The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-14 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY.)

COURT OF. KING'S BENCH.
STULTZ AND CO. V. BAILIE.
This was an: aetion brought by .the famous tailors,
Messrs. Stultz, against Captain •Bailie, a gentleman
of fortune and fashion; upon a Bill of Exchange for
3861. and also for clothes sold and delivered. The
defence set tip was that the charges were extravagant.
Mr.. Meyer, the .King's tailor, was called to prove
the moderation of the plaintiffs' charges.-=—A silk
• dressing-gown was charged 16 guineas ; two pair of
white Merino trousers, seven guineas; a silk racing
jacket, five guineas and a half, and innumerable
.silk
waist-coasts ut three piaeas. and a half. each.—Mr.
Meyer proved that the articles supplied to Captain
Bailie were all of an. extraordinary make. and tex-.
ture, and the plaintiffs', foreman proved that the de-
fendant desired the articles to, be made of the very
best quality: The waistcoats were all lined with silk,
and had silk sleeves.
The patterns were produced, and went through
the Bar, and the foppish taste of the wearer was a
subject of considerable merriment, in which even
the Court joined.
•Lord TENTERDEN told the Jury, that as the de-
...fendant ,was not satisfied with the same description
. of clothes, as were ordinarily worn by-persons in bis
own rank,ite must be content to pay extraordinary
prices for what all the witnesses designated extraor-
dinary articles.
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 5641.95. being
the full amount claimed.

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COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
THE ATTORNEY-GENEEAT.- V. KING.

This was an information against the defendant,
whn keeps the Ship Inn,-.at Spalding, for. having
~purchased a certain quantity of illicit spirits from a
person named Turban, by whom it.had been smug-
gled from France.

A general verdict was found for the Crown, but
it teas intimated that the full amount of the penalty
would not ba• enforco.

ARCHES COURT.

GRIFPITHS. V. REID AND HARRfs..

•
Sir Joitzsl Ntentm.!.. pronounced judgment in this
cause, which was promoted by Griffiths, an attorney,
on a charge of incest against Reid with his niece;
Alice Harris. The Learned Judge commented on
the evidenoe at considerable length. It
.appeared,
that in 1809 Reid had a severe paralytic stroke ; and
as his wife was also an invalid, it became necessary
to send for Alice. Harris, his niece, to assist
during his indisposition. Thus far no censure could
attach to the conduct of the parties, though, per-
'haps, a nurse more advanced in life would have been
more suitable than Miss Harris, who was a spinster
of ahont thirty years of age. Under Miss Harris's
care was the violence of the paralytic attack
soon abated ; Reid recovered so as to be able to
walk about with a stick, and to ride on horse-.
back. It was not made out that his bodily in=
firmities were such as to require the assistance of a
young female in his reom at night. There was no
excuse for this scandalous indecency which was '
greatly aggravated by other circumstances ; for on
the 18th of December, 1811, Miss Harris was deli-
vered of a female,child who died in infancy: This
did not occur in Reid's bed-room, but it is proved
that she returned to it after her delivery, and no'
other person slept in it to assist him during her ab-
sence. Reid was also active in preventing any in-
quiries from being instituted by the parish officers. It
was not proved, however, that he acknowledged him-
self to be the father of the child, although one witness
did swear to this ; but the facts established a case
of violent presumption and suspicion against Reid.
On the whole, Sir John Nichol' could not consi-
der the incestuous intercourse as established; and
the Court would always be reluctant in pronouncing
the severe penalties which attached to such a crime,
although there were in this case circumstances of
such vehement suspicion, that the Court dismissed
the parties, but without awarding the costs of the
proceeding.
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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
The . Court were occupied with the case of
Wylie v. Furnival, an action on a bill of exchange, in
which the _plaintiff was nonsuited. Nothing of: in.
terest occurred.

PUBLIC SALES.--(THIS DAY.)
BY MR. ROBINS, OF REGENT-STREET, AT
GARRAWAY'S. , -
VALUABLE ESTATES IN LlNCOLNSHlRE.—Consi-
derable interest was excited this day, amongst
capitalists and others, in consequence of the sale by
Mr. John Robins, at Garraway's Coffee House,
ernof several eligible and highly valuable
Freehold°bl
ii
Estates in Lincolnshire, belonging to the
Strafford family ; the large room was crowded to
excess by gentlemen, noblemen, and numerous other
persOns interested in the sale. The conditions on
which the property was offered for- public competi-
tion were read; they were very voluminous, and
chiefly related to the wills of the Earls of Strafford,
from the year 1732 to 1791, and the will of Dame
Augusta Hatfield Kayc, dated 1801. After a most
eloquent and picturesque description of the estate by
Mr. R., the first and principal lot was put up, it con-
sisted of the Lordships and, Manors of Greetham,
with the Graveship and Bailiwick of Greetham, the
Manor or Lordships of Ashby, Puerorum, Houlbeck,
and Scambesby, with the Court's Leet, Court's
Baron, and Copyhold or customary Courts, with the
quit rents and fines, ,extending over the various
Parishes or Townships of Ashby, Btatott, Claxby,
Pluckacre, Farlesthorpe, Fotherington with Uleeby,
Greetham, Hagworthingham, Hanseringliam, Holton
le Clay, Humberstone, Irly, Miningsby, Mablethorpe,
Scamblesby, Scrafield, Saltfleetby, Salmonby, Fatle-
well, Wainfteet, Wrangle, Winthorpe, and
Wineeby ; together with about 1979 acres of arable,
pasture, meadow, and wood land, the whole _abun-
dantly stocked with game. The bidding fore this
truly fine property, commenced at 60,0001., and it
was eventually knocked down for 67,000/.
The Second Lot connected with the same Estate
is an eligible Freehold, situate in the Parish of Sal-
monby, comprising a large farm house yard, gardens,
and stabling, with 127 acres, one r00d,2 35 perches
of meadow, arable, and pasture land ; land tax 71. •Ic. :
this produced 3,9701.
The Third Lot on the same Estate is the Manor
of Scamblesby, (for which a gatnekeeper is regularly
appointed,) and two parcels of arable land, allotted
in the enclosure to the late William Earl of Strafford,
containing 17 a. 16 p. of land-6401.
The whole of the above estates are 'calculated to
produce 2,8001. per annum.
CAPENDISII-S QUA RE.-•• —A valuable Leasehold
Estate, comprising a spacious family residence, situ-
ate. No. 1. on the east side of Upper Winapole-
street, Cayendish-square, with excellent domestic
*iliceN• garden at the back, double coach-house, and
fire-stalled stable, extremely eligible for . the town
mansion of a family of distinction. Held on lease for
99 years from 1799, at a ground-rent of 19/. 10s.-
3,9904

WZYNIOUTII ELECTION.—THE RD LAYS
dot L, Tuzsruy, Fza. 12
Day. Total.
Major Weyland 29 50
Edward 13. Sugden, Esq.
A violent ebullition of pnpular feeling was ex-
hibited at Newbury on Thursday. The mother of two
female informers came to the justice meeting, to demand
the informers' moiety of a penalty. No sooner did she ap-
pe.sr in the street, after her business was known, than she
was hoPted, pelted, and ducked. The enraged mob fol-
lowed her to Greenhatn Common, where they again several
times threw her into a hor‘e_pond, leaving her to struggle
out as well as she could, and to such a length did they
carry their persecution of this kind of treachery, that the
won't. (named BINDLE, of Itchingewell,) is since dead
' the injuries she received. It is worthy of remark, as
family featare, that two sons of the deceased are in Rea-
ding, and one in Winchester,., gaol, for poaching ; and her
husband wag a, little wane ago transported for the same
offence. The two pheasants, the subjects of the informa-
tioas, weridsliaChed by a 'grandson, and sold by a daughter,
whoa sisters laid the informatiou.,tigth Chronicle.