Star.
London, England, 1802-02-13 00:00:00

LATE INSOLVFNT ACT.

The Court heard a very long argument upon the
conilruaiun of the late Infelvent An—Whether
the Court of Quarter Seffions had jutildiaion after
two Se!lions had paired ? It was argued by Mr.
ATTORNEY.GINERAL, Mr.GIBB3. Mr. PARKE, and
Mr. GURNFY, that the Al expired after two Set.-
lions were paired, and that an Infolvent could not
be difcharged at any future one; and if the Ma-
giftrates had difcharged him, the. Sheriff wuuld be
liable to action fur an efcape.
Mr. ERSILINI, and Mr. COMMON SERJIANT, on
'the contrary, contended, that when the Gaoler

had returned the I;fis of prifoners to the Conti., at
he was bound to do by the Ad, any one inclined
in that lift was entitled to be brought up for dif-
charge at any lubfequent Seffion. •
The Court thought this a matter of importance,
and Paid they should take time to confider of it.
LIABILITY or amt..
A cafe was difctrifed in which it appeared from
the Affidavit, that the plaintiff in. the aftion,after
he had obtained judgment againft the defendant,
left a Capias ad Satisfaciendum with the Sheriff, with
direetion to have it returned non el inventor, for
the purpofe of afterwards fixing the Bath and
this was contended to be according to the common
praetice ; and therefore regular ; but • ,• .
Mr. Juftice GROS E laid, this may be a common,
but I am Pure it is an abominable praftice ; it hat
often been reprobated by my Lord KEN YON, for
by thefe means, the plaintiff, when he obtains his
Judgment,and finds that the defendant is infolvent,
has nothing to do but to take his Ca. Sa. •to .the.
Sheriff, with direCtion, as here (toted, to have it
returned non fl inventor, and then he has recourfe
to the Bail, who are entitled to render the defect
dant, which is all the plaintiff can demand. This
mode of fixing the Bail is moft feandalons, and
lhould not be endured. The Ca. Sa. when taken
out, ought to be executed ; at leaft, the Sheriff
ought to be inftrueted to take the defendant, if
he can be found, and not inftrueted to return the
Writ, non el inventor, for the purpofe of fixing Bail.
Mr. Juftice LAWRENCE" A Ca. Ca. left with
the Sheriff, with direction to the Sheriff to return
it, non fl inventor! It is not to be endured. The
Bail is thus moft unfairly treated. This Court
has, on feveral occafions, been led to lament the
hardfhip of the fituation of bail. An Attorney
to take a Writ of Ca. Sa. to the Sheriff, with di-
redions to return it non 0 inventor, when he knows
where the defendant may be found, is guilty of a
fcandalous trick, when it is thus intended to fix
the bail with the debt. The Sheriff is anfwerable
for the confequences if he follows fuch diredions.
It is a difhonett artifice to make the bail pay, when
it is known the defendant could riot ; and that' If
the Ca. Sa. was executed, he would old), have the
body of the defendant, and he is entitled to no
more; if the bail were to render him, he could
have no more.—This mutt not be fuffered ; the
Court will know how to deal with an Attorney
when a complaint of this fort is exhibited againft
him."

Mr. Juftice GROSE fetid, he had no doubt in this
cafe the Attorney knew where to find the defen-
dant, and this was a trick upon the Bail.
Mr. Juftice LAWRENCE—" It is very well for
the Attorney that the motion was not made againft
him—ln any other cafe like the prefent, an At.
torney fhould be ordered to anfwer the matters of
the Affidavit.—The Court will take care of the
rules of Juftice when fuch a cafe (hall come before
it in proper form."

THE RING V. MOSS.
The Defendant was brought in upon an Attach-
ment for contempt of Court. To a Declaration
in ejeetment he had filed a Plea feveral hundred
pages long, felting forth how one Sir Humphry
Diddle, being feized in fee of the prernifes in quef-
tion, had fold them at Garraway's by one Mr.
Knock--'em-down, an auctioneer, &c. &c. He was
fworn to anfwer the interrogatories, and commit-
ted to the cufiody of the Marflush
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QS/ESTION OF LAW.
Upon a cafe being called on, which was faid
to involve a queflion of law,
Mr. Juftice LAWRENCE obferved, that on the
laft day of Term there was no law, as had been
faid by my Lord HOLT, by which was meant, that
no queftion involving a point of law was to be
dig-cuffed on the daft day of Term.
It being the laft day of Term the Court fat late,
hearing motions previous to the Sittings, which
commence at Weftminfter tomorrow. (This day.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
EAGLETON D. THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.
On Wednefday Lord ALVANLEY delivered the
unanimous opinion of the Court of Common Pleas,
in this caufe, That there fhould be judg-
ment for the Plaintiff." It has been erroneoufly
Dated in fome of the newspapers, that, after a full
hearing at this trial, the Jury found a verdift for
the Plaintiff, with ts. damages. The fait was,
there was no hearing at all, the Plaintiff having
contented to take nominal damages to try therigltt.

JOHN MULFORD, Efq. of Tadley, near Baring-
fluke, Hants, January 19, 1802, communiated for
publication to B. D. PERKINS, of Leicefler-fquare,
London, the Patentee of the Metallic Traitors, the
refult of a number of experiments with them, which
he Pays, " have abundantly proved their very fain-
tary effeas on both the human and brute creation."
Betides feveral remarkable cures on the human
fubjes, is the following on an animal :

Casx...Sreitin and CONTUSION OD a Hoase.—" A horfe,
which was plowing in a field full of fprinp and many deep et.t
drains, flipped his kg irate one, and fo damaged his knee, that
he could not put his foot to the ground. The Tractors were
applied, at which he evidently felt confiderable effects, by his
continually drawing up his leg as if to relieve hlinfelf ; and in
is minutes he got his leg firm on the ground and hood upon it.
On applying the Tradors afterwards, another fingular (Fed
was perceived, which has fo often been obferved on the human
fubjed. The perfpirable matter, as, the Tradors were drawn
over the parts affeded, fo copiuufly flowed from under them,
that it fell in drops on the ground. On carefully examining the
knee, there was not the limit crack apparent in the fkin,fo that
it molt have iffued through the pores. The horfe is now in
health, and performing his daily work."
The Tractors, fo neceffary in every Family, and among
Horfes, may be had, genuine, with new and improved direc-
tions for ufing them, for Five Guineas the Set, of B. D. PIM..
KIN., A. M. the Patentee, in the bode of the late John Hun-
ter, Surgeon, Leicefter-fquare; and of Frederick Smith, Che-
milt and Druggift, in the Hay-market, London. The portable
nature of the Tra,9ors renders their canveyance by Coach, or
even by Polt, perfedly convenient. Letters, inclofing their
amount (poit-paid) duly attended to.
N. B . The purchafrrs of the Tradtors receive grath,two dif-
ferent Hooks, which contain, as communicated by the firft
li-
terary charaders, about three thoufand Cures of Goat, Rheu.
matifm, Scalds, Head-ach, Tooth-aeh, Sprains, Inflammationh
&e. &c. and all analogous Difeafes of Horfes.

iry In the month of March neit will be publiiked, an en-
tire New Work, eonfiltlng pf nearly 2000 New cafes, on the
Human Body and on Horfet, received within the Jail i t month,
The I,u:chafers of the Tradort will be entitled to this gratis.

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