The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-24 00:00:00

NtBIIB V. COUSINS,

This was a question upon a Bond for' thy pay-
nient of 'lB,OOOl. conditioned for the payment of
90001. .
The plea to which was, that. this Bond had been
obtained by the Plaintiff. by fraud and covia, the'
legal etre& of- which ws, if that were etablishea,
that the Bond 'was void. ;

Althotigh the cause was very long, the question
on which' it turned was very Short. In the year
1 802 Mr. Webb, the Plaintiff,. having advimeed
large sum of money 'to two persons of the names.
of Harry and Soutlunere, sugar refiners, rook a se!-
curity for 1,0001, which he-advanced to them, by
which he became untitled to take possession of
every thing they possessed in trade they went on
ford While, but at last Mr. Webb entered up judg-
ment against them, and too.k possession of ail
the property. Mr. Cousins having a largl dew
mind on Harry and Southmere, and seeing that
Mr. Webb would sweep away the-whole by this exe-
cution, and he should lose his debt, to prevent this
came to an agreement with Mr. Webb, and exe-
cuted .a bond for !pool. upon being let into possession
of every thing under this execution. Some time after
,this, a Commission of Bankrupt was awarded against
Harry and Southtnere, • at
,the suit of a person of
the' name :of Mutual, and 'they' were declared
bankrupt accordingly; upon Which the assignment
from IVIr. Webb became unavailing to Mr. Cousins,
and therefore he contended that •he ought not ,to
pay this bond, because Mr. Webb 'had guaranteed,
to him that no demand remained on the estate of
Harry and Southmere, and lie, Mr. Webb, knew
that Mintum had this claim upon them at the time
he .e.-tade. the assigimient over to Mr. Cousins, and
did not state the tae _to him, which was in law a
fraud 'which vitiated the bond for 90001. The
single question was, Whether Mr. Webb knew the
fact of the existence of .IVlintum's debt or not, at
the time the assignment was! wade to Mr. Cousins ?
which the Jury finding' in the affirmative; fund 3
verdi& for the Defendant.

This Wris'a second tri.ll ; in the first the verdiet
was•for the Plaintiff.

At the Surrey Sessions yesterday, Blewet, Driver
acid Prbprietor of.one. df.the Clapham Stages, was
tried for assaulting another, of the Stage Proprietors
on that road, and was. foUnd.Guilty. The- Court-
ordered hint to be impri.oned three months for the
offence.
•

. . ,
QA.Monday evening a boy belonging to a cheese-
monger's shop in Bond-street, saw three men .; of
saspieiotxs a ppeara .following three' Gentlemen in
Ciat street; and take a pocket-book from one of
rhein.' He gave 'the alartn, and the Rev. Mr.
f.YAwsom missed his pocket-.book; which Contained
two 201. Bank Notes and some gold and silver. l'he
OlfenderA were apprehended and, taker
_to 'nuibo
re
rough-stet,, Office, where they. %ver,rernandeil for
another el“itilin:ltion. , -

I'e teed., morning, at nine &dock, a' young
Ni-ornan, apparently about twenty-two, years of age,
decently dre,, A, was Oliserved walking in a' Me-
lancholy state in the Briticage,lvalk, st. James's
Park, when, of a sudden- he leaped ovei'the paling,
walked iiitd the Water above her knees, Lind threw
herself on her face ; she Nvas immediately taken out
by the Military on guard at Buckingharn-g tie -, she
erred very bitterly, 'but would not state lkJi: ruw.ve
,
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