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London, England, 1804-07-02 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

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MANSFILLD.

WIGMOIIL V. lIASIST.
The Plaintiff, a ship-chandler, Tinian it Wigs.
pine, brought his affirm to recover the am fait of •
bill for biscuit, bread, and other articl.s. sold to tbi
Defendant, as owner of the ship Previl we, of MAP.
fgate. The defence to the *Rion w 1,, tha: t:le De.
endant was not the owner of the vessel. t>.ll merely
an agent, thing for his father, who, at the time :he
gnois were sent on board the ship, was sigi.tered
owner of the vessel in the Customs. It, however, ap-
peared, the Defendant had since hezame owner, in
consequence of his father', and had repre-
sented himielf to the flail:l:if, and several whet
tra lesmen, as responsible for all goods and neerasa-
tie; sent to the ship..
Sir JAstrc M aitsr e 1,13 therefore threaed the Jury
to find a Verdia for the Plaintiff.

COS BIT D. sect.uas
This case was similar to the preceding. Th.
Plaintiff furnished the Captain of an Aleffidi.
trader, called the Har,:en, with necessaries for him-
self, and the accommllation of passengers, daring
the voyage, which were to be paid for by the Da
reactant, a respettalie merchant. owner of the ship.
l'he bill, on being presented, was found to contain
articles which the Defendant considered unlace's:ay
:.r the ship's use, and chargeable only to the Cap-
.tin ; a reduCtion of 121. was therefore made, and
-he remainder of the bill tendered into Court. It
was proved the Defendant had the bill in his pos.
sessmi, and might have made objeCtion to it before
the Caltain sailed, which, if he bad done, the
Plaintiff could have got his money. The Jury,
therefore, in consequence of inch negka, gave a
Verdid forr the Plaintiff.

PAIKER V. ?AtilltlooB..
This cause occupied the auention of the Court for
a considerable time. The Plaintiff, who is a mas-
ter carpenter in Fetter-lane, brought an alio*
against the Defendant, to recover 1451. for work and
materials used upon the repairs of two houses hi
Devereaux-court, Temple Bar. After the exami-
nation of several surveyors, builders, &c. as to the
timber tiled. The Jury gave the Plaintiff a verdie.
A great number of Special Jury Causes remain
to be tried in this Court.

MANSIO44IOIISE. 3m It

F0R0111'.....A lad, apparently aat MOM dam 14
years of age, underwent a long private emninatioa
before the LORD MAYOR, charglMl eo ItlipiCirsll4
forgery to the amount of 1001. As inns. oailln
supposed to be concerned with hiss, be was re-,
mended. P

A labourer employed at Fresh Wharf. Thames.
street, WAS charged with stealing opium to the Raba,
of 31. from the ship Owes alioiso., Cape. Andrews,
and committed to Newgate for triaa. This is ths
smile ship, which, while lying in Gibraltar Bay in
February last, was cut away
by an crew
carried into Cadiz as a French prize, and afteew
given up by Spain, through the interference of
English Consul.

Saturday three Bootmakers, named Itmo'
/rick/ink, and Tointinrea, were charged
C:"..! Marlborough-street Police Magistrates, with
c..n.piracy to advance their wages; but the Mac
Lii!ed to establish the fact, and they were, is ec,
quence, discharged.
It is now ascertained that the youngnsas
suffered inch barbarous usage in Hanging Wood, '
rear Woolwich, was the vi `.rim of * jealous loshessd.
On Friday evening las-, as two Gentletsan were
returning to town irom Str.atham, their attentioo
was arrested, at this side of the villag:, by a fa. ,
male lying on the road, nearly in a ci t of nudity.
On inquiry, it appeared, she had !re the
preceding day and night withi.u. sustenance
an attempt to remove her, she was found to be
sn much exhausted she could not sta..d. A 14.1 y 04
the name P. t. rse at this moment earn, up in he*
c..rriage, and havine alighted. made every
that humanity could chaste, icso, tl.e pool winsaa's
ca.e, and coatribawd very handsomeiv to the at{ .1,
viatim of her warts, and committed her to of
ire of CI: gentle:lmi, wbu suud,lu oat the
civet, sad left her la has care.