Star.
London, England, 1830-05-04 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 3.
MURRAY V. HEATH.
Mr. Wm.!. x moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict for
the plaintiff should not be set aside and a new trial had. It will be
recollected that this was an action to try the right of engravers to
retain copies of works engraved by themselves for employers. This
cause has been twice tried. In the first instance the verdict was for
the defendant, and in the second the Jury found for the plaintif.—
The ground on which the motion was now made appeared to be a
defect in the evidence. It was contended that the plates detained by
the defendant had not been exposed to sale, contrary to the 17th of
George 111.
The Court granted a rule to shew cause.
WILLIS V. PROCTOR.
This action was brought by a horse dealer, against the defendant,
an Under Graduate at Oxford, to recover 1001. fur a fine horse. The
Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff'.
Mr. Juxers moved to set aside the verdict on the ground that
it had been given against evidence and the direction of the Judge.
—lt was also alleged that the horse was unsound. The Learned
Counsel contended that proof had been given at the trial that the de.
fendant was under age at the time the horse was purchased.
The Court, under all the circumstances, granted a rule to 'hew
cause.

COLL/NS V. OODEFROY.
Mr. CAMPBELL moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial
should not be granted in this ease, or a verdict entered for the
plaintiff. It was an action tried at Guildhall before Lord Tenter-
den, and was brought by the plaintiff; an attorney, to recover the
sum of six guineas for loss of time. It appeared on the trial that
Mr. Collins had been subpcenaed by the defendant as a witness in a
cause in which he (Mr. Godefroy) was plaintiff. He In conse.
quence attended the Court of Common Pleas for six succeeding
days, for which he charged one guinea per day. On application to
the defendant he refused to pay it, and an action was brought to re-
cover the sum, in which the plaintiff was nonsuited, the Judge
holding that the statute did not allow of an attorney bringing
an action for loss of time. Mr. Campbell now contended
that the statute allowed compensation fur loss of time to attor-
neys and medical men.
Lord TENTERDEN—The declaration was for loss of time, and
the only question foe us to consider is, whether or not the Court
have power to give it.
Mr. CAMPBELL—It is a question of very great Importance to
the profession.
Lord TENT Ea/A N—lt was Arch an action as no wise man would
have thought of bringing.
Mr. CAMPBELL felt confident there was nothing in the statute
to prevent the Court giving compensation for loss of time. If an
attorney was obliged to leave his office for days together, it might
prove his ruin.
Mr. Justice BAY LEY—You may say the same of every other
man, Mr. Campbell.
In answer to a question by the COURT. one of the Masters said
they never allowed for loss of time to gentlemen, clergymen, or
merchants.

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The COURT, after some consultation, granted a rule to show
cause.

MARSHALL V. ...-.
This wu an action to recover the sum of 111. I9g. It wu tried
at Worcester. Verdict for defendant. _ _ _

Mr. CAMPBELL now moved for a rule to show cause why a new
trial should not be granted, on the ground that the verdict was con-
trary to evidence. He would not trouble the Court with partieu-
lan, but read an affidavit relating to an expression made use of by
defendant at the time of trial. On being told that the verdict
would be against him, he replied, "Oh no, hiinshull (one of the
Jury) will not have it so; he knows all about it." The affidavit
then went on to state that Minshull was observed to be vety active
In the jury box.
Lord TzwrzaDEY—Take a rule to show cause.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-MAY 3..
TANNER W. HAGUE.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who had been a
clerk In the employment of the defendant, an attorney, for the re.
covert' of 141. The plaintiff was subsequently arrested by the de-
fendant for 3001. and lodged in Horsemonger.lane goal, from which
place of imprisonment he was, however, released, upon his giving
the defendant a note of hand for 201. and an undertaking to forego
the trial.

Upon a former day, Mr. Sergeant WILDS, on the part of the
plaintiff, obtained a rule to show cause why the matters in dispute
between the parties should not be referred to the Officer of the
Court. _ _ - -

Mr. Sergeant ADAMS showed cause against the rule this morn.
ing, ind read several affidavits in support of his opposition.
The Court., after hearing Mr. Sergeant WILDS: in reply, or-
dered the matter to be referred to the Prothonotary.

A CHILD LOST IN AN ISLAND IN THE INDIAN
SEAS.—The following extraordinary notice appeared last
week in some of the Edinburgh papers. Is it a hoax ?
" In the year 1816, while a party were upon one of the
islands in the Straits of Sundy, a lady and a female child
about three years of age, had separated from the com-
pany, and were attacked by three Malays. At the in-
stant, a young man, supposed to be a seaman, and hav-
ing on a jacket with the East Indian Company's buttons
(it having been found upon the island when search was
made,) came to their assistance ; ho had a small gun.
The lady recollects of one Malay being shot, and she saw
another carrying off the child, which has not since been
heard of. The present advertisement is, if possible, to
ascertain whether the child was carried off by the Malays,
or by the young gentleman before alluded to. The latter
seems probable, as two Malays were found dead, but no
traces or information respecting the young gentleman
could be obtained. What has since transpired is as fol-
lows .—The young gentleman appeared to be about se-
venteen years of age, with excessive fair hair hanging
in ringlets down his back. A boat was seen in the
Straits English built. In the pocket of his jacket was
part of a letter, beginning " dear nephew," and dated
" Edinburgh, Jan. 1816," and the initials W. M. G.
sewed inside the collar. Part of the child's dress, much
stained with blood, was also found. By information re-
ceived from the natives, it would appear that it must be
the same person known to them by the strange cognomen
of the "Pretty Devil," and he was about five feet seven
inches high, light blue eyes, and slender made. If the
gentleman is still alive, or any other who can throw any
light upon the subject, they may depend upon remunera-
tion, and if Providence has spared the life of the child,
she may be restored to the bosom of affectionate parents,
who are willing to settle an annuity (if required) upon
any individual who can give satisfactory information."
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.—The Liverpool Mer-
cury states the following as a fact, and avers, that it
took place near the village of Upton-in-Wirral, near
Cheshire :—A female, of respectable appearance, with
an infant of colour at her breast, entered the cottage of a
labouring man, whose family consisted of a wife and se-
veral small children. The visitor was welcomed to the
homely dwelling, and on observing an infant in the
cradle, she wished to ascertain the child's age, and
seemed pleased to find it correspond with her own. She
then inquired by what means the family were maintained,
and being informed that their only support arose from the
husband's labour, with much sympathy and kind feel-
ing observed,--" Suppose some friend made you a pre-
sent of five hundred pounds, to open a small shop, don't
you think it would be a means of helping you to bring
up your family ?"—" Yes, madam"' replied the poor
woman, " but I have no such friend ;" upon which the
lady took from her pocket-book a five hundred pound
Bank of England note, and presented her with it. The
astonished cottager, struck speechless by such unexpected
good luck, was roused from her stupor by her benefac-
tress requesting change of a sovereign, meaning to share
it amongst the rest of the children. Twenty shillings
being a sum not often seen by the woman, she replied,
" 0 dear, Madam, I have not one shilling ; but, if you'll
wait, I'll go to the village, about a quarter of a mile
distant, and get it for you." The poor woman, in high
glee, made the best of her way towards Upton ; but
before she had reached a hundred yards from her door,
the generous benefactress placed her swarthy offspring
in the cradle, and made a precipitate retreat with the
fair-complexioned infant, leaving the woman to
console herself, on her return, with a frillrtto child in
one hand, and five hundred pounds in the other.