was so ►bad. Got some relief from the Westminster Hospital, aad es s pliostion to Sir Hope Grant at the Hans Guards obtained employment at the military stores ; stayed .as leas ea he maid, but the spitting of blood came en again, mod he was obliged to go into St. George's H to get admission, if possible, to the Hospital forGoeurnmption, but could not succeed. Tried the hospital at the east end of the town with no better