The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-24 00:00:00

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

Causes possessing not the least public interest occupied
his Honour the whole morning.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)

RAYNARD V. ROBINSON.

Mr. SERGEANT WILDE stated that this was an action
brought by the assignee of an insolvent named Birch,
against Robinson for 401. The case had been tried at
York, and a verdict entered for the plaintiff, subject to
the opinion of the Court. The defendant lent Birch, in
1830, the sum of 401., to be rep ild in a few months.
Robinson, when the time had expired, wrote a letter, re-
questing payment, which not being complied with, on the
10th of September, 1831, he wrote another letter, com-
plaining of the delay, and telling him he must have the
money within a few weeks or he should put the case into
the hands of an attorney. In October the money was
paid, and on the liith of November Birch was arrested, at
the suit of Raynard, the plaintiff, and afterwards went
through the Insolvent Court. It was now contended that
the case did not come under the 30th section of the In-
solvent Act (which stated that if an insolvent volun-
tarily pay money to a creditor within three months of his
insolvency, the payment is fraudulent) as the insolvent
took his own time to pay the money, and no proceedings
ever took place.

The COURT said they must take the money to have
been paid in consequence of the pressure upon the insol-
vent by the defendant's letter, as the letter demanded pay-
ment within a few weeks, and it appeared that the money
was paid within three weeks of the date of that letter.—
Verdict entered for the defendant.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.)

EVERETT V. STEWART.

A rule for a new trial in this case having been obtained
on a former day by Mr. Sergeant Storks,
Mr. KELLY to-day showed cause against it. The cause
bad originally been tried before Lord Lyndhurst, and
afterwards before Mr. Baron Vaughan ; upon the latter
occasion the Jury had been locked up for fifteen hours
without being able to come to any decision, and in the
morning (Sunday) they applied to the Learned Baron to
discharge them. They were then told by his Lordship
that he could not discharge them, that he was then going
to church, and they must be again locked up, and that on
the Monday morning a medical man should be sent to them
to ascertain if their health was endangered, adding it
would he desirable that they should dismiss from their
mind all prejudice, and yield themselves only to convic-
tion and conversion, by a discussion with their fellows.
Shortly after this advice was given the Jury found a verdict
for the plaintiff. It had been argued in support of the rule that
the Jury had been improperly influenced by the observa-
tions of the Learned Judge; but he (Mr. Kelly) submitted
that those remarks were most proper, as tending only to
keep the minds of the Jury free from improper bias or
prejudice.
Mr. Sergeant STORKS and Mr. ANDREWS contended
in support of the rule, that the Jury were completely ex
hausted, and that it was the fear of the consequences of
longer confinement that made them bring in the verdict
which they bad done.
The Court decided, that the Learned Baron who had
tried the cause, had not exceeded the fair rules in giving
his caution to the Jury, and that therefore the rule mus•.
be discbarged.—Rule discharged.

SINGULAR CASE.-- Two robin-redbreasts
have built their nests in a watering pan, in a garden at
Walker, near Newark, which was hung up in the au-
tumn of last year. The happy pair have now five eggs._
York Courant.