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Mlle, apse the mile of the copyright. lie sad it
Ma. a ref.
Oa betiig croweseusined by Mr. Scarlet, be
•1141, shit this receipt was for 311. 104. for 11w copy-
right ad:" Le ROMP IrliNkof." Ind it was only
roasted by Mr. Latoir,' and woo not witnessed by
any
Mr.rson.
pe *if.ll et.l6-fT now referred to the Art of the
4111 of the
..itsg. and Ikbpirrved, that in order to
lender the Itemise of as Outlier to a bookreller to
B'ol his work, valid, it wia.t ilpe witnessed by two
This had evideolly trot been the e:e.e in
tne Immo, inotattee, and therefore in point of hit
thin. sal no license at all.
dustier A Boors. was clearly or opinion that
the entitled to recover, not only on the
gtutind that the Defendant bad no legal berme, lint
on the resists which lie porreosed, iu common with
other authors, of property in the copyright of WI
work et the eityiratiou of fourteen year*.
A verdict ear then taken for the Plaintiff—
damages oiw hundred pound.. the Plaintiff agree-
ing to a.wgo hie title to the copyright for the
coaling Nutlet,. years.

TUCIIIII W. CIIIICSLEW.
This was 1111 1111:11011 SOW a commas carrier, to
recover the value of two packages. ceataioing can-
dles, soap. and other articles. intrusted to his care
to cliuvry (inns Louder, to Themeless Is Sawa, the
scat of Lord Petra.. bat which never reached their
destination, through the aegligeuee of the De-

lesidaiit.
Mr. Scsairre and Mr. CIIIIIITT coodoeted the
Plaiutdrs awe, and Mr. MAIIIITAIT the Dr-
feudant's.
It oppeared in evidence. that Mrs. Catherine
Adams, the housekeeper of Lord Petra. had Dent
orders to the Plaintiff, a tallow-chseidler in Smith-
molten-street, to mod the pods in question by his
Lorilship'o w gatersia,meither to his seat in Norfolk, or
to his mat iu but in the event of the private
conveyance lawns, previously left town. be was to
send them to the latter place by the Defendalit's
stage waggon, which plies from the Blue Boar Inn.
Aldgate, to Brentwood is Essex. In the mouth of
February. 1619. the goods were pecked op. sent
to the Blue Boer Ins, sod booked for the Defend.
rut's waggon ; they. however, never reached their
destination. and the present action was brought
by ilia. Plaintiff, who switained the lose of the goods.
Mr. MARSTATT took au objection to the form of
the pleadings. The declination stated that the
Defeesdaut, as a COMMON carrier. ondertook to ton-
re! the goods safely from the Blue Boer lots,
Whiteellapel. in the colony of Middlesex, to
Thursideu; whereas it appeared in eeideoce, that
the Blue Boar lon wools Aldgate. IS doors within
the city of London. Upon this variance between
the contract and the evidence, be submitted that
the Plaiiitiff most be °swooned.
Mr. J omit., A ISOTT thought there was certainly
a sound distinction beewses tore sad assampsit ;
in the fanner it was twaessmy to peeve with strictness
the whole of the contract sot out is the declaration,
though the variance was immideriel—whereas, in
the latter. the variance might he helped by the evi-
deuce. His Lordship was therefore of opinion that
the Plaiatift must be called.—.Nonsaiecoli

COURT OF COMMON FLEAS.
Sasbaeuilr, Jo.. IS.

GAMS' LAWS.
V. COLLIN. cad °TIMM
This was an action for the violation of the game
laws. The Defendants were charged by the Plain-
tiff, as Lord of the Manor, with laving kept and
used greyhounds for conning, without being duly
gambled.
Mr. Serjeant //AMMAN. after having stated the
qualification necessary to authorize a person to
course, mid, the Defendants were eitcluded from
that privilege, notwithstanding which they bad in-
fringed upon the manor, and coursed with grey-
hound, and other dogs. This was, indeed, a sport-
ing cause ; bat lie strongly recommended to the
Jury to consider the effect of allowing • set of idle
fellow. to have recourse to this system of poaching,
end declared that the evidence iu throne which was
very Wont, would establish the fact beyond: the pop-
sibility of being controverted. He called—
Grist, the gamekeeper of the Plaintiff—The wit.
ness said he saw the Defendants sporting nn the
Plaintiff's manor on the 14th December. They
were coursing with greyhounds and spaniels. but
did not Aunt any in his presence. The Games of
the three other Defendants were Elridge. Wilkin-
son. slid Leers.

Cross-eximined.—His minder bad been warned
off the manor. He knew Mr. Collins. one of the
Derrisdethts ; believed • he had • property on the
land which he inherited from his father. This was
Cie Plaintiff'', ease.

Mr. Bosa PIQUET, in addressing the Jury for the
Defetidarits, agreed that the cause Will • spotting
ere. It would appear that the Plaintiff must have
been air it jured man, but the injury contemplated
by the law, had nettling to do with the case, which
merely store from a desire of gratifying private
But how were the game haws violated by
the I)efendarits ? The place in which they were
stated to have been seen, did not belong to the
Plaintiff ; on the contrary, that gentlemen had
been precluded front sporting there, and had there-
tote determined that no other person should do.
a hat he was nut allowed to do. It was rather ex-
traordinary that the gamekeeper did not wait till lie
sae what the Defendants were about; whether they
ere not rather exercising the dogs than using
th.us, us hid heels conjectured. He went off the
moment he woe them with the dogs, coucluding
Chet that • 01 sufficient for the purposes of his mas-
ter. However, if the Jury were of opinion that this
vole of the c.oe was not decieive, he had another
which scold be convincing ereoui;ll. Ile could.
prove that Mr. Collins was • qualified person; end
if he a.eir qualified, the other persons included in
for Cliiiigr were altogether exempted from frslloll-
- Hr culled

J. t% fee suit! he knew the Dtfroolso.t's
(Cato.) family loamy years; his property lot ko.tw
i„eae rimy yews, ; the value of it Mrs about i3O/. a
)ear; to w. r freehold rod copyliold ; h. kept got).
la u ids. Tue other tutu mere men of idl. lilt ;
tasty •..uld &sow *owl then go to 6.11 a hare.
Dlr. Jute Haut trial, that Slur was pi bay foie
toAttire that Callum war ceitaiol) q oalotietl.
Mr. S rjraut VaOun ad.uitto.• at, and Ala.; ad-