The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-22 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, June 21.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and

a Special Jury.)
FORTE 2. LAWSON.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The jury retired at twelve o'clock, and at twenty minutes
to four returned into Court, with the intimation that they
could not agree on their verdict, and that one of the jury who
had lately recovered from an illness, was too unwell to re-
main any longer.
The Learned Counsel on either side consented to the dis-
charge of that juryman, and to take. the verdict of the eleven.
The foreman said there was no chance of their ever com
ing to a unanimous decision, and suggested that perhaps the
Counsel engaged could arrange.
Mr HUMFREY was quite willing, on the part of the defen •
dant, to agree to the jury being discharged.
Mr. Serjeant TALFOURD said, under other circumstances,
he also should be willing to adopt that course; but, unfortu-
nately, his client was a poor man, and if no decision were
come to now, there would be no chance of the case being sub-
mitted to another jury, or of the plaintiff obtaining the re-
dress sought.
The jury having been again locked up, at five o'clock re-
turned into Court, saying there was not the least chance of
coming to a decision.
The Loun CHIEF JUSTICE was sorry that he could not
help them. They had had the benefit of change of air, and
perhaps their reasoning might prevail upon the dissentients.
The difference, he supposed, arose entirely from a matter of
conscience.

The foreman observed, that all reasoning was out of the
question, as it had already been tried in rain. Obstinacy
was rather predominant.

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Another juryman said that nine of the jury ageed, and the
other two had sent home to their friends to give notice of the
likelihood of their being detained.

The foreman asked if they might be allowed some water.
Another juryman requested to be permitted to order dinner.
The Lord Chief Justice said there was no objection to their
being allowed water, as it had been held not to be in the
character of drink.

Other attempts to obtain discharge failing, they were
again conducted to their room, three or four of them assert-
ing that t'ley were as ill as the juryman who had been dis-
charg( d.

MAYOR V. FARQUAR.--CRIM. CON.
(Conti fined for our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
th 'cising of the Court this case was a tourned till to-
morrow (this da .)

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jane 21.
,Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before the Lord
CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.)
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. C. CANDY.

This was an information filed by the Attorney-General
against the defendant, to convict him in penaltiesfor his par-
ticipation in various transactions which form a part of the
Custom-house frauds. Matters having been compromised in
this action as well as in the others, its particulars were not
gone into.

Mr. JERVIS, on behalf of the Crown, said that his Learned
Friends for the defendant had consented to a verdict for the
Crown, in the single value of 2,918/. 18s.
The jury gave their verdict accordingly.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. W. DEAN.
Mr. Jervis, for the Crown, accepted a verdict in the single
value of 2,918/. 18s. Verdict for the Crown.

TILE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. C. CANDY.
Mr. Jervis accepted a verdict for the Crown in the single
value of 2,7551.45. Verdict for the Crown.

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. W. DEAN.

Mr. Jervis accepted a verdict for the Crown in the single
value of 2,7551.45. Verdict entered for the Crown accord-
ingly.

(Before a Common Jury.)
LANCASTER V. GRUNDY.

This was an action under the Dramatic Authors' Act, to
recover damages of the defendant for having played certain
pieces without the permission of the author.
Mr. Jervis and Mr. Chambers appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. D. Babington King for the defence.
Mr. Lancaster, the plaintiff in this action, is a gentleman
who has acquired considerable reputation by his talents for
writing, and his additions to the English drama. He is the
author and proprietor of Oxberry's Budget, as was admitted
by the Learned Counsel for the defendant. The ground of
complaint against the latter is, that he has caused the plays
of the plaintiff to be represented at the Standard Theatre,
without allowing the plaintiff either the interest he has in
those plays, or the consequences of an unfavourable impres-
sion on the minds of the community, arising from the want
of adequate appliances. The pieces .in question were acted
before and after Christmas, 1843. The Last Stake, or, a
Maiden's Hazard, was played for ten nights; The Soldier's
Dream, thirteen nights; The Lady of the Louvre, seven
nights; Ups and Downs, ten nights; Linda
.of Chamouni, six
nights; 2'he Two Fishermen of Lynn, nine nights; The
Wager, eight nights ; Claude Gower, two nights ; and, The
Rose of Ettrick Vale, for five nights. Thus, it appears that
the plays of the plaintiff have been represented during
seventy nights, and the Act to which we have referred in
the opening, allowing 2/. as a limit to be recovered on each
representation, the damages claimed amount to 140/.
Mr. King, for defendant, brought evidence to prove that
plaintiff was engaged to write for defendant at 245. per week,
and set up three grounds on which he was entitled to a ver-
dict. These were deduced from the correspondence of the
parties to the action, from which the Learned Counsel con-
tended that the plays were written in the performance of
plaintiff's engagement, and performed under the sanction of
his personal and immediate direction.
Mr. JERVIS having replied,
. _ _

His LORDSHIP summed up at some length, and the jury im-
mediately gave a verdict for plaintiff—Damages, 1401., as
stated above.

SUMMER CIRCUITS.
NORTH WALES.
(Judge, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
Montgomeryshire—At Newtown, July 13.
Merionethshire—At Dolgelly, July 17.
Carnarvonshire—At Carnarvon, July 20.
Anglesey—At Anglesey, July 24.
Denbighshire—At Ruthin, July 27.
Flintshire—At Mold, August 1.
Cheshire—At Chester, August 3.
SOUTH WALES.
Glamorganshire—At Cardiff, July 8.
Carmarthenshire—At Carmarthen, July 13.
Pembrokeshire—tit Haverfordwest, July 20.
Cardiganshire—At Cardigan, July 24.
Brecknockshire—At Brecon, July 27.
Radnorshire—At Presteign, July 31.
Mr. Justice Coleridge and Mr. Baron Rolfe will meet at
Chester on the 3d, and hold the Assizes fig the county and
city. _ _ _

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I.GE.-(YESTERDAY.)
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