Star.
London, England, 1802-08-05 00:00:00

INTJ.LI.IGENCL.

cocxrm w it I'IMAI.I., AUGUST 4.

Mot/ Noble and Right Hon. the
Commitli..ners Appea's in Prize
Petratu., Mm. Morin in nial!cr.—"llis was tlic
cafe of a thip laden with a cargo of negroes, tal-
low, and butter, and destined thLrenith from Mar-
tini:pi: to the Hate..nnali, which was enputred on
the totli of Aptil 1799, by his Majelly's Chip
Alarm, Samuel Peter Forller. Efi. Commander;
and Qneen, Mann I).thfon, r.f9. Commander, and
carried into ti.e if:and of Jamaica, and there duly
proceeded a;..tainsl.
It apveared, that in the Court h‘low, the Judge
tellored both flop and cargo. which was claimed
as heir:Ting to Mr. John Juhel, of New York,
merchant, and that this cafe was an appeal on be-
half of the captors from that fenteuce, on the
ground that the evidence as to the property was
contradiaory and Cede, and that the trauitsiuion
was fraudulently conduaed ; and aim() on the
ground that the trade in which the claimant was
engaged was prohibited by the laws of his own
country.

Their Lordfhips, after hearing the Connfel on
both fides reverted the fcntence-of the Court be-
low, and condemned both ship and cargo AS good
and lawful prize to the captors.

ASSIZFS,
LEW'S, SUSSF V, AVG. 3.—.-The Court was oc.
Cllpini the whole of this day in trying the follow-
emir_ :
COCK V. Cock.—This was an aftion of eke).
rn7nt, broi:glit to recover the poiredion of a (mall
firm near Hortham.

Mr. Serjer.nt Ste b P FARO, WllO led the cafe, (fated
tllat the prevent Henry Cock claimed as heir to
his brother Edward Cock, as heir at law to his
brother, and he was unqueftionably entitled to it,
unlefs Tane Cock, the other party, was the legiti-
mate ii.fue cf.the laft polfelfor, Edward Cock. The
whole queikion, therefore, turned upon the
legiti-
macy of Jane Cock. The cafe was rather of a pe-
culiar nature. In former times, when a man and
woman were married, all the children of the wo.
roan we;.e fuppored to be legitimate, unlefs the
hillband was extra quatnor traria—that is, was out
of the land. Modern times, however, had re-
laxed this role, and now, if it was clearly (hewn
that there was no accefs between hulband and
wife, it would ballardize the iffue of the latter.
But he fobmitied,that the non aecrli muff be clear-
1r proved, and that legitimacy, the birthright of
Englithmeii, wa. not to he taken away without
Inch pofitive prior. It mattered not how proffi-
gate or abandoned the mother might be, if the
bufband was within the teach of accefs, the iffue
moll he preilimed to be his.
• His client in this care was the daughter of Lydia,
the wife of Edward Cock, horn under the follow-
ing circuinllanres:—Lydia Cock, the mother,
previous to her marriage with Edward Cock, had
borne him two illegitimate children. After the
birth of the laft el.ild, Charles, the Parifh Officers
interferA, and obliged him to marry her. This
he did do ; fro immediately after the marriage
be went et ^ay to London, and the law him no
snore lir fume time, and his family, to prevent
the purfttit of the Parith Officers. gave out that
wets gone to London. lie believed that they
had rn totem:ode for Palle time. The marriage
u•as in July 1781, hut in 178.} the woman heard
that her h'ifband was in London—the went to
town, few him, and had connection with him.—
In 17C.4. he alfo came down in a Gage to fee her
at Fffinghatn, w here the then lived, and the child
whr.fe lee,itirnacy was difputed was the conk-
novice of that vifit. He alfo went to fee his own
family, but as he wifheel to conceal his being there
from Parifh Officers, he was concealed the
whole time of his vifit, and did not publicly Phew
himiell in the town. Previous to his coming
down, he wrote a letter to his wife, faying that
he flionlet vifit his friends, and endeavour to get
money to pay off the parifh of Effingham. lie
was not fieecefiful, and again returned to Lon-
don. Iris family then reported he was dead, but
in fail he was not fo; for in the year 1788 he mar-
ried in London a perfon of the name of Hinck
man, and his wife belies ing the report, I a I alas
ma: ricd again a perfon of the name of Viddler.—
Wlian the child was born, it was an object to
conceal who was the father, becaufe, if the wo-
man had laid it WAS ha leutband's, the pa.ith of-
fleets mull have known he was within roach ; and
therefore it was that the child was baptifed by
ancil her name, and this would be an aniWer to
v. hat he underfiood would be proved by the other
fide, tonelv, that the child was know' by another
name. l'ott ioteited the whole of this conceal.
m:o• _in:owned r.i not Ling, melds the other fide
viva' ilioved a iv., It was fortunate alfo.
that /I.le ei.aile would not reit lin the rellimony of
the non'..er, Lydia Cock, ac he &dd call other
f;ee Ed',eard Cock on the outfide of
the lint ;ham huge, going down at the time he
hist irate.:, whim tie made the vifit to his wife, and
from whlca e hit, and the iir.creoutfe that followed,
line Co: L. indent litigant, was horn. He .
roan-lilted by that legitimacy was a legal
right. o hi:li con.d not be dettroyed until non awl:
tv•ii politivjy proved. The marriage of Edward
Cock and Foipkins se as proved to have been
on tle: :th of July, The birth of two fpu-
rous ciii!dien—and Neat Edward Cock ran away
the day of the mart i ege, was admitted.
Liona Cock, die wife, was then called ; the
Hissed that flit was married to Edward Cock in
; he lett her the moi tint{ after the marriage,
ai,d the never law him again kill March 1784; the
than :is/eel with a Mr. Banfalls, and The had not
known where be was during that interval. He
it told her that lie worked at Whitbread's brew-
!! and that lie would go borne and endeavour
to g,t time money of his frinids to fettle with the
l'ariiii of EiTinglntm. Ile Raid with her all night
e.;.d had a illootal intercourfe. He went
zee y ;Is tin: rto.rniiii4, and told her the might
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