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a. farthing .of it back again, though -the prize had
been released. The agreeMent therefOre fair
and -conclusive, and the Plahniff .had ttO :further
• Mr. Moses, who stated himself to be the. Agent
for about 80 sail of South Sea Whalers, proved the
signature of the receipt; and denied that Mr. Bennet
,had said any -thing to hun about the rate at Wthich
the 5001 were.ealculated. In this, however, he.,was
cent raditled by Calder;-tv hi) swore that he had Men-
tioned the rate to be 25,00C1." 'The PayMent was
made in February, 1804,
Mr Serjeant COCKELL, in his reply, made some
very strong remarks .ou „the condua of the De-
fendant and his' coadjutor; Master 'Mose,„ There
,was no risk in ihetase, for it apikared in -the ansWer
:from the Defendant's own .roo'utii, that before,the
Plaintiff had been. inveigled into, the signature of
"this receipt by the Defendant, and 'his pout Fr-eild
!Master Mises, 350001. at least had been absdlutOy
condemned in the Aclrph-41tyJCOurt. • .The-. receipt
itself said nothing about the payment, as being a
compromiSe‘ for risk, "and; On the whole, he o.b-
-serted; that in his. Judgment, a fouler transaetion
had.,never appeared in a.Court of Justice. It was a
scandalous attempt to cheat ,The poor and worthy
fellOws, who, while the Defendant himself was
-rolling in Ihe'ltixtiiies of Blackheath, had, by their,
hard labour :and at the risk of We-and limb,-procur-
ed for him this accession of fortune.-- j
Sir S. MANSFIELD, in a clear and. ilistina man-
ner, summed up the case after which the JtitYliki-
mediately,,returned a verdi&for the Plaintiff, 'for
_the fiftieth share of t 4, ,add4ional. 16,6741.-,being
about' 3371.
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cßimteszSlNt2.:ll-iNtgys.

This was anla6lion; of Critm-Gett.-aridit Jury was
assembled before-. Mr. -Col, crgliq til6'S?condary,
_to aeso the 'damagesilie.:DlffendiltAuhaving•-suf-:
fe.reditidgmenti.by default. was not one of
those fashionable cases ,that grace the,,matrituonial
infidelities'Of polished life; tliongh-eqoally pregOnft
with higratitUde and falsehood. -Tile, Detendant-is
a bakerjiip the•liilrough, and the PlaintM'a ship"-
wright; and foretuan to the Duch-yard, at Black wall.
-TlieY were, besidek, friends and 'la&itiaintatees..-=
-The Plaintiff-also resided 'in 'the Borough;'aride4i4s
accustomed ,to,relurn home :evetT
.Weduesdayiafici!'
Saturday. Some fam.iliJritieshad been observe,d. by
'the Itiellds'of the partieS,'"a4.pdssing betireen't'he
Defendant and Mrs. Woods, which came -to' die !'
Ithowledge-of the Deferidances;-yt:ile, 7:who w;aS great-
ly enraged at her husbanci's neglect and.iniprudence.
*She.irrituediately acquainted the Pla'intiff with w!iat :1
'she had heard, --but he,- "Tood'easy man," coin
„not be persuaded of ,his. yiite!Onfidelity, and attri-
buted the_ fears of Mrs. Mai hews. to a wisplaced
jealousy. 6ne MoiiThy, Vo\Vever,'livitig
his work at an early hour, fie. resultikitilinti.Mtiling to
• town ; bat on.reaching home 4etweetilen andelev'en
at night, he was surprised, atfilichilglts house close-
ly- locked up, and his in bcd He ealled'to
the watchman, and with his -as-si'stance 'orened-h
back window, through which he and thei guardian
of the night entered. On gQing.into his bed-chant-
her, he di.scciver'ed hiA wife and the blik.er fast asleep
'in the-same bed. The husband wasipetrifie'cl,'With
astonishment, and. the watchman, alarmed for the
consequences, Sprung his rattle. The affrighted
lovers awaked from their trance, and; leaping front
the bed, flecrout of the rootu, naked as they were.
The neighhours assembled, who .interposing • be:-
tweenthe much-injured. Ihtinv,r.w,ht,and,his dister4,-
pered rage, saved both his wile...and the baker from
.tins violence. He had his remedy, at latiy, •they,ikaid,
and 'British 'Juries were liberal.,, This appeased the'
perturbation of his mind, and the. hopes_ 9f. redress
compensated, for the morneat,' the thought of lost.,
horihur and connubial liappiness.-, The baket: was,
-permitted to retain home ; but how be fared with
his suspaling wife did not appear. •
•
Mr. E4IN ASSE made apathetic appeal to the Jury,
and emphatfcally remarked, that the 'poor' man's!
best comfort vas his 116the.-:The 'Defendant, how-
-ever, had robbed' him of that, his only "solace,. and
had made him an objet ,for "thin finer "Of "scorn
point at. . .
-One of the Witnesses exaMined on the part of the
Plaintiff stated, that a friend had interposed' betW.een
the partieS, and pi oposed, 'on behalf Of the Defend-
" ant,'to.giVe the Plaintiff 301.; zinci to drop, an..a6tion.
he bad commenced againSi tiirn for money lent,
which 'amounted to no inconsiderable sum.
• • Me.-Ccio.voon.wai about to address
.the Jury for
the Defendant, witch the SecondaVobserved, that
the offer made. was prdbably•the!fit nleasbreof da-
mages, and recommended the Plaintiff to 'consider
of it., The debt-due from the-Plaintiff to tile-De-
fendant, it was said, was upWaids of 2001. -

• A conversation then t00k,,-place: between the.
friends of the con.teritlitigliatties, tind'a veldiet
301. NA as taken, the Defentlina ttrecitr: to di-op his
•
anion for the•debt due to him. •• • •

ROLL'S' COUR I , DUJILIN, Dtc:s.
F. E. JO NILS, ESQ.: V. 1)01' LE.

This case came on before the MAsTim of. the
ROLLS, on'a motion for 'an. injurirtion to stay the
Defendant hunt levyi-tic 'the atuooto. of an execution
tor 1001.-aolinst the
Mr. GooLD,' for- Plalntiti, stated that he
Patentee- -of the Theatre-lloyld in, 1/A.lin-4h:a
having occasion to borrow a uni of 3000l„lie ap-
• prised the public that he- wo!ald borrow it in shares
of 1 001. each, payable. by his bond, ,w1;11 five pd.
cent. interest, and -accompanied widi a transfer.-
ble ticketuf admission, which usually sold fig is
guineas atm-wily-L-0m( Mr„Joir:s.liv- ing been lately
.put to great expellee by bringing over Madame
Catalani and a number of foreigners, he refused ad-
mittance, fottheir nights, to eaCh Of those tickets so-
given for lending money. That the Defendant. be}
tog one of -those persons refused, gave noti-ee,put-
suant to fli-e tertris.of the bond, that he would,levy
the. amount, and accordingly issued' an execution
against Mr. Jones. Mr. Goold insisted; that this was
an usurious contract, inasmuch as the ticket' being
worth 15 guineas,_and the bond being payable. with
5 per cent. interest, the Plaintiff would thereby have
per cent. for hiS 'money.. The Defendant, by his
answer,
.admitted the fad, and therefore there Was
at least a.question ter the hearing. • •