The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-01-31 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KINO'd BENCH, JAN. 29.
Mr. EA.KINE moved that an Attorney, wilose
name he would for the present conceal, should
the matters of an affidavit. He moved, on
the part .cf a woman, a foreigner, who had be-
come distressed, and expected to be trouLoled b-
her creditors. She applied to a Mr. Tebes to lend
her 'COL which he consented to do she gave
money to her attoraeyt who was to distribute
among her creditors. ritis trust he, however, vio-
lated, and appropriated the money to his own use.
The consequence of this conversion of the rn.or:,s,
was, that one of her creditors threatened to put a'l
execution in her house. Her attorney. persuaded
her, for the protection of her goods, to confess
judgment to a friend of Lis. She •s‘ as credulous
enough to do so—but no sooner had she signed the
warrant of attorney to confess the judgment, than
entered it up, took out an execution, and swept away
the whole of her property. Mr. Easxis-x -
spared the name of the attorney in hopes hi migh
Le able to explain his conduct.
THE KING V. EDWARD HAL 7, r sq.
Mr.CoNST moved against the Defendant, a Mai-. is
trate of Surrey, who had refused to licenc..! a pude-
man to erect a powder mill in the neigi,bourbeod
Guildford, on the ground that justice had bceL, re-
fused him.
Mr. MA RRYAT showed cause against the appli-
cation, upon an affidavit, which stated that milis
had formerly been erected on the same spot, and on
the average two had been blown up every year ; that
one man had been blown to atoms, and that it w:l3
within twenty yards of the public highway, the lives
of his Majesty 's subjects were eudangered.
Lord br.rxrizottoudit observed, that people
silould Ii t one with such weak cases ; and wac

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opinion the Magisiette ha. 4 exercised a very sound
discretion.

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Tilt KING O. WATIRHOVSe.

The lkfendant was brought up for judgrutnt,
h tvin..; been conviLted at Cie last Essex Assizes of
wilful and corrupt perj,:ry. It became material that
he should b' examined in an action brought by his
brother, William Waterhouse, against Skinner, for
anon-performance al- contract, when he svxre that
five quarters of oats delivered by Skinuer wa'; a dc-
livery on account of his brother's contract, and not a
private delivery fur himself; and further, that he
had never bought at any time five quarters of oats
of Mr. Skinner. Ili% however, was contradicted
by two credi.ile witnesses, who or:t only proved the
order, but the delivery at the Dciendanes stable in
Stratford.
Mr. Justice Gaosx, in passing judgment, ob-
set red, that the crime of perjury struck at the very
root of justice, civil Cr Clirrlllt4l-.that no man's life
or property could be secure, if it was passed over
wrath indifference, and therefore it was the more ne-
tessary that the Court should endeavonr-to stem the
torrent of corruption, by making a fit and proper
eLample of those who should be found guilty of an
offence'ef such magnitude and evil tendency, he
therefore erdcred and adjudged that he, Richard
Waterhouse, simuld be imprisoned in the county gaol
of Cheinuford for two years !

POLICE.

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