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dry AftoiildßliCE; •
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, IN lILIMANII.
• A, motion was lately made, in the Court of Clan-.
dry, in Dublin, for an attachment against ari Attor-
iftp, for publishing in the newspapers the proceidings
-of that Courts. in reversing the decree of another, as
it cast reflections Upon some of the parties, and intro-
duced matter Which was hurtful to their feelings.
His Lordship, (Lord ?AssVim, the Chancellor),
said, he was proud to find the proceedings of Courts
published, and he wished to see a great deal more of
.them, as they answered most salutary purposes. It
'chewed the people how to guide thernselvei, wheti
similar cases should occur. and if Judges acted wrong,
the proceedingi ought to be published. He, for his
parts wished every Decree he had, or would make,
was in every Newspaper in the Kingdom—and thato
if the Press was to be gagged, Gun knows where it
would end.—Motion refused.

COURT OF NiNG's BENCH, DECEMBER 11.:•
Lord ELLENBOROIKIII tried a great 'many animals'
the cotrse of the day, but they were all of an ttniti•
teresting sort.
I..OTAN V. RICKMAN;
. •
• The'plaintiff in this case was a horse dealer in
Finsbury, and the defendant a tradesman in the Bo-
rough. The action was for the damage done to a
hoary which the defendant had hired of the plaintiff
to,go a- journey. Smith, the Managing man to the
plaintiff, stated, the defendant came to their yard on
the 11th July, and. wisheal_tO hire a horse. He. was
shewn several hacks, but. said he wanted something
gentleman-loOklng, and which might ilass for his
own; 'as he was 'going on visit to his btothers.... He
asked whether he'cOulid not have one out of the sale
Stable The Witness, told him they were all -high
priced horses in that stable, and never let out to hire.
He sardlie Was an intimate friead of the
and he wet sore. if he were at.hoine be would let Him
have anY'llorsein the yard. *At length; by his per-
suasion, - and primising to take such good care of
the horse, he was induced to let him have a horse
' which was valued at 75 guineas, being one in the
highest condition. A fortnight afterwards, whenand.
.horse came home; he knew if again. It was,
quite out Of condition; iind in a most miserable State,
Which he had no doubt was occasioned by hard work.:
ing and bad feeding. Several other witnesses spoke
to the excellent tondition in which the horse went
out, and the bad state in which it was.. returned. For
the defendaneit was contended, that 'the horse had
been well taken care of, and moderately Worked; but
that it was a washy. ill constitutioned horse, and gave
"way under the most moderate exercise. . To prove
this fact, the defendant's brother at Helsinley:park,
Sussex, where the defendant had'been on a visit, the
'ostler at Lewes, and the o:aler from the NeVl Irib at
;Brighton were all called, who stated that the-horse
had been duly fed and moderately worked—but these,
Was a period of about eight days of wltich,puttccputat
"wai, given.
The Juri found for the pl.aintiff—datitigei £2l
''.IOALWER v. CAPADOSE. • •

The plaintiff is a carpenter, and the Defendant a
farmer at Epping Long-green. The latter had been
building a house, which he thought himself qualified
to, superintend ; however, he had not gone half
through when he was obliged-to send for the plaintiff
to advise how to.build the chimnies and stair-case.—
The plaintiff sent forhishrotber, a builder in Gray's
Inn-lane, and they both drew a plan, which thi de-
fendant :feted on. - &Pi WOod had been .previously
*furnished, valued at •131.- Which was not disputed,
and to cover that sun's 751. had teen paid into Court,
but the other items in the account to the amount of
131. were mantes' fir iffstance,.three rineas were
I charged for the plaintiff'sfirst visit, which 'eird gl-
linlaorottea reprobated, and Observed; that a tailor
might as well charge a customer for taking a measure.
, Verdict for the Defendant.
. !. ROBINSON V. TAYLOR. •

The Plaintiff is the proprietor of the Angst Inn,
Angel-street, St. Martin's*, Grand, and brought this
action against 'the Defimdant, who is a Surgeon of
Marines, at Wootwa.: It appeared that the defence
dant's wife came to the above Inn with a. Mrs: Wii..
lets, in a carriage, with a retinue of servants, and re.:
presented herself as a woman of fortune in Wales, in-
timately acquainted with Messrs. Biddulphs, the
bankers. She lived in high stile for some time, at
length she represented to Mrs. Robinson that her son
had died, and that she was entitled to £2ogx), when
superb Mourning was procured foe her on credit.—
One day after she requested Mrs. It. to go to the
Bank to receive some dividends; but at the Bank she
gave Mrs. R. the slip in the crcswd, and has never
been heard of since. 'Mrs. Taylor took herself off at
the same time ; however, she was traced and arrested,
and, being a man ied woman, the plaintiff sued the
husband. On cross-examinatiou of the waiter, Dor-
ian, he said that the whole was Scored to Mrs. W -
lets, and Mrs. Taylor was only considered as her Com-
panion.—The was of Course nonsuited.

•
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 9.

• WILLIAMON 77. WATH. •
This was an action by the holder of two bills of
exchange for 471. against the acceptor, a young Pa-
phian devotee of Queen Anne-street East.
The defence was, that the defendant being,an in-
fant at the time of the acceptance, could not be liable',
to pay. It was then contended, that the bills were
for necessaries, for which even infants were
The Judge said, that an acceptance could not make
'an iirfant liable on a bill of exchange; but if the plain-1
tiff wished to have that point argued in full Court, he
would go on with the cause.
A linen-diaper, of the name of Willis,' was then
called to prove the furnishing of the goods, bet it
was objected, that he was not a competent witness,
because he himself, in case this action did not succeed,
would be liable as the drawer. But the plaintiff ho-.
ing released him, his evidence was received, and he
stated that he had furnished linen and silkkings
to the defendant, to the amount of the- baukaitt,
cember, 1805, to 3wie, 1806.. Being 2:skedillr'b44ll
part of the goods 'svere..nq Isidian, and .cOrxaband
he replied, that he" could not Sinderlike".o
ther they were or not. He had no dqui?.t.at#2.cipo.
of the _trade carried on by the pmic.l,4il%,Plot
answer tbesuestion. liehethirifigOei 11140104
ir often. • • •• • ' • •
Here Sir J. Kiiimust.

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