The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY•)

(Sittings in Banco.) •
GEEVES V. GORTON. fa!
Mr. WEBSTER. said he had to move their Lordshir
rule, calling upon the Master to renew his taxation
siii;,oo
case. It was an action of libel, which was origi° of
down for trial in Middlesex, but for the convenience sol
parties the venue was subsequently changed to Leocitoill
the case, with the consent of the Learned Judge before " Ito
it was tried, was afterwards referred to an arbitration.
arbitrator made his award in August last, confirm-WU 1,14
dict which had been taken in Court for the plain
although the arbitrator certified that it was a preper
reflood
have been tried by a special jury, the taxing-niaster
°Ol
to allow the costs of the juries in Middlesex and Lo
till
should mention that the certificate was not given ," iirgr
the arbitrator's power had expired, and this would be.,40,
in opposition to his motion, as well as that the cer7g
ought to have been given immediately after the Ine.‘dviii,
the award, but he contended that it was made '1100;
accordance with the provision of the Act of Par.tliiti;
which required that the certificate should be givell."-eh rek
reasonable time after the verdict or award, and he "-
hoped their Lordsbips would accede to his motion.
Mr. V. WiLmAms resisted the application.

The Court made the rule absolute.
COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS A'11)
HEARNE V. TURNER. 0f A
Sir T. WILDE was heard this morning in support of 5
applied for in last term in this case, on the groun; #
prise, arid the improper admission of evidence. It oecf
discounting affair, and the facts are shortly these. Troiji
was tried at the London Sittings at Guildhall, after STD
term, before Mr. Justice Erle, in an action to recliegeil4
promissory notes, amounting together to 1,100/, t.,..3,117„.
be the property of the plaintiff. These notes, it aPP',SO 0.4)
drawn by a gentleman named Mytton, Why oesls
nexion with bill discounters has ere now
nt 4'o
times met the public eye. Mr. Mytton went
the notes in question to a person represent $0,12
be a bill-discounter, and passing by the name toe;
where he left the notes in order to be discounted. "":01,1;
next day, when he learned that Smith bad left;-
isoce;
brass plate on which the name was engraved was re„tosiTho
and that the notes were in his possession. The 11'00,
subsequently negotiated, and after some time cam° co Pikr
hands of the plaintiff. Under these circumstant of
Mytton employed Mr. Turner, an attorney, and tl!an of 4
man by means of a stratagem recovered posse.
t° rea,;e
notes. The plaintiff then commenced proceedings, '„,l bircl
the notes from Turner. The principal question rals.7nortY,
pleadings was, whether the notes were really the P_;,ithow4
the plaintiff; or whether he had received thenling to
consideration. After a long trial, in which, judg,oteg
the evidence adduced, the plaintiff had got the ) theto
his possession without advancing any money ford 110;4
verdict for the defendant was returned; anstippoiro,
the motion for the present rule, which was diy,
by the allegations that evidence had been unexPecte el 0,
duced which the plaintiff had not an opportunity;calf, 0
butting, and that the evidence so given was iiriPr°4otlol
ceived by the Court. On Saturday last Mr. Serg.,
was heard at length in support of the verdict of the?"
to-day Sir Thomas Wilde was heard in reply. ,_:miff 9001
The Learned Gentleman on behalf of the !D01..,4
tained that he had given consideration for the bills,
tie., le
or ms own means, bbt by g
borrowin of certain 134 r 51.'d
he had named, and into the truth of which the fin
tiny had been invited; and that the evidence adduce 04
defendant was of such a character as to have lead 3111.,
to proceed against certain parties for perjury in the cl ti
Learned Gentleman here went into a number of facts
este),
tion to two of the witnesses, from which it would ailed tl0;
had been connected with proceedings that rende.rioiow,)
evidance if not absolutely false, at least highly suttroiti
and that the plaintiff had not had a fair opPet"
bringing these objections out upon the trial. .ort
(The argument was going forward when our rer
and was expected to last all day.)
PAI
SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BuncuELl-)
HARRISON V. GREENWOOD. theft rgi
This was an action to recover thesum of 81. 7s.
of an account of 481. 75., for goods sold. The defen'od '
paid 401., and pleaded that he was not indebted be)- v,w
sum of 4/., which he paid into Court.
oid
that
Mr. WILDE, who appeared for the plaintiff, s•Th 01840
plaintiff was an ironmonger at Portland-town, an;,4d
fendant is a builder at Finchley. This was the `-"rotirt,
that the case had come before a jury. In the first 10, to
in consequence of the length of the bill and the pelotilo4,
ture of the items, it was agreed that the matter
referred to a gentleman of the bar, but he being Out.,, Ot
and the defendant's attorney refusing to refer it to 21";)
person, the case was tried, and a verdict given for t%04
tiff; that verdict, however, was set aside, and they I
again to come before the jury. the
Mr. THOMAS said that the gentleman to whom tr
was said to be referred was never in existence. Otber,
An overture was now made by defendant for an," be),
ference, but it was urged that the Under-SheriP
„iti;r44
power to consent, but that it must be under an order'',
and that, on the last occasion, the Judge could not
the reference.
Witness for the plaintiff proved that the good° "lie •
livered, and the charges were not only reasonable'
many cases, under- charged.
On the contrary, two practical ironmongers and
reduced the total amount of the bill to 421. 183. lei•
Verdict for the full amount claimed.
The case occupied the whole of the morning.

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS D •
.. A mail named Jones was charged with , the folloviele°,oo
xageous conduct in the house of Mr. Charie, aco ty
keeper, and residing in St. Luke's. jot°
The prisoner, in company with six others, went
,gf)
coffee- house on the previous evening, and asked for eg rt),
.coffee, bread and 'butter, &c. They were sell'
re, iG
them. When they had partaken of the of it,
landlord civilly asked them for the price, "V
whereupon all of them abused him in the grosseD;opei! ili
and not content with refusing payment, jumped
benches, broke the tables, and then ran out, all
prisoner, who was secured. ea 'l'
The constables stated that the same gang had sell
coffee-house keepers in the same manner.
In default of fine, he was committed for a week'
„
NIGHT POACHING.--Two young men, of
of Alfred Silvester and Clifford John Hobson, the veY
dairyman, and the latter a fly. driver, both from th C°"to
bourhood of Gravesend, were brought up before the osoo'
Justices at Rochester on Monday, by Dawes, theAci°o#,(lo
of Cobham, charged with, having been found arineuth-orf
closed wood belonging to the Earl of Darnley, in
of Shorne, on the night of-Friday last, in search of P'14,c„,"4.
The information was laid under the statute of 9 Gee: Ai
69; sec. 2, which subjects the party so. offending to
tierot
tation for fourteen years, or imprisonment for a11i,,030!4°
exceeding three years. It appears that the trusteed
Noble Earl constantly employ, during the dark see&the
year, fourteen persons to assist the head keeper in4g101;11;
nervation of game on his Lordship's estates in the I:.`ot
tie
hood of Cobham. On Tuesday night last, tUft
past eleven o'clock, Thomas Capps and John Jarre's 'vc?
the assistants employed, whilst watching in Sh°'„fve otd ,
heard, at a short distance from them, a noise as "
forcing their way through the wood, and in a fed,"
-afterwards they heard the snap of a gun, and a PhAe forlcoe
off from a tree in the same direction. They move" ed,
and saw the prisoners, with another man, who eseaPoli7
ing towards them under the oaks. One of there, oteekir
had a gun, and attempted to run away, but was'ig ofel,
by another keeper, named Tuffil. They were bot
the third man got clear off. Neither of the prisoathe flool
any defence, and both were committed for trial at„,/ tlf
assizes, with an intimation from the Bench that tniore
be admitted to bail, themselves in 80/. each, and four Tv
in 401. each.
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DEATH OF REDMOND O'DRISCOLL, de,lo- DP,
Cork Southern Reporter of Saturday announces the vlie
that morning, of the above•named gentleman, roP,V
for thirty years, up to February, 1844, been th,ellighv
of tbat paper, and who was well known to and jr
spected by, all connected with the Irish press. coo ov
INVERNESS n OOLLEN .MANUFACTORT. _
tig e'erf
able additions have been mace to the works of oftiflipe,
lishment, preparatory to the introduction of nevi 13'„oftrper
and on Friday evening the proprietor generously le 0100,0
the work-people and their families. A large nu,ll',,ot
sons were present, and after a substantial and etee'estiS„A;
dancing was kept up with groat hilarity till an ,g die
the following morning. Several of the proprietfrof lady
were at Cle entertainment, including a numbed' &lig,"
whose presence added greatly to the interest an wite_:-001
the meeting. A happier evening has rarely bee!'" occie
and the new building was finely ornamented fet;„, prey A
and brilliantly lighted up with gas prepared on 1."
Ogrb
—Ross-shire Advertiser. that 011 0
LocHMADDY, JAN. 13.—We regret to salt vartol,,, 0,
House, formerly the residence of the Macniels esti/80,
now the property of Colonel Gordon of Cluny,wrotnitl'fortu/
the morning of the 24th ult., burnt to the was ,00t.
have not heard how the fire originated. Thereiiirea
nately little or no furniture in the house. N°
Ross-shire Advertimr.