The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-24 00:00:00

CESTEIt AqSIZES;, JULY 18.

YESTra DAT came on to bellied before Mr. Jus.
tice l,tt BtArzt, and a respeftable Jury of this City,
an aClion brought by Messrs. Girton and Brook,
of this City., against Mr. Weaver, of the Hop-Pole
Inn. It appeared that-Mr. Weaver bad-taken the
lodgings for . the three day of the last
Music Meeting; for Walsh Porter, Esq. for Mlle!)
the Plaintiffs- made a charge of twenty- •guineas,
which Mr. Porter thinking exorbitant, offered'
them twelve guineas, but they refused, and brought
an A4tion for the' whole. By the—pleadingt,. Mr.
WeiVer waved all objeftion that might be taken,
on ae&unt of the aaidn being brought against him.
intead of Mr. Porter,; and .brought- the question
•
• faltly to he decitled,,whether the Plaintiffs' w ere• en.
.'titled to twelve or 'twenty guineas, the former of
Which sums had been tendered to them.? The Plain.:
tiffs produced as witnesses a sister of one of them,
and theitshopman, from whose evidence they-at.
teMpted.to',itifer, 'that Mr. Weiver tad made a spe.
cific agreement -for twenty guine-t-s ; Which was-
cirni'ed on his part: and he 'proved:- that the ge_
nerd price for lodgings at the •'lVlusic Meeting,.
much superior* to- the Pfactitiffy), • was' from -four to .
twelve gui'neas; andihat in' no ease it had exceeded
the latter - The Learned • Judge observed to
the Jury, that the tirst•question fur- them to decide
was, whether a•s&dific"agreetnent was 'made:for 20
guineas, which if they found in the Want five, their
verdift would be for the Plaintiffs''; inn if in the
.negative, they,tould then have -to decide which of
'the two 'snips Was a fir• compensation to them, -arid
'of which they were the bestsjiirs, at inhabitants.
of the city, and as 'the majJrity of film had viewed
-the locigitigs in question: .The Jury immediately
found a verdiCt for the Defe'ndant, to the. satisfac.
Lion of the COurt.'

1)C7BLIIV, JULT 19*

MONDAY night last, a most.hotrid murder was:
,entronitted on a woman
.in Ittson.lane; by another
,with whom she had. some dispute---the latter
knocked-liter down with a large. stone, .and
trampled
~upon. and bruised her. in so.barbarotts a
.manner, that 511 t expired'. on,the Tot. The person
who Committed this atrocious ata, .ank; also her ml-
ther, has been taken into custo4Y•
What makes
this case still' more shocking is, that
the deceastd
'had an inflnt suckling at her :breast at the time
she was thus massacred. . - .' .•'

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On 'Thursday- afternoon an elderly man.. of decent
appearance was taken• suddenly ill, • aS•he .was walk.
ing down dray's inn.lane. With somediffieulty lie
walked. as'fir as the house of a surgeon and apothe.
cary in Holborn, %%hese such medical. asaistance was.
afforded.as'enabled him to tell that he kept a :public
house on the Surrey side of Illackfrian ;, that he had
'hien on business-as far as Somers' al Upon his
return he felt' his breathing very much attested, and,
also felt severe internal pain:. :He. had labottred
Under an asthmatic complaint for -some years, and
was also afflieted With a rupture, WhiCh.he.supposed
had been bijure3 by walking. more- than' he'was ac.
customed to. In a few minutes after be had said this,
hi dropped off the chair' which he was sitting on,
and immediately
.expired. He was taken from the
'shop to St.' Andrew's and St;George's.VVorkhowe.
On &mita)/ an Inquest was held on the body before
Mr. Ho nGsiort, the Coroner. The Surgeon attended,
and deposed, that to the best alas knoWledge the
deceased had died of an apoplettic fit. The Jury
immediately gave in a verdia—Dird by a/evil/fa.
Lion of God.