The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-07 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE!.

COURT OF .KINO'S BENCH, JUNE 6.
• • • ,ITALT.. V. ARNOLD.' .
• This was an action for money had and received by tho
fendant to the plaintiff's use.---Mr. • SCARLET7' and Mr.
CHITTY were for the plaintiff, and Mr. MmutYar and Mr.
'Cr Imi:ion:were for the defendant.

The.case opened' was in substance this :—The plaintiff -had.
been an officer in the army, and iii consequence of an advertise-
- ment in the newspapers, which announced an eligible offer for
sleepingpartner in a profitable concern, he 'became equainted
with the.defendant, and purchased a half share of hirer iyi a coffee
roasting. concern, in NVorcesOr-place, Upper.Thames,street, and
paid lldlol. in the expectation of enormous prOfits,, the defendant
representing, that he himself' was obliged 'to -retire, in copse-
quence of other engagements,. which required the-whole of ,his
time. The plaintiff saw - the premises and machinery,. and the
books, and 46nd-with' his bargain. 'ln a fortnight afterwards
he called for his Share of the prats, but was told by a person
on the premises that as yet the concern had not producedzny
thing: After the elapse of another fortnidit, he called again,
,aid received the same answer ; and, at the end of three weeks
farther,' instead of receiving the expected profits, a demand of
Was made upon him to keep the manufaztOry going. Upon
applying to the defendant upon the subjeet, he was told that the
defendant-himself 'had purchased the share which he had sold
.to the plaintiff, and advised him also to resell. The plaintiff
being disposed to adopt this advice, he went with a friend .to
- the preinisca for the purpose of selling the. share, when he fonnd
that a Gentleman narneo Field claimed the exclusive dominion
over the concern; stating that a Mr. Butiess, then on the Fe.
rnices,' was only a servant of the defendant. 'lsl:dcr 01•.- 5' 2 cu.-
-curnstances the-plaintiff declared an • assumpsit for • money had
and received; but there being no evidence to 'negatiVe:tile. de-
fendant's property in the concern,.
The CUIEF JUSTICE thought this form of ac-'ion weal=
lie,. and therefore directed a-1 ensuit. •

o-ex.traordinary have been the date changeß of the atrnos.
pbere, that the thermometer, which on several pre!,--•dirg ez..311
had stood at 4/5 degrees, at noon, on Fiiilay last, stood at 71
deg!ect

• 'Dr srn Essi NG CAS Yesterday.. Rich.. Searles,
ahoy apparently about.nine years of age, underwent .a
vestigatwn at the, Bow-street Office, on an extraordinary .ckax:ge
'administering poison. to several children, one of them an in-
-fait only twelve months old. The poison: he administered con,
sistcd .en bronze and arsenic. The children's names :to wham
the p,oiscnoxs composition was g!'ven were Thomas Puree,
Smith and' George Smith. (The Nher's name is
Harinibal Sinith, residing at 35, Drury-lane •caal-dealer, and
father7in-law to the first-mmtioned boy.) Also W. Saunders,
Anne Proctor, an infant only 12 months old, and Horatio Wal-
ter Paird; also an inf.sot, whose father, Walter Baird, a Old.
.beater, resides at 35, Drury-lane. It appeared that the pri-
soner is employed .by Mr. Redk,raves, a brass-founder,.in (heat
Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, as an errand boy, and is frt.,-
quentlysent for articles necessary for Mr. Redio.aves' business,
which-are often ofa poiSonous nature. The prisoner bad 'been
observed playing. with the children who are injure& by taking
the poisonous mixture. On Tuesday evening a dispute had
arisen bet Ween them, and the prisoner left them, 'but • returned
soon afterwards, and was observed by, one of the witnesses to
give something out of a pldal to two of the children, and•the
witness • suspecting he was giving them something. improper,.
Slapped his facse, and sent him away from them. Theynte,
however, considered out of danger. 'The. father.-of the masomr
attended, who:said he resided in Green-street, Theobalci's,mad.
Sir R. •EAxEn. informed hintthat' he would nee!-ive bail for the
boy, and his father said he.had no. doubt `he could procure it,
and to give him an opportunity to do .so, he. was not eo.unnitted,
but sent to be kept jn safe custody in the watehhoms:t for an,
other investigation. •