The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-03 00:00:00

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GUILLI.I ELI., JUI.II 1.
Sittings before Lord F..- Lz sozo—ci:

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OitlOlllNE r. •1111111HAtite.
The Plaintiff, a hair-dressnr, . ,ht his aaina
47, lino the Defendant for the valance of an ac.
count due for dressing hi; wife's wigs for upward"
of six rears. It appeared that the P 1 tintiff had
teen employed in dres ing the lady's tvigs once
-very week, from the year 1710 to th.: year 17.9E4
and, as the witness ex!), e..5..d it, " the wig used o
ne fetched in the ..turning, an carried in the e,en- 4
ing of every Friday," for which he WAS to have
been paid six-pence per tire's, .g : in the course of
:hat time the la iv had ,t two Ile v wigti, at t •vo
uine is each, tn.l some o ';er orna.nen.s for her
:lea' The Defend .is p eadel the •ase of li iti-
tatiuns, an i a set off far some goods, which. is a
linen-draper, he had furnished •0 h• PI tintiff; out
the Plaintiff having proved that he had Je'7'lnd..,4
ptyrnent upwards at fifty times within th:sc last
sir years. and the Defendant not hein4 able to sup-
port his set off by any evide,ice, the Jury fonad a
verdia for the l'latntiilfor the bata••ce die, anaoest.
ing to 31. 15s.
MILLI.RISN 0. HURRAY.
This was anion of Dover and cons- rsion, brought -
hy the Plaintiff to recover the va:ue of a bank 414413
for [OOl.

It appeared that the Plaintiff. who was a grazier.
-allel on Messrs. Jones and Dearier, cal, smasters in
S:air.htield, to settle his account sv,Jl them, in the
fV:nitig of the I sth of Augus: i ot, and received
the note in question from them, w'iich he .e
h id put into his pocket. On his way home to Surrey,
h missed the amt. returne I to •own and made ea-
qinries after it; but not being ab!e to trace i-, he
advertised it ip the newsoapers. Some m is
after he received n 'tice 1r..-n oae of the Lie• ks of the
Bank of England, that such a note had been p
into the Bank by Messrs. Dorrien and Co. npan
cclrch the note was then treed through various
hands to the Defendant, who was a but• her, resielL
ing in the Borough. AVhen he Was questioned
about ir, he appeared rathe. di .pleased, and said hie
had given c: Inge for it at s Coffee-haste in Smith-
fiefd, w:ich lac used to freq rent, but could not tell
to whorri, as the person was a stranger ; heieg
closer ir. —rnated, he, with the ad-norntrin at Hie
wife, who was pte.ent, refused to give any limb.*
information about it It also appeared that the
Defendant sear in the Ace of the sahents.r.,e,s 44 the
time the note V.a. paid to the Naha :f; and although
he was an illiterate man, who could neither write
nor read, yet he knew the difference between One
and One IllindreJ Pound Note
Lori Er.t..tmaoaou on observed. that it beliov•A
the Defendant to give som.2 account of the ncee ih
question; but he had not done so The Jury found
a verdi, for lOI'I. for tue Plaintiff.

ADMIRALTY SFSSIoNS.

Yesterday the Admiralty Sessions commenced at
the 0;d Bailey, ber se tbe ;.ight lion. Sir WI: -
Liam Scia e, Chief Baton MACDONALD, ChielJus-
tice Miatitsei LLD, ecc.

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MrRnER.
ames Moat• and john Root were inilieted for
the murder of George Sparkes on the etitu of s.pt
last, on board His :slajrcy's ship Le..dem.
It appeared from the evidence lohri
a Midshipman, that an old ilitite had stehststed
between the parties, which was renea•ed ou the r.0:11
of Sept. in consequence of which, a (ballet:A: t wit
place. The pistols were produced with k•
ledge of several of he ship's corni.aay : but toe Pri.
loner, as well as the seconds, did n t mean • hat • er
should he lostded with b.rll. By a mistake, I,
ever, a had atas put into the Prisoner', I, ss,
entered the -oreast of the deceased anu killed Mai.
Verdi& Alf enalaveatr.
The Prisoners were sentenced to pay a fine rf
101. each, and be imprisoned six months in Nen. gate.
Afithael Sullivan was indifted for that be. h.tu .; a
British subjed, was found on ts,..isd a Frerelt pri-
vateer, aiding and assisting the ei,emies of His Ma-
jesty. He was Arviiild.