The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-25 00:00:00

• SitAW AND wire v. BERRY AND OTHER& .
,IVlL!BrtousitAit said the plaintiff was a. person in
'notlerate vircumstanees, being a cotton-spinner at
Oldham ;,the Attendants were well. known as ex-
tensive silkKlYers at. Manchester: The action wag
brought recover •compensation for the injury done
Mrs. Shaw, by her. being knocked down by a caravan,
themprr.opseerrgtyea:of eno.
t .
therefore,. desfse:daNnotos,naensd:rie vtteend. bmyora per-
son in disk employment,
ufearkhdaanpptys;aeactiidde.neket 'toy ,the. plaintiff's wifedo tnheanatlhl ethdaet-
humane and generous men could do to show their
sympathy, for the poor woman. As'soon as the de-
fendant, heard of 'the .accident,, which was not till
some days afters he Sent his 'clerk to the plaintiff to
.make his wife a , present,- and accordingly 18/. was
paid and accePted, by the plaintiff:as a compensation
for any injury that. might have been done.
Mr. Baron HumocK left it with the jury to say
whether the 181. which bad been already paid, was
or was not a sufficient compensation for the injury
the. plaintiff's wife had received.
The jury, after a little hesitation, found for the
defendant., ,

WILDS- mcKsox, &c.

Mr..BßAripT said that this was, an action upon a
promissory note, signcd by:the, several defendants,
for the , snip of .101.: ,In ordinary cases, he should
have contente4 himself with proving.the.signatures;
but .upon the
.present oce,asion it was necessary to
say a word or two in detail. All. these- parties, the
plaintiff, and defendants, were members of- a club.,
which was governed by rules—some of them were
well advised enough, others, perhaps, not so.—
Amongst• their rules was • one that every member
should subscrihe ss. a, month, until a fund of 19/.
Was .realized. The object of the association being
to assist each other, by the loan of sums of money,
as soon as 101. was ascertained.to be.in the treasury
—it was put :up to auction, and the highest bidder,
that is, he that. offered the largest sum for the usu-
fruct of the money was declared the party entitled.
The money.was to be repaid by instalments, but, its
the mean time, 9d. a-week was charged for intere,r.
It happened that, upon the occasion which led to
this action, a sale took place, and the . defendant,
Hickson, taying offered
,l/Jls. for the use of the
10/. was declared the highest bidder, and the money
paid over to him. He gave the promissory note in
question in return.

A witness was called who had ,attested the pro-
missory note, and he proved the defendant's signa-
ture. He was a member of the club, and had signed
a sheet of paper containing some regulations, but
could not identify those produced as the regulations.
The money actually paid to Hickson was 81. 13s.
Mr. Baron Hum.ocK here said that, upon this
evidence, the special contract for paying 10/., by re-
ceiving 8/. 133., had failed, as there was no evidenre
of the existence of the club, for that could be proved
only by the production of the rules. Ile had no ob-
jection, however, to allow the plaintiff to recover
upon the common counts for the money actually lent.
The Jury, then, under his Lordship's directions,
foUnd for the plaintiff in the sum of 8/." 135., with
costs.

Mr. C61.4.31Airt `gtiVe. notice that he should, to-
morrow, move to'set- this verdict aside.
G. Mo
,sat, 'a: respectable-looking young man of
22, was indieted.for, feloniously forging the name of
" Bearion and Lawton" to a banker's cheque at
Manchester. . Theprisoner, it appeared, was appren-
ticed to the prosecutors, who are tradesmen at Man-
chester, and in that capacity had access to the desk
in which their blank cheque-book was kept. Having
got two.of the cheques. into his possession, he pro-
cured some person to forge the names of the prose-
cutors, for he was himself unable to write, and an at-
tempt was made to negotiate them. With one he was
successful, as the .bank of Brooks and Co., of Man-
chester, cashed it for 104 ; but the other had not
been converted when the. prisoner was taken into
custody.
In his defence, the prisoner did no more than as-
sert his innocence, and the Jury, wirhout any besita-
tion, found him guilty of uttering the cheque. know.
ing it to be forged.
.Mr. Justice BAYLEY, in ordering judgment of
death to be recorded against the prisoner, observed
that in a commercial country like this, there could
be no greater crime than the violating that confidence
which was the foundation of public credit. His life
would, however, be spared, but he must not expect
to be left in this country.
James Dahl:, as inoffensive-looking rustic, was
indicted for..killing and slaying George Pilkington,
on the 3d of February last. Not Guilty.
James Comberbateh, aged 28, was indicted for a
burglary in the house of Robert Consterdime, at
Stannieliffe, and . stealing therefrom various article%
of property, on the 14th of January last.
he Jury found the prisoner Guilty.

GLOUCESTER.—Atra. 23.
sEcoND DAY.

wi.':h which
'MORRIS V. DAVIS.
The Jury retired for about two hours, and after
sfui di Evidenceleysftllitmisiliizatrt,ehranaviinnagb been
ee ec
ra's eh,eard 'at length on both
that returned into Court, when their Foreman, Capt.
Lloyd, R.N., stated that they were all agreed to find
for the plaintiff,
evidence, except one gentleman, who was not.
satisfied.
,Justicei
3r, ,Justice
rj
and said
over again
tgaiititea
Jury were
of the .
satisfied that all the plaintiff's witnesses werepedured,
he was decidedly of opinion that the legitimacy of
the plaintiff' was substantiated.
The Jury again retired, and the Learned Judge
left the Court. At the expiration of about three
hours more, the Jury came in procession up tile \, rest...
gate-street, to the Judge's lodgings, preceded by the
Under-Sheriff, who carried his white wand, and,
escorted on all sides by sixteen of the Sheriff's men,
with their javelins. On theireomiargbefore the Judge,
The Foreman, Captain Lloyd, R.N., said—my
is still unsatisfied. We
have endeavoured to argue
Lord, the same gentleman
with _ . . .
him In every poi,_
slide mode to remove his difficulty ; but he will not
inform us in what particular he thinks the evidence
defective, and only says that he will not agree with
the rest. Eleven of us, my Lord, Were unanimon.,
;n iin favour of the plaintiff i
.essthan ten minutes
after we first retired.
Mr. Justice GAsELEE--I mn very sorry that volt
cannot agree. As far as explaining. the evi;tenee,
Li sis
or anstyou.werin-
-5 any question, I shall be most ;sappy to
. _

- Mr. Morris (one
of the Special .11u:6—My Lord,
I Certainly
.am not satisfied with the evidence.
Captain Lleyri,
rtiei
rdrens:
suitnlajaisitteise
TLEE
as
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alGce\s'
msei
se:no;
otuult: ied e h elawr
ts.e.
qui
ity,
Mr. Eycott (another cif the Special Jnry)—My
Lord, I cannot think of giving up a well-formed
who
opinion of my own to that of one gentleman
stands alone differing from all the rest, without tell•
iug us why.
Mr. Justice GASELEE—Gentlemen, I cannot As-
sist you.
The Jury then went hack in the same order in
which they had come.
This occurred at half-past seven o'clock in
evening; and the Jury still remained locked up at.
one o'clock on Sunday morning, when our report
came away.

BREAD.—We have again the melancholy
task (if communicating a further advance this week, of ow
pennysin the loaf Rare times for the knights of the i3cel
--perks Chronicle..