The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-02 00:00:00

Lzllr REPORT.

GOURT PP KING's BENCH, iugE

lIT7,GRA tI,D V.'BELL.

Mr. PAttlu moved for a Rule to- spew cause why
an intbrmation' should .not be filed against the De-
fendant, for challenging the Plaintiff •to fight- a
duel. He then proceeded to state, that the Plain-
tiff was a Gentleman, possessed of valuable estates
in Hampshire, the Defendant was a Surveyor in
the same part of the country. The Plaintiff wished
to renew a number of his tenants' leases, and em-
ploye4l the Defendant, as his agent cnd surveyor,
allowing him ,a per centage as a compensation for his
trouble. His centage, and other incidental ex-
pences amounted to 4001. The Plaintiff had ad-
vanced that sum to the Defendant, by paying it to a
third person at his
.request. In a short time after-
wards the Defendant sent in another Bill for 14001.,
which the Plaintiff refused to pay, and referred it
to Mr. Pickering, his Attorney, who, on. examining
the account, found that the Defendant bad in • se-
vaeral places charged thirty and forty pounds for
leases, where be had only paid the Solicitor nine
pounds, and after Mr. Pickering had expunged those.
false charges, the bill was reduced to 4001. The

Delendan—t at. first denied having received the 4001.
but at a subsequent period he acknowledged having
received. it. • The Defendant had written • many'
letters, and. made many applications' to the Mani--
tiff, which he answered by referring him to Mr.
.Pickering.. The Plaintiff was fond of aquatic •ex
cursions, and had a barge for the pnrpose, of mak--
Mg excursions round. the We of Wight he was
on board his _ batget when
_the Defendant, accom-
panied by A person
,of the name of Cooper, came in
a boat along-side, and asked for the Plaintiff,
when a friend of the Plaintiff's answered, that he
was ia full. possession Vf the circumstances between
'herb, and that- the Plaintiff would not have any
thing to do with. him except through his Attorney..
The Defendant then asked, it
,the, Plaintiff would
spe4k with 'iv itiettd,..Mr. Cooper ? The Plaintiff
answered, from oatchway, that he would nut
that Mr. Piikeiing k‘'as a man of honour, and he
, would do j( slice to both parties. The Defendant
then said, •‘ By your reftr4al to speak to my friend,
I am to. inter that you ni-e, a coward, and' I will post
you as such. in Winchester, and all the public towns
of the county."

- The 'Court here interfered, and observed, that
Mr. PARKE had very unnecessarily stated all_ the
tads of the
.case, for the latter part of the statement
was quite 'sufficient to induce the Court to grant the
rule, which was accordingly granted. •

THE KING V. DOHERTY.

Mr. MARIUATT applied to the Court to let this
cause standovar, until Mr. GARROW, who was Coun-
sel with him for the Defendant, should be able to
attend the Court. -
•

The ATTORNEY-OENBRAL said be had- no ob-
jeaion if the Learned Counsel would.' undertake to
stop the sale of the book, for he hart been informed
that the Defendant still continued his advertise-
ment in the public newspapers inviting Tersons to
become .purchasers of the very book that contained
the libel.

Mr. MARRIATT observed; he was not aware of
that being the case. The book was a mere novel,
'and did nut, contain_.any . liba; he thought it was
only the. preface that was deemed libellous by the
Prosecutor. Mr. Doherty was nut in; Court, and
he could; not , undertake to :answer without consult-
ing him; he would see him/ in the evening, and in-
turni the Court in the morning of the result of the
conference, he. did not apprehend
,it would make
any material difference to the Court the postponing.
it for thi.s day, as .the Lord Chief-Justice was guing
to sit at IN'tst Prius.

The Court acquiesced, and it was postponed ac-
cordingly.
• John Daly waS brought up, 'on a Corpus,
to be discharged, he hawing been committed on the
Little-go A6t, on the Motion•of RH ATT, it.
being. alledgt2d that the commitment was insuffi-
cient, the Sitting Magistrate not having, been pro-
perly described;
After, a few observations from Mr. MARR I ATT,
for the Prisoner, and Mr. KNAPP, fay the Prose-
cution—

The Court were of opibion, that the commit-
ment wai sufficiest, :and ordered him to be re-corn-
mitted.

THURSDAY, JUNE 30.

BLEWETT V. hARSDEN.

M. PARKE moved for a Rule, calling upon the
Defendant's Attorney to shew cause why he should
not pay the costs of the sham pleading which had
been used in this cause, and why the Plaintiff should
not be at liberty to sign judgment as-for want of- a
plea. He observed, that by long and immemorial
pra6tice; certain • pleas bad been used. for the pur-
poses of delay, and therefore were called sham pleas ;
but this case went far beyond the ordinary course,
and tended to bring the . records .of the Court into
ridicule 'and contempt. The atlion wLas in assurnpsit,
. and the. Defendant had pleaded thia the Plaintiff
was indebted -to him in more money t,han he claimed.
by virtue of a judgment recovered in Ireland.; He
then pleaded,that the Plaintiff was also indebted to
him in a further sum, by %irtue of a judgment reco-
vered on the 3d of September last, at the Court of
Pie Andre, held in Bartholomew Fair, together
with the Costs of the last judgment, amounting to
_sppl.- This plea, he observed, must be so notori-
ously' false, that he hoped the Court would make the
Attorney who chewed such eoutenlht of,the records
of the Court pay the costs.
Lord 41,LENBOROUGH said the-plea was also .sign,
ed by Counsel. It was usual to look over the plea
to see if it was correct in form before signed. If the
Gentleman who- signed this had done so, he was
sure itwould;not have had-his siguature.—Rule
granted. . ,

FRIDAY, JULY L.

ATTACHMENT

The. ATTORNEY GENERAL .applied for a Rule to
shew cause why Mr. Richard Pember, an Attoruety
of the Court, should not deliver over to Mr: Francis
Braithwaite certain deeds and papers, and also an-
swer the matters iu the affidavits. He was also in-
struded to add to this Rule, that Mr. Pernber should
attend the Court when the matter came on for dis-
cussion. The affidavits upon which the motion was