The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-01-14 00:00:00

LAZENBY. Widow, IP. NALIATT aid HARDY.

Mr. Scrms?r stated, that the Plaintiff in this
cue was the proprietor soil vendor of an inside of
Ininry, den ttttt hutted "Bonny's MA Saner," vehicle
sees sold iu bottles (Inflow. sizes. and she com-
plained that the Defendants had fraudulently and
deceitfully fixed on bottles of fiah-sauce, never
unaufactured by her, labels imitating throw which
she used, whereby she sustained considerable peen-
sitar, loss. Few articles were better known in the
City of Loudon than " Harvey's Fish Soiree"—
and he spoke emphatidilly of the City of Loudon.
for he believed the praises of this celebrated sauce
bath offers resounded through that hall. on emotions
inflaitely more Idolising than the present. The
Plaintiff; Mrs. Lazenby, was the sister-no-law of
Mr. H y. the well.kuown inventor of this sauce.
He was the owner of a house well-known tin the
North rmid—and. being an excellent conk. bail
brought this MUM to perfection—the secret of ma-
puncturing which he imparted to the present
Plaintiff, and to her alone, as a very considerable
;olefin's. She might at soy time leave sold it for
5,000 goitorteo, bet she preferred keeping it in her
owl; hands. Mrs. Laaeuby reviled in Edward-
street, Portman-square, where, during the life of
Mr. Harvey. she matiefectured and sold this sauce.
The bottles were labelled " Harreg'a Sauce, for
fish. gun.e, woks, 4.e.- prepared frees the original
receipt, by Itlisobeih La:eith:/, N 0.6. Edward-
..srfet, Porininn-srare. None is genrioe sinlrss
signed by me." found :I consideralsle sale fur
iier fish space, but It was tlitteuviartl that a great
litany persons were selling n hat they called "liar-
tey'sSanee," with whom she uii account. The
spurious saner !WA the name. but not the flavour of
that ihr;i geniline—moil the sale of the inferior
titf.cttd the credit of that iu which she dealt.
a:.suped lia.efti;rllieftS 10 be published, in or-
der to put the publ.c on their guard, and to dm-
rover who were the persons who counterfeited her
i.fiel—but the secret W:11• kept very quiet, until au
aecitleist, of a remarkable nature, disclosed the au-
thorn of the fraud. A lad, 13 or 14 years of age,
called nue cloy et Edward-street, and brought a
',umber of engraved labels, sin:i lar to those used by
the Plaintiff; which he said he was directed to leave
,`sere. The Plaintiff looked at them, and inquired
front whom they came I She was informed, that
Mr. Cox, an engraver, had sent them. As Mr. Cox
had never hero employed by her, the circumstance
led to an inquiry. Cox was applied to, and it was
discovered that the Defendants, who were dealers
in pickles. Places, &c. and resided in this city, had
employed him to print the labels in question, which
varied very little from those used by Mrs. Lazenby.
in Mr. Harvey's time. The Learned Gentleman
would endeavour to prove the number of labels
that had been printed, by which the Jury would he
able to furtu *,:ne estimate or the trade that was
carried on in this spurious sauce, anal of the loan
which the Plaintiff oust in consequence base
taiiied. He recollected that Mr. Cox, of Reading,
-hod brosight two actions, in the Court of Excite-
•quer, against persons who had imitated the labels
he affixed .o the bottles containnig his fish-rauce,
in each of which he recovered—:and that leurned
Gentleman confidently anticipttattil that the pr.:.
sent action would be attended with a similar result.
could out speak to the extent of damages which
the case might demand—but lie trusttd the Jury
would go to the outside of whatever might be
proved. Ile then called
Mr. Poiret!, an oilman, who stated, that the re-
ceipt posrriwird by the Plaintill was extremely vale.
able. When be was in partneiship with his bro.
ther, they sold of this sauce annually to the amount
of between '240/. rod 250/. At present he sold
tahout 701. worth per aiiiitun. The label of the
Defendants was evidently an imitation of true of the

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Siiesvin watt. in the year 1812, exporting
clerk to the Defendants. lie never saw any labels
in their house like those exhibited to him. A per-
son of the name of iValtlax mad.: all the sauces fur
the I)efetitlaids. Some of them were labelled
" Harvey's Sauce." The Defendants were, from
time to time, in the habit of purchasing sauce from
Mrs. Lazenby. They sent out mince made by
themselves, labelled " flarvey'a Fish Sauce."
Pettiest' Irons one to fifty gro‘s uric sent out—but
lie could not ante any aptcdic number.
!'roes-examined.—'Tie year after lie left the
Defendants, they became bankrupts ; and, lie be-
lieved, had out curried on the business of oilmen
sitter.
Benjamin Cox, medical bookseller and engraver,
St. Thoinas'4-street, Borough, was acquainted
with 31esros. Hallett mud Hardy. Ile did not re-
(“llret striking off labels inscribed " Harvey's Fist'
Saucy," no NI lor 1812. He did not know what
had becalm: of the plate which Ilallett and !family
sent to him. About two years ago he belicaed lie
'track nil' about 300 labels for " Hardy's ti.itice."
Oo examining his ledger he found the following
Hallett and Hartle--sltering plate, Mid
S!tlkile4 uii %IMO° labels." lie could nut recollect
what die alteration WlN—nor did lie know whether
the t.t,000 mentioned in the entry were struck hunt
the plate havivg " ',trete' Fish Sauce" on it.
Cruss.crauumcd,—lle behertd that the ur ler for