Star.
London, England, 1824-05-21 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 20.
TIIE KING V. COOK.
After judgment had been pronounced In several Re-
venue cases, M. CA niPBELL suggested, in the case of
James Stit:on Cook, that the defendant should not be
called up for judgment until the plan in abatement en-
' tore I by Richard Stafford Cook, who claims right to
the Barony of Stafford, be decided.
Mr. TAUNTON expressed a hope that the Court would
not compel the prosecutor to accede to that proposition.
THE KING V. J(IIN /lUNT.
After a few observations from Mr. SCARLET?, the
dvfendant, John Hunt, was ordered to be brought up
for judgment on the 25th of May.

PREROGATIVE COURT, NIAY 20.
NoEL Noll. AN!) (micas.
Dr. Anus caid, that in 1807, temporary adminis-
tration in this care was grained to Loilia Ann Middle.
ton, on an aflidavit respecting the • deceased's hand.
writing to a paper which purported to be his last wit'
and maament ; but to which there was neither signa,
cure, date, nor attesting witnesses. The administration
expired in 1816, when the minor became of age, and in
Ts inity Term last Sir Gerard Noel claimed to have ad-
ministration granted to him as a creditor to the de-
ceased's estate in a large amount; and in the fourth
Session of Trinity Term an affidavit was put in on be-
hail of Mrs. Rolston, stating, that on the 29th Jamul,
11788, the deceased made a will, and subsequently two
codicil., dated 10th January, 1799, and 21st December
the same year, appointing Mrs. Robson a legatee to the
amount of 10,0001. and !eating John Challes Middle.
ton the executor. A monitiou was therefore granted,
by which the will and codiciis were brottgl..t into Court;
at Michaelmas Term, last year, Mrs. Robson prayed
that a decree might issue against John Charles Middle-
ton, calling on him to shesv came why administration
should not be granted to her, to which no appearance
has been made. The Learned Advocate, therefore,
prayed that letters of administration might be granted
to Mrs. Robson.
The Count granted letters of administration on the
former will to Mrs. Robson.
sEcON A R tEs• OFFICE, MAY ,20.
JAY V. SIR G. O. I'. TURNER, BART.__

Mr. PARKE, the Counsel for the plaintiffs, Messrs.
W. and J. J.ty, eminent upholsterers in Broad-street,
Golden-square, stated, that the present action was
brought by his clients to recover 803/. from Sir Gregory
Osborne Page Turner, Bart. under the following cir-
cumstances. In the year 1820, the Honourable Baronet
took a ready furnished house, situate No. 20, Upper
Baker-street, of the plaintiffs., for the use of which he
engaged to pay 5.501. per annum. The house had been
fitted up in a style of magnificence suitable for the oc-
cupation of any Nobleman or Gentleman. At the end
of the year 1822, the sum of two hundred and fusty
eight pounds six shillings was due to the plaintiffs as a
balance for that year's rent. A further sum of 1201.
was due for rent on the Ist of February, 1823, and then
a new arrangement was made between the parties, and
the defendant agreed to pay for the further use of the
premises at the rate of 2W. a week ; and on the 22d of
March, 1823, an additional sum of Ha. was due,
making in the whole, for rent, a sum of between 500/.
and 6001. On the defendant leaving the premises in
May, 1823, the plaintiffs, to their utter astonishment,
discovered that every part of the house was pulled to
pieces; the rich furniture broken, the hangings and
tapestry torn to rags, the carpets rotted, and every ar-
ticle, even those used for culinat y purposes, broken and
destroyed. Such a scene of filth and destruction was
scarcely conceivable, and to put the premises in a state
so as to make them tenantable, and to fit them up in the
same condition as when they were let to the Honourable
Baronet, the plaintiffs had expended the sum of
309/. 1 ls. with a further sum of 53/. 13s. for goods, al-
together making the amount claimed. In the last item
there was the sum of .51. charged for taking down, re-
moving, and putting up bedsteads, and furniture. This
sum he should not contend for; but he should call wit-
nesses to prove the rent claimed was due, and that the
sum charged for dilapidations was fair and reasonable.
After the examination of several witnesses for the
plaintiffs, the SECONDARY summed up, and the Jury
' consulted for a few minutes, and gave a verdict for
8581. and a fraction, the sum claimed.

Thomas Fortier, a servant in the employ of Messrs.
FORD and Co. of Winchester, died on Friday. On Wed-
nesday, he experienced some inconvenience from a
small pimple on the tongue, which increased consider-
ably during the following day, and on Friday became
so large as to occasion death by suffocation.
A Mr. BRADSHAW, a descendant of President BRAD-
SHAW, who presided at the trial of CHARLES I. went to
Huntingdon at the late election, to vote for Mr. WELLS,
who lives within a very few yards of the site of the
house in which Caostwau, first drew his breath.

A litter of six young foxes, with the mother, were last
week taken out of a sough on the estate of Thomas
Worthington; Esq. at §barstoa, gear Stockport.