The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-08 00:00:00

LA U' REPORT,

COURT OF KING's BENCH, GLIITAIRALL, IVO/ 5.
SIT ri.NG3 AT Nisi rttiulilEtakE LI.LItN.BOROUGH.

GREEN V.
.CUADWELI...

This was 'an adieu of Slandpr, and the words
charged to* have been sPoken by the. ,llefendaut
aptipst the P,laiiititr were, '‘‘ You. aPt a scoundrel
and a. thief, you . robbed me ofan engine. you put up
at the Gibraltar." ..'• •

Mr. GARROW prefaced a most able and eloquent
'speech with several obseftiitions 'open the danger
and effeas calumny. The parties in this vase
were both makers'of ,beer-machinesrwhich were an
invention of a Very late date, for
,the purpose of
conveying liquor .from the cellar to the, Lip, and now
in use in almost- every public-house
.throughout the
kingdom. The Defendant had not only'scandal-
-ously and maliciouSly defamed the charaelet, of the •
Plaintiff, but, without the least foundation, eudea-
toured to injure him in his trade, and undermine
his reputation, •by followin!r hirn;' from place to
place; throngh a great number t)1: his customers,
telling them, that he not only did not understand
his business, but had, stolen froth him the beer- •
machine put up at •the Gibraltar public-house.
The Proprietors of the Rose and Crown, King's
road, Chelseit--the Gun, in., Hammerstnith—,the
Nun's Head, CaMberwell—the Gibraltar, andse-
veral other Owners Of public-houses, were severally
e'xamined, and proved that the Defendant - ,had
followed the Plaintiff from place to place, saying, he
did not understand the making of the machine,
'Offering to make scile better at a lower ptiee, and
repea4),lly usinfr..e)pprobrious expressions against the
said chat he had robbed hint of the twa‘line
he putup at the Gibraltar and ether piaces. The
Plaintiff, it appeared,'had formerly. been .a"Journey7
man to tda he Detennt, who was the, Original inven-,
, .
this .
'tor of,engine.
Verdict of :,01, damages for the Plaintiff.
PRICE V. THoMPSON.
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, .
. - Mrl PAARtrOcr Stated, -that this was an aalintfor
goods sold and delivered to the.Defendar.t's order.
The Plaintiff was a person of great respetaabiliti,-,
and.the Deferidant was also a Gentleman,ofrespeet-
ability, antra Clergyman, , The goods in question
had been delivered upon a written ovder, in the De-
feuclant's name ; and a ,dispute. had arisen as to ,the
identity of the hand-writing ; he was willing to abide
by the Defendant's evidence upon oath.
The.,n3fendant \''il:i then sworn, and positiVely
denied the hand-writing to be hi, or that he.had
any knowledge of it, cr gave any authority •whatso,
ever for it, The Plaintiff accordingly was .Iwn-
mited...

JULY G.

13NTI1ET SIR JOHN CORE.

This was an action brought by thePlaintifF, an At—
torrtey, to rCCOVei from the Defendant the stun of
11001. beiol. the amount of an account of bti.;ine-,,
and of disbursements made for the Defendant from
:June 1903 to May 1804.
The-account wwi. in'ored by a Clerk of the
tifr*; but on Ills cross-examination by Mr, 04m-
Rbw, the Witness admitted that ttli the Rents- in the
=Count., except one of 41. los. were inceried in de-
fending two ditThrent indiaments against the Defend-
ant and the Plaintiff and WitnessthiMself, for illegal
seizure of the goods of a Mrs. Turner and a per3on of
' the name of Olkeilly, and in a ri.ierence following, in
consequence of these two prosecutions, by the award
in.whieh the Plaintiff himself was made liable in the
very costs and disbursements now sought to be re-
covered. As a sei-olf against the 41. tos. Mr. Giut-
Acriv also produced a holograph receipt by the Plain-
tiff, aeknowledginir, to have received from the De-
fendant the sum of'sool. rtd proqiising to account
for the same.
The SoLICITOR-GP.NBRAL, for the Plaintiff, offer:l,l
to refer the matter to toot Master or to any other
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person 'Mr. GA nOW should name.
• After some conversation on this proposition, Mr.
GA W:agreed ihat- walla should be,enfered for
the Plaintiff for 41, los:. subica to' a reference to Mr.
D.,llklr ,to iii,quire whither any thing, or what sum
farther than the 41..'105, was due by•the Defendant
to the Plaintiff.

EIIIk IN SHAW V. PRICE. •
Mr,,Gmotow stated this to ne.au ataion for As-
sault an4Bzutery. The llaintiff was the wroner
at a Gentlernan's nem. 3t., Alban's: T fje-
feudant, the Direr .of the .:NLlnchester Telegraph
CriaCh. On the road betiveen Barnett and St. Al-
ban's, it was his pleasure to drive through:a lane in-,
stead. of the main road, for which he tbund no fault
with him, but the Plaintiff and another waggoner
had their teams in the lane, and thelraces of one. of
their bones broke, so'as tripecasion a stoppage..--
The. Defend.:mt, like most of his fraternity, was much
addi6ted to the pu:;ilistie art, got oft. his box, -and
heat tinit ene, and thon the other of Ate two wag-
goners brutally, 'lite Plaintiff-Was only aatof I 8
years of age, and sued by his father as his guardian
'and next filend. This alion was brought for da-,
mages, at the Size of Which the, Jury need not be.
for gentlemen, of the whip pick up' a,
good. deal :of mimey, and it .WClS'fit to teach them tlie
expence of indulint! their partiality to the ,pra4ice
of bOxipg, :And their vc:a,diness to commit assztults,
The Jury, under the dircaiOn of Lord:lit,rxx-
Bottorou found 0 verktia for the Plaintiff—Da-
ges 101.

THE KII.Fri V. P.ICF.O.T .&110T4E1t.
The PrOsecator resides at Vile End' New Town,
V as putting up. 1,.:0;nc. NytjOdcn fences which adjoin
the ptrd of the Defendant's house 1;•h9 complained
that the Prosecutor went beyond his boundary, when
words aro:ie. The Delendant called prosecutor " a
rogue and a thlcf." 'The Prosecutor said, " 'Mr. P.
you 'may call me what you please, but you cannot
s:ty that I ever ),(t -my hOuse on tire," on winch- the
Defendant kicLed the Prosecutor on the rump.
Lunt ELLEN a o aot! o it said, there must he ttiierdllit
of Guilty , but he iii)v,'!d that, considering theprowea-
tion the Doendaut's huuse had latelylkeen
lire), the Defendant w.4uktnever ire 'broughe up fur
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