Star.
London, England, 1801-12-03 00:00:00

f:UN V. WHITE.

This was an a.ftion againft the Defendant for
unfkilfoilly and negligently driving his chaife
againft the Plaintiff's
Te evidence Cited, that on the 23d of Ofloher
lift, übout fix in the evening, the Plaintiff drove
his chaife very rapidly down the City-road, on the
wrong tide of it, where encountering the Plain-
tiff's horfe, the (haft went through part of his
cheft, entering at the fhoulder bone and coming
out near the fuddle pittc. The Defendant was alto,
by the tellimony of one wits.cfs, very drunk. Se-
veral vritneffes were called on the other fide, who
attempted to eflablifh, that the Defendant was
going a moderate pace, and on the right fide
of ;he road ; bet learnt any two of them agreed in
crc faet.----Veretiet for Plaintiff for 14.
GEORGE V. THE SHERIFF OE MIDDLESEX'.

This was an Aftion brought for Pena Wet under
the 'tatute for Extortion, of a Bailiff who had ar-
reffekT the Plaintiff in this iftion at the lint of ann.
t!,cr fir t I. t6s. It was nominally brought againfl
thc. Skrii, but in rcllit•• azainti the Sheriffs Of-
fic:t win, gave the Si a.t futurity for his conduit,
as is altcars the ca:i•.

It appeared that after the Plaintiff %vat arreftcd
on a Satorday, he was conditeed, by his own tie-
?ire, aveordim; to the pre,vifion of an At of Par-
. li.::::ent, to the Houfe of au Officer of the name of
Evans, in Covent• Garden, and that he IV:ti there
for Ow ; tl.a: he paid the &Alt
j without any fitrther preeeedin;:s, and vet Mr,
(latcd, they contrived to ci..:rgc him, one
r. a; t•T other, no lefs a film than 71. Os. SI a ruin
ihOCMng to think of upon a C.:1); of iii.
awl ibatiLing but the Proccf4 and Aura upon .it

that could be legally demanded. This Action was
therefore, -for the extortion which, he faid, was
evident from this fum of money being paid on this
occafion. It appealed that Evans was not the
perfon to whom this Writ was direded ; that the
Plaintiff lac brought only to his houfe as a Lock-
up-houfe ; and therefore it was contended by Mr.
Gettow, that Evans was not here employed by
the Sheriff in this particular aft, and that what•
ever belonged to it, the Sheriff was not refponfible.
Lord KENYON laid, he was forry there wars
fuck a place as a Lock up-bottle, and he felt no
difpolition to fcrecn any of thole who had the care
of Inch honks, whenever They did that which was
prolibitesl by the Law ; upon which foible& there
well' many wholefome liatutes. He approved alfo
of the doctrine by which the fliperior was anfwer-
able for the mifdeeds of his inferior in all cafes of
this kind; the Sheriff was therefore terponfible
for the condu& of his Bailiff, and it was well the
Law was fo, otherwife the.. public would have but
indifferent fecurity for indemnification againft op-
preffive ads. But then the Sheriff was only an.
fwerable for the ads of his agents while they were
aetin,.7 as fuch, the Sheriff would have been re-
fponfible to this Plaintiff, if the man who arreffed
him had ailed in any way improperly, becaufe, in
arrefting the Plaintiff, he ailed as the agent of the
Sheriff ; bnt the man who took him into the Lock-'
up-houfe, was not, in that refped, ailing as the 1
agent of the Sheriff. If there was any complaint I
in that refped, it muff be made trr,ainfl. the Bailiff i
bimfclf, who took the money, for in fo doing he
Was aging for himfelf ; and not againft the Sheriff,
for, in that particular, he was not ailing in the bu-
fines of the Sheriff. Plaintiff nonfuited.

DECSMIER 1,-SITTINGS AT UILDHALL.
L
HOMAN V. SSILNA.

We give the outlines of this cafe to !hew the
propriety of the propofed method of paying the
fearnen about to be dif:harged from the Royal
Navy. In the month of September the Plaintiff,
who is a common failor, arrived in the Thames
from a long voyage. His wages amounted to 241.
and this turn he lodged in the. hands of the Defen-
dant, the landlord of the houfe where be lodged.
He had continued at this pity:tic 119ufe extialy thir-
teen days, when he defined Mr. Milne to give him
an account of his money. Milne told him that
every farthing of it was gone; the (mall form; h:
had given him from day to day, together with his
(core, amounted to 241. Homan, not thinking it
poffible that he had been living at the rate of
nearly two guineas a day, brought this ation to
recover the balance lie fuppofed to he due to him.
The Defendant paid into Court 51. and for fo
much pleaded a tender. He allowed that he had
received the 241. but contended that it had all been
laid out for the Plaintiff's ufe. In fupport of this
plea an account of Hornan's expences during the
13 days was produced, and witneffes were called,
who fubaantiated almoa every item of it. It ap-
peared that during the whole time no perfon came
into the houfe that the poor failor did not infra
upon treating. The landlord reproved him for
his extravagance, but he raid that ifbe did not get
the liquor there be would ehbwhere. Oa one 'oc-
cation he got 204. from the Defendant, and re-
turned in lets than an hour completely pennylefs.
The fervant who attended him he gratified one '
morning with ilts. and he often went down to the
river and brought up vratermen to drink with him.
Lord KENYON inclined to think that feveral of
the charges ought to be difallowed ; but the Jury
after remaining out about halt an hour, brOugin
in a Verdia for the Wendt:mt.