The Express. — 1863-11-28 (London, England)

PRAM AND ADDIEWL-1112 OAAN OF ALLBGED  LUXACT.  After our report left yeTeiSrtiai, Mr. &dent Parry proceeded to address the jay fee both the defendants. He said the result of the case was of vital importance to the defendant". Dr. Fraser had lately taken the degree of member of the Royal College et Phydeisas of Londoa. He had been meyWamly a member of the Ediabargh College of Surgeons, and • Rosetta** of the Apothecerire Company, and he bad laboured momsfully for a period of 22 years. Mr. Andrews was • geed,mu of bat nine years' Moodie& bet he had had considerable practicer He was • member of the College of %spar and a licentiate of the Apoilietasioe Company, and had a degree of a Boodle naivenity. And these gentlemen, he conteaded, had • right to complain of the manner io which the plaintiff's mussel bad been instructed, leading to • statement which was at varieties with the fur. It was said to be the came al a lady who bad been improperly confined by medial men se • lengthy sad bed bed keepers put over bar without • shadow of • pretest*, sad he made ea attack on a olass of milked men, as if the defendants beloosed to that elan, ousting an unfair prejudice them. Mr. Chambers bad In fast built • made in "most with regard to the relations between the pettier, and one that he never ought to have pimento' to them in so luau. tious and, as it sourced to him, inflammatory • manner as be had door He mound them that the defendants never bad imputed humility to the plaintiff, exospt in the semis that she was suffering from delirium tremens, and as to her being unable to manage her affairs it bad never been insinuated. He then ad himself to the merits of the an,, and Mangey ornmented on the fact of this action mot brag brought for twelve months after the offence alleged bed beau IXlai• witted, and that the plaintiff was either set* under some delusion' with regard to their conduct, or aba was the tool of some metros. It would be his duty to call evidence to show that she was suffering under habits of the saddest desmiptioo, of which she, of mune, had no retake:rice, but he Ina drives reluctantly to it In order to refute the charges that bad been said. against the defendants. He should prove that she was stiffener from disarm rime time before she was taken ill, and that she was at lint alarmed about her leg and abstained hors drinking, bus for some dews before the 23rd December she bed been drinking • bottle et sherry • day, when she became so mod excited that Mrs. Hill was obliged to all in Mr. Andrews, and he sew in a moment that she was suffering from maiteenest, the result of intoxicate's. He premeibed and gave directions for her emsfort, sad the teemed counsel complained that the term keepers had bemused in • most affeaelve =saner. end in • way which was quite unjustilables. She was given • does of morphia, which Dr. Fraser believed had the effect of restoring her. And with regard to the watches, they were placed there to prevent her taking too much drink, and throwing herself out ride window, as she tried to do cm the night referred to. Dr. Fraser had had great experieeco in eases of this kind, and he and Mr. Andrews bed only done their duty is preventing the *beta trans mouniad suicide. The leaned counsel detailed the feels be she prove in evidence, and observed it was probable she bed mouse to drink, somehow or other, that retarded her wh recovery. He should show her state oa the Woodside were celled ix, and her violent saw duct, shaking her fist, ere., in Mr. Andrews' face. He eontended it was a perfect answer to the cue if the defendants treated her in her sad state with proper skill sad care, and according to the best of their skill and j:rmicers.. Inquiries were made by them about the plaintiff's and it was only la compliance with Mrs. Hill's request that they recorausoded her • nurse. The nurse's being there was Decemary in conemasoos of the pelf-witted brother, who, honey* his deter was ill-treated, was very violent, end threatened to est the dog on Mn. Hill. Surely what they did in that respect at the request of Mrs. Hill amounted to so more than that it was dose with their knowledge and with their consent to midair Mn. Synash sad not to • breaking and entering and imprimmag her, he., in the words of the declaration. What they did was only to give advice that would benefit and probably save the patient's life, at the request of the only reepearlde peasee in the home. A peculiar fact in the case was that the moo and woman were not paid by the defendants, and there had been nothing shown with regard to gate—that they bad bees actuated by that feeling to ill-treat the indenter's** plaintiff. He called Dr. Fraser, who was examined, and the court adjouraed.  00IIRT OF