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London, England, 1807-05-13 00:00:00

POLL.

CANTILIMURT.....THIND D•Y, MONDAY.
ii..ker 689
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Tay Int OS
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I.tistrte•rmi . . • 511
Fatquhar 40

1 ANCASTIM ILLICTION.—SECONI) DA Y•
Mr. Dent . . . 209
Mr. panes . 447. .
Mr. Carthorse • • • 9G9
Mr. boletus . . . 409
The Electors poll by tallies. this accounts let
the numbers being so equal.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

OF KING'S AENCII, yaspuristitaiitits 12..
' Nisi filial, before Lord Cbi,f Justice
k:Ls.snuosocoH.

•MLY V. SMITH, seq.
is seas an attion against Kinnaird Smith, Esq.
ttigh Shea of the County of Surrey, for a
return upon a writ of Furl Foch,.
?sage, for the Plaintiff, stated, that his
t, Met. Elizabeth Amer, was a reer,caame
is the neighbourhood of Westminster, and had
. execution against Mr. Samuel Glover for up.
of 801. for goods and wearing apparel, which
Lel furnished to his-wife, an eminent Aaress
zing to Covent-Garden 'fheatre. At this time
t.:over was a dehior residing within the Rules
king's Bench Prison, and the writ was de.
,d to Grace and Long, two Officers belonging
e S'wriff of Surrey ; when Grace went to eye •
it at the hou which Mt. Glovr ihabited in
.1 row, that gentleman told hiemn the goods
ed to one Winstiuiley, a broker in that neigh-
; and the Officer having also an esecu-
,,..sinet the goods of Winstanley, at the suit of
:!. Robinson; he seized • them, and they
,were
ender diet writ. The Learned Counsel said.
,OelJ, however. thew, beyond all dispute. that
bed been a bone fide sale ham Winstanley to
ver of those goods, previous to any execution
ed, and the aid% of the party was to pram&
clicr.: tram recovering a just and fair demand.
After some evidence as to the iseuieg the warrant
return ;
Upcn the evidence of Mr. Winstanley, it ap-
•ied, ;het he bad made an value! sale of the
.ds in ei,eitioo, to Mr. Clover, who was to pay
them by instalments of one guinea and a half
, week. lie denied. on his cross.eramination,
t::.• ever told the Officer they were his, or De-
vi to Mi. Alcock, his Attorney.
0., the part of the Defendant it was sworn, by
ete, the OfF.cer, that when he went to seise the
nader the execution against Mr. Glover,
amenity was soot for, and decLared, at first, they
'oeged to him; aid afterwards said. they were
,a tact. by him, by a bill of sale, to his creditor,
Mccck, of the Borough.
Mr. Glover was •Cgriil,t and stated, that being
self api isomer tor debt, within the Rules of the
ochr mod dreading executions. he merely hired
e goods from Winstantly, upon these condintions
e Cis to pay him at the rate of one guinea and
half per week, by way of hire, and when the turn
.bunted to suffictent to cover the value of the fur-
e.ee, it WAS then to he considered as payment in
for them. Bat Winstenley negledling to send
an the furniture, etc discontinued pares the in-
let-tits after a few weeks.
Lord Lixettesoaaveit told the Jori, that the
etttiveieedepeoded upon tit* credibility of the
Oncosts, and the- probability of the fweisois stated
them. The question was merely, whether the
s were the property of Winstanley. let oat to
re to Glover ? or whether it was an absolute saleto
lover, for which he was to pay according to the
ems before stated?

[ .
rhe inty, after a shot' consultation, found a /ser-
a I{lr the Plaintiff of GIL 10s. beige the value of
e goods seized.

~..
IDUART V. EDGAR.
This 17.13 an anion for an assault. The Plz,Vitiif
s steward on board an Indiaman, and the De.
ndant was first-mate on board the same ship. It
peared that upon the night of the day stated in
he dt•clatation, on the voyage home, there was a
Oral cooing on, and she Defendant called to the
amtiff tor the shad lights, which the latter cou!sl
.e immediately find, when the Dammam fell upon
, knocked him down, lea2ed upon him, and
-,jured him in rach a way. that a rupture was the
Dsequence.—The Jury found a verdia of 5,01.