The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-17 00:00:00

JERSEY LAW.

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The following is an account of justice as administered
in the island of Jersey. and is wondrous strange if true:
—6. I knew a scoundrel in Jersey, who ..wed a person
residing in Southampton 801. The creditor had heard
the debtor had come to Jersey; he pursued him to Jersey
to obtain the money. The debtor happened to be at the
pier head, when his eye saw there his friend, the cre-
ditor, laud from the packet, come doubtless to hunt him
up. He doeged the gentleman to an hotel, fetched the
officer, and served upon him a bill for eighty pounds,
at the suit of a Mr. A. The sheriff found Mr. B. at
breaki.eit, and asked him if his name was Mr. 8.,
and having replied in the affirmative, he handed
him the demand. The astonished Mr. B. looked
at him, and recovering a little from his surprise,
cmriedont, .Why, odzounds ! the man owes me the
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it.
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ato i -ad aay
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thael packet,
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6 You will not find it one,'Sir. Are you prepared, Sir,'
demanded the Sheriff, 6to payl that money ?" Un-
doubtedly not' roared Mr. B
owes me! Pretty thing, indeed! Zalll yhou
ti. le scoundrelhat's rich!'
: LeWillS
heyvoiiffi
Sheriff
find bail
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boot's
oits,a paid?'
pursued
on
havethe wrong
leg; the knave owes me the money, and I
business, and put myself to great expenseaanddai leftnc o mnvey-
llsoon as
Iniheancvee, it;stwoaclloomweedovdeorwhnertehiasnmdurffiecnovlershabe off andool' find
n
him. I must return by the next packet. Ha! ha! that's
fat!
Me owe it? Ha! ha!' I will wait, Sir,' replied the Sheriff,a
• till you have fini,hed you meal; and then, Sir, as you will
neither pay the money nor find bail, I must fulfil my
instructions, painful as they -may be. You must con.
sid-r yourselt my prisoner. Imagine the surprise, the
disgust, the indignation that seized upon the infuriated
creditor as he found himself actually in durance. And
there, in spite of all his ravinhgs re ctfitined his
th innocence
and the infernal mistake, ma long
weeks, till he was brought up to the Hall, and no one
appearing against him, he was discharged ;
for his ras-
cally debtor had, as you perceive, ceased him to be un-
justly arrested and confined, in order to allow himself a
clear exit to France, which he effected. And there was
no redress for the poor creditor, so he quietly went to his
home at Southamton, after suffering his three weeks'
imprisonment in Jersey, minus his eighty pounds. and
rejoicing
that he was at length out of that infernal place."
—The Ern:gr.
ant, by W. H. Leigh.

from
Gibraltar The letters f
the rate ot exeha of the 3d inst. quote
luze upon London at 491 for bills of 90
day,. Spanish
pillared dollars were commanding 2i
Malaga, on the 2d inst., the rate
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per cent. premium.
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At
—TELESCOPE, OPERA. AND RACE
ot exchange was 491
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neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mis-
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