The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-17 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTBLLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.—Cienxm, Acorn 14.
(Beim the lid Chid Berea sad Special Juries.)
D.ANIZAT 0. ammorron.
TM wee what is With sa itheryisedar allm the questioa
in Mori Wag whether a ha el eabC•llllollkdby one Jame
Adidas to the Mint wee • valid hanwmi, or whim
it kweileady, la order le delhatatpeent
that nes
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Mr. Book Q.C, and Mr. Nairn woe mid kr
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sad Xr. Heidi. were Ow the delliant.
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Cinnife Dank mid Ails, who wee the
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of him Mee. Upon tit ocuathen he deafly selablithel the
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et beim ems teth and Met be me aeminted with
Adidas en Medi boil with hfe, and was OW emesiated
with • Wen amid ToAmlik. Maid tit ethatly Ware
Jai loth he was emammended by Mr. Path** le mimes
sem to Mir merity at the Imo of his
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me mid Ithethia dem Deemdes tie poemeith
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swath bed pi to Boakthi and he believed
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to de win the tramelles. Ito ad, however, tratioa
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show tbs now upos-AtOtirs house and taneturo, but
he rah* daillaal to hare &Whin to Is with such a
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Wimp Se Amy that a midst bill alma bad bees eseeutel,
sad Old d ths asessommake dirmelides had bees gone
themolt Oat As whoa@ foesiaellmge wen • sham sad s tuck
le &aid lideltsfasea. aid prase him ban reeniving any
bowie Ism the mast la had ehtsinal whim Adkins.
The Cldsf BIM mmemsd vie, sad the jury ator a vic!
short delibassilam, mdfamad a verdirt fur the defundant.

Attar-err 15.
(BAN Bk• Lord Chief Baron end • Special Jury.)
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MAILNETT AMD 112107111111 C. ICISAL.E.

TIM phtihtt to this sedan, Item% Barnett and lobs-
tersr are well known, the former as a dramatic author, and
WWmea an actor end dramatic composer at the Strand
Thoth% and the defendant L aLo well known ss a dramatic
anther. The motion was Looght to mover damages from
the deSseett, for having inserted a notice in the Ere news•
ppm, in which he alleged that s piece about to he produced
at the thread Theatre was • piratical imitation of• work he
had Woolf written, sad the plaintiffs represented that in
coneequence of this nettce they were prevented from taking
advantage of the now Copyright Act, by selling the privilege
of representing their drama to the managers of country
theatres.

Mr. M. Chamber, Q.C., and Mr. Wordsworth, Q.C., ap-
pearedfor the plaintiffs; Mr. E. James, Q.C., Mr. Lush,
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.ud Mr. Prentice, were counsel fur the defendant.
Mr. Cherokee, in opening the case to the jury, described
it as one of conaidersble importance to dramatic authors, and
he then proceeded to state the circumstances under which
the sales was brought. It appeared that, In the beginning
of the year, a piece called " Lee Pauras do Paris" was pro-
duced In nril, which esefted considerable natation, and the
defendant, who is the agent for foreign authors made a
trauslation of this work, and registered it in accordance with
the prOVigolla of the International Copyright Act se his
Pr. The plaintiffs sub.sequently, it appeared, jointly
od another version of the same puce, under the title of
The Pride of Poverty, or the Real Poor of London." and
ft wu offered to Mr. Payne, the manager of the Strand
Theatre, by whom it was accepted, and the piece was an-
nounced for performance the first time on Monday, Feb. 16.
The title of the defendant's piece was " Poverty and
Pride,' and although it was admitted by the plaintiffs
that both the dramas were derived hour the original French
piece, they contended that theirs we* totally different from
the defendiuit'o, and that they only took a general ides of the
(bander of the piece called La l'aurres de Paris, and that
theirs was entitled to be considered as an original produc•
bow. Tho piece of the plaintiffs having bees announced for
performance on the 16th of February, it &Roomed that a
boar* was inserted in the Ere newspaper of the previous
week, which mem is the effort that the piece was a piratical
imitation of the deihmlant's work, and cautioning every one
coneented to abseils from repreending it under the penshy
of disobeying an belosetion from the Court of Chancery. The
notice peel le be signed by Mr. Anneeky, the attorney
fee the-milia • Mg to • leder that we subsequently.
writeas y Mr. lark be hied the/ Mr. Alm** did not
rims the arise Is quelks, bat that in his
fanny he bed Weaned when hie solicitor's name.
The learned eemord ail the the piece was played
open the day lark bathe sermquenes dell the actors being
undo, the dread de vide hest the Lard Chancellor's tipstaff
and mace, they did sr relent hob pests with thtesitti
they otherwise went Wive dims, sad hno 'm doubt inor
• good deal with the swam of the plies. The pt tintiffs were
oleo unable to wed thardves of theroyi.49oll of the CoK-
right Act, wrier which dry were Wlred to rewire • certain
amount for meey WOO het • smeordal piece or played at
• coorty theatre, eerily irrere his, of mania afraid
to drit=atesigssiliss ease hs aster. lest they
NOM with es Court of
Cbsorwrio hem did the he shwa tree brought to
norm aragfe• Ae bed ben mmdersli by the plaintiff
he Ss =Men diem rel, sad there err al.a •
err he the deelseedes der gift; dr dellader with slander;
sad he said be abseil mslisit that dr arlee in question
rZthe right se the piertilis to the plea that was to be
eselid senonated I. Immo to what was milled • slander of
tido, 6,r which the were also ended to damage.
The Lord Chief Bona hero ebserved that to support the
sllegades ef • sham at title, the act meet be dime ma-
liciembr, mod be druid serterly rids that if the perrm
who lir sme • rho es the on. new referred to did so
lag Matt gat werdeelbs belief that the work was • piratical
4WD sr% be 'add not be liable under the count
he elleskrei IWs
Olismebre sill bsslumla seatend that the fans of the
dehrial bererg_ piss/ Idm Mho aey'e same to the notice,
mad mike • him reprommrdea In rehires to the pro-
r Mr mu, woe Mary el malice.
Thelind Chisf IR sheeny/ thr It appeared to him
that
pier
wpm tiers feet whether the plaintiffs'
was ea pier or whether It mat a mere translation
from the

rim soli they had the both la court, sad the de.
lendeaf s verb also, sad they could ail be read, la French
mad Basile. (A leach.) Mae wore Wyse/ea cote to the
Plena play. (Iteartmd laughter.)
The Laid Chief Baron assisted that there could be no
deader of this if a era sated bong ids in the belief that his
Lorlatd bets pissed. Sapper $ person lad a patent
cmese—ailt marrysse obserratioe applies to this
PkilteiztT amid he wee going to state that It
ryeae W $ pates( of this Rely eaterdeseeiglisa,ba was
11117111111j11110111.111 UMW to whim he eurddisted
was hie 4its.
Mr. 1. was then coiled ma a titres. He
&load that he arse one of the plaintiffs to the pre-
sent motion, and by prolamion an solar and dra-
matis father, sad deriag the Lot inr yens le hod
wig= a greet many drama* pleas. He hated et die ghee
beteg prpmt in Paris Wild lA* Pommes do Perla" at Ile
hsgYa Mee resod year, and he and Mr. liesset selm
semisoft wows the dress that was played at abe /be.
Theatre. The Prima work probahly one read labia The
same MUM 1111 time Mama was- The Pride of Poverty, is the
Real Peer of baba. (A asp, of it was hoe predrami and
idealled by the wilmem.) wee the eater el ihe
&imam peedneril Mfaly with Mr. Smelt. bed now
m/d the Tema 0404 and did sot endorsing heath,
bet hlr. bask geniis a weed Iles of the Wan et the
Itrumh gins. He we ale gsdikd by thee metbely, bat
aced ptlashrillg Ikea lie awn °Meisel Mem In the
=it 6111 gime that he wrote. When it wee
the pleas was offered to Mr. Po)ae of
the /em. TWO% wad he so:opted it, and it was
admelbeil for sratenes an Marley, the 10th of
Peltrasey. It was rammed previously end every =MO were
tam at .1 the pear y. It was mamma
to Ihe 1116,111110748 Mai dial of War-
nellis. and Se amide NI maw dams daring the psr-
hrmines. Tile mar hum tinges. He mold not
my whether Mx Boa waifs the It sum. Oa the
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