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sante by a hoxious animal as would justify the at.'
tempt,to destroy him by -running' triM to his earth,
but that would not justify the digging for him after,-,
Waidatv4that had been settled by law ;• but even if
!an' animal. might be pursued with -dogs, it did not
follow that fitly or, .sixty pers'on4 had therefore a,
'right to trespass on *other people's lands:. He could'.
'not see what there was in the case of •Trentliain
versus Grundy, Ist Term -Reports, •to warrant the
opinion that any person might follow the hounds
over the lands of another. He had looked into that
case, and referred to the others quoted in it. Even
in the case chiefly relied on, it was stated that a man
might not,- htint for his pleasure or Profit, 'but only
to destroy such noxious animals as were injurious to
the cOmmbp weal. Therefore the good to the put.-
lic must be the governing motive: He would ask
the Jury,,:whether that could have been the motive
of the Defendant ? The laSt witness had expressly
'stated that he wished rather to nourish these noxious
animals than destroy them. • .
Mr. Serjeant-BasT,--After what your Lordship
• has said, I will not occupy the time of your Lord-
, ship or the Jury with one word more.
Lord ELLEisiBOROLIGH.—The're could be nominal
damages—it -is only meant to quiet a right. The
Plaintiff's, Counsel tell me they will be satisfied
:with nominal damages, therefore nominal &triages
• will do.; If this trespass is repeated,. it will be a
different thing. .
The Jury consulted a short time,•and returned a
verdict for the Plaintiff, with 40 shillings damages.
The" Foreman stated, that it was :the wish of the
Jury to give exemplary damages, bUt understanding
that his Lordship and the Plaintiff acquiesced, they
had only given forty shillings. •
Lord EI.:LiNBORoUGH—You do very right.to-find
forty shillings ; though; in this,case, as there, is- a
special justification on the record, one shilling da-
mages would answer the purpoSe of carrying the.
costs. I.shotild,.however,- still advise the damages
to be forty shillings,_ but there are seven other ac 7
tions depending, and the effe6t of. your ,verdict
'would be not to. -give one forty shillings, but forty
• shillings seven times over. • One shilling damages-
will answer every pUrpoie, and I shall, if necessary,
certify that the trespass was wilful and malicious.
The-Jury then altered their verditi to one shilling
datrpges.

THE EARL OF ESSEX GOSLING, ESQ.

This Ivas 'an a6tion of the same description, and
the Defendant's Counsel Consented to have a similar
verfliti recorded.

The trial of this cause ;finished the Assizes.

CHESTER, JULY 22.

At our Quarter Sessions,. in April last, a case.of
considerable 'importance to hat-manufaaurers and
others, who employ a number of workmen, came
before the Court. It was a prosecution at the in-
stance of Messrs. Thomas Phillips,. and Ca. against
a hat-finisher, of the-name of Buckley, for assault-
ing one of their workMeti,,for,having engaged to in,
strut; l their apprentices to finish hats,• and for re- 1
fusing to unite with Buckley -and. others, .in a corn-
bination, under the deno'rninition of Flints, to pre-
vent
.Messrs. Thomas Phillips and Co. from taking
apprentices. ,
•
The case being made out to the satisfaolion of a .
crowded Court, the Defendant was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment in Lancaster Castle.
In the course of the cause, Mr. SCArtLETT made I
a most eloquent and impressive speech, shelving the
evil tendency of combinations of all descriptions.
The- Court much approved the condut.-t of the i
Prosecutors, and declared they would, at all times, A
protean the honest and industridus workmen from in- 1
jury and i'nault, and strongly•condenmed the com-
bination of servants in general against their masters.
On Wednesday last,
,at our Quarter Sessions an
appeal was heard- Upon a conviction against John,i
Dalton and Joseph Midgley, journeymen hatters,.
at Oldham, for having entered into a combination, to
prevent Messrs. Henshaw, 'Barker, Bud Co. from
employing one Elizabeth Johnson.
•If apPeared that many of the Workmen had con-
spired together, to prevent the manufacturers from
employing women in.their works, and that they had I
entered into rules to carry their wishes into execu-
-1

The Court confirmed_ the •conviElions, and the
prisoners -were committed to hard lab Our, in the
New Bailey. Prison, for two months; and also un-
til they paid 211. the costs incurred, as authorised
by the Ad of ParliaMent.
There . .
was also another prosecution against Alexr
ander Stockdale for having, 'with several other
journeymen;. entered into a 'combination against
Alesrs. Mellor, Gee, and Kershaw,-of Olciliarn.

The,oounsel for the prosecution Stated, that it
was not the wish of the master manufacturers
press tor the conviction - of more journeymen, as
they hoped a sufficient example. would be made by
the punishment of the fOrmtr two (example being
their only ohjr6t) and they trusted that their le7
niry would Ewe a prOper of e& tipon all journey-
men hatters, who had formed 'such a combinatif,n,
particularly against women being' employed but
should it hereafter appear that,the journeymen at-
tended their illegal meetings, or otherwiSe conduq-
ed themselves as they had lately done, they would all
be-prosecuted with the utmost severity.

The CouilT remarked strongly against the illegal
proceedings of' the men, ..and ,hoped the greet mild-.
riess which the hat-manufaCturers had slioWn to the
journeymen, in not pressing further prosecutions,
would induce them to be subordinate to their em=
player's, and dissolve their meetings, which would
certainly be ruinous to themselves ; and, in future,
the journeymen found guilty of these combinations,
would meet with a more seirere punishment..

. A Melancholy accident happened on Tuesday last
on the Totness racecourse. Between the heats for
the 501.,plate, -a saddle and bridle were run for by
backs; when a man, rather intoxicated, attempting
to cross the course while the horses were running,
was unfortunately knocked down by one of them,
.and so severely injured that he died next warning.
He never spoke after the accident, ildt just to tell his
•place of abode, and that he bad a wife and-four
dren. He remained speechless afterwards till his
dissolution. His melancholy end; however, did not
at all interrupt he sports.