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London, England, 1824-11-13 00:00:00

THE MATTER 07,1/IL4I.ET, A 11ARKRI.:- PT.

Mr. HEALD presented a petition fio•n the es..ignites of the above
bankrupt, praying the Court to grant an injwietion to restrain the
father and brother of the bankrupt from proceeding to sell a farm
which had been the property of the bankrupt, but which they
claimed hr virtue of a bill of sale which had been matte to them
by the benkrnpt, in consideration of a debt of 2,Mt01. said to he due
from him to them. The bankrupt had remained in possession of
the property alive the period of the bankruptcy, and when the
messenger to the Commission went down to demand possession of
it in the name of the assignee.. he found the door of the house fast,
and the bankrupt within, declaring that he would Mow out the
brains of any man whit attempted to molest his property. !infre-
quently, however. the father ant! hrother came forward with their
bill of vale, and were now proceeding with the pale of the pre-
mises ; it was to prevent this from taking place that he now applied
tier An injunction.
The LORD Citastenni.on said that the matter was not within
his jurisdiction, unless the father and brother had praved under the
Cotnitiisaion, he cou'd grant no injunction as against them; they
could only be reached by Mini; a bill against them.
Mr. fiat n requested that he might he allowed to mention it
again, in the meanwhile he would consult with his client.

EN-PARTE WRIGHT.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL applied for an injUnction to re-
atriin a person of the name of /,o e. from receiving any debts on
the aceouut of Wright and Cole who had been In partnership as
attornies. The petit iorer stated that he had been deniecritecesa to
the chambers in which 3lr. Cole was carrying on his practice, and
•hich chambers were ac:ually the properly of 21Ir. V. right.
The Luau Citavcri.l.On did not see how he could interfere,
unless the petitioner also stated that 31r. Cok was receiving the
debts, and applying them to his own separate use.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied that wan the east.
The lair o CHANCELLOR stogiorsted that it would be better that
• short affidavit should be made, detailing some specific fact.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that should be done.
IN Tt'w MATT FI: or SIR GREGORY P. TURNER.

Mr. Putt-11.1)11,Hr applied on behalf of the Committee of Sir
G. I'. Turner, against whom an inquisition of lunacy had ben
found, fur an authority from his Lordship to defend an action that
had been brought against the lunatic ender the following cireann.
stone-s:—ln July, lii" 3, Sir O. P. Turner. who was then in the
King's Bench prison, had become acquainted with a person of the
newt: of Toinkins, in whom he had given his acceptance for 4081.,
payable at six monms after date. The bill was dated in August,
Itt t, and the Jury, by their inquisition in December, 1823, had
found that Sir P. Turner had been in an unsound state of mind
front the Ist of July. 1023, a month before the date of the bill in
question. It ilia not appear that any valuable consideration had
been given for the bill, and when it became due it wu of course
not paid. An action hail been commenced against Sir IL P.
Turner, which his Committe: were then defcndirg; and such was
the despatch of the law proceedings, that they were obliged to
plead before they had an mtportunity of securing the protection of
this Curt in so doing. They had felt i: necesavy to secure such
protection, as Sir Gregme P:.;,-e Turner had traversed the inquisi-
tion. although as yet M. had taken no further steps.
The Loan Cit ASC F:1 I.olS—li is impossible that, in the present
stage of the proceedings, I can grant any authority to the Com-
mittee to proceed in this defence, beceuse if the traverse to the in-
quisition he sticeessU the Committee must inevitably pay the cosu
out of their own p.tclan...

31r. PHI 1.1.1 Ml 3 RE said. ti.at that would he My hard, as they
were merely actitg new with a view of defending the lunatic from
vein„ iinticsed on.
The Loan (711.0icttr.rin fultnr.tt -A that to be very true. yet 1 e
could afford them no relief; he infirm! thought that it would be
very useful to lay sume proposition betnrc Pm:lament, to remedy
stoat 11C1s evidently a detect, as at present there was to limitation
to the right that u lunatic had to traverse su.7!, an inquisition, which
he was of opinion elcrc ought to be.

,
Mr. Pli 11.1.1 mo ar. then stud. thnt the Committee were in a
very unfortunate situ:ditto, es they were rot in a condition to .d.
ranee ore shilling, without the possibility of their being callel
to refund it.

The Lon D ell A xcr Lton seid, that if the irquisition wtre un-
successfully travernd. d•ru he would make en order mat tip ei.m-
mince .hould be reimbursed in ail their expenses; he tuuld go no
further.

VICE-CIIANCLLLOW:i. COURT, FRIDAY, Nor. 12.

Ills HOVOUn WWI occupied the whole of the day in Leming
arguments in cases of no public importance.

COLItT OF KING'S BENCH, FuID►C, Nov. 12.

At the sitting of the Court this morning, considerable time was
consumed in calling over the names of the teseri.l Crand .turns.
Of the Middlesex .turns there ran a full attendance; on vim;
over the other panne!, but fourteen answered to their names; to
these the Court intimated, that should they igrce on what day to
enter on business, care should lie taken that those now absent be in
the meantime again summoned.
IVednrulay was then appointed. Of the abaentees, many who
hati been defaulters on former occasions were severally (wed in the
sum of :Ml and the others 20!. each.

Mr. Jitstice Itavt.r. v then proceed :Al to charge the Middlesex
Jury to the folios; iag Wert:—
Gen:l.:men of the I /tithundreds.—l have observed with consider-
able satisfaction the numerous attendance on your part. and indeed
it is matter of general observation that you, who reside at a dis-
tance, and have a long way to come. are more regular than those
living nearer, so su always to ensure the presence of a greater
number than twenty-three, which ie what the law rsquires.
tlemen, I am not aware that any case of difficulty is to come be-
fore you ; and, indeed, from your having performed this service so
frequently, and from the great mass of information dispersed
throurh you. and I am happy to say, through the entire country,
any advice from nie must he almost unnecestary Any difficulty
that may arise., the officer wilt soh if not, the i'outt will atria:. s
feel happy in rendering any assistance in its power.
Tht Jury then retired.
BENOVTII ADAMS.

Mr. niAZ.:II moved fora rule to chew cause why the verdict
had in this ease tur plaintitf, with .100/. damages, stiouid not be
set aside. and a new trial (;ranted. on the following grounds:
First, misdirection of the Learned Judge t Baron liarrow) before
whom it was tried: second, chiuumluct of one of the Jury ; third.
excessive damages.
It appeared this wet an action or trespass, brought by the
plaintiff against the defendant, for entering his close, and lop-
ping census trees therein growing. To this defendant replied,
that the boughs in question were overleinging his premises. and
obstructing the Frowtit of his corn. Oti the other side it was
all.ged. that no injuiy was done; that with regard to the bought
there was not any overhanging, and with regard to the others,
that they were neertistogiog with lease and licence of defeml-
ant. The misdirection complained of was, that Baron Ostrow
refused to give his opinion as to the leicahty of defendant's
cutting the overha..,,big boughs. iVith regard to excessive da-
mages, it was turd, that the value of the trees, trunk and all, did
not exceed GU; that the brancht !ovoid off were left on the
plaintiff's premises. and were by his Remota talen away; that
about two years ago when both parties were friends, leave was
given to do a similar act to that for Whlcii tiVliap4 were now
sought. arol that, therefore, it se 0s likely that defendant's conduct
was nut malicious, but arose trout a 'instal:co conception of his own
right, or of the Mrmer have. The other ground for the present ap-
plication was, that the Foreman of the Jury. bruise evidence was
gone into, was over; lead by a Juror of. the mime rew. to say,
'• We'll teach those ‘1...4t 110i:ins better eondoct ; they shan't come
here to injure our property.- This evidently alluded to
fentlant. who was a West Indian.
The Luau CRIES' Tier here interrupted the Ltarred Coun-
sel. who was proceeding lib enlarge met the titc:astty of impartiality
in Jurors, by granting the ntle.