The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-17 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

covRT OF KING'S BENCH, TUKan tv, JAN. 12.
LIAIALITIf OF All'TOltitilF.S.
PACE W. ARIOIIV AND COLES.
an action In unalit Ily Mr. Page, inspector of
military mot es to the East IC.aa Company. iigainst Messes.
Alapry mid Coles. solicitors, tar ueglect iu Me cooduct of
lain' Loonies., as enmities.
It appealed room the statement of Mr. Scatlett, that Mr.
ll' age, whit had soma ;weenies y transactions in a Soap Manu-
factory with Mr. Stephens, hail ended them by. taking a
warrant of attorney fur 4001. trout Mr. Stet ells, with stay of
r aeration ford months. The may of execution expired on
its 18th of June, and Mr. Page thereupon gave his aetornies,
Ainnry alga COWS, WINS to proceed against Mr. Steveus.
The T.1(111111r mode in snelt cases is to sign judgment, sue out
execution, anJ select an officer to make the levy. All this
wai Clone by Amory and Coles, on the lath of June 1 they
Stleele4 an uti'.cer of the came of %I alkins, and sent him to
mike a ICS, al Lillie Chelsea, whet e Stevens carried on his
rstrap Manufactory, and at 21, (we think), Judd Street,
Ttranswick Square, where Stevens resided. 'fins officer
reverted to Amory and Coles, that all Stevens's roods were
'moved flout Judd Sticet, that the excise sere in his mane
fattory at Chelsea, sad tent he was also in art towa of rent for
the preinkee which he held there. Every one of these stale.
rueuts were tal-e : lie had not removed his goods f Judd
:Slier% ; he had not suffered front an extent at Chelsea ; and he
st es nut in arrears for tent of his manufactory. Mr. Page
foiled out that the officer had deceived him, by the broker to
.the landlord of Stevens's manufactory calling upon hint some
tew days afterwards, and telling him that he had made a dis-
triss on the geoids found in Stevens's manufactory, and that
lie was ie Mug to pay the overpins arising from the articles
sold to him, (Mr. Page) *horn he falsely considered to be
Stevens's partner. This information let Mr. Page Mon • secret ;
he limed that the Excise was tint in at Chelsea, and that at
Vie time when the officer's return was made, no rear was iu
as rear by Stevens. He coinntunicated these circumstances
to his affinities, whose duty it was, the writ had expired,
lather to issue another writ, called an alias ficri facia, or else
In have ruled die sheriff to make a trim a to the former writ.
Neither of Meer were done. By neglect of the former
measure, Stevens contrived,as twofold be shown iu evidence,
to dispose of all his property, unlisted Mr. Page Eating a
sixpenee of it ; and by snivel of for latter, all means of
redress were lost as against the Sheriff.
This statement was fully corroborated by Mr. Page's wit.
'leases.
Mr. Gurnee, for the defence, coiled Watkins, the officer ;
hat before his examinatiote Mr. Seal It'll snggested, that as
Ties-is. Amory and Coles were entitletliu au action agaiiist
hire for Nrciert, in the event of a verdict being obtained
against them, it would be requisite to give him a general
elreAs. Messrs. Amory and Cule immediately offered to
gave ease. He stated that on his going down to Cueleea, lie
found the premise., locked up, and a padlock on the door and
a her across it. Ile win inhumed by Mr. Frier, the landlord,
that this wee the isitig's lurk, stud he therefore did not force
um entrance into the premises, as he conceived the excise to
be In Wine Min. He clambered on an old tree, and looked
through a broken window, but could nut discern ally property
within. He next went to the rxeisemau in Riley Street,
-Chelsea, who wets not at home ; lie, however, saw his wife.
bet shit would nut give any informs. ion.
His evidence .Velito corroborated by his two followers; and
?.U. Gurney was going to call witnesses to his character,
when Mr. Searlett said, that it was onnecemary, as lie did
net to intend to impeach it.
Mr. Wintleyer arid, that he had never, to the best of his
recollection, espressed approbation of the conduct of the
delved:no., Amory rod Coles; if lie had, it was mese cis itity,
and meant nuthitug ; lie might say "it was all right," bet
nothing more.
Crum examined by Mr. Scarlete—Allowed that he was the
gentleman alluded to in a letter produced, whom Mr. Amery
was to meet at " Philippi." When lie met Messrs. Amory
and Coles, he was sent to report, and not to judge.
The defence here closed, anti Mr. Scerlett replied.
The Chief Justice then 1111101attl nit the evidence minutely,
and directed the jury to lied a serdiet fur time plaintiff, Willey
were of opinion that all; negligence had been cum milted 'tied by
the defendants; but if they were of a different opinion, to
give the defendants the benefit of it.
Verdict fur the plaintiff—Dainages 1251.—Costs 400.

Ct./mous AlkirCDOTlL—Gretua Green has never been more
diatingitished than within the last two or three weeks, having
!Mtn visited by a very eminent legal nobleman, nearly 70
years of mgt. in company with a female who has brought I •
several cl.tldreu on! of ibe pale of wedlock ; which female,
with the assistance of the established joiner of the place, he
married. His Lordship uavtllrd from laUadall in die garb
and heuil•dress of a 'rotate. The object ul this very extra-
ordinary step was to legitimize the (+news, of ibis connexion,
who, according to Scottish law, cease to he bastards on the
marriage of the parents at any time. Illy L 111161141 formerly
signed eel lain certificates un the spot, to give his children
the advantage of the conduct pursued.—Pie Noble and
I.earesed Lord has children by a fernier marriage ; and, of
course, this singular proceeding eau by 110 envdiss interfere
with their English rig:its, whatever it may tin with their
ticottWi.
The Birmingham Gazette contains the following particulars
relative- n it,, above ma siege :—" lu October Lord Erskine
•rellred cilia, accompanied by Miss Sarah Beck, the
present Lady Logone, by whom he had several children out
Of the pair of wedlock. He was dressed in fashionable female
attire %jilt large Leghorn bonnet and lung veil. Oa die
arrival of the officiating Vila:et of the 'lemple of Hplien, a/A
1.011.1.1111• dire w off dreu, and opptered in propels possoun,
end ti.. o•oal ceremony being guar though, the pal ties were
deelari d Iwni and a ile ! His Loll dship again pill 0,, hielewaU
vestments, and NUJ on the point ul takina hrs depai in. e,
when his ul, die lion. Thomas. Erskine, made leis appeirianc.
in a chaise mid four; but the knot was tied, and stonily ;Ate,
the new man ied euopir Muse ort. he Wide a alma* 35 s ear.
add; tLr noble bridegroom neatly 70."
The following i• related of the Es.l 01 Bridge.
water, at Ashridge Castle, 111 ar 11,11IVI HO-
Ne Lord Mks 01..51.11 a claw ,rileit, and srl'lle•
permatiliy The hi.' day we- ~h,„
lide Lord mink a 14pe1deli to dloio.ig 1,l tier
thins•, said, "We will have poor a "ale llt reat:vir ; veil'
them to the Leslie. and I wit: employ said pa) them all."
proposition (we owed nut s”) was catiied unanimously. Hit
LOrdslilp's pay gives perfect satisfaction, mad there will be
ert% !Oplllol to oven to COMB.

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