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London, England, 1803-03-30 00:00:00

LAID REPORT.

&C)MNION PLEAS, GUILDHALL., blAteir3.

DORNEVILLE V. LEVY.

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This was an anionof. Trovir.lo recover the sum
of -381. cos.' the. amount of goods deposited by- the
Plaintiff as 'a security for money borrowed of the
Defendant. Mi. Serjeanr MARSHALL stated, that.
-the Kaintiff was a merchant, and purchased goods
for the purpose of exportation ; the Defendant is a
Jew, residing in the Minories. The Plaintiff having
occasion to borrow some money, applied, through
the medium of Mr. Le Normand, to the Defendant,
for. the loan of i sop. for: as a security
for which he deposited some plated goods, to the.
amount of 2,981. Bs., The ,Plaiotiff paid col. to
Le Normand, in consideration of the trouble he
had had, a moiety of which went -to the Defendant
for the interest of his money. When the fortnight;
expired, the Plaintiff' being
,unable to fulfil his en.
gagement, solicited the forbearance of' the money a
fortnight longer, for which he paid tire further sum
Of 101. so that the Defendant received in the whole,
151. for .1114 loan of !fol. for tweny.eight days r
When the Plaintiff was in. a sitoation to redeem his
securities, the Defendant told ''hint -the plate Was
pledged at Mr. Windsor's, a pawn.braker, in the
Minoties; and he gave to Le Normand, who op-.
plied, 'ten duplicates, which comprised the chief part
of the articles. But when they were . compared
with the inventory, it was lotted that goods to the
m aount of 381. -ios. 61. were deficient, , Peter Le
Normand said he did not present-. the duplicaws
for eight months after he obtained them from the
Defendant; that a Berson •of the name •of Davis'
assisted in examining them with the inventory. The 1
witness applied to the Del-cod:int -in consequence of 1
thi,,swho said they were a set of d-s-d swindlers.
Being cross.examined by Mt. Serjeant Beer,
whether he knew any thing of_ the firm of Le Nor-
mand, Pecholier, and Davit! ? lie answered in
the negative.-y •The goods %Vele the property of
Derval, for whom
,Pecholier sold them to the.
Plaintiff. Derval gave the money to pay for them.
Being 'asked what business he carried on, he said,
he WAS,A hroker.—Are yOu a sworn broker.? No.—
kave you any medal ? No.—Do you follow 'any
Other trade ? Yes. I ant . a coabonerchaut in the
Dent Road.—Do yon know any thing of Gold.
smith and Bloomfield.? Yes, to
,my :Misfortune.—
Your three names are on a veriain piece of parch.
mtnt,'called an indiament ? The:witness refused to
answer this question.—,Has pot Col. 'Derval.clianged
his name to Dorneville ? N0...---D.'rval and-Gillman
are intimate. friends of John King, are they nut.?
The witness believed theywere, .
David Windsor said,. all the
,duplicates for ar-
tiele's pledged by Levy, excepting two; Were can.
celled ; those two :were still unclaimed, and they
comprised the articles, in
,di Tote, Atter the de.
mild was provel by the Attorney's Clerk
Serjeant BENT said, if a veediet was found for
the Plaintiff on the testimony of Le Normand, no
man would be safe. He had said the. goods were
purchased for exportation ; and if so, it was rather
extraordinary that they should be pawned on the
sarne'day. It had been alleged that the Djendant
had also taken a bill AS a collateral security for cis
money ; but it was still more remarkable, that the
Plaintiff should apply to Pecholier for; a bill to
enable him to dispdle of his own goods. The
Learned Gentleman entered a little. into the private
history ,of these.parties, and observed, that the
name of
.Derval and. Dornaville wete. so nearly
similar, he could pot help thinking:titetn one and
the same persist). , • . ,
• Mrs. Elii. Nathan said she was ,the Wile of a
linen-draper in the Minories ; that Levy was fur.
merly in partnership with her husband ; and he,came
hats the shop about ten months ago, and brought
twelve dUplicates with bins, desiling she would take
care of them till Le Normand applied for them.
She counted and put them into her . pocket.
book. About seven or eight days afterWardi
Le Normaki aed the Defendant came in .together ;
the Utter aSked for the duplicates, which being re.
stored to:him, he immediately gave them to Le
Notmand, who being' again ended up, stiffly de.,
tried the assertion of Mrs. Nathao ; And, said she
was not present at the shoe he received the dupli.
rates ''roan Levy, Mr. James French; plate.
worker, in Dyer's-buildings; proved that Le Nor-
mand introduced Colonel Derval to him?—he looked
out plated- goods to the amount of 2981. Bs. ; he
paid 501. in .part,,--and proposed drawing 'a bill on
Mr. Gillman for the remainders—The Witness ac.
cordingly went to the countinghouse hi George.
street, Minories, and the bill was accepted by a
man sitting at the desk, in the name of John Gill.
man and. Company. An invoice' of the Goods was
made out in the name of Colonel Derval.,
John Gilliisan said, he was Clerk to -Le Nol%.
wand, Pecholier, and Derval ; that he was there,
at the time of- this :transaelion, and afeepted the
bill above.mentioned. lie received. a salary of
Inn* Jhdhltei ii- week front each Of the three parts
ners. The goods remaineathree or tour days at 'the
house,., when he was ordered to 'pledge them to'
Mr. Matthews, who. refused, to take them- . in,
They were afterwardi offered to the defendant, and-
a bill was drawn by Pecholier, and accepted :by the
Witness as a collateral security for the i fol. - He
believed_ the goods oever passed thrOugh any other
hands. He had. never - fiend the name of Dorne-
ville. Being asked what business was carried on
at this. count ing.lsouse, he said.ithoe. He sat at the
dealt, but no person tame, and the only commercial
traosaaion was with thek plated goods. :
, . Mr. IsAncs, the Defendant's Attorney, said,
he went to,Elliott's kow, St. GeOrge's 'Fields, but
could find no such person as the, Plaintiff; on which
his'Lordship observed, they should baveottpliektO-
the Court to stay.ptoceediogs.
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The Jury, after, a few, remarks:, from his Lord.
ship, withdrew for, about half an hour,' and • re-
turned with—Verdia for the Plaintiff; for' 24.1.,85.
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84.. Which was OethAttint 35 per cent.

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