The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-15 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.—YEstEaDO'

BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ•, ITIP01114c0141(0
ACTIONS FOR SMALL SUM IN THE CoUral, stteeLif
During an early period of the day his Honour said t"01/frich
had been called to a statement which appeared in the
is 11,1" for
of that morning, which, as it referred to the me": to es.A" te
the business of that court was conducted, oPPeare-,•oferr7ro4
some remark. A portion of the statement which -cousiustiii
himself personally he should not refer to at all, as haneee.s.icu,
that a man who occupied a public position wasonstru;o°
exposed
.to observation, and even to probable mit, ohs,e,ree
As the other portion of the statement contained se'-"aile ee'crt,
tions and assertions which reflected to a conside! totcarsrt,
upon the mode in which justice was administ, red Too sate •
it would be very improper if he wore not to corret ere'lcott;
Such assertions, made in a public newspaper, ','see Ptra
wrong impression upon the public mind if they the The
tra.dietod, and therefore it was only right to alloy
that paper an opportunity of setting the mattelle'sd the
statements he referred to appeared under the 'o thsbilet
Debts in the County Court." It was quite of 011$ the
County Courts were institured for the purrs° s!ities
small tradesmen and others to recover small debts, difoeidhts
statement referred to conveyed the idea that seine the itt
were interposed in the way of maintaining tbs,4ote°
of parties in cases involving small amonn.:o
required to be corrected. County Courts were i°dose 041
for aiding the poor man and the labourer 10 e.,nitty's the
just rights, as well as those of greater rarlniatilt, of
more seeming importance. The recent act for the I)°,::sbilt
practice in these courts, conferred on bin) cerainsaeo
directing small debt, or debts, of any amount,eon be l•
there was no dispute as to the matter at issue, t:Dellt 'feted
the clerk down stairs. That mode of arrang;nhit,%scriwic
resolved to encourage, as far as he could, inns:: 3,3"-f
one calculated to save expense to both Par t'-lifi.e9rdr-h
not, however, any party down stairs to settle or l''ff
_„tsin was
yaoA
about which there was the slightest dist); tufs',oo
recommended to be settled out of court, bau_Lbieh -eats
such as wore admitted by the defendant, or to w, in Ct. saltine
not the slightest ground of defence. The sactiljtePat °.f et beet°
ee sTfiwhxeaesds nearly Judge
db gy t
of
feo one-half—the
aghtua llofar—t
oatnni igyo
whichoext
uaecrt
he
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au,:ocht
cow 006 'Pe
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low--.absfar less ought he to encourage—litigan? it of sill
were brought forward only for the gratificatioto the
jge
feeling, or where the litigation could only lea The /6.4. sn,ha
public time and the infliction of expense. for 6:l;yt
bound to discountenance actions brought thing frbtt
purposes ; and ho considered it a fortunateolOb „ so• sirdto
s'
recent act conferred upon him the power f d
„oat the 07,
was another class of cases in which, apart "that a 'pito.
advantages, it was of great importance id
settlement, instead of a public one, 811"ef resPedeopittl,
He alluded to cases where pollens tion ni.
the claims made upon them,
pressed by difficulties, and without ally intend to ninilliteletirti
0'
gence of time to enable them to pay what th,,b milt
owing. Ho had frequently been, himself,crenv'idont 00;dsts
had witnessed with deep regret, the pain a 11044 a ofrrrt
manifested by parties so circumstanced, w" „tog
were necessitate
acituotea,
in open court, and before a large assembly ewl,F,oll ban I;lietiel!
tive of their family and individual miseries,isnt sots
b s severe onia
them into their present difficulties• riptien vPn of
bi
could now be avoided. Cases of that dese_ithout
be arranged in private before the clerk, " That n,
to cases in fo con it in
settlement, however, did not refer ,
ts. °n tho °ler ad
even the slightest dispute as to the
merit° those sr iris,
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exposure or any undue laceration of feeling!.
which triv-torfr
he had frequently, as was well known
tit,__e orest t
the habit of attending that court, a :cri not
_l3ov;g
expended much time, in trying cases o,olo7tens.;
remarks, he declared that he was detesraravien
the monelwitheflo
litigation; when doing so would
halt a crown was the sum in dispute.
ectahle Fr,scfsice. _or
gents, and spare the feelings of res
P eubstantiat jo
in any degree, impeding the course of, „de it distir:s: ghich
determine disco of 104
expressed a hope that ho abo re!'" 101_ to
to all parties who heard him, that he wcsnAcration;l . sb °ha
every attention to cases which required
uesticsel ho the
every site-
should enable him to dispense such
oi ihiceurage, to 0 ttioo
dispense ; and on the other hand t "
ttetni,t Iv the Pa the
means placed within his power every
money
money 0. in to
interested. We understand that in the
sholiogeto_to
cessarily the time of the court, and O
case „ferrous but
cro
Mercury, the action was brought for
_ll.,,eivu‘s,, a°d
judgment given was only for one
the
ILleolict.
awarded to an amount just equal to