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the °kite awhich was to prevent fraudulent transfers of property
no the pan of tinalvents. This was a case of importance, notionly
to the parses, but also to the public. Ile did nut think that the de-
tention ti •al made out any case. The mad important witness was
the pones Slither; and he heel admitted, that the bankrupt and
hie tensity Ind been supported from the till from the 30th April
to the 3uth 311 y. The ntgliga net of the blierifrn often who wan
puist‘sinn, %belted that it vr.sa &friendly execution he did nut
ryea sleep in the hone. Outer all the circumstances, lie thought
sbeJery would be of opinion that the plaintiff wan entitled to their
•rnint. If they thought otherw'ese, he should nay, as he always
stud. that when a Special Jury. so intelligent as the one be was ail-
onside/, diffrred Item him, they were right and he was wrong.
Vernet lot the plaintiff—Damages 4144
ALLAStin n. lILWMAN•
eVir. timpani Pete, in stating the pbtiutirn case to the Jury,
tokentad them that the 4140in:en' wan a hackney-man, resod-
roc tit Wpm-street. arul the plaintiff wan a tinge-each pro.
pir.tuT an Cemberwell. The plaintiff anti his wife and son had
Lam to Epsom Macre ia the year line, and on returning in a chain
tart they were run down by a barouche belonging:to the defendant.
oust 41.1Sces by one eel his servants;
Therethe barmache id the time rain-
'Aug a awes with a poet-chaise. had Wen a forma action
brought by the plaintiff against Mr. roister, the owner of the other a
i.arriage, iaf will& 'be gained UAL damages but they in a very
inualtdenee compenrated the plaintiff hue the loss he had sustain-
ed ; and he submitted that it was open to his Client. the defendant
ha. ing pleaded the general Own, to bring the present action.
Mr. e.cretes-.t VAttlitten, few the defence, contended that the
plaintiff' having male his election as to the party he would sue,
could not too puteetil with kis action coinst his Client, Mr.
Newnan. •
rue JUNTKE was doubtful apes that
ran t, in
vosuesmenee'or the pleading, but he thought the cense better
inneecii, and then be should be better able to juke.
Mn. Svig.ant %nCcn,n,i 'aid, that his learned Brother(Pen)
would h.* tic able to Wag home the owatetehlp of the hones us ;
v. 4 _Mtge githepdetends,t.
Mr. Pier :Aped PPLt. thought that he should be distinctly able to
prikevits led called--
ltrine—l know Mr. NeWlinin. I have had a corneas-
tiotit Mr.. Newman about the accident. I was clause by at the
hereof Grepornltiao I here heated )Ir. Newman nay that the
karma were not his. I know a person of the name of Cullen. I I
have helinlyhe bones belonged to him. I don't know who were
in the barracbs.
ksoitief Kvesin—l am lllr. Newman's ostler, and remember the
{prig Knees oC Inn. Ile hod • great many benne went les
n. I ain't know that my master had any hones of Mr. Cul-
-1 a; at:hose tats.
)Ir. Thomas Holier! (son of .Mr. Justice Hofroyd) sword..-1
enr• at Epson) Races in 1813. I went in abarouclie with two other
tivartenun. I did not hire the harmune, neithei do I know to
wrong kor the horses belonged. I saw tbe chaise cart of the plain-
l'..l upnut by a posoahaise, when the barouche was several hundred
yaldsk behind it.
Ilis l.ordshtp here observed, that he thought his brother Pell
nest -have had enough of it, Hod the Learned Serjeant consented
tote called.—Plaintiff non-mitts& •
GREEK Lre.lN.
COMTESSE to kosutices.
This was an action of inner, brought to Mosel' the amount of a
eitialish bond, yalue 4.2301. which the plaintiff had holgod io she
defe.olant's hands; to guarantee the expense of raising a loan for
It, *retire of Cynic's, anal which the defendant had been auployed
to liecocl tic by 1 iencrtl Ile Went:' one of the Greek deputies in
this emote,. Taw defendmn not Awing succeeded in inventing
alas loan, tuaninheal a hall of espresso that he had incurred in the
ihhequit, mine:fluffy ftr salvretinements and engraving, arnounUhg
lit.. *hint the plaintiff agreed to pay but the defetulant
rellisrl to ildirer up the bond, unless lie wan ollOwed a commissio n.
which th • plentiffstfuned. The facts of the case were proved by
31 r. INA, the plaintiff's attnen,/, and General Ge ireitz. The
value of the Wad was admitted to be ant
fleshly, dexter their lordships' direction, found a verdict for
the vigilant, damages 4141. 10s. being the difference between the
value of the bend and dm plaintira espeases.

COURT Of AD3IIRALTY. Tussixtr,Juis

11111; itsilitCoraT, ciirTAIN JAMES MAHON.
Lord STOwitt. delivered his judgment in this case.—This am
a complaint wade by John Thompson, a ohm of colour, who was
hifod by Captain James Mahon to serve oa board the Agincourt
in'lti.t, on a retwen voyage to England from the E-.st Indies,
charging the captain with certain acts of opprosion and violence
darn.. the voyage. ale of duns acts being Ms dismissal from the
situatlon whkh lie held as aids. Mid compelling him to do the
duty of a common mariner. au deptain states that he hired
'Thaslapsoti to *arm bib as cook and mariner. It appeared that
toe slap'. ankle., to which Thompson bad only affixed his mark,
wire in the hand. of the captain, and Thompson said that they
sea :levee reed over to him, nor did he ever understand be was
to:bo employed ass common mariner. The captain denied this i
but Oen tha.4.;ourt considered the loose manner in which these
coehratts art' entered into, the probability is, as Thompsou could
111.4 sail, th .t tit. articleswere not read to hint. Of the acts a
cialp charged against the captain, the moat material was au
:he Litt, of July, IBM.. lt is true that the masters have the means
Vs Oiallitsj de_iipquont mariners, but it was a inciter of inquiry
too It Alt that pAChlbUltnt was effected. It was a baud ot
it
regrei that crest was no' white regulating the puni.lonevn in the
inahhant service, mid t . fore thr ('wartmust he guided in a
iFitat measure by the de ons iu courts of law. It has busts laid
doltfl that masters do istss.sss the lowa of chastising delinquent
rnkiners above misconduct. were at Oa so, might endanger the
liVka of the persons on board . but the punishment should be
ad rya apportioned to the chruitistanten of the case, and with
rercithie to the ofiktice a munitted. rftrious, however, to the
purlithntent, inquiry ought to be instituted, so that the party cont.
p4inel of might be heard to defence; that was an indispensable
✓ule of unittnisi ,fustier. There were, however, caws where
pomilotnerts and decoion only coald operate effectually. Ou board
alAistetutlia Company's chips an Inquiry is always instituted,
Alb ahrle.to be in all shays. On the Bth of July, 111:13, a
at tank place between Thompson and a man nomad Burgess,
hiraltlattint Cet.V. Burgess complained to the Captain, whose
batintlen duty h was to examine into the affair, but this was not
done; the COMALlint was believed, and Thompson was Hogged for
ail This was a violent departure from the rule ni dispensing jus-
t.' The Captain. beat him in a most injurious wanner; sod,
cv ito the consultation of any officer, he aftetwanis made hint
1 li; Z: 4=Ctlfg"to.ken , 'tinidaCreuunitneasbuuuLPutrilr charactermen4la which Jac
~,, Pe. le then directed the surgeon to attend his wounds; and
tilou;Geoit has deposed, that Thompson was confined bon his
is 4 y', . conseivience of those wounds. for several days. Now the
f . p chi neigh:adult of thc quarrel turned nut to be this: that
N
'Us', with wto subordinate to Thomoion, washed a quantity
of pee hp dirty water, thr whi:h Thompson reproved him,
sit ok, ocutife took place. keen supposing that Thompson had
buts& nistrass, it would hays been a Just chastisement, and this
i,fta Ilutt the Captain could not have inquired into the all'air,
ire he would have (brown the punishment upon Buz.
j theStiptain therefore exercised his authority in an unjust
a nte. pie Captain asserted that Thompson able a mutinous
;vonlizty meson sad it was ncc.asary to put him ill iron.,
11 ~. ' Aerie he afterna'rds broke, and threw into the sea. The at.
%Atilt, OS Vt4Yed. was dilrelsitit ; it was, that the Captain flew into •
Karat pool,* and, *Wept any just =use, ordered him into into* ;
tijiiitilisetpxp tigt:ti. to wrri this duty devolved, was intoxicated.
the bens, and Thompson easily regained his
liiiArty,. but airketly knew what became of the irons. This was I
otaftpd as an set ot mutiny; bet het land Stowell) conceived there
war **Piing of that nature In it. It was said Thompson *astir very i
intitinaus behaviout ; that was teFieral charge. and had failed in
ti: A rOof. Thompson sass also rged to have committed ank-
h Madras, to release hint rout which Captain Mabun bad
! Lame money. The fart as proved was, that a dispute took
pia* bottom sliiiii and another seaman about some clothes, which i
w liiVed by Tbouipston's paying il., which the Captain ad.
v;
MC to him, and was to be reimbursed out of has wages.'
Ans:her 'charge apinst Thompson, as a justification of the'
Captsia's conduct, was, that he had deserted. From the esti-
114st ft appeared, that when they arrived at the Isle of Franco
peon id le ad the passengers west en alter: and getting
. and: manned ars'
a . 'fins was what the ..p,. * . . Avery stintsi
sonr
as not the piece ix& s von to enclose himself by deserting. !
I : a oinefol review of adl the cimuntstances, his Lord.hip saA.,
I yip's of upt11666 that Thompson had aped quite rit;tit in appeal.
h.; to the laws of Mi country for protection ; for, besides the est-
,. nee un M.. behalf, the witne.ses ..n the other side stated that the
t 41pNin tv.i. a tioni passionate own, and one who watts receive no
asiv,,er ; be frequently used the moo horrid rapt:Lotions to the
ratty, and on one neevation in particular, his general character mum
*rt a•en Italian', front a mean:stance that ore:correct : an infirm
gpdiencan tan officer in the Company's strvicel. with his wife, were
gosse:crer. 041 hintrit ; one day he was sitting iii the cudtly ; tie sun
reEdeted no powerfully on his eyes, which were very weak, that he
it offdgei to go to ttis own cabin. lie sent to the mid, for a
o oof tea, winch was refused, and shoo asking the Captain the
rmare of it, he stkeivol the most violent .Luse, and was or Bred 6:e-
'er. aura *sifter would justify almost any suspicions. The next
111147110 n W.., what renntneration ought Thompson to receive? 1::
lief laid hi. damages at MN. a roan wbieh et:vainly was too lirge„
hut, In "Edit to mark the sense of the Caurt at such a stretch of
a..&arity, ie. well as to deter others from so conducting them-
:set:Ns, tutu Lordship condemned Oh: Ciptrin in the tutu of WO!.
arc( cdsts.
____

I 411111,1/)..)1T DEBTOIN' CO!' RT, TuvrnAr, LT 13.

fierviaorien e.ings came up to claim his discharge, which no ere-
aptcat to oppose.
Jigig pnwlyrr. the keeper of the New Rebtor.s' l'rison, said that
tin • irisolvicv kid wen her a ler.:Tth tN Cnie in his cestutly, at the
to P'l'.o had tent hlm his discharge immediately on 1
ei d 0: his appliration to Court fur relief. The insolvent mill re
"nisi his pcamier, as it would appear the plaintiff had nut paid
she Atte le.:,
off: Catrniksioner Micas; said that it was dealiateas a frauds-
lett trkekarge, and given with a view to harass the huelvait •
Let to *Atoll invented in xatstudy he was delved matt to thei
Lei* Which he prayeal...

.I.IIIE I'ATAI. COFENIIAGEN FIELDS.—The
triat of the &teemed Siunit is out dead, as reportva in the
Oly Papers 11* is, besimuor, in a very bait state, sad has as.
duaisne amputation at the Will.cier, to prevent ununslinsvametiiiebv
tisi. It pall 5,101431 to as Mumma stilt. Our report at Au
•'elook last wrewitia stated hilll to be dive but his life very wear-
- 1I max is Henry Beatick, aryl not Muria. as Ware
fleetriqutet on Smith will take place this day. The as.
lye obacuuded.

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