The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIG ONCE.
QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
Sitting in nco.)
At the sitting (of the Courtßa this morning,
Lord DENALtrestatM that the Court would sit on
Saturday,
26th November, Monday, 28th November,
and Saturday, 3d December, as extra days.
wThe COURT then took the Special Paper, and the
• ule morning was taken up in arguing points of law,
of
a purely technical nature.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
APPLICATION FOR A MANDAMUS.
Ow case a person of the name of Jemmet, and
other persons, were summoned before a Magis-
trete for unlawfully fishing on the River. Thames,
un the 7th of George IV., chap. 29. When the
Pder estion came to be tried the defendants said that the
itabod front which they fished was their own, and that
toe question was one of right. The clerk, however,
.them that they must plead Guilty, or Not Guilty.
thepleaded Not Guilty, and were convicted. But
.41e
oagistrate said that, as the question was one of
light, he should impose a nominal fine of one shil-
&es• The defendants appealed to the Quarter
~s
to tilees, but the respondent's attorney objected
servie,aPpeal, on the ground that it was not properly
ki (13 and that it was a joint notice of appeal,
t;:a4,ereas the convictions were separate. The Magis-
Les admitted the objections, and would not hear the
aPPeal.
Air
th,,, • R —YliEs now moved for a mandamus, to compel
'lit° hear the appeal.—Application granted.
ter'll:er bearing a few other motions of no public in-
'edi The Court rose before 11 o'clock.
COMM
Tii ON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
e Court was occupied in Banco the whole morn-
wpvith hearing arguments on demurrer, which
re of the usual technical and uninteresting character.
(Nisi Prius, at the Guildhall, Westminster.)
AliAdill• Justice CRESSWELL sat at Nisi Prius with
whesex common juries, but the causes tried were
oily, unimportant.
ECON D ARM S.—(THIS DAY.)
pleas. Secondary James sat in the Court of Common
FA at Guildhall, to-day.
aL,
1 7 IMPRISONMENT—BARRETT V. BUTTERFIELD.
def. nIS was an action to recover damages from the
faiseei dant for his having caused the plaintiff to be
3r b ezY imprisoned. Judgment had been allowed to go
*,
and ult. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the plaintiff,
A
ir• Marsh for the defendant.
ant e Plaintiff in this case is a joiner, and the defend-
Cli:Ves in Fleet-street, and is a laceman. Mr.
took .'`-'l.°lvo, a surgeon dentist, about five years ago,
last, brne apartments from defendant. In October
pos'"eremoved to teenLudgall, but still retained
enit:?rn of the premises. When he removed, he
tl 3.ed the plaintiff to put up a plate on the door o.f
Wentendant, in order to acquaint the public of his
uP ih'rovvres) removal. When the plaintiff was putting
hid e Plate, the defendant came to him and ordered
Tier?! desist, and he refined to do so. in conse-
casi;' of his refusal, the defendant gave him into
Gliadh_Y„of a policeman, and he was conveyed to
off, 7n. police-court, and there charged with the
fetir of wilfully damaging the premises of the de-
and alt. The plaintiff remained in prison all night,
kois.‘lnen bfought up before the Magistrate the next
inkibillg, he was discharged, the Magistrate believ-
tiffi"ftt no offence had been committed. The plain-
ac consequence consequence of this commenced the present
tin for false imprisonment.
Brown was called, who proved these facts.
ai,d,,e Learned SECONDARY summed up the evidence,
'le Jury gave a verdict for plaintiff—Damages 51
INSOLVENT COURT (THIS DAY).

he IRE FRA.NCES MARIA .
insolvent was described in her schedule as the
.oePrieter of the Lansdowne Hotel, Dover-street,
and
milli adill3, also as having carried on business as a
cgener, in Berners-street, Oxford-street. She was
pos:A as Frances Maria Wright, and Mr. Nicholls op-
the `i her petition for Mr. Edward Samuel Swan, on
418,81nd of a false description in her schedule, and
with undue preference for an alleged creditor.
. _ol
r' C°OKE said the onus lay with the other side to
e
sllO,ve a misnomer, and cited several precedents to
that, under circumstances similar to the present,
are '!
individual could not be made amenable to the
urinal law,
Mr. N
804 zonou.s then proceeded to examine the in-
sh eats to establish the charge of undue preference.
Nte stated that in January,lB42, she sold all the fur-
sh linreff the Lansdowne Hotel for 2,5001., with which
off two bills for 500/. each. The furniture
—1: Rouse in Berner3-street was taken in execution
friend named Bruyer.
411:7 COOKE, having addressed the Court in support
-rPetition, she was ordered to be discharged.