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COURT OF CoIIMOI

MOW, v. Marian
Rircock V. BM_

Buford, gent.v.Harvey
Kasen v. Pierce k so or.
Fick( v.Crowder& anor.

Sittings after Triniti'
mowing Wednesday, ii
Bickford v. Wurn, re.
port anti petition
Rubins v. Curtis, pet.
Esparte Bow Church

Act, petition
Goolding v. Harerfiehl,
petition
F.Nparte St. Catherine's
Hospital, petition
Kass c. Thornton, pet.
Long v. Ire•, repui t

COURT OF KING'S ISENCII, GUILDHALL, JUNE 26.
This day the adjourned sitting after Trinity Perm, for London,
commenced, and Air. Justice LITTLEDALE, who presided for the
Lord Chief Justice. took Common Jury causes.
The following We was the only one worthy of mmtion.

CURTIS AND ANOTHER V. HARDACRE.
This was an action for words spoken. The plaintiffs were respect-
able gunpowder maeutacturers, and the declaration averred that the
defendant had said, of and concerning them, in their trade and busi-
ness, that they had become bankrupts, and that they had failed to
the amount of 40,11001.
Mr. Mesartosro opened the pleadings, and Mr. SCARLETT
stated the plaintiffs' case to the Jury.
illessrs. Curtis and Harvey are gentlemen of great celebrity and
reputation for their manufacture of gunpowder, and the defendant,
Mr. Hordacre, is the agent of a house In which he is also a
partner, who invented the patent percussion caps, for the use of
small arms fired by detonating powder; they are also dealers in
gunpowder. At the time of the great pecuniary panic, in De-
cember, 1826, the defendant was going his rounds to the ens-
turners of his house, when he called on a Mr. Knight, residing in
Suffolk, to receive an order for percussion caps. Mr. Knight cle-
aning to have some cards of a Mr. Joyce, also In the business,
which the defendant said he had at his inn, sent a lad in his employ
with the defendant, to procure the cards. On the way thither the
defendant learned front the lad that the plaintiffs supplied Mr.
Knight with gunpowder ; and he then said, " Well, they will not
supply Mr. Knight much longer, they have failed to the amount
of 40,000/. ; and so well do I know it, that my partners have he t
9,0001. by them, and have got their mills." After this the de.
fendant called upon Mr. Knight, and repeated to him the state-
ment he had made to the lad. The Learned Counsel said that the
Jury must necessarily infer that such a representation, which was
wholly unfounded, was calculated to injure the plaintiffs; but he
should not be able to prove any special damage, as of course any
effect that such a slander could produce was easily rem,,ved
in the course of a week or two. Messrs. Curtis and Harvey,
however, fit it their duty to bring this action ; and the Jr ry
would give such temperate damages as would 'mime the d.feh-
dant to be cautious, before he wantonly trifled with the reputat on of
respectable men.
Mr. Onntresr, for the defendants, now stated that what his
client had said had been undoubtedly misunderstood, if not mis•e-
presented. Messrs. Curtis and Harvey were undoubtedly gentle-
men of the highest respectability and credit ; and Mr. Hardaae
regretted unfeignedly that he had said anything that could be
misconstrued to their prejudice. He did not mean to cast any im-
putation on the credit of the witnesses, who might be called, but
unquestionably they niisun Icesrood that which Mr. Hsrdacre had
said.

Mr. SCAR LET T said that his clients had taken pains to examine
the witnesses in the case; and finding them all consistent in their
story, they felt it due to their reputation to bring the present action.
Their object, however, was not to obtain vindictive damages ; and
as the dribndant had now expressed by his Counsel the regret he
felt, the Learned Counsel would accept a mere nominal verdict.
Verdict fur the plaintiffs—Damages 40s.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MONDAY, JUNE. 2.
Mary Ann Watson was opposed by Mr. M`Douat. on the part
of Mr. James Oifl, son-in-law of the insolvent, a creditor, to the
amount of 415/.

It appeared that the insolvent had administered to the estate and
Oleos of Mrs. 11Iary Mar‘h (the insolvent's mother), who had be-
quea.hed the sum of 1,061 if. to Catherine Watson, the daughter of
the insolvent, payable on the day of her marriage, or when she
attaiced the age of 21 years. It was stated on the part of Gill,
that the insolvent misapplied the. property which came into her
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wli h the opi wing creditor bad I eras exposed by th t
forded stifficient ground to etilTlll... the insolvent r. .tive t.
The (*turn Cora stissrox La said that the Mill twetinn 0:
Act refrrred to a vesatitll3 defence set up by a plaintiff on for,
grounds.
Mr. ill'Efoucd. said he hart been under en impre,.s'or
Court took cognizante of dilatory proceedings in the
Chancery. The insolvent AA conducted the suit., rut •
with a view to the justice of the case, as to involve the •
creditor in unnecessary expense.
The Ctrs Er Coasatissiosma said the Court lia,! ,

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upon such proceedings. The Court could not remand
under the Act of Parliament. though it should be quit.
the insolvent had acted improperly in the manner she hild
the Chancery suit.
The insolvent was in tons quenre discharged.

OLD BAILEY, JUNE DI.

QLUURT.

I Before Alr. S. rgeant Ausinix.l
Thomas Abrahams and J. Reed, both aged 21, were pit to te
bar on a capital indictment, charging them with conimittii
highway robbery upon John Cree, and stealing from his persoi,
hat, rattle be., his property.
The prosecutor, who is a coach mmirg maker in Long sat
stated that nbout midnight on the 27tli of May, he was goirgi,me
down Compton-street, when at tf s corms of Church-pate/IN he
took out his watch to ace whether it was coMect with ti e ;Fuer,'
clock. Five men then came up, and attempted to snateh it a way,
but witness succeeded in putting it inhia pocket. A muffle er.u..l
and he detained Read—the others walked off. Read then cab I
out, " (bite back, and don't let this b—y thief takew.e!" Tin
came back, and knocked witness and his cumpanim down and ton.•
his hat, with which Read ran off. The watch was rafted, art;
Read was taken with the hat in his possession. Wnness 1,3 W
Abrahan.s directly after, at the watch-house door, and knosir.i
him'to be one of the gang, he gave him in custody.
Robert Reeves, the frend of the last witness, confirmed some
material parts of the foregoing statement; but he could not speak
to all the facts, because he stunned by the blow.,
J. Burke, he watchman, produced the hat, and deposed as to
taking the prisoner into custody.
The prisoners made no defence, and
The Jury found them—Guilty—Death.
loefote Alr. Juniee astoron.)
Ellyn Walker, aged 37, and Mai y Ana Gray. aged 37.
indicted for breaking and entering the elivciling-house of Llizsbeq
, White, and stealing 14s. lid. her money.
The prosecute's stated that she lives in a court in Redeem.-
, street. On the 4:h of June instant, ab• ut seven in the morning.
she was at home with two children. kVitness perceived that the
shutter was thrown down and her window open • saw the prisoner
Gray by her tied-side, with the pocket in one hand and the money
in the other ; the money was deposited betweep the pillows when
she went to bed ; the prisoner Walker stood at this time outside,
near the window ; Gray lodged in the second floor of the same
house; it was impossible that the prisoner could have catered ia
any other way than by the window as the door was double locked.
witness said, " I am robbei," Gray said, " If you do not
hold your tongue, I'll knock your b---y cys out."
The officer who apprehended the prisoner found the unt•er
stolen, and a needle-case, the property of the prosecuitis, in her
possession. . . . . .

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The prisoner Walker said, in her defence, she had been locked
out of her lodgings, at hall.past three in the inornirg, sad bhe
Rot in at the window, to ask Mrs. White for Is. lid. she owed
her.

The other prisoner made a similar defence.
Several witnesses were called to character.
Mr. Justice BURROUGII bummed up the evidence, and the
Jury to urned a verdict of Guikv._ _

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Tlumsas Mat's, a watch-case maker, aged 32. was capitally in.
dict:d for trahorously colou•ing 24 countsr eit 'LW lour :ix-
peaces. on the 22d of 111. y.
BOLLAND (with whom •as Mr. LAW) Eared the cue for
the prosecution.
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JOhn Limbrick, an officer of Hatton-xardee, on the 22d of May,
went with another ffict rto James's-court, Golden-lane, St. Luke's
—it aas a quarter befo e eleven at night ; went up stairs and tourd
the room door merely ripen the latch ; saw th r. the prisoner so nl-
ing mar the tire, with hi. shi t s seven up ; took him into custody,
end f. unit ten bad shillings in hi• pocket ; folic of them were tit for
n, they having ban rubbed down. The other ofii.er Men
came tp stairs, end the p• goner said they had no occasion to take
further trouble, as there v ere some n the bed. Kirby, the other
officer. took something from u der the bed c °thee. The prisoner
also po need out some more in a hole. Saw Kirbt nitre a jug with*
chinincy-piece, in which were two count. rfeit shilli Found a
i bit of on in tie fire; i: was then red hot ; the Ir...surer's hards
were Ci ty, b t the tops of his finger were chap.
11-m. thown Edwards went h Limbrick to the prisoner'.
house. TI e c was a cantne and two parts c attuning powder on a
chair near hr bed. He had tried one of the pt wders on a half•
pe ay, which it coloured white like silver ; near the window dare
.4$ a small bottle of aquatortis; the prisoner sa.d " There is the
renetindu ofwitat you want in a hole in the wall at the bed's haul."
Witness pulled aside the bed anti looked there, and found three
shdliegs In the lame state as when they came from the die, and
four sixpences ready for circulation. Witness found whoa piece of
sand-paper, which had been used for rubbing down the coin.
IV. Kirby, also an officer, accempanied the last witnesses. He
turned down the bed-clothes and found nine shillings, which lie-
, peered to have been rubbed and blacked over to take the Wok-
nese oft Witeese also found a jug containing two shillings and
tome water impregnated with cream of tartar, to clean them.
Mr. John Field, inspector of the Mint, said the money was cool.
terfeit. It had been struck with a die, silvered, and rubbed dean
with glass paper, to give it the appearance of having circulated. 1:
had been silvered, not cased. Some of the coils was dirtied with
tallow and the snuff of a candle ; marrow was *cruet inies used, it
being cola more, glutinous nature. One of the two pawdeis was
nitrate of silver, and would colour copper ; die other was cream of
tartar, used to cleanse the coin. The piece of iron produced might
have been used to anneal the coin, to make it ring more like silver.
illr.Atchinson, one of the moneyers of the Mint, proved the win
to be counterfeit.
The prisoner said there was no bad money found on his person,
and there was a young man who lodged with him who must have
secre:ed the c Wm—Guilty- Death.
Chalks Harrison stood indicted for assaulting, on the King's
highway, John Jenkins, and stealiug from hie person 2s. his
moneys.
The prosecutor raid, that on the 27th of last March, he went to
Teddington, and was there about 10 at night, when he started to
go to Hampton Wick ; and when lie had got about a quarter of a
mile, the prisoner rushed out of a hedge and knocked him down.
without saying a word. When he was down, he received dr her a kiek
or a blow fat m a stick in the right side, which produced a 'aritp,
and he was in consequence confined for a week; the prisoner then
put his land into witness's right hand waistcoat-pocket, and took
out 2s. and some halfpence. 11'hilst the prisoner was doing the,
witners saw who it was, and said, " Chalet Harrison. you are
wrong this time, this is the second time—beware of the third." The
p.imner then went away about eight or ten yards, and came bark
again, and said, " Jenkins, are you not going to get up?" Ile
aawered, ti No; I have hadl enough of you, go eta-" lie then
raid, " D—n your eyes, lay there I" and ran away. Witness was
not able to get up for three or four minutes, when he got up std
went cut. At this period he held a noise ahead of him. Witness
ran o 1 as fast as he could, to procure a constable from Harapun
Wick ; but he not being at home, ho went to Kingston, and as tie
was going over the bridge, he passed the prisoner and three or four
more, but said nothing to them ; darn went to the gaoler and told
him what had happened.
Cross-e,xemined by Mr. ROBERTS—Left off work at eight
o'clock, and then went to a public-house with some of his shof
mates, where he remained about an hour, and thank about a
pi It and a halt' of beer. Cannot say exactly that it was not
m re. Was not drunk exactly, nor was be a little up, nor ele-
vated. Left there, and walked about the fair at half-past nice
o'clock, but did not quit Teddiogion till about a quarter past ten.
Mr. RODERTS—Pray, Sir, why did you not, when you saw die
prisoner upon the bridge, lay hold of him, and take your property
from him ?
Witness--Why then he would have sworn a robbery against me.
(Laughter.) 1 was not going to stop bin, upon the highway, that
he sh wild do that.
'I he constable deposed, that in consequence of information re-
ceived, he took the prisoner into custody on the 30th May, upon
the stairs of the New Inn, and told him he wanted him upon a
charge of highway robbery. lie said he knew bl—y well what he
wanted, ann had come on purpose to be taken. lie then teak hist
to another public-house and searched him. Took the prisoner at
Liam fair on the 30th )flay. Witnees lied been on the look out
for him ever since two days after the robbery.
The prisoner made no defence, but called the following wit-
nesses: _ _ .

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Thomas bockyer—Remembers the night of the 27th of Alarrh—
was in liMgaton between ten and eleven, at the Hand end raiser
public-house—Jenkins came in there very tipsy—he said he had
been robbed, but witness saw both his watch and a five shillirg
piece—did not tell WHIM* that he had lobbed him, bur that
Charles Harrison had—Walker, the gaoler, was in the parieta
when Jenkins told his story.
James IlliUts remembers the night in qurstioc—the ptimmer was
In the fair with him front six to ten o'clock, what they went Witt
together—went over Kingaton.bridge with him, about tea miouut
trz...3 after ten—when they got over the bridge they and wtrt
home—did not see any one pars them on the 's was so
dark that any person might do so without his ageing. ,r 1.4 pri.
timer went towards Ids own home, in Kinsale% 'boa they Ws*
rated.
Thomas (Album spoke to the same effect.
George 31111 is also deposed similarly, and further stated that the
prosecutor was very much intoxicated when he saw bile in the fair.
The father of the prisoner said that his son MIA how on the
evening in question es near ten o'clock as possible. il'itncsa
locked the door, and in the morning when he got be found his
son In bed, and the door locked as he left it wet
The CHIEF BARON summed up, and the Joey the I r -
soner Not Guilty.
The Court having got through the MIIVIIIIIIII WWI at thre:
o'clock, adjourned to five o'clock, whoa the Lesion trials pro-
ceeded.

We understand T. Bislt; EA+ bam obtained a leue of
Drury-lane Theatre for fourteen veara.
Pylated at THE BRITISH 101.689 011 a, by J. W. CA ILLTut4. Na. WI,
• Strad, and iubilabed by R. CANNON, same plate.

hands, as executrix of Alarehr, and a Bill in Chancery was
in consequence filed against her by Mr, Call.
' The i• solvent being examined by Mr. 1114300•1. as to the
manner in which she had disposed of the purpetty in question,
said that, in February, 1824, she sold 2001. stock out of the 3 per
Cents., for which purpose she employed a person of the name of
Biddle. She also stated that, about the year 1821, she sold out a
farther sum of 2001. ; but the property in both cases was her own.
She had sold furniture to her daughter, for which the received 011.
She had not paid the legacy of 1,0001. in consequence of expenses
she haul incurred in repairing houses, and in defraying funeral
charges, hut tendered the suns of 8001. to Mr. Gill in payment of
the bequest, which he refused to accept. She attributed her iasol.
!mg to the suit in Chancery. which had been instituted against
her. She had been several times before the Master.
The Cut EV' COMMISSIONER inquired upon what section of the
Act of Parliament Mr. APOotuti kroundstl the line of examination
he was adopting. The Court could not take notice of any Imi-
tations of ft Chancery suit.
Mr. lii'Dotrm. replied, he thought the expense and vexation to