The National Register.
London, England, 1822-02-10 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY.
MONDAY, FEIS. 4.
DREW( v. CROUCH.
The Court was crowded to excess this morning in expec-
tation of the parties, who were ordered to attend his Lord-
ship to answer a contempt of Court, to elope from the house
of her aunt and maternal guardian, Mrs. Bs efield, of Old
Compton-street, Soho-square, on the tOth of January last,
for the purpose of marrying William Turner, ajourneyrnan
plasterer, would he brought up The parties attended ; they
were, Win. Turner, the now husband of the ward, Joint
Turner his brother, Eliza Turner their mother, and Eliza
Turner, her grand-daughter. The young lady has a fortune
of 5,0001. t the marriage took place on the day she eloped,
at a church near the Tower.
The Lord Chancellor directed that William Turner, and
Eliza Turner his mother, should be committed furthw ith to
the custody of the Fleet Prison, and dismissed the cbarge
against John Turnerand hi. niece Eliza Turner.
THURSDAY, VEII. 7.

MURRAY VCrWa SENIOR.
Mr. Shadwell moved the Court for an injunction to restrain
the defendant from publishing a certain work entitled " CaM,"
the production of. Lord Byron.
The lord Chancellor observed, that though he had not read
the wink, he had reason to believe from what he had heard, that
it was of a nature to preclude his interference in protecting
plaintiff's property.
Mr. Shetlwell suggested to his Lordship the necessity of having
the injunction grunted, as the case could then be argued; to
which his Lordship assented.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
MONDAY, FEB. 4.
THE KING V. DN. N. HIGHMORE.
The Solicitor General prayed the judgment of the Cone
on the defendant, found guilty of publishing n libel on his
Majesty. The libel was a letter addressed to the King,
which has already been before the public.
The Lord Chief Justice said, my recommendation to both
parties is, that this gentleman he allowed to enter into his
.441 D recognizance to appear and receive the judgtuent of the
,Court when called on
The Solicitor General.—My Lord, I accede to this, on the
part of the Crown, and consent to let the defendant out upon
entering into his own recognizance.
Mr. Platt, as Counsel for Ur. Hiehmorc, then requested
that gentleman to withdraw, and consult with him upon the
proposal made to him.
Dr. Iliglimore was grateful to the Court for the recom-
.osendation thrown out, and he should be happy to enter into
his own recognizance.
The defendant then entered into his own recognizance to
appear when called on.
THE KING V. Josseu MIITHERBANO AND OTHERS.
The defendants appeared to receive the judgment of the
Court, charged upon information filed by the Attornev-
General, w ith a riot and assault on the Custons.house officers
(at Bognor, ill Sussex), in the execution of their duty.
Mr. Justice Holroyd, in the absence of Judge Bayley,
delivered the judoleut of Court, by which the defendant
Sutherland was sentenced to be imprisoned thtee months iu
Hurshasa Gault the other two defendants were sentenced to
two months' in the same gaol.

COBLE C. STUBS.
10 this case the Court had to decide whether an old smug-
gler could be made a bankrupt.
It was contended there must be a lawful buying and selling,
and that the smuggler was not within the bankrupt laws,
because what he did was illegal,
The Judges, after heal log the question ably argued, were
(opinion, that under all the circumstances the legal credi-
tors might sue out a commission against *smuggler.