The Express.
London, England, 1849-02-05 00:00:00

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hallosed. Lord Dumas tbsolognit ardsrod bin into ths
sostedy d the Kan of the awe ihr the net of ths dap.
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Ihe whom wren a aide to kb hodship itzpirming his COD
talks tor Maas misses fisted himself, alleging o a mass
that he was agitated, never having bon a witness bOoro,
but satin that he was sot intoxicated. Loyd Dessau that
&send the wits= to bo brouOt late wart, asd es his
male( his &promo aid that as he had writtaa
• seta anymeslng kis siggew for kis alesceduot,
be would discherg• him. He mil& obeyers, however, that
there was • babes asomget ems witaestes of sayingiasm:
things to the soussil be mom of seating a .
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Coca v. Iwass.--8110/ar SAND WRITSRS' NOTES.
TM plaintiff was a short hod writer, sad the do-
hadaat as attorney (smug on business in I:baiter-
Must ha the City, sad the proms action WAS brought
to mover the sant of W. odd, the balance of a bill
el SIL is., which the dereadant owed the plaintiff for short.
heal • which be had taken is the Court of Chancery,
sail Osman. tesassribed is the sass of " Baran Britten,"
a tonropt.
Ms. Ohamboo, Q. C., stated the test for the
ties, sad called Mr. Charles Cock, who said Cite:
the brother of the plaintiff, sal was a sharesheradi'
writer. Remembered taldag sass ha the ease of Beller& a
twaltrapt. Witaem told the &hedges whim be asked what
would be the gams, of taking the oohs that it well as
a per day for atterlaV N. per folio ho the
transcript. That was the mad shirt-hand writers
to solieiters. Tte defendant maid he gave winos the
order to tabu the notes in the cue ef " inputs Brims " he
did not Mow that he should want them transcribed, but he
afterwards ordered a poetics of the notes to be written oat,
and substquestly the remainder were a'so transcri4ed h ao-
mediae, with the impactions which the plain-
tiff bad receind item the defendant. Witness
had looked at the emeosat of the plaintiff now produced.—
It walla the handwriting of witness's younger brother, and
it was a cermet one. The work charged in the amount was
all due. Witness delivered part of the notes himself at
the defendant's office. The first part of the work was dome
in the moth of January, 1848. The defendant was in a
great harry for the notes is the are, and they were lent in
to the defendant's once in portions as fast as they were
transcribed. The total amount of the plaintiffs till for
taking the notes was 93J. M. The notes had ben taken
daring different periods of the year 1818. Witness delivered
the plaintiffs bill to the defendant, who then made no ob-
jection to it. Winne' bad
malting a fain in Chewer" and Bankruptcy proceeding
Bhortheolloriters always fohased seventy-two words to a
kin in all matters clam semies law or equity.
COSlDasulamil by Mr. Ilealeme sus Wonees bad been
s dterkasi twitter brews sera sad debt years. He war
sit is poreerkip with his beaky. Witness wrote the
mese system afabotShaad as his bat be not
aid kb Isseher's notes. Witmer asnaedbeellen, about 1401. ad
yew
le his breaker's clerk, bat did NO karma whir was the salary
id admit imortitand-writen' dabs- Witnam's brother kept
as dent. A person who spoke at the soul rate at
whisk ..oriel did you'd give utterance to about 120 folios
an hour, but some people would speak 130 folios is that
time. Wham bad °ousted ths number of folios in the ease
which hie brother bad transcribed by the defondaat's
order. Ho sided perhaps have counted a folio or
two ineerrestly. Image it was obliged to he doss is a
Wigbet gererally he *mkt was remet.
Whams bed Mang heard et $ verde ldle
abatts sad bankmpry
_piessedingw, sod 72 seams:
law. Whet area was fdiNfei tebr • email in argument it
weak be lammed in the akeebkraierrtees arse. The
ems was Mks dews in ober had. red it book et the are
was than retuned to is sear is IN If Ohs elerhaahwri.
Ire's sees et it was swat Wilms mil sit my Member
Me mass lass were area hr y he plehlg hen he bed
estraltywiders. It WOW, kawarero he Wee Oar them
eraseMS Ulm is the tensed" rwrialkg et seems Med up
hem kw Meta ilkertherharlier who Ink webs at Ws
terspoisered. Yes stare net modiste* by /My pret as
perm It was sat Ike twarem as; the piabdf
to transeribe his metes for it than Bd. a bib.
Mr. Jesse Newton Bennett, szamiaed by Mr. Chamber
Witaess had been • short-hand-writer between loves and
eight years. Was the person employed as the plaintiffs
Musty to take part of the ease rf es parte thirteen.
For imaserib ne his not s in that ewe wising charged Bd.
par folio, and 10• W es attendance fcs. This was the usual
ameng.t 'bar:And writes when employed by one
=Er. it nano had Lever heard that in the
loins la la Chancery and bankruptcy 90 wards made • folio. In
all proceedir Ira of common law and equity witness had an-
dersood that 72 words made • folio. The chugs of sheet-
land writers to solicitors was U. Is. attendance is and Bd.
a folio br the transcript t [the cams.
Kr. Joseph Gurney ezasained by Kr. ItDenasa : Wit-
ness, and his father aid brother„ were shorthand
'triton to the houses of parliament. The usual charge of
shorthand Srw r ten for all preeredlep in law and equity was
U. Is. a day and 3d. • follo.—Crossenamined by Kr. fierj.
ilium : There were sot as mousy as 30 inns carrying on the
Mimes of shortAaad writers. Witness. firm employed
among elerite, whom @Karim varied sec ening to the time of
their servitude is tee Knee.
Mr. Fitzgerald eiamined by Yr. Chambers—Whams bad
been a shoebband writer for thirty mos. The mod *begs
of the proloolas ts solicitors was IL Is. a day for a=
and Bd. a Mks it the transcript. The rat of
writers' charges was 72 wads to the folio for all possediage
either is law or equity.
Mr.
an essmised by Yr. Chasbers—Wit's .eau
• short4and writer, mad had heard the sadiron of
the other wham's& and it was correct as to shot.
hand writers' charges to solicitors. Thom was so hi
homes made is the charge either in equity, ems= low, sr
bankruptcy. It was all at the rate d 72 words to She.
Mr. George Chem, a almethand writer, was thatexeraised
by Ile. Chambers, and be orroberated the testimony of the
form r witnesses as to the charges made by the protean& to
solicitors. and he also stated that 72 words were kw
risibly redwood a folio in all proceedings which shwa
hand writes might transcribe. On cross-usesination by
Mr. Berjeant Oho, be said that he had only one regales
clerk, but bad several gentlemen whom he employed. The
repeat salary)
paid to that clerk was something under 1001.
a year, but by working over time, at the rate of end
2d. a folio, he made from between two to three hundred
a year.
Mr. Benjeaat Bhse then proceeded to address the jury
for the defendant, and contended that the shorthand
writers had so right to rinks an arbitrary rule by which a
man was to be considered not formable if be charged less
thaa Bd. • folio for a :trasseript. The defendant did not
object to 11. 1.. for the attssdanee fee, but submitted that
4d. • folio was enough foe thetranscript. He should cell &wit-
ness bolos them to profiting 838 folios had been charged more
than were asteally tranowilsad, sad that 160 folios omtimed
steams gusted by monad in argument, and taken from the
law Maim TM wham alio would tell the jury that solici-
tors was allowed 4d. a folio only for copying any legal pro
ceeeliage, sal that a folio in Chancery and Bankruptcy mat-
ters aresieled of 90 words. He (the learned ssrjeant)
the that She saw We wart was an maple remune-
ration brie a lakes.
Mr. Wm. liver tramberal hy Mr. Millet : Widnes was
clerk to the &hadn't. He led esmaked the whole of *
traneeripts err in by the piabdt Ha bad counted the
number Oldies is an the beseriple whisk the plaintiff had
made, allowlog 72 wads le a alb, and the art number of
folios la the transeardeuse =11,106, instead of 2,443, as
th=lhas by the at the rate of 90
is the folio, there would s=ly b 51,846 folios. In
Charley aril Bankrupley_pnessedbge a folio was 90 word.,
bat is seamen law 72. Thealaras for copying proceedings
in Bankruptcy was lid., and 44.1 r ev. Before tho
transcript was supplied dime phial so have the
brief of than junior ersosi k to to fin
in the different NUS gusted by erwird in argu-
ment, bat he was refuse it, and Mid namely to give
tee IMMO atlas C• 911, red Mt 10 hienri them in the tease-
serimt plaintiff, larrewa, bed emsedhad the whole
d nisi MOM The number et bliss st whisk the mw eon-
dated was 1811. At intarvlows whisk tea phase between the
plated( arddishmktat the dame et 84. a file was distinctly
mad tho isismirei said Hha had mews that U.
wee te be he monk we lam bad des notes. The
plairilt that was the emtwaity am"
Caserarriaed by Kr. Oksiebses Aa show was only
alloyed 4d. per Ms it sighs et any premediage, and he
wed
a law manner. who made the espy at a less sasaesThtle grebe dellendrat, Marrs. Preto* gad Watts, had
bees charged by him far shorpherel where notes at
the nu K had bees received from
Meson. Perron sad Meson. VIIIXIos asemint ell the bill which
Hr. law bed arid these as Wilma. Mr. Braes, the
Umbrage bed been a parner et Merin Farm and Watts.
It mama usoll lately that Kr. Perill bad bra mid there
"long emsdarge nude by the eberbbssi ram The
meson whisk ball km slat la tethers. Park end Watts
INS Wm% was di•••••••i that • grosior air sler et Sabo'
had baseballs& ha lirm were astrellt=thed.
lir. Climbs berbryieglied, Lewd remind alh
Vii.i Ilerati • mehat bribe gistedli tar theme et
111/. dr ewe digi the 1118 Miss
inesaVelgalja Osed Ake be seem em hem law-beck.
the jury erred Si sire the treassaipt.
COURT OF COMMON PLlUJl.—lkrunsa_
Pmais—lnkass Chief Amin ettitned • *MIND a•l7*
Raga e. Assns.—ALLsom rasonwassat liarovsi or
, GOODS TO ?WRNS • DISTIMIS sir tam
be sad Mr. firma mewed tar the plats-
trigiW Willie art Mr. Pataniert were seeneel
he 11•9 ea urea et teem brought by
pleirdetkra= mime of ids iumieure ard reds,
Isitlik Pan" " POW ; • denial et the
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