The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-04 00:00:00

DOE DEM. DATENIBII V. MOIFATT

In this case the Court decided that the rule to enter a
verdict for the lessor of the plaintiff should be nnde
at,sulute.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
.Before Mr. Baron PARE. and Barons ALDERSON,
ROLFE, and PLATT
SLEIGH V. SLEIGH.

In this case, which was an action on a bill of rx-
changr, and in which a verdict, was found for the plmn-
tiff, a ruff- was obtained in accordance with leave re-
served at the trial to enter a nonsuit, and u came on for
argument on the sth of December last.

Mr. Baron PARKE said the Court thought the defend-
ant was entitled to their judgment, and therefore the
rule to enter a nonsuit would to made absolute.

Rule absolute accordingly.
Their LORMHIPS then took the special paper, and
proceeded with the case of Southgate v. Sanders, which
came before the Court on a rule to show cause why the
defendant should not be discharged from the custody of
the Sheriff of Middlesex, be having obtained protection
from the Bankruptcy Court. The questions raised in
the case had reference to the construction to be put on
the new Bankruptcy Act; but they were purely of a
technical character, and tt. erefore not of general inte-
test. The arguments had not concluded when we went
to press.

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.
(THIS DAY.)
SITTINGS IN ERROR.

The Jueges met tnis morning in the Exchequer
Chamber, to the purpose of appointing the days for
sittings in error after the present term.
For the errors trom the Queen's Bench, they Appointed
the 13th and 14th &June; trom the Common Pleas, the
15th of June; and from the Exchequer, the 17th, 18th,
and 19th of June.

COMMON PLEAS.-.(THIS DAY.)
;Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS
and a Common Jur).)
MUNTSER. V. TOLENS.

This was an action for the illegal fe!zure of goods
under a distress warrant. It appeared that a number of
volumes, amounting in ♦alue to more than 2001., were
sent by the plaint►ff to the shop of Mr. F. Bohn, book-
seller, of Great Queen-street, part to be sold by him on
commission, and the remainder to be bound and cleaned
for the plaintiff, the whole of which were seiz,d by the
defendant. the landlord of Mr. Biihn, under a distress
for IN nt, along with the other stuck then on the premi►es.
It was contended on the pin of the plaintiff that these
volumes were nut legally liable to be se►zed under such
circumstances, and it was to try this point that the ac-
tion wiis raised.

The July, under the direction cf bis LORDSHIP, re-
turned a verdict fur the plaintiff, with the 'Amin.' da-
mages of 2001., subject to the decision of the Master on
this point.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice 14 IGHTMAN.)
QUEEN V. COORSEY.

ltir.lloDGE applied to the Court iti a certiorari to re-
move the indictment in this case flow the Bath sessions
into the Queen's Bench. The defendant had been in-
dicted for committing a nuisance in the High street,
Batb, where the ancient market of that city is held, by
erecting and keeping a greengrocer's stall there. The
corporation of Bath have ordered the market to be re-
moved to a more convenient part of the town; but the
present defendant and others disputed their right to
make that order, and hence arose the indictment.
Application granted.

MIDDLES E,X. SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The June General Sessions of the Peace, for the
county of Middlesex, commenced this morning, at the
Sessions Louse, Clerkenwell-green.
The Learned JunoE briefly addressed the grand jury.
After they had been sworn,
Charles Barron, who was found guilty, at the last
sitting of this court, of petty larceny, was sentenced to
nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
.Joseph Mill, for picking pockets, at the late Chalk-
farm fair, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment,
with hard labour.