The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-03 00:00:00

LAw" REPORT.

GUILDHA-LL," LONDON, Vu 21.
I TTI tiG6 BEYO4IL.LCIAIii KLNYON ANI) A SPLCIA.L
JURY lAi CLILI,IIII4LI,i LONTPV.
TSHErwooD.

This was•an Mtion of Troyer, brwht tolte.
cover, the value-'olli quantity of hemp, iron And.
deals: It appeared that the goods.liadkteen
pur-
chased in Russia, and „shipped on ,board .a
ailed the William, chartered for :the purpose 4nd
bound for England. They had l)een consigned to a
Merchant of thewine ofCrane ; but Crane bect)m-
ing bankrupt, the consigner wished to have noth 1!.:f
to do with him on that accounts and. te,.oonsigne
them to another person of property and
.credit.
Upon their arrival they were demanded .by the
Plaintiff,. Who is assignee to the
.Bankrupt, and,.
as the person in whose custody they were retib.cd
to surrender them, he brolight this Atlion to re-
cover their value.
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The case was extremely. perplexed, and. in-
volved several pointi of the mercantile law of
Russia. Lord Kiyiroy at length interfered and
said, that as the qUestion was oneupon which the
Jury would find •gp;at,difficalw in diciding, it
had much better be refired ,t 6 arbitration. lis
Lordship's recommendation was. adopted, -and a
,refereuce was immediately agrees' to. •

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A4SM4H SI. ;PAL ay.

Tu Pl4intif hro►tght this Adion 'against the
Defendant, for a suppOsed imitation, of a Machina
which the Plaintiff had invented for raising Beer,
&e, from the cellars to the bar of publichooes,
&c.

Lord Kr.tvitow made several observations on
the nature -of Patents, and the cause lasted a eon-
siderabfe while, but -after the case was fully
hegrci, it was clear in his 'Lo'rdship's opinion that
the Plaintiff had taken out' his Patent too extpn-
sively, and therefore there WAS a 'Verdi& for the
Defendant.

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This anion was brought by " the
,I?l,pintitY
against the' Defendant, to recover the valuo'of a
quantity of Co* which he.hati lot by pillage,
in consequence of the -negligence- of the DCtell.
dant. The. property ?was-consigned to the*.Plain-
tiffm—the Dasfendant was Captain of an American
Ship, which had on board a large quantity of
Coffee, consigned to,theflaintiff. It arrived in
the River Thamest after which,thePlaintiff sent
lighterman along-side to bring the goods on
311ok. T.haighterman was detained three days
before' the whole of the Coffee could be deliver-
ed ; .during, which tittle no person attended' to
tak-proper cpre of the goods, 'in consequence of
which loss
,happened of of the COffee.
'Xhe Plaintiff coptetxied, that by the custom of
thei(iier, the Coffee was ender the cafe, of "the
thip; until it .was all delivered to the 'Lighter:.
man, and as the Lighterman had only three-petite
per bag:for carrying it from the ship to the share,
'be was. not, 'responsible for -thg.pillifge in any
d.p ase,.eept thaf which was owing. to Itis Own
rf4seondtiAl.
..:.10n the other hand, it was cOritende4 kg the
Vlekrgiant, that as the
'Ant :this
~leightettnan ;1104.4ic1e the,,,,,Ship, and *0 he was 'a
total stranger. to the Aefendartc, the captaipAid,
• nothing to, do with it, and that the Lighterman
• ; .
ought to hose proppx people on board to take care'
Of the goods..
However, it, appeared clearly from the evi-
dence,- that the custom of the River was, th;it
goods in a Lighter a-re under the care of the Ship
till the whole of, the goods ar'e ,delivered .; and
Mr. Champion, one of, the Gentlemen oftlie,-jury,
saki, that he knew that what was here comend.cd
for on the part of the rlaintiff, was, -the custom
of the River—although, he thoUght it very ab-
surd, -but as it Was a Custom in Trade, it was
binding,—Verdi",- for the Plaintiff, bilmages the
vitrue of the Coffee, 931. v5..64