The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-14 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, WEDNISD4Y, Dec. 18.
THlg DUKIC OF BY.AUFOWN
M. fiIiAbWRI.I. refOilidOli his Lordship that the affidavits o
Ida clients had been filed some time, and that Mr. Wellesley bin
not yet tiled I►is in answer to them.
Mr. HART said that Mr. Wellesley war ready with his affida.
vita, and that he would file them immediately.
Mr. SHAOWFLI, wished to know what Mr. Hart meant by hu.

mediately.
Mr. HART.—To.IIIOITOW ; and I think that when my learned
friend '.mss them he will regret that the original aflidav►ts were
ever put Avon the tile. The learned counsel trusted that his
Lordship wOuLl name some tin►e beyond which no more affidavits
should be filed ; u►:d that when a day was named for judgment,
his learned friend Mr. Slattwell would not be allowed to defer it,
by stating that be wished ,' mak* farther affidavits.
The LORD CHANCILIAR 4."4W 04 pledge himself to this.—
He must, however, see thesea►w ~ahlavita before they were read
in Court.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NV/mammaPp, Dry. J&
THE. KING V. NMI

This was au indictinent fora nuisance, preferred by the guar-
dial); of the poor of the parish of St. Pancras, against the defend-
ant, fur carrying on the trade of a varnish-maker at Maisie, his
premises being situated within the distance from the workhouse of
that parish prohibited by the local Arts of Parliament.
'Ch. Jury, found the defendant Guilty of a nuisance at com-
mon law.

COURT OR COMMON PLEAS, GUILDHALL, Dtc.- IS.
HUTIIVFN V. laltOWN,
'lbis was an tuition brought against the defendant, warden of
the Fleet prison, fur permitting, the escape of a prisoner ',aided
Haeeldine, who was i,i custody charged in execution on a judg-
ment which had been obtained by the plaintiff for a stun of 282/.
The defendant pleaded that the prisoner had escaped without his
knowledge or consent.
err BoaauQurr stated the caw. It was in May, 1824, that
}jasmine had been committed to the Fleet prison. He was not,
however, confined within the wells of the priloO. It was well
known, that the prisoners in the King's 'tract, .end Fleet t prisons
enjoyed the privileges of what was ferried the rules, on payment
Of certain fees to the warden, who was, however, answerable to
the creditors fur the sate custody of the prisoner ; and if be were
suffered to ertape, 'would by law be liable for the whole of those
debts for which he was confined. There was also another privi-
lege allowed to the prisoners, which was called a
" day rule,"
by which they were permitted to go beyond thei rules preactibed,
provided they returned again within the ride w re_ 12.
_s)'elock
at night. The Learned Sergeant would prove that llaseldine had
been seen beyond the rules several times, sod, on oue partieular
occasion, at the Sadler's Wells Theatre he was seen so late as
between 11 and 12 o'clock. ft was true that he, on this day, had
not o n
obtained " day rule," bat he should prove that te did
that aeration return within the robe by 12 o'clock, the tune pre.
seribad. )roved
John Vickery, keeper of the Cold Bath.fielils piton,
that on the loth of June, he was at Sadler's Wells Theatre, And
,there saw Ihieeldina, who reotained until the end of the perform•
,auce, between 11 and 12 o'clock.
Aolitillitlicanlpeve notice 0 the Warden that Haseldine had
been omen at large.
The Loan Cniste',Jusucv., in summing up, xemarked, that
aloe only question the Jury would have to decide was, *hello.
from the evidence they believed the prisoner bail returned within
the rules, or not, by 12 o'clock on the night of the loth of June.
VaLlic-1--Deinages Is.