The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-05 00:00:00

PAGE V. HATCHET.

This was a case arising out of the question of a prescriptive
right which the plaintiff alleged he had to a wharf at Bat-
tersea, which he at one time used for the purpose of landing
coals, he being then a coal-merchant ; and he had taken the
action against defendant for a trespass, for having insisted
that the wharf gave him a right of way to landing goods,
and under that impression had driven piles in front of the
wharf, as he conceived it was a public thoroughfare. Plain-
tiff alleged that his property had sustained considerable in-
jury by what the defendant had done, and, therefore, now
sought compensation for those injuries.
Evidence was gone into, to show that the plaintiff was a
coal-merchant, and used the wharf in question for the pur-
pose of landing coals, &c.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings after Term, before the LonD CHIEF JUSTICE and a
Common Jury.)
GRIFFITH AND ANOTHER V. WALTON.

This was an action on the case brought to recover damages
for the infringement of a patent.
Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Jervis for
the defendant.

The plaintiffs were the inventors of a process for manufac-
turing tea and coffee-pots from iron tinplates, for which they
had obtained and enjoyed a patent for eleven years, and it was
to recover damages for the infringement of this patent that
the action was brought.
The case, which occupied the Court nearly the whole of
the day, presented no features of interest, except to the
parties immediately concerned.

MARLBROI-STREET.--(T HIS DAY.)
John Jones and Richard Connor, two young men of shabby
genteel appearance, were charged with assaulting Mr. Jolp7.
Stanley, the keeper of a coffee-shop, No. 39, High-street, St.
Giles's, and defrauding him of refreshments, &c., to the
amount of between 3s. and 4s.
The complainant stated that between five and six o'clock
this morning, the defendants, with another young man, came
pto his shop, and ordered coffee, eggs, and rolls. After par-
taking of which, they regaled themselves with ginger-beer,
cigars, &c. At length their companion left; and on com-
plainant requesting payment for the ample breakfast he had
supplied them with, they declared that they had no
money; and, in attempting to prevent their leaving the shop,
they both assaulted him, and, forcing their way into the
street, ran off. He, however, pursued, and overtook them,
and gave them in charge of the police.
Mr. HARDWICK asked what they had to say for themselves ?
The defendant Jones said the person who had accom-
panied them to Mr. Stanley's, had invited them to breakfast,
promising to pay for whatever they liked to have.
Defendant Connor—Mr. Stanley should'nt have let go the
only one of the party who had money ; that was not the
way to get his bill discharged.
Mr. Stanley said he had ascertained that but a short time,
about half an hour, previous to their coming to his shop,
they had paid a visit to another coffee-shop in the neigh-
bourhood, and after running up a score of several shillings
made off without paying.
Mr. HARDWICK said he could only deal with the case as
regarded the assault on the complainant, for which he should
fine the defendants 105. each, or ten days' imprisonment to
hard labour. The defendants having no money they were
locked up.
John Williams, a young man dressed as a countryman, was
charged with stealing 71.105. in gold, and a silver watch, with
gold chain and seals, of the value of 6/., the property f Mr.
William Lovett, of Newman-passage, Oxford•street, carman.

It appeared that the prosecutor had taken the prisoner into
his service from motives of charity, and that on one occasion
the prisoner was left in charge of the place duringthe absence
of the prosecutor and his wife for about ten minutes, when he
took the opportunity of forcing open a cupboard, and possess-
ing himself of the property in question, with which ho in-
stantly decamped, He was not again heard of until last
evening, when he was accidentally met with begging, in
Wardour-street, Soho, and given into custody.
The prisoner declared his innocence. He had been living
at Bishop Stortford, as a farmer's servant, from the time he
left the prosecutor's service.
He was remanded for a week, to allow the police to trace
the property.