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first eleven years tels. on acre, bat for the SubINO
(merit term 30s. an acre,
Richard Jones. the fennel in possession at the pee
rival in question, stated, that lie took the estate
of Mrs. Bonnie in the opting of 1811. Reinert:.
bereft the Defentlunt'e colon% to the farm tit the
cants v. ivinutsts. k latter eurl of April 1814, to make his emery. He
The Plaintiff in this case is a gentlemen of pro• arrived between ten mud eleven in the mornisig,
party. who, in consequence of a report of the De• nod went away again about the some boor the next
fondant. who is a land soryeyor, had been induced I
morning. Since then, had root seen Defendant
to adssuce a large stun 4 money in perrhase of an until July lasts when he wal "bedioeli as •
outwits. on the seventy iir ,state. TIP, witness nil this trial. Dotting that interval I,e
e.r.iie tomer: out to be of much less than re- never had an commonicatiou 'Oh the Defeo-
part ,o 1 by the 13efetalknt, unit dab risintiff now doubt whatever. When Defendant came to survey
Nought to recover 4 Isiiri ireneserisotosi in da- the estate, he employed himself in louking over the
ranges for the lose he had thereby susiailibil. lamb, siml inskilig his eels:astir-ins, from the leo-
maul of his arrival until a late hour lit the evening.
Mr. SCARLETT bird Mr. I:UREY for the
with the exception of meal-time. Defendant spoke
tiff ; und Mr. Serjeant Pet:. and Mr. MIRRYATI
for the defeince. rally generally of the dranieste. The height of the
lands ,111 fifteen tees above theses.
Mr. SCARLETT, in his opeoino 'speech, detailed
Vross-rramirse I.—Witwess gave the Defendant
the circurnstatiees of the c.ae. The Plaintiff had
all the iislorrostion in his power reseectine the
been applied to by a Mra. I; ~,, nie, to purchase all
estate, and the CSlClllaliCal Of it, value. tic never re.
Atonally of her, and she stateci that she had to offer
crowed a shillitio of the maney prod by the Plaintiff ;
as a security an estate, situate lies? !Market Deephig,
but lie admitod that Mrs. Lisburne had lent lons
in Liiscolnshire, called 1) •e This estate
I tb,Ooo/. which otos ',art of the very money in (141t25.
was described to be let to Richard Jones, P,sq. On
• In a month afterwards he repaid her
lease of ,21 years, of which in were then unexpired, tin"'
3
awl at a yearly rent of 1,7201. Io sossequeoce Cie ,3631. 15s. unit with the remainder he eac-
h irked in mere:set:le concerns ou los own account,
Plaintiff applied to his solicitor to 111.1ke the nor
to the hlrdilertaoerto, where he remained for twelve
inquiries, and the 'solicitor employed the Defendsio
Toombs. He 11,1 I stove tennittrii two cargoes to
to make a survey of the estate. His trivet, of ter
Mrs. Bowie.. whi:ll he cons:its-reit wnnld cov, r
having surveyed it, was, that he croiridered it very
Notaithstaissli.e.: which this lady hart
favourably circitinstaticed, and well worth the essit d'ln•
lately osken taw benefit if the I ,solvent Act. Whril
at which it was Owl' let, viz. 1.720/. Soon afire•
he left the las in room' his mercatittle adseliturea, he.
however, Jones, the tenant, was outride to o :
left Tottilatit. use 4.1 the other e.itoe,rca, to laatse4l
he quitted the estate. Ilia the stack rirnn it was
in.tifficient to pay thz "wear of rent. The placerit' ,a'``‘ him 19111. fur That
1""1""e"
afterwards retuainsd fat 141"1 time hard put the l-list reason nit
and when at last a tetsunt was found, net snore Oise "" hl° he'll.'" 11"
4801. a year could be atomised for it, instead of the isl ebtli the trans:views ht.-Lovett hruistlt and Mr-.
11,790/. Mr. S. conc4oled by übserving, that it was lii
a too colonial' practice with persutis having estates Mr. SCARI.ETT then eildressed the Jury in reply.
to sell, to out in a tenant at an
der Ile admitted that die ,-tendons ‘%it. bee.
der which the vale is made at a propoolimately upon the evidelice, flibiro ally impuh,i ion of fraud
high price, mid the purchalser thus hecome* gnat Or corrupt conduct ; but, to p”trit uf law, lie cm.-
sufferer. Ile roust say. that the eimsfact tended that he we, liable to tar. Plato:of for thebloas
Defendant in this cosi: woe, at least, extremely the Litter sol`latovd I.y tins trail'allibil• the
negligent, ir it did nut deserve a more gloss con- p amount or 9,0991. to consequence of his (the De-
sift:coon. fendent's) negligence elect matteution to the ire.
t, rests of his employer.
r. GURNEY called a number of witnesses in
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support of the statement. The Ciller Juvrice, itsomminig up the CANE
to the Jury, thought dim the Solicitor, upon whom,
The Solicitor to the Plaintiff deposed, diet lie
observations had been made, hail. ay.:victims to the
employed Mr. Wiggins, the defendant, to make so
evidence, acted fairly Had lioneurstiriy toward. his
survey of the estate, and in consequence of his very
client, who could seek redress ega.not the person wt.()
favourable report, the Plaintiff eilvemed the sum
alone had led him into the error by raids lie had ens
of 140751.; 4,0001. of which was applied to Pay grievously suffered. He culiciirred tiie admission
off the previous mortgage on the estate in queetion,
that had betel made of Ile. Defendant's innocence
and the remainder wise paid over to Mrs. Bonnie,
wl sorest
>t frUldWrtit ilitriation ; but to Iloilo
for an annuity of 1,359/. upon three lives. 1 his
of liw his Liedship do:tight him liable for his lie-
was in the early part of 18, and in the followlier
gligence and inattention. to ouch an amnesic as the
year Jon 0 °
es the tenant failecf.• ciicnmstances of the cite would Warrs...t the Jury
This witness was cross-examisterl by Mr. Serjeant
PELL.—Witness had employed the Defendant iu "(hug'
The Jure found for the Plaintiff--datnagss S.x.
a surveyor several dines before this transaction, but
Thousand Pounds.
always at the recommendation of some client. He
paid Defendant only 90 guineas for makisig this
survey, and that not till two yews after. Ile did
not know that the Defendant was away from town
only two sights and • day in making this survey.
He believed its distance from town was upwards
of ninety tulles. He did not ask the Defendant
what mode he had taken to ascertain the value of
the estate ; he merely told hint lie Mast make his
report in writing. He could not swear did he had
not asked him limy long lie was *6OO it. The
Plaintiff in the present case had not commeitced
an action against witness upon this transaction. A
number of eminent surveyors described the land
to lie worth not more than 17s. per acme, or about
4801. per year, at the time )ones held it at 1,720/.
Mr. John Mossop. the present tenant, deposed,
that at the time of the trausact lts 1814, the
land was not worth more than air acre, mud its
utmost value at the present moinesst vas 17s. per
acre.
Mr. Serjeant Pete, for the defence, contended
that it appeared in evidence his client was utterly
wiknown to the parties said to be benefited in this
transaction, and therefore the ins• idiot' of his
Learned Friend about fictitious rents and col-
lusive fraud, must fill to the ground ; their own
evidence having proved his entire innocence of that
part of the charge. With respect to the Plaintiff,
he believed him to he a highly respectable man, but
he had never met with one who had manifested a
greater want of prudence. Would it he believed
that any man would advance a sum of pearly
15,000/. upon only 562 acres of fen-laud, and on
which he knew there was a previous encumbrance
by mortgage of between 4 and 5,0001.? The Plain-
tiff's own Solicitor it was who introduced the De-
fendant to him. and there was a time when the
Plaintiff thought that Solicitor liable to a process
for his share in the business. The threatened pro-
ceeding, however, fell to the ground, probably from
a conviction that the Solicitor had no share whatever
in the valuation. After a very able address to the
Jury, the Learned Serjeant proceeded to call the
following witnesses :--
/George Mill stated, that he had occupied the farm
in question from 1810 to 1813, at the animal resit
of 1,3001. Land ill Deepilig Fena during that
time fetched generally at the rate of from two gui-
MOS to 56e. per acre.
On his cross-ezeusitiation he stated, that after he
quitted the farm he had been informed that Mrs.
Hearne was about to dispose of the estate at the
time he entered upon it. , person named Jones
succeeded hits' in the farm. I),;itliebe was no parti-
cular friend of Jones's. but be was acquainted with
him. Witness had taut about 4001. by drafts to
Mrs. BOOM,. of which there was about 100/. how
sawing to him.
Mr. Henry de Brune stated, that in the year
.11111 lauds its beeping Feun were worth tau guineas
acre, exclusive of drainage taxes. In the year
Mips witness was desired by a gentleman to make
an offer of 4,,00131. for the farm in question, but it
wassefused as isisulEcient.
Mr. Settree, the Solicitor. stated, that in 1814,
he was instructed to prepare a lease of the farm sib
queation, between Mrs. Mourne and Mr. Jones ;
and at the time he believed it to be a g.amine pima('
jide transaction.
Mr. Topham. a farmer, pccupyiug 210 acres in
the Desping Fenny, stonily that Ilia farm was with-
in ball as mile attic estate iwinestiou, and during
twenty years' occupatiou oftti, be rind Lur the

LAIF INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OP WING'S 11111401, GunoNALts

b4TusoliT. 14110 ART 9.

THE KING c. DR. STODDART, QUIN, and ,
sturcum.r..
Mr. Hunt addressed the i...iiittrt, by staring that
he was the Prt.seentiir in th'is cans-, and anew:lei!
for the purpose of makiog a mons,' up.in the
subject.
Lord C. J. ABBOTT—" Sir, !!•iii cause is not
bcfote the Court ; the Jury ate %word, and it you
have any thing to say too rout take a proper no-
poitunny to do it." Upon which Mr. Hunt with-
drew, and ottentled in the Court ogrio about three
o'clock, when 11'1s Lord..hip was summing op iii
the above-mentioned cose. Coots l'te Jury t-tiirn-
itig the verdict, ids Lordship said that he would
now hear the gentleman who was in C(itiir this
toornitig as the prosecutor iii the Knit; v. Stioidart.
alr. Hunt stated that the Defendatits in this
i cause had hero indicted at the Old Dailey SiSS:OI.I4
fur a libel. That I ilre hail muted the cause into
the Court of King's Pencil by a writ of cr., tiorari,
and having moved fur a Special Jury, had gI v et*
him notice of trial for these resew SittniLr.. That
he had in cutooritience come to town, lint found
that the cause was entered very low upon the !“apes
list ; yet that many causes that stood still lower Matt
this had hero disposed of.
Lord C. J. ABBOTT—" Who told you so ?"
Mr. Flunt—" No one, toy Lord ; hut I see they
are struck off the paper, and what I wish to avoid
is being taken by surprise."
Lord C. J. ABBOTT.--" It is the rule of this
Court, and I have given strict orders that all ape.
cid jury causes should be taken in their turn, and
there will be no violation of this rule. The sp.
piantment of it will appear in the Marshal's office,
to which you can refer for information."
i Mr. Ilunt—,, lam content, my Lord; that is
all I wish for."
Mr. Haut immediately left the Court.

One more omission of a Bank note not being
Signed by the signing clerk has occurred. A few
days since a sailor went to the shop of Mr. Cot-
LtwpoN, a salesman, the cornet of Goodman'w
yard, iu the Minories, and tendered a two pound
note for some wearing apparel which lie hail booK!.t ;
the aluminum suspecting it to bt * to-ged one Ilona
its not being signed. said he must detain him tilt
he got information from the Benk. On h:s pro:rift-
ing it, the lisl.re•tor said it was a good one, tore opt
the corner, and gave another ii:,te of the same va-
lue, observing it %as a mistake of the signing clerk.
When the Rucoantit made his Report to th.t.
PRI RtLnh;h r, on Thursday, the following
pi rains were ordered for execution to-morrow :
William Tangy, for builork.stealing; Stephen Mor-
ris, for a robbery at Camden Town; ir
Knight, for highway robbery; and .b.its Let:nord,
for uttering forged tiote•. They were all convicted
at the lost October Sessions. The rest, 17 iti num.
bee, were reviled.
Friday afternoon John Leonard, one of the con-
victs who was ordered for execution on Tuesday (to.
morrow), died in IV ewgate. He was 66 years of age,
and was much dehditated.
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ttunoon Dumas—Thursday tried Kra. Sarah !tapirlie,
of No. 14, tipper Dorset-stress, Portarea.ima..ie, went tir
bed in canul kenhb and lipirW, after elitist( a !lenity stripper,
nerd nest morning WM. funoa a curr6e in her the
rame day thinsiinab Warner, of No. 3, in itn. the
Wert, bunt a blooa-veirsei by an orer.exertiou of the Mire
cite, It produced her Mutant dissolution,