The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-14 00:00:00

LENT ASSIZES.

WESTERN CIRCUIT, SALISBVP.T, MARCH IQ.
(Before Mr. Justice Beitaorax.)
BURGE V. ITALCOMB AND OTHERS.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a public carrier, in
the county of Wilts, to recover compensation for 'the lose of the
service of a horse of his, which had been seriously injured by the
careless driving of a servant of the defendants, who are the pro-
prietors of a coach which runs to Rome.
After a minute's deliberation, the Jury returned a verdict fur
the plaintiff—Damages 51.
REEVES V. FOLET AND APPLEGATE.
This wee an action brought against the defendants, two con-
stables, by the plaintiff, who is a weaver, residing at Trowbridge,
for a trespass.
Mr. WILLIAMS said, that the circumstances of the case were,
that on the °lst of November, the defendants had to execute a
distress warrant against the plaintiff : in pursuit of that office
they went to the plaintiff's house,
and put a man into the
house to take possession of the goods. Two days afterwards,
they came back again, and began to remove all the furniture
from the house; among other things in the house, were some
looms, all of which were in use : the work that
wag upon the
looms, the defendants threatened to cut off, but, upon a repre-
sentation of the loss which the plaintiff would sustain, the de-
fendants agreed to let it remain, if the sum of 91. was paid to
them. That sum was paid, and the remainder of the goods
taken off the premises. At the expiration of a fortnight the de-
fendants came back again to the plaintiff's house, and at the hour
of 12 o'clock at night, or nearly as late, broke in at the window of
the house, and seizing upon the plaintiff, took him away to the
plaintiff's
n houseco ns derably damaged in their con-
veyance in disorder, and left to take
cage, and on the following morning to prison. Knowing that
they dare not retain both the plaintiff and his goods, the furniture,
&c. which had been taken away, were brought bark and placed
tinhetilrie chance,kitehe afternofthehap,l,aiiiitgit
to and fro.
The conviction and warrant for distress and arrest were then
put in and proved.
The Magistrate's Clerk deposed, that the plaintiff, and the land-
lord in the plaintiff's presence, said, that the furniture of the house
was the landlord's property, -and that a man was in the house to
keep possession of the things.
On hearing this evidence, Mr. Justice BURROVGII stopped the
case. It was quite impossible that the action could be maintained
by the plaintiff, now that it appeared that he himself had admitted
not only that he had no claim upon the furniture, but that he was
not even in possession of it.
The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited.

THE FLEET Pit isoN.—On Monday evening an
Inquest was held at the Fleet Prison on the body of James Chap-
man. It appeared that the deceased had been confined five years
for a contempt of the Court of Chancery, and died of diseased
lungs and rheumatism. lie was attended by Dr. Clutterbnek,
who considered his case hopeless from the first, and did not think
the progress of the disorder accelerated by the locality of his situa-
tion.—Verdict, " Died a Natural Death."—After the verdict was
returned, Mr. Brown, the Warden, stated, that an appointment
had that day been made of a medical attendant for the poor side
of the prison. A similar arrangement had been made in the
King's Bench prison.