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London, England, 1842-05-10 00:00:00

ROLLS' COURT, May 9.

This being the last day of Term, the petitions remaining to
be heard were called on, when it appeared that 111 r. Pember-
ton, and the other Counsel engaged in them were absent, being
in attendance at the House of Lords. There being in conse-
quence no business before the Court, Lord Langdale, after dis-
posing of a few consent petitions, rose at an early hour.

VIOE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, May 9.
(Before Vice-Chancellor BRUCE. )
In the case of " Armytage i. Armytage," which was before
his Honour on Saturday, the minutes upon which the csse
came before the Court were agreed to, after some discussion at
the bar. No case requiring special notice came before the
Court to-day.
His Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England took
motions to-day, it being the last day of Easter Term.
No case of any interest except to the parties concerned
came before the Court previous to its rising.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 9.
CRIMINAL INFORMATION.—THE QUEEN V. A. A. WATTS.
In this case a rule nisi had been obtained by the Attorney-
General, calling upon defendant, the proprietor of the United
Service Gazette, to show cause why a criminal information
should not be filed against him for the publication, in his jour-
nal, of a scandalous libel, reflecting in a most disrsting man-
ner on the character of Captain Morris, of Devonport. The
rule came on for argument this day, and
Mr. THESIGER, on the part of the defendant, retracted all
the imputations made on plaintiff's character, expressed de-
fendant's sorrow for having made them, tendered the amplest
apology, and consented to pay all the costs, if plaintiff mtuld
consent to the rule being discharged.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on the part of the plaintiff, said
his only object had been to vindicate his character from the
slanderous imputations attempted to be cast on it, and that
having been accomplished, he would consent to the course sug-
gested by his Learned Friend.
TAXATION OF COSTS.
Lord DENMAN, in the course of the morning, stated that it
was the opinion of the Court that, in the taxation of costs, the
Master ought to have more power; that the Nlaster should
consider what was reasonable, and not confine himself to al-
lowing one consultation, if he should be of opinion that more
were necessary ; that with regard to models, the greatest
vigilance and care should be exercised in the allowance for
them, but still that the discretion of the Master ought not be
limited.

A NORFOLK CONLTARLE.—THE QUEEN V UTTING.
The defendant in ;this case, John Utting, who it appeared
was Overseer, Surveyor of the Highways, and Constable of the
village of Acle, in Norfolk, had been convicted, at the last Nor-
wich Assizes, of having conspired with one Anna Bunn, to
falsely accuse one Daniel Durrant of rape, of which crime the said
Daniel Durrant had, in consequence of such conspiracy, been
convicted at the previous Assizes. Latina was this day brought
up to receive the judgment of the Court.
From Lord Chief Justice Tindal's notes of the evidence
taken at the trial, it appeared clearly, that Durrant was inno-
cent of the crime laid to his charge, and that he had been con-
victed in consequence of the conspiracy between the defendant
and Anna Bunn. The only motive for defendant's conduct
seemed to be the desire to extort money from Durrant.
The defendant addressed the Court in mitigation of punish-
ment, and stated that he was innocent of the crime of conspi-
racy, and that throughout he had acted solely under the direc-
tion of the committing Magistrates.
Mr. B. ANDREWS and Mr. By LES having addressed the
Court in aggravation,
Mr. Justice RarrzsoN proceeded to pass the judgment on the
defendant. The Court was entirely satisfied with the verdict of
the Jury. It was impossible to come to any other eonclus:on than
that the defendant was guilty. The offence was one of a wiost
serious description. The defendant had conspired to charge a
man with an offence for which death might have been the punish-
ment, at the time the charge was made, and, as it was, the man
had suffered most severely, having been only recently released
from the hulks, having been pardoned' by her Majesty. The
only motive on defendant's part seemed to have been, a de-
termination to get some small sum of money from the man
Durrant. The sentence of the Court was, that the de-
fendant, John Utting, be imprisoned in her Majesty's gaol
of Norwich for twelve calendar months.
The defendant was then removed in custody.