The Sun.
London, England, 1821-02-17 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Fen. 16.

ILLUMINATIONS.-MOORE SAiiTH AND OTHERS.

111 r. DENMAN stated this 6-- be an action
brought by the plaintiff, a hatter in Bond-street,
against the Hundred of Ossulston, to recover 28/.
the amount of injury done to his house in Novem-
ber last by a • tumultuous mob.. The Learned
'Gentleman called the recollection of the Jury
to the illuminations for the Queen, and obs,Jrved-,
that a mob of -persons on that occasion thought
proper, in compliment to her Majesty, who,, he
might say by the lvay, was of all persons least
desivotis to interrupt the peace, to break ivin-
dows, .a.nd commit excesses. in their way to the
West end of the -town they attacked, several
houses 1n which no light appeared, and committed
grei,tt daap;dations at the hutu:e of the plaiatiff.:
The:), first brolte-th.e.fan-liot, and finally demo-
lished. every square of glass. In the morning,
.ftvo bushels of stones were taken out of the pre.,
mins.—Several witnesses proved the plaintiff's
case.

'Mr. BLActinuitx, for the Hundred, was pro-
ceeding to state that the plaintiff had show❑ a
want of caution in refusing to exhibit lights ;
when—

Tile. CHIEF JUSTICE interrupted him, observ-
ing, that he should be obliged to tell the Jury
that was not the law applicable to the case.
The Learned Gentleman then continued his
observations to the items of account, contending
that several old materials destroyed had been
charged is new.

The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Da
maps, 241.

COI= OF EXCHEQUER, FEB. 16.
RADICAL COFFEE.--THE KING V. U. MINT.

The So LICITOa-GENERAL stated to the Jury,
that the present was an information flied by the
Attorney-General against the defendant, under
the 43d of the late K►ng, by which certain penal-
ties were imposed on any persons selling burnt
beans or any other article to imitate coffee.

The Excise officers who seized tie stock, of.
roasted rye at the defendant's .warehouse, 'proved
a previous purchase of one of it under the de-
nomination of breakfast,powder.
Mr.IIILL, for the defendant,• contended that
the intention of the Act of Parliathent was to pro-
tect the trader and, the public from any simulated
article being fOlited on them ; but in the present
instance no such evil' could be apprehended-, the
article was never pretended-or supposed to be any,
thing else but a breakfast powder.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, found a
verdict for the' Crown on both counts--Penal-
ties 2001.

MIDDLEsEX SESSIONS.
Yesterday Sir J. G. Crawfurd was brought
before the Court in custody of the Keeper of the
House of Correction, to appear to articles of the
peace preferred against him by Mr. Greillon, the
keeper of GreillOn's Hotel in Albemarle-street.
Mr. ADOLPHUS shortly slated the facts of the
case, as they have already appeared 'before the
public ; but it appearing that there was an in-
formality in the proceeding, as the articles were
drawn up on paper instead of parchment, the
execution of them was deferred until another day.
The Hon. Baronet, who exclaimed most vehe-
mently against the King of France and the Duke
Decazes, was then conducted back to prison.

LONGEVITY.--At Billesdon, in Leicestershire,
on the 14th inst. Hugh 'Phipps, aged 103 years.
At Nelson's Gardens, Bedminster, near Bristol,
at the advanced age of 105 years, Mr.' Giles
Vickery. He was out a few days before his
death, and retained his faculties to the last.

Stlcinrs.—On Sunday night the watchman
stationed near the archwayat the top of Grove-
street, observing a woman, named Maria Taylor,
apparently in great distress of mind, going toward
the river near Bath Mills, followed, but not in time
to prevent her. from precipitating herself into the
stream ; and before assistance could be procured,
she was drowned. Verdict—" Luwy." On the
same evening a 'poor woman, named Rachael
Osborne, of Villa-place, Bath wick, hung herself
to the rail of her bed stead.—Verdict, " Lunacy."
—(Bath Ilertad, Feb. 16.)

SHOCKING' ACCIDENT.—A COr-oner's Inquest
was held yesterday before THOMAS STIRLING,
Esq. at thelted Lion, ,Cavendish-street, Caven-
dish-square, on. the body of Master Frederick
Evill, a child of four years of age, who wasunfor-
tunately killed by falling out of a one pair win-
dow. The deceased was the son of a gentleman
occupying the-first floor of Is 4, Oxford-street,
the deceased was standing on a chair very near
the window, the sash of which was incautiously
left open, and whilst the maid went to fetch
her cloak and bonnet to take him out to walk
he leaned over the window, beyond his balance
to see something that was passing, and fell into
the street..—Verdict, " Accidental Death."

REMARKABLE PREVENTIO Or roAcnING.—A
Gentleman or HamPshire, Who was in the
habit of being robbed almost every night by
poachers, &c. Sic. adopted a novel and effec-
tual mode of putting an end to this depredation ;
he came' to London, purchased a man's leg at du
Hospital,- and, on his return, had it hung
up near the next place of public meeting, with
a label attached to it,'stating it had been caught
on his grounds, and recuesting. the rigbit owner
would send for it ; this had such an effect, that-
he has not since been robbed.