The National Register.
London, England, 1822-04-29 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

• COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
MONDAY, APRIL. 22.
TOP. KING T. WIRATCHBULL, TOWEL, •RD PARTRIDGE.
This was an indictment forn conspiraes. The defendant,
Captain Knatchbull, is son of the late Sir Edward
Knatehhull, and brother to the present Baronet of that
Mille, Member for the county of Kent. The other
two defendants are attorneys, residing in Nicholas-lane,
in the City of London. The indictment charged them
Milli falsely and fraudulently representing to Me--t 4. Stone-
home and Co. w ine merchants, and nt-o to Thomas 11. Ore 11,
crifr,eslintise•keeper, that he, the said Captain Knatchtwll.
rins entitled, under the will of his late f ether. to a I. gary of
3001. ; and also that they did falsely assign and art over the j
same to Messrs. Sioneli,,me nod Co. in order to *mance them
to delay proceedim, Rain.' Captain Charles Knatelthull for
4331. the amount of two Bills of Eselinnee liver doe, ac-
cepted by iti.u, they well {thou ing that the raid leeney of
3001. hail been ail eauly paid to the said Captain Chat let
Kit itchbull.
The Lord Chief Jmtice in summing up the ry;pnre to
Jury, olssereed that the proceedings in Chancery acitimt the
let ecutor4, iif witch the daendaids Fnwel and l'artriil,z.e
had spoken, were certainly art lite. Th....tau. t rut in their
lever al,o to Charlet Knatehhuil, tint they had recoyeled
on. se hundreds of pound.; more than John Kiintehhull
retied, was equally lintri.r. and it wa: for the to say
Whether those fal‘e hoods were uttered for the ft •iiiilutent our-
ri•le meolioned in the indictment. Out the evidetwe there
could he no reasonable doubt of the guilt of the defendant
Charles Knot clittull.
TI a Joiry ortheil for about taenty minutes, and on their
return found a serdirlofgnilty against the defendant.
WFDNEgIAT APRIL.
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This !wine the first day of Easter Term, the Judges
took their seats as usual.
The Lord Chief Justice presented the report of the
Marshal of the King's !froth, made in pursuance of an
order of the Court last Term.
Mr. Jones stated, that he had personally resided in the
prison .since last 'ferni, sleeping out of the walls only one
right in each week. ila.ing got rid of most of the wm k-
nit n employed in making the necessary preparations fur
Lis constant residence. he expected shortly to be in
Condition to reside within the pi isou with the whole of his
family.
The report of the state of the convicts was read, as
sista!, a' "se commencement of Term.
DEI2IIV AND GIBBS V. CAVPUFLL.

The Solicitor General moved for a rule to sinew why an
attorney of the Court should nut pay to a Air. Campholl
application was made on the affidavit or Mr.
Campbell. stating. that be was a prisoner in the King's
Bench at the suit of Messrs. Derby and Gibbs v. Camp-
bell. Having Lien recommended to the attorney to
obtain his discharge, he paid into the hands of that gen-
tleman 2:01. in order that be might pay It over to the
plaintiffs in the artioc. He was expected to retro with
the diACIIIITEe of Mr. Campbell. hat lie never did return.
Several letters had been written, calling upon him to
cc-
torn it, but he never had returned it.
Tice Court granted a rule to chew cause.
THE RING a. HOLDER. _

Me. Sergeant Cross moved for a rute to anew cense why
the dr &infant should not be admitted to bail 011 a charge
of manslaughter before the magistrates at Lancaster.
'flue teamed Mu igeant moved this upon affidavit, stating
that the deft tolatit was unable to pay the expert( e of the
writ of Habeas Corpus to bring him into this Court.
The circumstances were these:—The defendant was
sitting at a public borne in Manchester, when a person,
who had misbehaved, was turtivri out. The prisoner as•
aided in fur ii iii g hint out. A midi assembled in Ore street,
and the person turned out of the house went away, lint the
deceased IA erivcci a blues front the prisoner, which °car
Moiled his death.
Judge Boyle) asked whether there was any provocation.
sergeant (;1011/ said, the ptiwner, standing on the steps
of r door, received a violent kid,
Judge Be.t.—A kick in the Lancashire way. I have
se►n those kicks
The Cuero gr.mted the role.