The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-02 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

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COURT OF KING's BENCH,:Dtc.:T., ,is;(f
StrEINGS BEFO:IE LOREI KENYON IN CUIEDIIA.I.

BILL ev. COOKE.
I\lll%F:R.SXlNEstated this to be. an AEliotilipon'al
Bill of 'Exchange.r 4.71.; 'and also for GoOcts
and' 'd-clivcred from 'the 'PraiitiZ, John.
.-1-4111, who were dealers in Flour, rigai'ost th'e-
.
fendant, who was4-Baker. They vent only upqn
the 'Cjiint. for Goods sold and delivered; 'for the
_Bill of Exchange was on a person, who, as he
undcntood, was a fugitive, and who' had gone to
America.
.The delivery of the goods was clearly proved,
. and also, that the Plaintiffs were Partners in trade.
for the Plaintiffs—Damages Forty-seven'
..Poutias. . •

HONMAN V. MILNE.

The Plaintiff is a common Sailor, and he brought
his A.eticn against the Defendant, who is a Pub
-Can,. to recover of him the balance of money due to
he having deposited in thp Defendant's hands
24.1. which-snmwas admitted, by the ljefendant's
Attorney, to have been put into tite hands of the
'Defendant by the Plaint 4, to be Accoitnted.fo-i to
tire.. -

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. The Defendant paid about five pounds into Court,
4,nd contended, there was no more due to the
"Plaintiff. .

appeared, "that .the Plaintiff lodged at the De-
lendant's house, which is a Public-house„and that the
Defendant took this money of the Plaintiff; who is
a Foreign Sailor, to take care of for him.
The Servant Girl of the Defendant swore, that
the Plaintiff was in the habit of sqUandering his
money as fast as he could ; that he treated. all the
tatermen .Who came to the house ; and when her
'Master -and Mistress advised him not to do So, h'ut to

be careful, he used to damn them, and say, that he
would take his money, and go where he could get
liquor : That she frequently saw her Mistress give
shis Sailor money, as he asked for it, which_sums
she gave an account of, to the. amount of 41. 8;. 6d.
'hit once, on the Wednesday, after the Sailor had
sow> away, he came back, and her Master gave
hirricliiree or four pounds, and that was the Settle.
merit between them.

In order to sli6x.r low this Settlement was. made

up, a Paper, containing charges for board and lodg-
., ig, and various ar6oes, was given in,—of some
,Of the items of which Lord KmoN,expressed his

disapprobation :,and his Lordship observed, that it
.was unaccountable how the_ party came to pay money
into Court, while he had a sweeping Witness to
prove a Settlement between the Parties. After
casting sp_ail the hems, 'which were proved on the
part of the Defendant, towards making up this sum
of z 4.1. which he admitted he had received for the
use of the Plaintiff, his Lordship said,
.there ap_
ptared to him to be as sum of tol. 15s. 7d.'whjd,
.was not clearly explained. 'The Jury would look
at the .Bill of the Publican, and whether that sum
*as well accounted for, they would judge.
.The Jury withdrew, and after deliberating for
about hail an hogr, •found 'aYerditt for. the De-
fendant. . „. .

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'v. WRIGHT.

This was an Aaion for work and labour and
victuals piOvided by the Plaintiff for the Defendant.
The Defendant kcpt a public_house called.. the
plue Posts, in - Newgate Market ; 'some time ago
*it was his fortune to be cast into' prison for debt.
pacing that time the Plaintiff lifted as Iriliter at
this -Public--bouseand it was Said that he laid -out
Tkiniemon-ey for the use, of the house: Be claimed
wages-at' the rate of 15s. per -i,veek for /5 weeks.
The Delenci-ant made a set-off to this demand of
one Guinea a -weekTOr the board and lodging of the
alledging there was no agireement between
frinvand the Plaintiff,'that the -Plaintiff shotild: be
the Waiter at this house.
::•The Defendant'S'.Cotmsel, Mr. MINGAY,, said
'That • the truth of this Matter was' this : That . the
"Defendant had no idea of charging the Plaintiff any
thing for liiS' board and' lodging, but he did it to
be even with the Plaintiff in this Case; in reality
'there was no agreement of any kind between the
Parties, nor could any be proved, and therefore the
Plaintiff could dot obtain a Verdid ; the best end
that could be made of this Cause was, that each
Party should pay his own costs, for which purpose
he should consent to 'withdraw a Juror. •
Lord KENYON Said 'he lud thought of 'making
that proposal.—To which Mr. ERSKINE, on' the
'tart of the Plaintiff, consented. , •
Juror •withdrawn—the' consequence of which is
that each Party is to pay his own costs.
• KENYON.--" Gentlemen should have coin_
passion on 'the loWer orders of Mankind, and not
encourage theSe Causes.",
The-Adjour-tient dv,is fixed for Monday next.

Thursday night there was a considerable fall of
snow at Edinburgh and the neighbourhood, for the
first time this winter.
The City's intended improvements of Sndwhill
are now going on, but we arc 'sorry to say, from
the' removal of 'houses and limpS from the spot,
the passage of a night is dangerous to foot pas..
senders; as about a moPth since, a Gentleman who
resides in Bartlett'S-buildings, mistook his step,
and fell from the kirb, and ahackney-coach corning
bYat the instant, went over both his legs, which
caused a severe frathlre ; and on Sunday evening
la!it,7abour half past nine, four young women corn-
insz from Newgate-street to Soho,ton the' south-
sicl.e of Snow-hill, walking in the dark, three of
them fell over the precipice, about five'or six filet
in height, into the hollow. -Their shrieks bringing
the neighbours and passengers to their assistance,
they were removed to an adjoining house. in strong
-tits, being much bruised, &c. One of them bioke
her arm.