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IN THE MATTER OF CLEXCIT.

Ur. PLATT moved the Court for a writ of Cerflora►i,. to
be diverted to the Judges who presided at the Court of Ses-
sion of Oyer arid Tersiiiier. which sat at the last Old Bailey
Session at Newtsle, ur to Mr. Slieliou their Clerk, ealliug
for the production of the order fur Mr. tlenieut to appear
before them; and also the order made cAlliug on Mr. Cle-
ment to pay a fine of 500/.
The LORD Cuire Justice—Does the order for the Ise
still remain, or has it been esteemed into the Exchequer?
Mr. PLATT—If it dues Hut, my application, of course, will
fall to the ground.

The LORD Cuter hunter—Yes, Mr. Platt, but before
we grant the Certiorari, we Inuit know whether the order
cosmoses there or not.

Mr. Justice BAYLEY-.-It cannot create meek delay to
inquire.
Ilse Loup Caul' hum a—You can be ioluessed by to-
morrow.

Mr. PLATT said he understood the order still remained.
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The LORD Cellar Jusuct-LYou must have au affidavit
•f that fact.

Mr. PLATT hoped he sliest be able to proenre the affidavit
to-day, io which case be requested to he allowed permission
to mention the subject again before the rising of the Culirl.
The COURT replied is the affirmative.
Just before the Court ruse, Mr. PLATT now said, that he
held in his haw' an atfidhsit, which stated. that search had
been wade yesterday, and the oiler still remained iu that
Court.

The Comm—Take a rule.
Mr. PLATT a.kr l .f the rule sae to be absolute?

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Nu; it is guile impossible
to snake the rule absolute in the first logistic:a.. It omit b.
seen whether it is proper or out. Takes role to thew mtge.
The Court adjourned at four o'clock.

PALACE COURT. FRIDAY, JUNE 2.

CAUTION TO MASTER TAILORS.
WEST V. STOCK WOuD.

This was an action brought by the Plaintiff, a respectable
master tailor in Ciiveniryddieei, Haymarket, to recover the
nun of 161. 10s. hying the price of two cavalry jacket■
made to order for the Hereintaut, who was an offirer in the
South American service. Judgmeut was auffertd to gu by
default.

Mr. AGAR opened the case fur the Plaintiff, and then
called

Thomas Harper, who said he was foreman to Mr. West in
1819; that in Mvrch that year he took the Defendant's or
der fur two jackets, which were accordingly made up, and
Defendaut tried them on, and was satisfied; bet went away
without paying fur thew, ur ordering them to be sent home.
He bring a ready-money customer, they were not sent home,
expecting further instructions from the Defendaut, snit obi.
Jowly they were left upon Ma. Best's hands, and still are
in his shop.
Mr. MIMI submitted to the Court that sufficient hail
been proved to warrant a verdict fur the Malaita, as the
jackets were made according to the order of tint Defendant,
and approved of by him.
Mr. BURTON klonntee (the Juidge)—Certainly they were
made according to order, soil approved of; but how du you
prove the debt; out one ',Wino( of it was paid, our the
goods delivered to the Defendant?
Mr. Admit—When a contract is made, and labour and
materials found, then it becomes the prisperty of the con.
tractor.

Juoss—The goods certainly should ►e sent berme sad de-
livered, otherwise bow can st be proved to become ►is pro-
perty
Harper was reexamined : he bad not seen the Defendant
since be had tried on the jackets, except Komi by the dour.
He had been told that Mr. West had contraunicatioaa with
him.

'lbis could not h• received as evidence.
The Juno( then irked the Defrodaut if he bad any ques.
lions to put to Harper.
Dt fendant milked him if they worked for the 141 h Light
Magoon+ in March, ibl9?-I'he uilor seaichcil the (by.
buck, nod could find no bud' order.

bcfrudant wee Woo proceeding to explain why be snits 'ld
juit4ineet to gu by default, when the Judge informed hnn
he could uut now retract il. Ile 'ben 'seed he only avert/
its pay 10J, fur the jackets, and if proccedssi against fur that
sum, km could not be incited. Hr 'honcho a 11. note
wells' be au •mple cumpeuentioa for she damages suwainvsl
by the Plaustiff, winch sou be was WIIIIII4 So 1537 1100, re
the steelier stood.

Tbe Judge übrerved, lbsl it was a lOU. extraordinary cir-
cumstance 'hat he *as arrested toe I►e ■um precisely ;if
that could be eff cud be tiosttlit tu be proceeded agsiust by
■u &Viols. If the Plaintiff's Counsel cousesied to Ibe offer
pow made, he mis at !dotty to do so otherwise the case
NMI (S 1 to a Jury, laud use least possible Moneys must los
awarded-1k would carry costa.
AGAIII, after a abort pause, devils...l ortypiiug the
pound mete, mud the Jury instantly rore a setslict kw the
naistiff..—Usalaires Is,

tOAILO OF EXCISE. Jana le

POISONOUS BEER.
?SR KING v. I.IIIIINGION.

This WM.. an information exhibited agaisut she Defendant
Mr. Joh., Farmington. espitfaire-matinfaciorir, re.olis,g in
William-street. Lambeth, charging him wish sending a poi_
morons hyoid, consisting of cocilleis induct.... •uppers.. sot of
%Wild, chilli., and molasses, used roe the plummier *Jut-
Wallow beer.
The information contained Iwo mows—the first roe sell-
ing ■nd deliverieg, and the sieved t r manufartui mg
fur each of these offences the Dertmlaiit was suWeit to *
a penalty of DM/.
The llt resident was called in Cum% but he wir. ant h•
attendance, and the Commasitreers coinineuceil emossiiiing
th► witnesses.
Mr. Richard Berry, wbo kept the Queer''• fiend trefilic-
home, in. Queen street, Chi-upside, stated. Om silent the
214 Or August rapt the Def. 1,4 lot r:.•tivd un host wr•l
Noliciteil orders fur capillaire, the ~ ~e of s•oesersa.
Iwo the Defendant told witness Oast he cont.! •-smr.inencille
make two Mlle of freer into three, by iutroilncine molesses,
oil of 'AM!, and oilier isige,dients, and is wow., nut vole
improve the colour .of the bete hot the Hamm.i witness
agreed to have a bolt so adulterated. arid 11311 in allow the
Deiendant Id• per gallon for the stuff, sir ten grown,'
the recipe. The Defendant was to call again nu the t 3 :.
for the purpose of mixing the ingredients, -nut in the mean
time witness. gave information of the eirruinaenve, but the
officers were too late to mire the Defendant, who ease? ar-
cording to agreement. .The Defendant off Gum t!,e
butt twenty gallons of beer. and pat in mehteen gallons
watt, 1111/1 one gallon of Ike deleterious liquid sad more
proper Aninge; afterwards he stirred it round will, a au,
and went ■way. Witness •greed In have soothe: tan::
coloured on thellath, and in the interine gave a Peened .
!nation, sad the officers arrived early in the morhing;
tem secreted them in the spirit cellar, which adjoins the
beer miler, so that they could have • distinct Tien of the
proereding. About ten o'clock the Defenelant arrived.
a two gallon atone bottle containing the staff, and prui redr.l
into Ilse cellar to work. Witness had prep■red the same
bolt that the Defendant coloured ow his first virile fr.r le,.
incised experiment, nut liking to have another butt wasted.
The I). resident 114% about ailmiaistering the contbsio,',7-
matter ohm, the officers rushed out of their Intim( ph.....
and arils d the whole of the poisonous ingrediems.
Samuel Lebeek and William Lewis. two Excise officeic.
proved the seizure, and produced the disT.reul injoi hr.!.
articles in Court. On the cork of one of the ve►sel. CO',
tai.iing the combustible inzreilieirts !icing taken out, ti,a•
stench that arose was inciedible.

Mr. Edmund Calvert mut Mr. roster, ur the Kruse u`
Sivas's. Calvert and Cu. the es/naval In es IN at re ,
and the lota gentleman insprt tt,l the atutil awl gate it ;a
his •rpiaionr that it was a mixture ut the mu.t uyortura 04:a •
tare.

Mr. Newton, a brewery inspector, searched the 1) tcd-
anes premises, and found a jar runlaining a transit, ut co.
and ot helm venstle. in shirk wore mulas.es,
othrr prrnirmus nriicics. He law futiud burnt salt of saris..
sod trees copperas.
Count —Tire Defendant appears to have Ire. II a general
dealer in Mom poisonous articles.
The Defiriulant was ordered to pay a Got- of 1901. fur earl,
offenee,amo noting to 341.

The Cuannossioners observed, that the public were frerl;r
indebted to Mr. Berry, for his manly c Ir,rl on et.. K
himself us he hail dime in bringing tu justice an lis" 45,1
vender or poison.

SELLIAG LIQUORS IN A DANCING-ROOM
THE KINU V. ELLIS.

This was an information against the itefenolant. who k
proprietor of a spacious assemblyauoon ht Chputoole.soirti„
for retailing beer iu his rooms volitional a hrense.
(:forge Hex, sus Excise officer, stated, th:ot on the etto
March last, he iu company with a brother onion., dresses(
themselves and went la the rooms of the Defrostlast, where
they paid a shilling estraocet there woo* aleont TOO saleroom
ito the room dancing quadrilles, country alAurro, 6.1 r.; after
tbe dance being river, wittiest called fur ...Her porter, whol
was served him from a low gallon cast by die waiter of tier
Defrail.out. This was the rase for the hot:aviation, and the
Defeadaut was ordered to pay a foe of 51. •

SURREY SESSIONS. fIORSEMONGER tact,

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

Yesterday Witham Daniel, a unit At re.pee tahle appear.
auto., aged 44, stood indicted fur felon:oB64ly 'leading at
naviour's, Southwark, 1811 n. of tobacco, the proven) •,1
Messrs. &Amu° and Charles Davies.

Mr. COWLST TS/ Comore! for the prosecution, and Mrtsirs.
Tuaton and Tamara for the Prisoner.

la coaserptence of private information received at the Ex.
eise.otlice, en the early part of April, strong suspicions verse
entertained that tie Primmer canine use a.. es.....ive &lathe
in smuggled tobacco with some nue at M .
It was sot at all supposed that !he Grin coloured at stir
fraud ; on the contrary. the impression was, that some of
the Prosecutors' workmen were philiderino their employers,
soil sharing the produce of their gates wills she P. isomer. 1%
°fat, to asc. tam the troth, two men, ei owed Ste v.e.a ant
Bolton, c.sifidesitial officers is the service us she Excise,
were employed to watch, sail they sauce CIA tan Mond,*
moronic. the 17th of April, about ten miaow.. pint aeons
u'eseck, they look their station opposite the warehouse saf
Strain. Divers, near the Borough rod of Lorolon-brolce ;
they were there to watch fur a person who hail bees&
described to them, and in a minute or two the l'ii-
seiner, who is every respect answered :he dese.,,p-
tioo, emerged (corn a cosset called Cliaiu-alt. y. ...-
Weil the shop of the'Pruseresture ; in one honed he hail
basket, apparently empty. Hematite, nut in alpha, a mop. I r!'
and a half, and both of them had auch a view of his to ion%
as to be modeled distinctly to swear to Ids identity. The hes-
het then seemed full and heavy, sod the Pc.soner Isastenril
with it till be gut tutu Wurcesteristreet, where he kept a
shop for the sale of tobacco, grocery, dce. which he enirres!.
flsr utfice.• follow. d him. and demanded to know what tar
basket sustained' The Prisouer said first he slid spot lows,
and afterwards shit he bail deceived it from e cousitryinsee iis
Turley-street. The basket contained 18.1se.of sling tobacco,
quite hut, as if just taken off the diying.sinere, and brow
these in an illegal place (inasmuch as the room 11141
talkeog in was mot catered at the Excise Olbce), they seice.l
sod lodged it with she King's Siore-kee per. A sainpie of .t
had hero compared to the tolisecu theta ow Co; by the Pro-
secutors, and they exactly corresponded is the qineiny
and cut.

Mr. Sulomuu Davies was examined from the Bench, *nit
deposed that by is '4 wholesale dealer 111 tobaceu. lJ Sa-
iurday afiernoun, the 15th of April, he went to his c ,uutry
house at Epsom, sod slid not WWI is till half-past nuke tro
Monday morning, when Ise discovered that his niru had bee.
tuaunfacturing shag ...bocce, part 01 which iiiidtrisetit the
process of drying. The !Oilier,' in question, he had on
doubt be lots, because .Tarr, s} souther boose in the tuber
manutietnetil the same kind. ii Sacco in • bat mate is
never sold by him, auJ isevie it ails so mach as 15itis. not
withal*. • permit.
The Pr suns r left his darner Nilo el! to his Counsel.
Jams s Holman was io she Pp.', eniptuy uu the 17t7i
of April, and as. in the care of tic shop frost bad pest sic
till uiue u'cluek, dusiug which time the wiser came
there; iu fact, if he bail been it. the shop in the
itSICPI must have Iwo him.

Charles Holman had the drying of the tobacco tin the tutb
of April; mid nut colunteure till pass it/PC, sud at eigLt
o'clock bad mamitaci nerd If .b.; t,d not see the rrisioner
that bveubbr it is impossible be tumid hare got au biz,
I quantity of but tobacco at 3leasrs. Lakes so catty as bad
bet IS SWUM to.
Richer.' illy's, another workman is the employ of ewe
proaten cue.. •.4 oie be nut eu to work tilt lair 1., the Clf.l.
illy of the 17th, and doe. out believe soy lubacru.eras Orel-
rd at tett minute+ 11,14 MIMI o'clock; mar to the traittbuose
till Misr, and steer sew the Ilrisasucr dorms that lime.
&even mews miiirctable per►uur, souse of them hoof,-
kerprre of 40 year. Manding, y ire the P 4 ...inter a 11101 i earn.
'cut character ass very bobesi, upright, indostriuus trades-
mos in all hie trauhaetbowi.
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The Crhimiiii (Mr. Wiliam) .award up Ms ease wilt)