The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-28 00:00:00

1..1W REPORTS.

COURT OF kiNG's BENCH,
MIDNEIDAY, Ivor. Vt.
catuiest. 161401611AT10N.
Wt. SCARIATT moved fur leave to the a erlminal itsfor.
!nation against Hugh Campbell, Esq. for the publication
of a libel 011 the ointracter of Captain Mills, contained
In a public leiter. The Learned Counsel read the objec.
tfonante passages, charging Captain Mills with improper
conotert towards a female t. He described the
**hole to be a false and scandalous attack, winch warrant.
td an application to this Court.
A rule to sites, cause was panted.
sotocesnutoa AT COVENTItIi.
Teesday Mr. CYLTTY obtained a rule in the Court of
Bench, to skew cause why an attachment 611401111
lent be is•uell against Bateman and A. Pickett',
a unstable • of Coventay, for [seating the process of Witt
.Court with contempt. He stated, that this Application
arose oust of the late transactions at ~Coventry. It op.
pealed ft or the affidavits that the court basilic melded a
ink to chew cause why aet initial isiterntal. should not
be filed against Mr. Goodall, the high constable of Coven..
try, and the other persons above tiamed, a clerk was em•
, ploy ed in the comply to serve a copy of the said stele
upon each of those p. pions. When the el.,k went to
serve the three persons lest alluded to, they heated 1 in
the most violent manlier, knocked him down, mad, whiltt
on the g d. at. ink bias tepeatedly, and this without
the heist provacatiost on his part. lie affidavits cuutaintid
. a car statement of the partiettlars of the outrage.
Tna *l5O T. rattavas, /LAD OtHltall.
I.IIC SollC.to4-()Gullet 1110V:41 to base the rule fur a
. criusmal information, which he had obtained on a
Refuter clay, made absolute.
13eilinaii, on the part of Alderman Waldman
anti another, immediately rose, acid stated, that lilt
. clients had not yet had time to prepare those affidavits
..awhich they conceived essential to their defence; neither
, had they had an opportunity of consulting the books of
-she city. I hew gAttl..itten were extremely auxouis that
their case ahnuld he heard.ditriou the present term ; but
,atillew it was Ahmed to blitlid over tall Monday, which
be could scarcely expect list. C would grant, it was
risuPossible that they could Ike prepared before the next
.terill.
The-Lout-Chief ijustice observed, that it would be
i,extrentely inentivenient to take ',etch 3 case, which must
occupy cak,itleolle time, Ott the lest day of term.
Mr. Hoot here presented himself to the nutictsof the
.Court, and sail, lie was ready to show cause.
The SOlicitor.General submitted, that the affidavits
twist he filed before the present term e:Aured.
The Court said, certainly, except wive respect to Mr.
hunt, who did not apply lOr time. It was finally
arranged that the case should stand over till tie& term.
Mr. 'Scariest moved fora rule to show Cause why a
criminal information should not he tiled against air
1%4 tdiallici Commis Thomaa Colliers. Esti., George Gas.
perd, Esq., and satiutel,Wills, Esti , Niagistrates of Mid-
dlesex. fora iniadeuicanour. This applicatitio, he 61101,
was founded 011 a supposed breach of duty in those
gentlemen, in refusing to grant a license to a person of
the naine of drake, fur keeping a public-home. From
the aeldavits with which he was provided it would ap-
pear, that 111 1814, Mr. Meeke purchased the remainder
of a term in a puldic-house, situate in St. John's-lane,
.4;lerketiw. 11, witich was in the Finsbury division This
house had existed as A pllblie-11005e, wltiltillt hue 111 l is-
Inc Imo stars. AI the time of the purchase, it was
conneved with the brew house of Reid, MeUlt. and Co..
who had a mortgage upon it. Mr Meeke invested on
the premises a capital or 12541. Out entering he con•
tinned ill deal with Messrs. Read and Co., and at the
end or Slit first year, 1815, obtained a renewal of his
L. ense without any difficulty. in the ensuing year.
however, from faults (ilaid with his beer, he changed
his brewer, paid off the mortgage of Ale,sis Reid and
Co„ mid went to deal with Barclay and Co. The con-
se pence of this charge was, that his draught increased
froiu two butts to ten butts per ;tmtit. Other come.
queuces.fuNowcd of a most ruinous nature. A collect-
Jug clerk, of the house of Reid and Co., named Lucas,
exhibited considerable resentment, and threw out dark
• hints of Aleeke's impending. fate. In September, 1816,
be applied, as usual. on the licensiegulay, to have his
.-.license renewed. 'flue magistrates, whose names have
been mentioned, together with two others, Messrs Col.
her and Sellon, were the licertaingrnagisirates; against
the latter two gentlemen, no_ complaint was made. On
that occasion Mr. Locas was in the ante-room of the
(Court; but as Mr. Al eeke was satisfied heal uo fault
Avoid be found with the manner in which his house hail
been conchicted, he entertained no apprehension ; never•
theless, to his great surprise, he was informed that his
licence had been suspended. He considered that this
~..arose frinu.some circumstance pinch ccoulAl
es!, and, accordingly, be resulted to attelid again on the
,adktornment day. In the interim, his house was visited
by the High. Constable. and Messrs Collier and SO/on,'
who, 641 far front
,finding fault, commended the state of
.Jiis house; outler these circumstances he went to the
Magistrates on the adjournment day, in the confidence
431 having but wishes Accomplished. was, however,
•told, that his license would out be granted. His bum-
.IICAS was thus put a stop to, and it was remarkable that
another publican, of the name of Dell, living in the
same street, who like himself had ceased to deal.with
Arid and Co., had his license stopped At the.same time.
'On the licenso.g day iu IS IC, he agv-in applied for the
renewal of his license, and on that occasion produced
certificates not only Of the paiish officers of his own
parish, but also ol the one adjoining, as well as of almost
every inhabitant of his neighbourhood, bearing testi-
mony to the uniform regularity of his house; but he
was again unsuccesslid, and his prayer was rejected. In
1817 he encoded thirmagistrates ll nth his solicitor, and
once more tendered his cerifficaies, and prayed the re-
newal or his license. Oii this occasion he saw Air..
Willis. another collecting Clerk of Reid and Co., in
orautepsation with Dell, die publican, w ho at first look-