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ence at the sight of tile.. proposed roicings, and broke win-
lowa to the cost of 201. in the mansion. •
Mr. E. IJAWE S watched the case, and took sonic formal ob-
jections, which were overruled. .
The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 201.
Ati.asoN v. D 1.7 AR.
This was • an action of. assault.—Mr. PLATT opened the
plead in gs.,-It appeared frOm the 'opening • statemen t. of Mr.
PENMAN, that Mr. Allason is a bookbinder; living in. Bond-
street, and Mr. Dim a baker, keeping a.shop nearly, opposite.
In the month of August last, the 4daintiff recalved a brace of
grouse as a present from Messrs. Rodwell and Martin ;
.and,
wishing to compliment a friend and neighbour, he ,sent the
game as a present to the defendant. Mr. Door took it into his
head to think that the grouse were not so sweet as they might
have been, and that they had been sent in order to provoke
him : accordingly, without sending them back, and without re-
monstrance or complaint of any description, he took his horse-
whip, went to the plaintiff's house, and inflicted chastisement
upon him in the presence of his family. - -
John Martin (examined by Mr. DExxx.Ax) said, I am one of
the firm of Rodwell and Martin. In August last I sent a brace
of grouse to my neighbour Mr. Allason.. Late .some of the
same grouse on the same day: they were good.
Cross-examined by Mr. CHARLES P 11'1.1.1PS—I got six
brace of grOuse: they came from Scotland. I was present at
the eating of one brace, and they were very crood; - I did not
examine those which I sent to Mr. .Allason I know nothing
as.to the state of them. Ido think that they were high. Ali
the six brace of grouse came in i box. The box certainly was
in a bad state : it was full of . maggots The grouse sent- to
Mr. Allason came out of that.box full of maggots. I • believe
Mr. Allason did not eat them,,but gaVe them away.
Joseph Baker proved the delivery of the i,,:tou-se to Mr. Don-
'ie witness said, lam servant to the pktintiff, Allason.'

went to Mr. Martin's house to.fetch the groUse. When they '
came, my master desired me to take them to Mr. Duar. I car-
ried them to Mr. Dust's house,' and gaVe them to'his son, with
Mr. Allason's. respects. Mr. Duar said' 'he could not send his
respects back, and asked if Mr. Allason meant to insult him.
I went back to my master, and told him what Mr. Duar said.
He said he would go to Mr. Duar's house, and I believe he
:did so. • . •
Cross-examined—Witness said, I am plaintiff's apprentice.
I had not to carry the grouse far.rOttly across the street. I did
smell that they were " highi" as I took them. Mr. Duar exa-.
mined the grouse in my presence.. There were some Maggots
in them. I should not have 'liked to eat one for my dinner.—
Mr. Duar seemed to be out of humour at the Pill master
and Mr. Duar were not in habits of much intimacy.
Reexalnined—When I brought the grouse' from Mr. 'Mar,
tin's, my master did not examine their_ state ; be desired me to
take them away to Mr. Duar.
Henry Wicks (a boy) said, I was passing down Bond-street
on Friday, the— August. When I came near Mr. Duar's
house, I saw Mr.- Duar standinc, at the butcher's shop next door,
with a brace of grouse in his hand : he was.swearing ;_ and he
said, " I will horsewhip hum if it costs me 1001." Mr. Puar
then went into his own shop, where Mr. Allason was. Mr.
Duar went into the parlour and laid the grouse down; and then
he took a whip out of the corner of his shop' and thrashed Mr.
Allason until the whip broke.. The whip looked like s bunting
whip. Mr. Allason, during the beating, stood as quiet as tie
could. After Mr. Duar had.done horsewhipping Mr. AllasoO,
he said he would shew every body what he had done it for. Ile
then fetched the grouse back out of the parlour,and (after horse-
whipping Mr. Allason a little more) threw them into the street.
Cross-examined—l live with Miss Cooper, the-dress-maker,
and was going to Piccadilly when I saw this quarrel. There was
some person present besides the parties and myself.
RiChd. Young corroborated the testimony of the last witness.
Mr. CirwaLEs PHILLIPS addressed the Jury on the part of
the defendant.
WitneSses were then called as to the condition of the grouse,
who exhausted, in stigmatising them, the whole vocabulary of
reproach.'
Mr. DENmArr replied.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, in surnmin7 up the evidence,
Said that much would depend upon the sending of the grouse.
If the jury thought that they had been sent bona tide, and that
the defendant had been mistaken in supposing himself insulted,
then they would give such -reasonable damages as might com-
pensate the plaintiff for the injury be had received. If, on the
other hand, the jury believed that the present had been meant
as a provocation to the defendant, very small damages (his
Lordship thought) would be sufficient.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 251.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 10.
Sittings after Term, before Mr. Justice PARK, and a Special

Jury.
DIXON AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES OF ADLINGTON
WAITIIMAN AND WILLIAMS, LATE THE suEtturs or
TILE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.
This was an action to recover the value of goods, the property
of the bankrupt, sold under an execution by the Sheriffs. The
ground of the action was, that before the taking out of the exe-
cution. an act of bankruptcy had been committed by Adlington.
Mr. Serjeant PELL stated the case to *the Jury; and, to
prove it, adduced the following evidence
First, the servant of the bankrupt, who proved that his master
had ordered himself to be denied to a person named Smith.
:Witness denied his master accordingly; but could not say what
was the state of the account between him and Smith at the time.
Mr. Pope, a solicitor, proved that before the issuing of the
execution, Adlington came to him and told him that he was in
very embarrassed-circumstances; and wished that he would per-
•suatle a person named Mitchell, a client of his, to become his
(Adlington's) bail, as there were several writs out against him,
and he was afraid to go home to his house at Tottenham, lest
he should be arrested. Witness added, that on more than one
occasion he knew Adlington to have absented himself and slept
from home, to prevent his being arrested.
Mr. S.Smith, a salesman in Spitalfields market, proved that
several bills were made payable at his house, drawn by a person
named Mathews, and accepted by the bankrupt- They ex-
ceeded 2001. in amount.
In his cross-exanunation, he said he did not know the bank-
rupt, but lied on more than one occasion received money from
Mathews to take some of' the bills up. • •
Several Notaries' Clerks proved, that they had presented bills
(exceeding in the whole 1001.) drawnlby Mathews (the petition-
ing creditor), and accepted by Adlington. None of those bills
were paid. The Sheriff's officers proved the execution of the
writ. The whole of Adlington's property, household furniture,
Wilding materials, &c., were sold, and produced 6191.
Two or three brokers were now called, who had valued the
property at somewhat more than it produced : one at 7351. 10s.;
another at 7321.; and u third at 6981. Ms.—This was the plain-
tiff's case.
The answer to it, on the part of the defendants, by Sergeant
LENS, was twofold—first, that no act of bankruptcy had been
proved ; and secondly, that even if it had, the debt of the pe-
•titionitiub creditor was not a bona fide one; the bills which
he had drawn on Adlington were accepted merely as
accom-
modation bills. The .Learned Sergeant called no witnesses to
prove either of these ; but contended, in his address to the
'Jury, that both points might be inferred from the evidence.
for the plaintiffs—the first, from the probability that Mlington
had not remained from his house for fear of arrest; and the
second, from the circumstance of the witness, Smith, having
received money to meet some of the bills front the drawer,
Mathews.
The Jury, after hearing the case summed up by the Judge,
were of a different opinion from the Learned Sergeant on both
points, and found a verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages 6191.
There were two other special jury cases tried, but neither of
them of any interest except to the parties.
The Sittings in Middlesex ended to-day : the London Sittings
will be resumed to-morrow before Lord Chief Justice Dallas.

OLD BAILEY, Dcc. 11.
ROBBERY IN BERKELEY-SQUARE.
Richard Jago was this day again put to the bar on another
indictment, charging him with stealing a silk pelisse, the pro-
perty of Wm. Ord, Esq. ; and Mary Beck was again indicted
for feloniously receiving the same, knowing it to have been
stolen. The evidence adduced was similar to that of yesterday,
and the Jury acquitted Beck, but found Jago Guilty.
The prisoners were again put to the bar on another indict-
ment, charging them as before, but calling the article a cloak.
A similar verdict was again returned.
They were again arraigned on anothst indictment, but Mr.
Cunwoon declined calling evidence, and Mary Beck was or-.
dered to be discharged.
THE CASE OF MR. SAXELBY.
Application was this day again made by the witnesses
against Saxelby, tried on Saturday and acquitted, for their ex- '
penses.
The CoMsiow SERJEANT intimated, that he would not al-
low them until he had read over the affidavits now produced,
and consulted the Chief Justice on it. In answer to a question
as to whether the witnesses were to stop in town until the point
was decided, he replied, that the expences would be paid to no
one but the witnesses themselves-

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DEC. 11.
Elijah Pinkney stood indicted for attempting to invite Wm.
Goodman and John Brown to commit a robbery. It appeared
that prisoner was a parish constable, and on the day stated in
theindictment, he was with Goodman and Brown at a pub-
lic house in Cripplegate; when he advised them to rob a
warehouse in Goswell-street, a place he was well acquaint-
ed with ; he told them there would be no difficulty in open-
ing the place, as there were no fastenings or bolts on the
inside ; he gave them a fall description of the property and