The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-05-22 00:00:00

. -
LAN/ *VOTSALIGEIGCS...

COURT OF KING'sIIENcII; Wastages:re,
...—.
stoop at Nisi Prim Mfrs bed Chief Artie* E
1101100611.
TTANS. MILIUIV, T. TOMLINSON. '
This was an actitm brought re,:iiiest the Defend-
ant, Tomlinson, commonly. tittle') iilejoe, to .reco►
vet the suiu of 1001. state," to have been lent to
him by the Plaiatiff. Toi raise t:te money, .the
Plaintiff( mold o.f the chief Part of her forniture,
and•pot• herseif to great inenavviiitace, olthough
the deleualatist Wl* denied the ilehLaitaget!:er.
Al*ry Casalet, deposed she are in the Plauttifrr
house, when she demanded the amount of her delse•
front. the Defesdaut. The . Defendnrt aeltaws-
[edged it, aliJ denied it at the same time. and
intreated the witness, Ily the common Lend of
frieloiship. they tieing from the same enuntry,
ne uely. Irel.ind, not to go against him. , It ap-
peared also in evidene,•, that the Manila threat-
eur.l the Defendant with legal proceedings us case
he did not discharge the debt, to which the De-
fendant replied, that if she had patience lie would
pay her. If she would not consent to.this, she had
no head-writing to abew for it, and could not re-
latver it. .
Ilevenin, a Sheriff's Officer, deposed, that when
he herd the I)efendaiit in custody, he eekilowiecigej-
he was iiiiidhted to the Plaintiff iu the sum of one
Iniintrell Howl*hi 11-!rPlaintiff's case dosed.
Mr. GA. aow, Counsel fur the Defendant, ani-
madverted n the nature of the evidence before the
Court anal, ry, which he reweseuteti at the Walt
iiiram;e All lu•lierous • story he had ever heard:
•It a :is prifecilyan Irish story. Mary Cisslet gave
evidence of latts directly opposite, as having talven
race sit one 4al the amine time, that hr, the De-
esid.lat, 44/114,1624 ti e debt, and denied it,. end
celled upon he. by the most forcible intreaties, to
keep the ciresrustatice a secret The certainly
mast Lave hiss' an Irish way to keep a secret, tirst
to proclaim its publikity, Unit then entreat sevrevy.
It was 'grange qi4t it hail been hirgotten to he trod
bow the aelimiannice between die Ian-ties lied ors-
' ghosted ; but h , would lay't before the luny; and
unravel the my; :ay: 'llie•Vliiintsili was one day
passing over 11' iiiiiister-Ilrirtge, Wheal the Plain-
tiff was pushed' in,taiiist to a very rude manner
by a man. MajorToitilinsois, the Delciiilast. paw,-
lax at the time, with that assiduity and politeness
which hes ever been the characteristic of the coun-
try, protected the Plaintiff.
The Mahal& being, in her own imagination, nut
lon old to receive the attentiotie of an Irish Major,
in:ited die Defendant to her house, awl, probably,
if a LI dance of account was struck between her:mil
the Irish Major. it would he fawn' that he had
given her Annul for. Pound. In fact, it appeared,
that this lady persuaded herself that the Defendant
was in love with her, and, being ha/wined by some
in ilicious'Person, that the Defendant was going to
marry some other finaule. an iponotir she designed
for bersetf, rage seeeeriled love.. which was no un•
CIIMMOII {crusty amongst women. This was the
tine cause of the present action. Ile thee called
the evidence on the part cif the Defenthrot.
Two Witnesses deposed. thatelicy neat, in com-
• pany with the Major, at a taaa when he 'NA" in a
Cate of outoskation. to ask the Plaintiff a Nether
Stied qe hail not circulated a report that, be, the
sier, we, Indebted to her in IMO. The Defend-
s, .however, npou. this occasion, evinced Isis
ash politegme and insinuetivia. for. by pellet
dress, &c'. he succeeded in Ina efforts to prevent
he snaking a repl:, and the %Vita...ate coustrued
' he silence into a denial of the revert.
Lrird ELtaattottonhe observed to the Jury. that
the debt- was not disproved; he, consequently.
thought the case sufficiently clear, without re-
quiring from hint any farther oliseriatiou.
'the Jury. Without hesitatioa, gave 'a verdict for
the 'laintilf,lool.

AT

.1111 SO.