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London, England, 1806-11-28 00:00:00

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov.

ti/LLET V. MAWMAY:

, It will be remeinhered that the .Plaintiff, a Printer,
in Snlishory7,Ateire, Fiei4-street, brought an Aetion
:against the Defendant, -a Bookseller in the Poultry,
:to, recover a compensation for work and labour,
namely, the printing or' two works, one called "The.
Travels of Anadharsis,— and ." Pearl DiEtionarY;"
both of which were destroyild when Mr. Giliet's
premises Were burnt 'on .the 12th of Dec. tBtti?.-=-A.t
the trial the Plaintiff obtained a verdict ; and, at the
commencement of tiepi:esent Term,.a Rule was ob-
• tairred to how cause why a new trial should not be
granted, upon the grOund that the. Plaintiff had te-
gleded to insure the Defendant's work, agreeably to
the custom of the trade. • • ,
he propriety of granting a -new trial came-on this
day for argument.- • •• • ' •
4tber oading. the. Report, of the Trial, which has
beenfrequentlybefuerelhe Public, .
Sir JAN ES MANsvitnn observed=—" The questipn
is, whether the Printer' did; 'orr, did net, take care' 44
, ,the Rookseller's :paper according tp the custom of
the trade ? It appeared to in& at the trial that there
never keits d' CaSe:-N:herertlie.-etidence was less prd-
plred behalf of the. Plaintiff to establish part
uf-
his allegations. You say (addressing himself to the
. Counsel for the Pl:lintitf)' you are entitled to recover,
rW.etiii-5e41167-'Defentlant• did not send:A-or the. work
when it was finished, and before the paper was lost.
The point. up?o, vyhiCh neW trial ought to
,be dis-
eUSSed appBars le to be the protnis -ofihe' Prin-
ter to be anS,.verable for the-paper. All the evidence
produced by,,yoU,weighed strongly that the Printer
wad obliged to answer for the paper.. There was a
Resolution passed after .Hamilton's fire to make the
-Printers answerable for die 'Paper in their chaige, but
it never was., sigtied. 11Ir StockdAte, one of the
Witnesses, said, when he had a great work to 'insure,
he never depended -upon the Printers who had Under-
taken to insure-his work, who frequently deceived
and this . proved that it, was the dutY of the
Printer to insure. .Pith, regard, to delay, there ap-
peared no engaireMent. to 'finish' the '‘N'or
rk by any
specific time, arid, if there was delay, it rested with
-the -Editor_of -"4l.nachArsis," who; in
.consequence
of some prevention, did riot send copy quick enough
to thd Punter: If the.delay-therefoi'e was occasioned
•by the Editor, that ii.art• of the charge ,-against the
.Defendant.isdoneaway. With respect 0 the custom
of the trade, I ,think it has not been sufficiently
quired into, and therefor'6 should think a 'new trial
necessary." • . •
Mr. Serjeant VALTQIIAN—" I hope yourLordship'
will hear the observation I have 'to offer against the.
new trial.", 1
• Sir JAMES MANSFIELD--""The'Court will hear you
to-morroW":(this day). . . •

EDIATURGH, Nov. 20.

HIGH COURT OF lUSTiCCARY:

OnThursdaY, the Judges, Lord Justice CLtati.,
Lord DUNSINNAN) and Lord MEADO'iVP:ANK, gave
indolent in the case of Margaret Cunningham,
Widow of the late John Mason, ax-dresser in 'Path-
head,' near Kirkaldy, Who had been found guilty at
the Perth :circnit, 'in May last, of in:Ordering_ her
li.z.;sband ; but her sentence was delayed, as slit was
pr,2gnant, and was lately deliVered of a child in [he-
rr olboot h of Edinburgh: 7-After the Judges had do-.
livered' their ,opinions with great feeling, the Lord:
Justice CLERK prollo.lllCCCl,,i'n a Illost elloquerit, im-
pressive and 6ffeEting 4-lanner, the .sentenc6 •of
• tlie.Court, viz.. that she 'should -be 'carried back is
the Tolboeth; and fed: on: bread::and water till the
7th of January, :when she should be hanged at. the
common place of execution at-Edinburgh, and her
body afterwards giVen to, Drs..Momio, Professors of
Anatomy -in the. University of Edinburgh,. to be
I. publicly diSseaed, The Lord Justice CLE,RK pa-
, thetkcally recommended to the Prisoner to employ
the time she- hid to-lie in Making lief. peace with
• Con, as;she could not have the least :hope of pardon
for..this.thost /atrocious offence. The unhappy wo-
man appeared at the Bar with her child in her arms,
•and did not Seefil' much raffeaed.With her awful
situation.
She had administered
,poison., twice to her Juts-
band ; the first time the dose bad failed,•thouigh the
poor man was taken ill ; and she repeated the dose
'after he had. recovered; which quickly occasioned
his death in the greatest agonies.. John Skinner,,
butcher in Path-head, with whom the prisoner lived
in an adultierous intercourse, was accused of being
concerned With hei in poison* her.husbaud ; but
Wits outlawed at the. Perth Circuit
.above-mentioned,
having made his escape,

Some circumstances have at length transpired
.
which are expedted to lead to a discovery of the
murderers of Mr. .Steele.' A man, as he supposed,' -
was on,•his death-bed in India, confessed having
been one of the three concerned in the murder.
Het.reCovered from the fit of sickness, and was sent ,
to Englund to communicate fully the circumstances.
atteuiling the murder. -'Mr. FARES, a Magistrate
the Police Office, Worship-street,, undertook the in-
vestio'ation, and succeeded ih -getting a description'
of the other two: murderers. Intelligent and ac
five Officers of -PoliCe were employed to .put the
plans of the Magistrate into execution, and, one, of
the men charged with the murder was taken into
custOdy:On 'Monday, in the neighbourhood of Brent-
ford, and he ha's undergone several private exami-
nations before Mr. NALSES. This man, and another
ziow Serving on board one of , his Majesty's Ships
on the coast of France,, were those 'impeached ..by'
the third,person before spoken. of The Lords of
the Admiralty. have dispatched proper officers 'to
convey the latter 'to London. The two prisoners
are in croSe confinement. ' Mr. NARE3- has been'
indefatigable in- procuring corroborating tcstimbnr
respeCting the horrid transaction.
Yesterday morning, between twelve, and one.,
o'clock, an alarming tire was discovered in'the pre-.
ruses of Ditssrs: Sutton, Keen, and 'Sriiith, ,blue
and mustard:manufaCturers-, in Garlick-hill, which
burned with great rapidity for some time. The_
whole of -the manutlictory was consumed, together
with Mr. Hughes's 'Carpenter's-y:ll'd, •fS.weed's-•
coart; - - '-'•