The National Register.
London, England, 1822-11-17 00:00:00

The Lord CbiefJustice—Yes, that will be the more correct
way • Perhaps they will be here to-morrow.
Mr. Adolphus--I will lake care to have them as early as
podatble.
The Jodie' rose before two °Woolf, to sit with the Chancellor
of the Evcliequer, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Harrowby,
Lord Culahester, Mr. Peel, &o. in the Court of Exchequer, fur
the selection of Sheriffs to serve for the year casein.
WioNgaDA V, Nut. 13.
THE KING V. pubßY.
This was a prosecution against the defendant, Mr. W.
Dolby, bookseller, preferred by the Constitutional Society for
the public, lion of a work entitled o The Political Dictionary."
The Cause was tried before the Lord Chief Justice, at the
sittings in Middlesex, and the Jury found a verdict of Guilty.
M. J. Evans moved for a new trial, on the ground that the
Coroner, who by rule of Court was ordered to return a Jury, in
lieu of one returned improperly by Sh. riff Garret ; kmember of
the Constitutional Society had no authority to return certain
persons to act aa Talernien, in the event of a sufficient oumber
of Special Jurors not being present. By the Act of the 42d of
Edo. 111. it was enacted, that the names of persons to serve on
inquests should be returned to the Court six days before the
trial ; and is the 2d Hawkins, sec. 21, page 577, it was held
that statute applied to criminal cases and to Tales Jurors, with
the exerptiou of TOirele rr Orrannataatilma.
The SLeriff could not summon any set of Jurors without
giving the parties the pannel. The Act of the Bth of William
the Third gave no power to the Coroner similar to that exercised
in the present case, and which completely negatived the provi-
sions of the two Acts of Parli.unent to which be had referred.
If the power exercised by the Coroner with respect tesunnuoo-
iug Talesinen was allowed, that otlicer might he the means of
pooling a Jury.
Judge Bayley—lt is a selection by an indifferent person.—
It does not hear the invidious sense of the words packed Jury.
Mr. Evans—l use the words in the worst sense.
Lord Chief Justice—You do, but you are Dot authorised to
use it in this case.
Mr. Evans said be was prepared to justify time term he had
used by argument.
Lord Chief Justice.—lt is not necessary for you to go on is
that line of argument.
Mr. Evans thee said, if the Coroner had power to summon
whom he chose, be might summon those who had been struck
out of the list of 48.
Mr. Justice Bayley—Does not the Coroner take an oath of
office

Mr. Evans—l believe be does, my Lord.
Mr. Justice Bayley—ls it not then harsh to suppose he would
be guilty in the way you suppose ?
Mr. Evans said public officers were nut exempt from political
'sling, at least that was the opinion of the legislators who formed
the enactments to which he lad alluded.

Judge Bayley.—lf the Coroner was not to exercise his dis-
cretion with respect to summoning Talesmen, might not an ob-
jection he made on the other side, that the detendiuit might
have friends of his own standing near?
Mr. Evans proceeded in his argument at considerable length.
Ile contended another point, which was, that the Sheriff was
the person who ought to have returned the Special Jury, which
was never challenged ; for which he quoted the authority of
the king and Edmunds, 45th Barnwell and Alderson, 171. He
quoted also, 2d antis, 173. He contended that this was not
a ',untie prosecution, but a prosecution carried on by private in-
dividuals, who acted on • political bias, Sto. and not to be at
all favoured by • Court of Justice.
The Judges having consulted awhile,
The Lord Chief Justice said, that when these objections were
taken at the trial, he had, on the hest consideration he could
give to ►hem, thought they should not prevail ; but being fully
impressed with the importance of every thing which related to
the trial by Jury, and that every thing regarding that important
branch of the administration of Justice should be duly con-
sidered (although without meaning to intimate any change in
his own iyinion), Mr. Evan■ might take a rule to shew cause.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

w <~. ~-s.