The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1888-03-24 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FUND.—At the Durham County Court £l2, and et: October 22nd a further min set ea lovers of justice and freedom, they should be pte- . lon 'Tuesday Patrick Joyce, Neville's Cross, Dur- leaving unpaid the amount now in dispute.—Mr paled. aCheers.)—A motion of se inpatiry wit- h , ham father of the late Thos. Joyce, sought to Brewster appeared for • defendant, and pleaded the suffering Irish people, acid pledging the) errent ..recov ' 1 the Durham Miners' Permanent I non-liability in regard to the whole amount eff- had 'foe  Relief Fund the sum of £23, said to be due as 1 death benefit from the defendant Ksociety.—At the outset an objection as to the jurigaiction of the 1 Court. lodged by Mr Dix, was overruled hy hit Honour. judge Meynell, who intimated that his ruling could be appealed agaiust. The facts of the Case were agreed upon, and it appeared that I the &sees:wet VMS employed at Framwellgate [ Moor Colliery. and a few months ago, after keying work at five o'clock, went to a public-house which is s way off the roadway between tbo I pit and his bonne, lie remained there till ten 1 [ O'clock at night, and left with some [ friends. He Was left lying drunk on the I I footpath at the south side of a bridge [ I which carries the real over the railway in the I Red Hill cutting, ncar Durham. The following morning his cead body was found on the rail!' way, the head testing a,gaingt the wall cn the I north aide, of the rutting. He was a member of I the fund, whose rules provided that members, lor persons claiming through them, shall be en; titled only to relief for accidents which may happen in the mine or at their ordinary employment I above ground, or on their way to or from work. I Snell journey shall be deemed to commence on I leaving house, aud ending on their return." The  ebarged.—After the; case _ . proceeded for si,„ time it was found impassible to try the issue in consequence of _ plaintiffs solicitor not having taken the necessary no asures to have certain documentary evidence in court, and the case was adjourned till neit l °tut day, plaintiff paying the costs of tufjournmet, t. , SHILDON Loc.u.Homtn.—The last Tr e,•‘ing of the old Board was held on Tpity under the presidency of Mr R. D. Brown.—'ilis Ireport of the finance Committee showed that a anm of £2lO =ls was due from the treasurer. a-1 I the total of the pay-bill wag £395 Is ,6d. 1 ilc i reason the pay-bill was so lar,r,e was thst.the ! loan WIL3 due, and they had also the dispr.t-d largo account with the Highway roiri for stones.—ln discussing a minute with referenca to , street-making the Chairman pointed out that it I was • fact, whether tbe members of the Board i knew it or not. that they could not compel 1 owners to make those streets. A recent deci,i, n defined that no Board could compel owners ta , make streets after five years had elapssil.--Mr 1 Hopes: Do you mean to say that if a !Arc t i not in proper renair the .dtoard has not Abe Ipower to compel owners to put such a street iii  claim was under the letter section of the rule, and Mr M. Cartan pointed out that the duration of the journey was unlimited in point of time by the rule. There were three ways by which his client could have got over the bridge—by murder, suicide, or rnir.actventnre. The medical opin:on was against the theory of innrder, and there was nothing to suggest suicide, and he claimed that the deeeased met his death by misadventure, ar.d that the father was, thereI fore, entitled to the sum due as death benefit.— Mr Dix argued that, as the deceased had returned from the south to the nerth side of the bridge, he was not on his way home when he met his death. He also suggested that leaving the road to go into the public-house was a violation of deceased's part of the contract. He submitted that misadventare was an accident causing injury or indisposition to a person otherwise than by his own actual neglect or default.—His Honour, however, pointed out that the rules contained no exception as to suicide or negligence, and if the Company insured without making these exceptions the insurance timid be recovered. In the result be gave judgment for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, but granted stay of execution for twenty-eight days in case the defendants wished to appeal.—A second claim against the Society. in which s miner named Carroll was the plaintilf, was entered for hearing, kiLLSa adigillliad far Was incuitaus.  1'  terodrinalper repair" in th —idTshaelaChitairmilreraen re 4 tog the time of the Board .trying ." make people do what they really Avolli not do.—The matter then dropped- —OH the motion of Mr Hoppe. Mr Witts was relaitustleweuse I appointed Inspector of Nu,as.nces for the enscinl year, and Dr. Pieldria Medical thlcer.—Trii,, -of the Board was affixed to the new ratc.-11r Toward drew attention to the fact that thsi the last meeting, and moved that the record its thanks to the Chairman (who ass rt seeking re-electionl for his valuable services ir leg the year, especially for what he bad d 0...! recover the money from the Eltghway itcord. observed that the members were sorry that tee Chairman was retiring, and asked that ill, lotion might be inscribed on the mini:lie, Tarn, in seconding the resolution, also • regret that the Chairman was going t'!•' Board, as there was a likelihood of Cu .being swallowed up by the gr:at sehee.,e 7 government, and they would need his hand to steer them. (Laughter!—Mr pointed out that the Chairman had not only hi-.S energetic over the Jubilee schemcs aqd- tht Highway Board clams, but he was a'so fr•err.',l the other day riding at the head oi in. ST; plough. (Much laughter.l—Tne wait I unanimously agreed to. and the 0101C1111111 turned thanks in a felicitous aneecia