The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-05 00:00:00

':4llo*ed A 'seat dtiriiig the trials and
was taken into And chit of court on crutches-4.44as-
par's aTIO was amputated a little belbw tlrehoulder
---Carrill was an interesting yotng man, 6nly ig
years of age; and apivared indifferent abbut his fate.
'Merl Simpson was cao[tall/Conviaed, for\stealing
nine **hilts and beveral. Other articies, the property of
'Robert 'Hawkins.

Tert were colivied of felony,
John Godfrey, John sey;- George Roberts;
Harriet Spike. nen' Jones, ankl Bridget Lewing-
‘,",, Inirritt Martin, James Spminers and John Shay,
and William Jackson, alias Collings. •
And five were acquitted.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Mc, t.

STROICGI'TII'ARM V. THOMAS ACIIMUTY, ESQ.

This was an aetion brought to recover seven gui-
,neas, the price of a gold seal sold by the Plaintiff to
the Defendant.
it appeared,, that the Plaintiff was. a seal en-
graver, living in Pall-mail, and the Defendant a
Lieutenant in the Dragoon Guards. The Defend-
ant, in company with his brother, Capt. Achmuty,
bespoke two seals at the shop of the PlairkitY
Captain Achmuty called for his, and paid for it; he
was also so well pleased with it, that tie bespoke
another, which he also paid for. The Defendant
told the Plaintiff, when his seat was done, to e.,11 on
his agents, Messrs. Greenwood and Cox, and they
would pay him; he accordingly did- so, but they
said it was out of their power to pay any .money
Without an older. The Defendant wrole the Plain-
tiff a letter, to his head-quarters, at Derby, men-
tioning the seal was finished, and the answer he
had received from Messrs. Greenwood and Cox. He
received an answer, to send down the impression
of the seal, and he would send an order to Nessrs.
Greenwood and Cox to. pay him. The Plaintiff ac-
cordingly sent the impression. On the 21st, of Oc-
Aober, 1806, be received a letter from the Defen-
dant, saying, that the impression did not come up to
his expeetation ; but he would be in London in a
short time, when he would point out what altera-
tions lie wanted to be made in it. • .

The Plaintiff waited for six months without hear-
ing any thing about the Defendant ; at the expira-
tion of which time he wrote, expressing his surprise
that he had neither heard frOm ❑or seen him, and
requesting that he would send the payinent for the.
seal, as it had lain over 4n unusual length of time ;
to which the Defendant wrote the following an-
swer:—" He-was- Surprised how-the Plaintiff"could
be in such a hurry ; thought he knew life better.—
The impreision he had received made him con-
vinced that the seal was inferior to the specimens
he had seen in the Plaititiif'S shop. He would be
some time or other in London, and what altera-
tion he might think proper to haVe made, it was
likely he would take a lounge into the 'Plaintiff's
shop for that purpose, some morning ; ism the heat
of the weather was then so intense, it was impossi-
ble for him to commit the diretaions to paper. He
was sorry his brother had accepted of his seat, btu, it
skewed that his brother's taste was inferior to his;"

Several witnesses proved, that seven guineas was
a fair dice for the seal.
It was attempted to be set up, in defence, that
the seal was not of that exquisite kind contemplated
and ordered by the Defendant, but it tailed ; and.
the Jury gave a verdict for the Plaintiff tor seven
guineas, and costi forty shillings.