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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 22.

This was the last day of the Court's sitting until after the
holidays;
The LORD CHANCELLOR, upon coming into_ Court, said
that he had looked at the list of causes which were standing for
judgment, and was sorry to find that he was very much in ar-
rear. Be intended to stay in town during the holidays, and
-prepare himself for giving judgment in several causes. lany
of the causes were of great impottance, and pressed exceedingly
far decision. Of that description were the cause of Broirn and.
De Tastet, and Dudley and Freeman. ' He would communicate
to Counsel the list of causes in which he would be ready with
his judgments, in order that all parties might be prepared to
'receive them when the Court should sit again.
Mr. AGAR asked whether the cause of Wood and Woad was
amongst those which his Lordship intended to decide?
The Loan CitAricEr.Lon—Yes,, it is. 1 have got all the
causes classed alphabetically ; it is the only way in which r can
get at them. All I can do is to pledge myself that during the
holidays I will spend all my time in preparing myself to dispose
of these causes. If any gentleman should think my alphabet is
not correct, and would send me a note ,orr the subject, I should
feel personally obliged to him.
His Lordship was during the day occupied in hearing luna-
tic petitions, which did nut present any thing Worthy of notice.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEc. 22.
At Nisi Prius.—Before the Loßti CHIEF JUSTICE.

WALTER V. SMITH.
• This was a question upon the Pawnbrokers' Act ; the de-
cision will be of some general importance.
The plaintiff, who resides in,Cheltenham, pledged his watch
'for two guineas, with a piwnbroker of Bristol.—The watch'
being gold was worth considerably more than -the sum for
which it stood pledged ; and the owner, at the expiration of 12
months and a day, wrote to desire thatthe detendant would
keep it for him. The defendant replied to the plaintiff, by in-
timating that the watch was out of time (over the twelve-
months), and forfeited; and further stated, that lie would not
give it up. The plaintiff then went over to Bristol, and saw
the detaining pawnbroker in person : Mr. Smith confessed that
the watch was in his custody, but refused, on a tender of thirteen
months' interest, to resign it. • .
Mr. AIARRYAT, for the plaintiff, relied upon the act of Par-
liament. A pawnbroker, after keeping..Pledas (value more
than ten shillings) twelvemonths and fiday, was bound to have
them publicly sold at auction ; and to refund, upon demand,.
to the original owner, whatever the property.had fetched on sale
beyond the amount of his loan and interest. The pledge, there-
fore, did not (Mr. Marryat contended) become tbrfeit to the
pawnbroker at the end of ,twelve Imonths, and. a day; but the
expiration of that period Merely gave to the holder authority to
resort to specific means for the payment of :his hen-.
Mr. GURNEY appeared for the defendant.
The Loam CHIEF JUSTICE said that the case was new.—
His impression was (as then advised) that if the person pledging
applied previous: to any kep towards actual sale, the pawnbroker,
even although the twelve months should have expired, was
bound, upon payment of principal and interest, to deliver the
property up to the owner.
_ A verdict for 101. was taken for the plaintiff, subject to the
future opinion of the Court.