The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-30 00:00:00

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In the arranvernent of costa it is nce.-esury to guard
against two extremes, each of which would he attended
.r.th mischief t.. the 4uttor ; for w!lilt. the prartice of en
,fetior court must be reetil.ted by a pvinciple of strict
:••,nomy, it is of importance to guard th- wivel ief
'chief) woul.! revolt from Foch a reduction of costs a. would
.cess.arily exclude the more respeett,bh, era of the
.rof,..ion from enamel:limit., and tbri .. the t•tisigt,s
a riit, Wind, of nN. lly and unpeire,pled practitioners.
It would, we think, be ad% it'd& that there should be
ceo ditt•rent tables of costs, one adaote,i to suits for de-
,nda not exceedine bl. in mount, another to thew* fur
'•lgt er de, and.. Where more than W. i. demanded. hut
tt more than M. is reenvered, recorn, end that the
.laintiff should be entitled to cots according to the lower
tale only.
It app.ars to us, after much consi.leration, that prnfes.
-1,414 aid in the conduct of a cause, even where the demand
loes not excetd bl. in amount, ought not to be exclocb•d;
sand that to require all to appear and plead their causes in
iterson, without regard to age, sex, condition, or mental
..ap.city, would frequently be productive of hardship, if
...t of positive injustice.
While we think that no party ought to be debarred from
.vailinv himself of professional avvistanee, boater'. small
he demand may be, we recommend, for obvious reasons,
.I!at such costs shall not be slowed on taxation in any snit
to recover a debt not exceeding Si. in arn:tunt.
We humbly submit this the fifth report of the C• m.
to your Majeary's Rf Lionel I,.ration.
FREDERICK POLLOCK (t.. s).
H. J. STEPHEN rt. a).
THOMAS sTARKIE s)
JOSHUA EVANS (L a).
WILLIAM WIGHTMAN (L. a).
Received the 29. h day of April, It 3S.
C.
." OF KING'S BENCFI, MAT 29.

IN RE THE INQUEST ON ROBERT CULLY.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was instructed to move
for a writ of certiorari to remove into this GRIN an
inquisition upon the body of Robert Cully, which
had been lately taken before one of the Coroners for
the county of Middlesex. The jury had, no doubt,
been composed of most honourable and respectable
men, who were actuated by a due sense of the im-
portance of the duties imposed on them, and whose
verdict had proceeded rather from an excess of good
feeling than from a desire to act in a manner which
the law would condemn. On looking to the ver-
dict which the jury had found, it would be seen to
he bad in point of law, and that the conclusion to
which the jury had arrived was not only unwar-
ranted by the facts given in evidence, but direc•ly
contrary to those facts. It was the duty of a jury
'o find their verdict according to the facts, and an
inquisition ought to be as certain as an indtc'ment.
l'he facts proved by this inquisition, so far from
justifying the jury in finding "Just Sable homicide,"
.nade it imperative on them to Stitt " Wilful mur-
der." They found that Robert Cully, being a con-
stable acting in the execution of his duty, was slain
by a person unknown, and the reason they gave fur
finding that the person unknown was not guilty of
any other crime than that of justifiable homicide
was, that no Riot Act was read and no proclama-
tion was made ordering the people to disperse.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—YOU Ma, take the writ.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—I believe that the
Crown is virtute ojficii entitled to a certiorari, but I
thought it better to state to the Court the reason
why this application is made.