Star.
London, England, 1822-04-11 00:00:00

PIPPETT V. HEARNE.

This was an action to recover a compensation in
damages for a malicious prosecution for perjury.
The defendant, who keeps the King's Arms Inn,
Holborn-bridge, had been entrusted by a man named
Strange, who used his house, with a box of lace, in
order to enable Strange to procure payment of the
sum of £4O from a person named Wild, with whom
he had had some dealings before. Wild mas to be
induced to believe, that on payment of £4O on ac-
count, the box of lace, whiCh was of gleater value,
would be delivered to him ; but instead of which, -
when the money was paid, then the defendant was
to give him his dishonoured bill for 1:40. Wild stated
' to a person named Pippett, that he had this lace to
sell, a great bargain, upon £4O being paid, for which
it was impounded ; whereupon Pippett told a friend
of his, named Brydges, who agreed to purchase i►,
and on going to the defendant's house the treaty was
concluded. Brydges paid the money into the de-
fendant's hand, who then threw down the dishonoared
bill cf Wild's, and put the box of lace behind
A scuffle ensued, and Brydges get back his £4O from
the defendant, while Pippett endeavoured to secure
the box of lace, but in vain : that was wrenched from
his hand by a female servant of the defendant's,—
Brydges and Pippett were then taken into custody
by an officer before the sitting Alderman, on a charge
of felony preferred by the defendant, but the Magis.
trate on investigating the affair, dismissed the matter.
For this unsubstantiated charge Brydges and Pippett
brought an Action against Hearne, who suffered judg-
ment to go by default in the action at the suit of
Brydges, and if was on the occasion of the evidence
given by Pippett before the Secondary, that the al-
leged perjury was committed, for which Hearne in-
dicted 11:m, but on the trial he was acquitted, on a
flaw being discovered in the indictment, before any
evidence was gone into. For this Pippett now brought
his action to recover a compensation in damages.—
Several witnesses were examined on both sides.

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the evi-
dence, and told the Jury the principal circumstance
for them to consider was, not whether Pippett had on
the occasion mentioned committed a perjury, but
whether the defendant had reasonable ground to
come to that conclusion.

The Jury retired for half an hour, and on their re-
turn found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £l5O.

Yesterday the LORD Mayon held a Special Court
of Aldermen at Guildhall, for the purpose of electing
a Recorder in the room of the late Sir JOHN SYL.•
\TESTER, Batt. which was most fully attended. His
Lordship, 20 Aldermen, and the Sheriffs, being pit-
sent, the thanks of the Court were unanimously voted
to the Lord Bishop of lAA NDA FE' and the Rev. Dr.
GODDARD, for their excellent sermons preached at
Christ Church, Ncwgate-street, before the LORD
MAYOR, Aldermen, and Governors of the several
Royal Hospitals, on Monday and Tuesday last.—
The Court then proceeded to the special business of
the day, when
.NEWMAN Kstowiss, Esq. Common
Serjeant, was unanimously elected Ilcc3rdcr ; and
being sent for, he attended, and took the usual oath.
Theoan MAYOR declared the vacancy of Steward
of Southwark, in the room of Sir J. Syr:ark:mit, and
the next Court was appointed to fill up the sane.
A convict under sentence of death for burglary,
now in Horsemonger Jail, has been ex amineJ, on
suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mrs.
DUNATTY, but nothing apptoaching to proof has
been brought forward agaihSt him.
Hrorawav-RonnEnv.—Mr. HawKiNts,• a traveller,
in Stanhope-street, was robbed on Monday evening,
returning from Oakingham to. Hatchet-lane, Berks,
of 122. and some silver, his watch, and several bills
of exchange. He'svas travelling in h:s gig near War-
field, when a person on horseback inquired the road
to Windsor, and joined company at his pace to the
cross-roads to Hatchet-lane and Wingfield-Plain,
when two fellows inimock-frocks stopped the chaise,
and ransatked, it, assisted by the horseman. They
plan of cutting harness to
revolted to' the usual
prevent .p Intuits and made off into Windsor Forest.