ACTION AGAINST A JUDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 210, 13 September 1873, Page 2

ACTION AGAINST A JUDGE.

JACOBS Y. MELLOK. Tins was an action i,n the Court of Queen's Bench brought by Henry Jacobs, who described himself as a wstchniaker and jeweller, against the Hon. Sir, John Mellor, one of Her Majesty's justices of tfte Court of Queen's Bench, to recover dajnages laid at £10,000, for false imprisonment, and loss of health, and injury tq reputation and property, consequent thereon, such incarceration further causing the death of the plaintiff's wife. The defendant by his solicitor pWled— first, that he was not gmlty ; secondly, that before and at the time ofthe alleged grievance he was and still is a justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, and that in the execution of his judicial duties he tried the plaintiff at the Berkshire Summer Assizes of 1 864, when^ according to lajr, he wa» convicted of obtaining two watches unde,r fake gretonces from one John Braimsby, and sentenced to eighteen calendar months' imprisonment with hard, labour ; and, for a ttyird plea, he said that the alleged cause of action did npt occur within four years from the proceedings out of which this case arose. The plaintiff conducted his own case ; the AttorneyGeneral and Mr C. fiowen appearing for the defendant. The plaintiff, in opening his case, said he brought this action against Mr Justice Mellor for a false and malicious sentence of incarceration pronounced by Him at the Berks Assizes in the summer of 1864. It was, he continued, a foul and atrocious conspiracy on the part of Judge Mellor. against one who was a stranger and foreigner in England, and but very imperfectly acquainted with the language of the country. He, was a native of Berlin, and came to England. abo,ut twenty years ago. At that time he esta-~ blished a bu.sjnpss at No, 2, Bedford-villas, Readiug, and he conducted \t very prosperously and successfully for a number of years until this unfounded charge was brought against him. He here handed a card which bore the fol-^ lowing inscription :— "Simbald tfenry Jacobs', watchmaker, jeweller, diamond merchant, and optician, 2, Bedford villas., Heading, respectfully informs the nobility and, gentry that he has extonsive machinery for regilding and , repairing all kmds of watches and jewellery on the shortest notice. Observe the large brass plate on the door. Firs.t turning to. the right to the fihow rooms." The plaintiff, m a. lpng and rambling speech, during which he was very patiently beard by the Baron and the jury, denied that he, had been legally convicted Mr Justice Mellor did not pronounce sentence in accordance with the finding of the giand jury. He did not know what he was about at the time, but he believed that Mr Justice Mellor had had o, drop too much, Mr Baron Pollock here cautioned the plaintiff against making such reflection's on the character of absent persons, but notwithstanding this admonition he persisted in 5 long and disconnected harangue, in the course qf which he accused not only the judge, but the attorney and counsel who defended him at the Abiagdon assizes of having betrayed and sold him. Jn the lesult the jury found a verdict for the defendant.

Tflere are doubtless* some people who would desire to read what may be written about them after their deatb t and the late Lord Brougham is said to have given out a false report of his decease more than once, in order to see how the newapapeia would sum up his career. But it I cannot be pleasant tp peruse your own biography, and t» I read m print that yon are n6 longer in the land of the living. The Pope was placed in this uncomfortable position the other day, when the Time*, in referring to the fact that his Holiness had entered on his eighty -second' year, spoke of his political career as having closed, and, then went on to say :— "From h,is return to Rome up to the d<w of his death he may be said to have been in permanent and inevitable antagonism to Italian natiouility." Certainly, the Pope has been seriously ill, but at the time this was printed — w e will not say written- he was much better, and the more dangerous symptoms had entirely disappeared. But this is not the lir»t time the" Times has made such a slip, We remember when Lord Derby retned from active political life, that the leading journal came out one laornyig with an article which had evidently been wnttou for publication on the noble earl's decease, for he was spoken of throughout in the past tense. It cannot be denied that such a practice shows a considerable amount of indiscretion, if not of bad taste. — Printers' Register. Transfusion of Bloop —The operation of transfusion of blood has been uerfoimed, the British Medical Journalreports, quito recently in London in two patients, both with a certain measure of success. The hrst case was one of leukseinia, under the care of Dr. Andrews,, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; the second operation was performed on a purpunc girl, a patient of Dr. Weat, at the Hospital for sick children, who was dying from loss oi blood. The operation, performed by MrCallender, in the hist patient was successful, and will probably be repeated once at least, m the course of the next month or two ; while in the other case, although terminating fatally a few hours after the operation, which was performed by AJr Thomas Smith, the patient was still undoubtedly temporarily, and almost against hope, relieved by the adopted toeaiie. -

~The ViitTUS OF Whiskey — l l he following curious extract from Hollinsked's Chronic^ 1577, will bo of interest, the British Medical Journal says, to the advocates of whiskey as a therapeutical agent of great power • — " There is used an ordinary drink of aqua rtt<£ to t *o qualified in the makyng that it dryeth more and inflainetii lesso than other liote confections One Theoncu* (JZpisc Her,nenensis juxta JBononiam) wrote a proper treat^e of Aqua Yitee, wherein l>o prayseth it to tho ninth decree. He distinouiahetk three sortes thereof — simplex co>npo<tita, and perfect iwrna . . Beging moderalelu taken, aayeth lie, sloweth ago ; it Btrengtheneth youthe ; it haiprth di^tMtioii ; it cuttuth iieuipe; it abandoneth niplancbolie ; it rohshcth the harto , it lighteneth the mynd ; it qincLeneth the spintos ; it ciuetli the hydropsie ; it healeth the strangury ; it pouucelh tho Rtoue ; it repelleth gravel ; it pufleth away vontosiiio ; it kopyth and preaerreth the hed from whyrling — the eyes from (lazeling — the tongue from hspyng— the mouthe from snafllyng — the weasan from stieflying — the stoinache from wauibJjng — the liarte from s, wellyns— the bellie from wirtcbyng — the guts from rumbljng — the hands from slnueryii" — the sinonesfrom shrinltyug — the vcynes from crumplyng— the bones from nkyng — the marrow from soakyng. . .bid it is a soue*auve fiquour, xf it be orderlie taken."

Ufß OF BOR*T XND NtTEATE OF POTASH IN SITCDEN I Hoarsknesb — Dr Corson, of Orange, who is at the head of a special seryic foe diseases of the lungs and throat, has tried a mixture of the above two salt 3 with success, the .Yew York Medkal Journal says, in cases of sudden hoarseness produced by the action of cold. With special application to speakers and singers, Dr Uorson recommends the following means, which often produces an instantaneous and magical eß'ect. A bit of borax, not larger than a pea, is allowed to melt slowly in the mouth, about ten minutes before speaking or singing. This brings an abundant secretion of saliva, which moistens the mouth and throat The eifects of tins sort of cold may often be stopped at the outset, and the action of boiax is helped by the use of nitrate of potash. On the eve of the day when the speaker or singer is to appear in public, he is made to take as much a* a pea of the nitrate m a glassful of warm water before getting into bed, and he is to b,e Marmly cohered. It is quite obyious that these means do not apply to chronic cases or to acute attacks of inflammation, which demand quite a different kind of treatment.

A Sensible Patriarch.— The Patriarch of Constantinople has sent a letter to the Key S. G. Hatherley, the Greek Church clergyman at Wolrerhampton, forbidding him to attempt to make proeelj tes from the English Church. His Holiness says :— " It would be no pleasure to us if 10 or 20 niembflM f the English Church were to join our Church. This J^ , what we seek; we desire, }n response to the Chrjafflff leelings expressed towards us bj the authorities of the English Cliurch to restore the' fraternal intercourse ■which once existed." The Rev W. Denton, who lias written on the subject to the Church Heratd, says he is sure thu is the meaning, and, he believes, the very words of the Patriarch's letter j but be had not the document before him when he \rrote.~Pall Mall Gazette. On the occasion of the expected visit of the Shah of Persia to Paris the Patrie thinks the statement of certain facts, the thorough authenticity of which it says it can guarantee, cannot fail to attract to him the sympathies of the French nation. During the course of the war with Germany the Shah had the Jvurnal dcs Dehates rend to him eveiy day by Dr. Tholozan, his private medical arlviser, and a medeciu-major of the French army. When the record of French disasters followed fast and thick, the Shah, aware hovr painful it must be to » Frenchman to read to a foreigner tbe narrative of these interminable reverses, caused it to be intimated to Dr Tholozan that he dispensed him in future from a task so grievous to his national sentiment. Another fact testifies not less eloquently to the sympathies of the Shah for France. In that same fatal year of IS7O he, having learnt that one of the officers of his Court had, in the pretence of Dr. TholozaD, made certain ironical allusions hurtful to the amour 2>ropre of the Frenchman, ordered that the officer should quit Teheran within 24 hours. After the burning o f tho city of Chicago in 1871, the proprietors of the Graphic, in conjunction wi£h their artists p.nd contributors, raised a large suui of money for the benefit of the sufferert by that dreudfnl calamity. The whole of that amount was not required, so the proprietors devoted the balance to a commission for a memorial picture allegorieally representative of tbe Great Fire a'nd the Great Charity winch it called forth. The picture is now completed, and is. to be sent to the new City Hall of Chicago. It is fifteen foet long and nine jn height, and has been pamted by Ed- ! •ward Armitago, R.A. The stricken city, represented by the | partially nude figure of a beautiful girl, is being supported hy Columbia, whilst Britannia joini her sister in'the work of charity. The Entish Lion and the American Eagle com plete the group, while in the background ate. seen the burning city on the one hand, and the pine forest, characteristic of the Western States, on the other. There is a capital story told respecting Mr KnatchbuHHugesseu. The story goes that one night lately Mr Knatchbull-Hugessen and another hon. member were in conversation iv the lobby of the House, when the managing proprietor of a daily paper entered and. nodded familiarly to the Parliamentary dignitaries. 'An extraordinary man that,' remarked the Colonial Secretly to bjs hon. friend, 'have you heard that he has bought 'the Times f ' You do not tell me so," was the reply,' 'he niust have paid an enqrmous sum for it.' ' Oh, no,' said the Secretary, « only threepence !' Amongst the new companies recently registered, we notice the Japan Paper-making Compauy, which proposes to manufacture paper or card from rags, Esparto grass, bamboo, wood, straw fibres, pulp, or other substances. The registered capital is £50,000, shares of £20 each. Another new paper-making concern is the Nova Scotia Pulp and Paper Company, the registered capital of which is £18,000, in shares of £10 aach. We notice that npne of the original subscribers appear to have any connexion with the printing trade. The purchase consideration given by the new company is £5,000 in fully paid up shares. - Printers Meaisier. One of the most stupendous feats of newspaper enterprise is credited to the New York Herald m connection with the Vienna Exhibition. Ka.ther than be defeated by their eHergetic rival, the Tribune, the managers of the Herald gave instructions to their correspondent, Mr Edward Yates, to •• spare no expense." He fulfilled his instructions. In order po steal a march on the Herald, the Tribune telegraphed to Queenstown, so that " the copy " could go on by boat. Mr ' Yates, however, telegraphed rigkt through ; and the charge ! for the mtssage amoubtsd to the nice little sum of two thousand guinea;. A contemporary has been told of an instance which occurred a short time ago in Dunedin, which shows that our Victorian friends can teach us a lesson in sharpness. It would appear that » gentleman in the habit of travelling, belonging to the sister cqleny, bought a draught horse for £100 ; he immediately put it up by auction at Melbourne and bought it himself for £360 ; the next idea was ;to shipijhe horse for Dunedin, where he showed bis receipt, and thereby manged to get £500 for the animaL £s ot so bad. A husband and wife sailed from Deny for Glasgow, en route to Edinburgh, the wife having on her knee her thirty-third child. Of the thirty-threp there are at present alive twenty-four, It is more than probable that a similar case could not be pointed out.