The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-03 00:00:00

COOKE V. LANOTTE.

The Court was occupied the greater part of the day
in Itcaring the further arguments in this case, which came
before his Lordship upon a motion for an injunc-
tion to restrain the defendants from proceeding with
an action at law upon a bond for 15,0001. against the
executors of a lady named Turner.
The case possesses no point of interest except to the
parties concerned.

VICE-CHANCERY—(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England was oc-
cupied the whole day with hearing cause petitions. Hut
Honour disposed of the unopposed first, and among those
that were opposed there was no case calling for a special
report.
(Before the Vice Chancellor KNIGHT Blium)
This was the first day of his Honours' sitting since
August last. His Honour heard motion and bankrupt
petitions. No case of any public interest came before
the Court during the entire day.
(Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)
His Honour heard cause petitions to day. The
arguments in the case of the " Attorney-General v.
Northcote" having been concluded, his Honour post-
poned his judgment.

QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, Mr•
Justice WIGHTILAN, and Mr. Justice ERLE.)
__ SWEARING IN OF THE NEW JUDGE.

Mr. Justice Talfourd was sworn in this morning
before the Judges of this Court as ono of the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas. His Lordship, wh°,
bowed very gracefully and smilingly to the bench anti
bar who stood during the ceremony, immediately after
retired.

THE DEFENCE OF THE CHARTIST PRISONERS—MACNA'
MARA P. O'CONNOR, M.P.
Mr. Sergeant SHEE said, in this case, which wag
tried before Lord Denman at the last sitting at Guild"
hall, in which a verdict was found for the plaintiff,
damages, 101/. 175., he had to move for a rule calling
upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should_
not be set aside, and a new trial had, on the ground of
the verdict being against the evidence. It was an action
by the plaintiff, an attorney, to recover the balance of a
bill of 3161. 17s. 6d. for the defence of Ernest Jones,
Rued!, Sharpe, Williams, and other Chartists, who were
that
tl
hicet ewdaos
neverseditionf defendant
loyed thepleaded
ndebi n 1848. Theted,ash had never
plaintiff, who was employed by a committee of Char-
tists, of which he was not a member, who called
themselves " The Committee of the Chartist Victim
Defence Fund." The persons named were arrested on
the Bth of June. A committee of nine or ten persons
was immediately formed fur the pm rse of raising funds
for their defence, a course which was advocated bYallr.
O'Connor in the Northern Star, but in none of them wtts
it evident that he rendered himself liable for the cost of
the defence of the prisoners. In one article he said be
had given directions to have the best counsel to defend
the prisoners, as it was the boast of his time that DO
Chartist should go to trial without being defended 14
the best counsel at the bar ; also, after the trial, that he
had received tlyo bills, being the cost of the defence of
the particular Chartists referred to, and another the
country, the ono amounting to 316/. 17s. 6d., end the
other for 1701., and asking the readers of his paper, wift.,
constituted a large portion of the Chartist body, if the'
would let it all fall upon him. the
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN inquired the meaning of
last passage?
Mr. Sergeant SHEE replied that the committee calve
to the conclusion that the necessary legal directioast
should be given by Mr. O'Connor, acting on behalf,_?,
the committee, believing him, iu consequence of
public character, political feeling, and influence, to ti
u
the best qualified to do so.
„lea
Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN inquired if he was to
the attorney. dibd
Mr. Sergeant SHEE replied that he could show he
not select the attorney. Tho evidence relied Luponyor
lie
the plaintiff was the following:—Mr. Cope, the G°Tnd
nor of Newgate, swore that he saw tho plaintiff Ila_
defendant together on the the 10th of June. ors,
quired of the defendant who was to defend the prison
the prisoners having asked him to make the inquiry!, to
which the defendant replied, " Mr. Macnamarti,
a ably
other person;" adding, that ho should see them
defended. The Rev. Mr. Davis, the chaplain of gill
gate, proved that the defendant said, " I never
leave my children in the day of trouble him
0
(Laughter) and introduced the plaintiff t, the
as the solicitor of the prisoners. fiat! 13,,,a
case rested upon this evidence alone it might hay.se,__.iff.
held that the defendant did not engage the p_le";:,th
Two letters of the defendant—one written on
.th 18th
June and the other on the 14th July—were putlinc,ownw
contained these passages:_n I beg you il
_uit,
your professional business under my
.direotiwon, am°