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ROLLI COURT. Wong Visit,
Tunas" Osmium 1.

His Honour the MArtelt of the ROLLS
copied iii hearing short causes, of no interest ex.
cept to the parties concerned.

COURT OE KING'S BENCH, Gam mais,
Tauber, DPOIIIIIIII 1.

Sittings after Michaelmas terse. before Chief'sake A ssorr and Common Juries.

HVIITLIty v. VAN lISTBRTHVIIVV.
The Plaintiff; in this nee, who keeps • lodging.
house in the neighhourhooil of Tavistock-square,
sought to recover the sum of seven guinem, being
the amount of three weeks' row, for apertrnetits
let to the Defendant, on the 29th of November.
The question merely was, whether the Defendant
had taken the apartments by the week, or the
month.
Eliziheth Cunfield, late the servant of the Plain.
tiff, stated, that the Defendant came to the boom
of her mistress, and looked at the apartments. lie
was informed by the Plaintiff's sister, that two
goiaeas per week was the lowest rentthst *mild he
taken for them. When the Plaintiff afterwards
found that the Defettilent was monied, she objected
to receive hint, and went, accompanied by her
niece and witness, to the Defendant's ehansbers.
in Lincoln's Inn, where she at length agreed to let
him the lodgings at two guineas and a half a week,
for a month certain. After a few days, however,
'the Defendant found that he could accommodate
himself better at lodgings so Marehmont-street,
and quitted those he had taken from the Plaintiff,
offering two guineas mid a half fur the time he had
occupied them, which was refused.

Charlotte Huntley, the niece of the Plaintiff,
deposed to the same effect. The Defeoidiot never
expressed himself dissatisfied with the lodgings,
which he quitted on the 3d of December.
Mr. TAUNTON, for the Defeildant, stated, that
this was a melancholy case. It was melancholy in
this respect, that he would he obliged to call wit.
nesse, to prove that the whole of what Elizabeth
Canfield had stated was a tissue of fiction. His client
war a gentleman of great respectability, and had
recently been called to the Bar. He had chambers
in Lincoln's Inn—but, at the time this transaction
took place, he found it a matter of too, vesience to
occupy lodgings elsewhere. He imagined. fr.an
what had passed with the Plaintiff's sister, that he
had definitively taken the apartments for two gui-
neas per week ; but was much serpnsed, on the
very eveniug when the bargain was concluded, on
receiving a visit from the Plaintiffand her meet, the
former of whom told him that she could not let the
lodgings for less than two guineas and a half a
week, as she, for the first time, understood the De-
fendant had his wife with bun. The Plaintiff im-
mediately said, " If that is the case, I must pay the
advanced rent, as I have no other place to gat to—
but mind, I will only renaqiu foe ealagle work."
This he would prove. by • 'witness she wee in the.
room at the time. But the ease did net rest here.
He would also prove. that the house was wholly
destitute of conveniences! There miss •mot proper
utensils event sto dress the diem', which. is conse-
quence, could not be served up until seven o'clock
iii the evening. Part of the furniture which was
disposed for «hew when the Plaintiff looked at the
lodgings, was afterwards removed—and the house
was so damp, that the Pleintiffand his wife could
not remain there, without endangering their health.
Anne Widdington, who took care of the Defend-
ant's chambers in Lincoln's Inn, stated that she was
present when Mrs. Huntley sod her niece called on
the Defendant, sod told him that lie could taut
have the lodgings for less than two guineas and a
half per week—and, after some hesitation, the De-
fendant said he would take the lodgings, at that
rate, for a week. She was positive that there were
only two females present.
Anne Garnet, servant to the Defendant, deposed
that there was a deficiency of culinary utensils at
Mrs. Huntley's. It was difficult, iu consequence,
to dress dinner. There were only one blue dish,
and two vegetable dishes; but the Plaintiff said she
had got three more above stairs. The stair-carpet.
ing was taken up after the Defendant took the
lodgings, and there were no hangings to the beds.
A sofa sad table, originally placed in the drawiug-
room, were removed- from it. The house was ex-
tremely damp, end no fire appeared to have been in
the bed-room and doming-room grates for a consi-
derable time. The Defendant complained greatly
of the want of glasses, salts, sod castors, and the
Plaintiff told him she would procure whatever was
al. ficient in the course of • fee dap, A dish and •
dozen of small plates were ofterwards 'sent in.
Tree Jury returned a verdict for the Plaiatiff—
damages 71.75.

0110011111Det V. ligLL.
This actios wee brought to recover the soils, of
2711. which the Defesdout had received for the use
of the P6tntiff.

Mr. GlinllCY stated, that the Plaintiff was a
Captain in the arinp_eod had been for a cousideres.
ble nine in the West ladies. Derisquisie may
there, he permitted the Defendant to receive cer-
tain Sums of money for his tise. He had, on his
return to England. balanced the aecotinte between
himself did Defendatii. when 297/. appeared to be
due to him. The Defendant penned oat some
trifling errors, to the amount of Y 5/. which Plain-
tiff edmitted, and he fully expected to have been
paid 2711. being the balance coming to hits. but
the Defendant resisted the drumlin', ind 'deeded a
set-of, for hoard and lodyng,in 11114, of which set
• wort. was said when hr claimed credit fur Is nous-
ber of small same, or the +seesaw baling originally
tendered to him—the period at *Nib those nil-
omits were Made, commencing with the yeei 1814.
Thymus Cowin., arm to the 634 regiidei I. de-
posed, that he had frequeistl3. .thee the atli of
January last. applied to the Drt. sidant fur the
of an acenuid franimeitted to btnt Itotti the
West Indies by the Plaintiff. The balance asnount• d
to 2971. Defendant mod, if a Copy of the sec. not
wen- 'rot to him, he would; iy thi course id too
▪ ifiake a propolutinti fur its witlroieust. At
• subsequent interview, hat olife4l, that fit.