The Sun.
London, England, 1805-05-29 00:00:00

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CinTRV.OF 1:114-6''s .BIENC.II, MAY

?MST DAY 01 T.B SICTINGS "ihtSTNIINSTr.E.-HA.L.L.
AVT.ER Tzatt.

VOX (Lis, CLULOW.
The Plaintiff is a hork.dealer near Hendon ; the
.Defendant an Attorney in „Chancery-lane, Thi%
cause occupied nearly four hours, and the most ei-
tralnlinarycontradiaions occurred in the testioiony.
Sir ,Wil)ion Young (who set on -the Bench); and
seven .of his servants„ deposed An his having in
possession a small hlaek poncy for four yearn, which
the Pefenklant c,n,tetided he.himselfhad had in his
ntvn.pnssttssion for the same four yens. The alioo
may in trover Oa recovery of the value of the

animal..
Mr. Fittski.:iE,
.for the Plaintiff, said, that his
Client, on the l'fft of . January last, bought this
limrse at'Aylesbury' fair, at the' prfetOf +l.'l Ss.
afterwards offered it forsale in Stnithfielti, Where.he
'accidentally, met With a'irierid.of the Defenciant, who
said it waa the horse of Nir,‘Clulow. The Plaintiff
.beingilispoied to 'Rive 'every .satisfaction in hispower
in ii,caseof this kind, went ti.) the country-house ,of
the ';Defendant, at. Kentish-town, .with the polity.
Insiead of receiving .any compensation, . either for
his trouble or for his horse,.both quadruped and,biped
were seized ; • the, one was put into u stall with a
groom, the 011:er into a cart with a...constable.; and
it was•lvith difficulty- t'he latter, eseaped'frum.lraing
tied up with a..halter like..the .former. Alter the
etddence tot the Plaintiff teas: concluded,
Mr. GA It ROW, for .theiDefendatit, said, that the
,occupation. very recently,
from hei g a dealer in .dead horse-flesh, to that of. a
trasler,in, Jive lorse..fles.l4 and, that, however strong
,the testimony might , appear, he should shew, that
-thii, was a horse the I)efetidant had been
possessed for rtnany'years, and that
,in many reaped*
it, did not. correspond with the description given of
it to the Lour; and jury., .Without any evil inten.,
lions, the Plajntiff's witnesses might bedeeeived,and
it was not like the elephant at Exeter 'Change which
was allitast ,heraletically. sealed ups and to which
Mr. I'4lc:tack. might safelyswear for the last eight or
ten years_ His Lordship was tactfealy. acquainted
with proceedings under the, liorse.mt, in our Cri.
minal Jurisprudence, in which„the tricks of persons
inure sit uationof the Plaintiff,wereso,fully exposed.
The last man panyitted, posselaed
,a key ,capable of
Opening all the turnpike gates fur .a 'considerable
distance round,the Capital, and for sortie time con..
yeyed,liorses that hail been stolen to every part of
the .Kingdom without dete(tion.
~ The evidence for„tlie, Defendant was then called,
and after the whole of the depositions had been
read, with a-short comment from the Chief Justice,
a, verdict was found the Plaintiffol 41.

RICHARDSON AND tiTUART,V. Wbt,,CLEWiIEY.

The Are l',"lerchants at NcWcilftle-uptm.
Tyne; the Defendant is a l'aytor in London.; and
this Mtion was brought on a Bill ofEx.:hange ac.
cepted by the lacier for 22°i, TO this
there was a setoff, and the balance claimed was
541. tos. I id. The only question in.the cause
was, Whether the Plaintiff's had entered into such
an engagement with the• Defetriant, in tr:tud of
his "Creditors, as precluded them from supporttng
this action on the Litl,Oik Rxcliance ?
After'Mr. Alt K 11,1 d Been' ear .I cm the part of
the Plaintiffs, and Mr. GAD:ROW for the 1)44,...pdaut,
ConfirMed by their respe'divi witnesses, it arpesred,
that the Plaintiffs had signed nol).zed of Trust, and
a verdiet was found in their favour for
In the case of Dowlie v. Prudence, a verdia was
found tor the l'iaintiff, 61'. tow. ;''and in that of
11c1Cliainber ru. flincr, the Plaintarwas nonsuited.
Ctittir jo&Tica yin sit to.morrow (this
day). at