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sine* the Brat India Dock.C4toray had made
awe of the *beds, and it was uot the case Istibte,
:altboUgli the same allowance w*s matte.
14r. Stourlintise, spirit-merchant, deposed. that
be mid seen the slteth,, and esiatight the's!" Vary im-
proper places to stow spiriti in, tieing 50 Writ: 010
surface of the earth, which made them es much
es poecd to the weather as if they Sera iu rue open
air; when inerehants boittleSl their gOods in
their awii cellars, there was oftenerimaqmplus data
deficiency.
'On his cross-examiuptioa„ betted, that 4e was
not interested ia thislriel any farther thin he had
suffered from the uilieatice, awl would wish it was
&Me away with; wo-.111 slot .ay he would
_lghtg
all action if the present Plaintiffs succeeded; but
had uevieerigagetl to pay part of the cads it the
Ilaiiitiffs should tie defeattd ; in fact he utter was
abed the question.
/,Six respectable .44eit-merchants corroborated the
ertlence of the last Vi if iness.
1' TOP': observed his case was closed.
Mr. Arrow' ev-tiris cleat, Contest.' for the De•
. fendatitr, then addressed the Court and Jun'. and
*ohtierveC. that this action ace not brought by the
Plaintiffs atone, but by a combinetion of the 14)44-
merchants, to do away with the regulations of the
West India Docks, which they did not like, as the;
kept then' too strict in regard to the revenue of the
country. The object in the declaratiOli was charge
ing the servants of the Company with peculation,
with making away with 800 gallons of tura, WV*
'amount of £lOO and upwards, and if theri had
'been such a charge proved awaited any ono of diem,
he would have thrown up his "brief; but the fact
wits, Goreranent would not entrnst the uterchanis
with the bonding of their own goods ;
by an Act of Parliament,- obliged them to bond
it hi licensed btbre houses; where, to their shame
and. disatisfaction, frauds were prevented, and
by the prevention of thtm the memoir ceased
to be cheated ; and this reflected honour on the
Writ India lock Company, although it might
gall the merchants. There was not a single count
in the declaration charging thaethei were stowed
in an iniproper plas.c. The sheds had been built
three years, sod affhough there was a combination
of the whole of the tutrchants, this was the only
solitary instance they could bring forward.—
The Court and Jury coald• riot believe it was on
acconnt of respect to the Compton. if they "had
other instances, that they did met pruduce them.—
There never was a more miserable, cc a more in-
fatnous'attempt to injure a body of nu n. than the
present was. Ibis Clients would nicer have dc..
fended this action, but that they thought it their
dot*. as a body, to disperse any aspersions that
might be attempted to be insinuated. lie con-
cluded, by abet-reit*, he would not call any wit-
heists, and he felt•perfectly satisfied that the Jury
would set their faces agaimit such a combioatiou,
and give their verdict for the Defetulaets.
Lord Chief Justice Ei.t.taillOßOVGll summed np
the (Menet. and observed, that the question for
thi Jury to consider was, Whether there had hi 'ii
why neßteet or inattention in tie Cowpony that
caused the loss? or that the sheds were au improper
place for the rum to be stowed in, and, by its being
reposed to the rays of the sten at:d the draft of the
air, the kiss wassitstained? If this were their opi-
nion, they would give a verdict for the Plaintilfs—
tiamoget 41. 6s. 9.1. ; if this was not their
nion, they would give their verdict for the Defend-
ant. He cOuld not tihip saying, although the
merchants who gave their eviiteuees were in some
degree interested, he thought they had acted
perfeetly honourable in the mode they had de-
clared their hissing that interest to the Court.
The Jury, without considering a minute, gave a
verdict for the Plaintiffs--41. Us. pd.

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ALSTIIA ISt LI.TPII r. COLON XL ?LINT.

T i swa sen ticti tnu 13rough tiorecoreritoo from
the Defendant, for money laid out for his nse. It
appeared that the flointiff Mal lived se the mint-
cite of housekeeper with the Defendant, and had
hem is the custom, for years, to pay his biller and
hpurchase ail the pitivisions that mime into due.
ouse ; she tiled to give him a weekly. account, aid
he uS'ed to pay her regularly fti a week ; bat it
appeared on Thar face of her hooks that the
expenses amounted generally to a greater sues.
Lord Eutcwonsousiv O:s loot* over the Ilr*
count, said. he thought there 1143 MN A 4.111111,4 due
to the Phuatil, although not to the amount set
forth in the declaration. He would therefore re-
commend the parties to leave it to the decision of
a gentleman at ilt.• har, who would have a better
opportuuity and more time than the Jury to inves-
tigate it. This was *reed to, wed it *ea left to
arbitration accordingly.

OED ZATLEY--3ver 19.

.71rowirs .kaiii/s and Chart& Ilkyrkic were in-
dicted for a tasegfattly in the kende id' Mr. They.
on the set* of June lest. .Mr. Dewy. the Prosecu-
tor, Stated. at the tins* the robbery was committed
he was the proprietor of Pagnigge
John Clerk. nephew to thcfroseentar. said. nn
the day mentioned its the lainetinedt he had se-
emed the lent;-room and the witty-cellar, likewise
another room in the ;thrift's, ( ailed The El. in-rootn,
nt that time filled with !amber ; 'on the fi'llowisig'
monde;, when lie got up, which was tre.tlvAi b sin.]
ti. he 'fiend thirlong-rnom door had been furred
open. and mimed the dial; the wine-cellar minor wus
broken open with en iron crow, end some Madeira
will-, which htati bets' pueked op, wee reinoved,end
sevenal bottles mimsiog. Theta were •also Pottle
bottle, in fitegn! • Ile He went to The Elvioixrchins,
and found ,site nre-annshatl been tuken away, and
only a Isoynnet remaining, which belonged to one
if the ninskets.
William Howiden. a 'tenant to the prosecutor,
corroborates! the last %V imem's testimony.
Joh'. Parker, a wetchman, whose box wee sta-
tioned near the corner et 4 lerkessw elf church-yard,
vid, is the morningof the Ist of Joly, betwixt two
and 3 o'clock. he perceived hehitui a post a Who-
' ileftaiss, and behind a bnani • musket ; he out-
atunieuted the tirconistouce to the Constable of the
oilffit, when it 'wee narked that the watch-boxes
shoots! be Shut, and the witchmen conceal them-
setytm. Soortly eflerwNrils, Witness 0-amen...el
thee: men turning St.Jaines's-wafk, us if they were
ring toward% the New Prison, they stem:pea at -ttnt
spot where the fire-arms had hi ra detio-ited, the
Prisoner Smith *limped sad took wp the-Winder-