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London, England, 1802-03-03 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

COURT Of CHANCERY, TUESDAY, MARCH Z.

LINCOLN'S INN

THE UNIVERSITIES OF CAME-RIDGE AND OXFORD

V. MESSRS. RICHARDSONS.

Agreeably to a former adjournment, this business
again came before the Lott, CHANCELLOR to-day;
when, after an Answer of considerable length on
the part of the Plaintiffs, by the SOLICITOR GE-
NERAL-, Mr. MANS.FIELO, Mr. RIC.HARDs, and
Mr. RoMILEY ; and a Reply on the part of the De-
fendants by Mr. PLIJI4NIEE:, his Lordship said—
If it wete proper that the injUnEtion should be
taken Off, any delay on his part would certainly be
injurious to the'Delendants; but if,, on_ the other
hand, it ought not to be taken off, it would be as
improper to give a hasty decision on the subjefl.
Had he been aware of the importance of the question,
;hut the length into which the arguments had run on
both he felt no difficulty in saying, that he
shOuldhave required assistance in hearing the case ;
but after having given his opinion, on which ever
side it might happen to:be; if either Party were at
all dissatisfied, he had no objealon that the order
should be re-heard; and again discussed. He should
give " his decision either to-marrow or Thursday
morning.

COURT OF KING's BENCH,. MARCH 2.

SITTINGS BEFORE I,llt. JUSTICE GROSi, IN 0113.111/ALL,

LONDOW.

joHNSTON cl./.. WHITE.

MR. PARK said, that considering the
.number of
causes which remained to he tried, and the short-
ness of the time at present allotted for heir
it. would be unpardonable in him, if he made a long
speech in the ease he was about to submit to the
Jury, But unless he was stangely misiostruded,
which he -had no reason to susped, he should not
only have the verdictof the Jury, but also the in-
dignation of all who heard him would be direled
towards the Defendant. He
.could not help. ob-
serving, that his Learned Friend, Mr. ELSKI NE, had
what was called a .watching brief, and the holder
of it would be little more than a watetnTrin upon
this occasion. The Plaintiff in this adion .was a
poor woman, a widow, who had been left in a dis-
tresed situation.with,several infant children. She
had had the mifortune to fall into the hands of a
young man, .rho, he.un&rstood, was a candidate
for the honour. of being admitted into the Profession
of the Lba w as an Attorney ; but if the circum-
stances he was about to state were true, he trusted;
for the credit of the Profession, he would never be
admitted. He had indeed, been 'well instructed in
his youth ; he had been under the tuition of a re-•
spedable Gentleman of the. Profession, known by
the Learned Judge only by name, a Mr. Priddte.
He then came under the care of another celebrated
person, who had, some time ago, gone upon his,
travels, at the expense of Government, to
,some
distant parts of the globe. That respectable Gen,
tleman's name was Crossley.. This Defendant had
to boast of some intimacy with some other'Gentle.
men, almost equally respedable with those whose
names he had already mentioned, but he would not
now go through the bead-roll of them ; he men-
tioned this only to thew that a person who had re.
ceived she instrations of such celebrated Masters,
could not be at a loss how to support his cause.—
He had stated already; that the Plaintiff in this
adion was a widow : her. husband, Mr. Johnston,
had employed Messrs. Noy and Templar to transad
some business fot him as Attornies, which they, he
had no doubt, had transafted fairly, they being
honourable men. Johnston died in their debt to the
amount of about 171., leaving his widow, the
Plaintiff in this adion. The Defendant, Mr:John
White, was introduced to this woman; and she
-soon got into his hands, He told: her, that Noy
.and Templar were very bad men, that there was
not so much.due,. as they stated in their bill, and
that he would reduce their demand very much, and
that he wouldlake,care of the business if she would
give him isisu,She gave him the money, but. after-
wards she ccuk.never get any settlement from him,
nor dite, he pay ~a shilling of the debt. He pre-
tended that he would get the bill taxed. This Gen-
tleman aged under another. of the name of :shave,
as he understood, who had been said to shave. his
clients pretty- closely in some cases ; .however, be
that as it might, certain it was, that this money
was never applied to the payinent. of the bill
of Messrs. Noy and Tenplar,i.and, therefore,
this action was brought for money had and 'received
by the Defendant to the Plaintiff's use he should
prove the payment of this money to the Defendant,
for the purpose he had already
.ttated. The De-
fendant had given this poor woman notice to pro-
duce her letters-of administration to her husband,
.alledging, that she, was to pay,this money as. Ex-
ecutrix of her husband, 4:c. Mr. PARK said, he
was glad of-that notice, because that would entitle
,the Plaintiff in this adiOn, to recover 61. more of
the Defendant, for she gave him that money to take
out this administration, which, Mr. PARK said, he
knew he had not done, And then he had the mo-
desty to call for 'it, without giving the Plaintiff the
means of doing it. He shoUld prove this case, and
then he should be entitled to a verdid.