The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-25 00:00:00

LAMB TH.

James Eduard Morgan, a lie Weed broker, and who keeps
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furniture shop, No. 12, in the London• Dad, ap-
m before the Hon. G. C. Norton, to answer to a
summons charging him with unlawfully retaining and
taking a larger amount for costs and charges than are
allowed by law.
Mrs. Elizabeth Howse, a widow, residing in Brighton-
place, New Kent-road, deposed that on the 4th instant she
employed the defendant to distrain upon the goods of Mr.
Samuel Slight, who occupied two rooms in her house, for
101. rent then due and owing to her, and be at once walked
upstaira and made a levy. Before doing so, he represented
himself to be a broker, and expressed his willingness to make
the levy, and having placed a man in pommies for
two or three hours, removed the goods in a truck
to his own shop. Some days after he (defoliant)
told her that he had got the goods condemned for
101,10 a., and said the tenant had agreed to take them at
that price. Some days afterwards he told her that he had
got part of the money, and expected the whole. and as soon
as he got it he should take it to her. This he did not do,
and in consequence she sent her servant, and hequently
called at his house herself, without being able to see him ;
and she ultimately left word that if he did not at ono,
settle with her she should apply to a magistrate on the
subject. Soon after this the defendant called on her, when
he acknowledged to hosing received the 101. and an I 0 U
for 10s. more from the tenant, and offered her 71. lb. 4d.,
which he said was the balance due to her, alter taking his
expenses. He also told her that she should give him two
sovereigns for the trouble he had been put to in getting out
her lodgers. At that time there was a man, mined Lord,
present, and she then refused to take the money offered, and
took out the present summons.
In reply to • qnsetion from Mr. Norton,
The witness rid the defendant gave her the bill of his ex-
penses, amounting to ltf. 7s. Bd., but be had neither offered
nor given her the lOU for 10. She further said
that the prisoner had not asked her, nor had she offered
to pay hie ewe than his legal and ordinary charges as
a broker.
The defense est up for the defendant by his solicitor was,
that he had gibs over the job to Lord, and trough him
the Wellies warred ; but he (defendant) was willing to
pay beak say eivercharge and expenses.
Dixon, be essend usher, hers informed the magistrate
that this wee nee the last time that Mr. Morgan had been
ementeneil he tide evert on a complaint similar to the pro-
viso be sadievesared to get rid of the responsibility
by iifUng the Weft es to Lord, who was somewhat note-
newly knows as • Webb, but in which he failed.
Mr. Narks 'amused that there could be no pretext what-
War fee Mistplig that Lord had been the broker, as the de-
bating had mei usly undertaken to make the levy, but at
eves executed ft; and it was only on the occasion of the
71. 12e. 4d, being offered to the complainant by Morgan

that she had seen Lord. The overcharge by the defendant
appeared to be 1/. 36., and for this the let of parliament
gave bun (Mr. Norton) the power to convict him in a
Penally of treble that amount. Thu case vses a very lad
oue, and he did not see why he should make the slighteut
mitigation. The defendant most therefore pay 3/. 95., and
2a. expenses.
The defendant replied be 'should do no such thing, for, in
point of fact, the magistrate had no jurisdiction in the case,
the rent not exceeding 201. per annum.
Mr. Norton soon set him right in his law, by telling hint
that it was only where the rent claimed exceeded All. that
the magistrate bad out jurisdiction. Au order should 63
tondo on him (defendant) for the 31. 114., and if he dal not
comply with that order au execution would be levied on Los
grads.
The defendant here said he had not a shilling's worth of
property, that all the goods iu his shop and house belonged
to his landlord.

Mr. Norton observed that the law in such came was very
properly most stringent. ff sufficiect goods could cot Lu
found to satisfy the execution, the defendant must be cow-
wittedto proton, there to remain until the reuuey is
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