The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-30 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)
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COURT OF CHANCERY.

The LORD CHANCELLOR sat at Westminster to-
day.

IN THE MiTTER OF THE HON. JERVIS JERVIS, A SUP-

POSED LUNATIC.

Mr. SUGDEN applied in this matter for the ap-
pointment of an early day for the hearing of Mr.
Hartley's petition for access to the Hon. Jervis
Jervis. Lord St. Vincent, the father of the sup-
posed lunatic, had pre,ented a petition to the Lord
Chancellor, stating the incompetency of the Hon.
Jervis Jervis to manage his own affairs. Mr. Hart-
ley had been employed as the solicitor of the sup-
posed lunatic, whose mind was well known to be
not one of the strongest, but perfectly capable of
managing his own tran'actions. All that was asked
by the petition of Mr. Hartley, was liberty of access
to the supposed lunatic-, in order to enable him to
answer the charges contained in the petitioa of Lord
St. Vincent.

His LORDSHIP appointed Thursday next for the
heating of the petition.

ROPER V. PHILLIPS.

After some considerable discussion in this case,
the facts of which, on a previous occasion, we fully
detailed,
The LORD CHANCELLOR ordered the commission
to be superseded, the property in the hands of Phil-
lips to be deliveredup, and reserved the consideration
of costs.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
CONTEMPT OF COI:RT.-CHAPLIN I`. BURNES.

Mr. STEWART said he was instructed to move for
the committal of the defendant (an old lady), for
not putting in an answer to a hill filed against her
by the plaintiff.
The Vtett-CHANcELLoti inquired if the defendant
was in Court, and, on being answered in the affirm-
ative, he desired the officer to bring her forward.
In a few minuteg an old wretched looking ‘vo-
min of more than eighty years of age made her ap-
pearance.
VICE-CHANCELLOR—IS it against this poor old
creature you move, Mr. Stewart; what are the
facts ?

Mr. STEWART—The defendant is the surviving
executrix of a person who bequeathed to the plain-
tiff upon her attaining the age of twenty•one, the
sum of 1001.; but upon application being made to
have the fund transferred (the money being in the
defendant's name), she positively refuses! so to do.
It was, therefore, neees.,;ary to file a bill against her
for that purpose.
VICE. CHANCELLOR, to the defendant—On what
ground do you refuse to put in your answer ?
Defendant—Lord bless you, Sir, I know nothing
at all about it. Ido not know what this is all for.
A fete ,le who attended the defendant stated, in
answer to questions from the Court, that the de-
fendant kept a little fruit-stall, and was in the most.
abject state of poverty, that she had not the least
idea of the consequence of her refusal which she
persisted in, always alleging as a reason that the
lOC/. ougLt to have been divided between two per-
sons, and not all given to one, and that she was now
in her 8-Ith year.
The VICE-CHANCELLOrt here held a lung conver-
sation with the defendant, and advised her to trans-
fer the 1001. stock into the name of a person ap-
pointed by the Court, but the old woman was deaf
to all a:Nice, and he therefore made the order for
her committal.

We understand the old woman afterwards agreed
to transfer the fund.

The Court afterwards disposed of a great uutnber
of motions by consent.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

Lord TENTERPEN sat this morning at GUildliall
for the disposal of undefended causes, and the
Puisne Judges sat in Banco at Westminster.

THE KING V. PATTERSON.

Mr. CAMPBELL moved fur a rule nisi to obtain a
writ in the nature of a quo warranto, calling upon
the defendant to prove by what right he held the
office of Alderman of the city of Norwich. The
Learned Counsel stated that the defendant had been
Mayor, and had been appointed treasurer by his
brother Aldermen, who were alone authorized to ap-
point officers with salaries, and to whom alone
those officers were responsible, and be contended
that the two offices were incompatibh, as the trea-
surer would account to the Aldermen, of which body
he was a member.—Rule granted.
Mr. CAMPBELL also obtained a similar rule agr.inst
another Alderman of the same city, for holding an-
other office with a salary.