Star.
London, England, 1809-06-29 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jr r•rz
THE KING V. THE DUKE OF GORDON.
Mr. WIGLEY moved to put off the trial of this in-
dictment, which bad been fixed for to-morrow.

Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL.-" My Lord, this is
an indictment for an assault, with an intent to com-
mit a rape."

Mr. WIGLEY moved this upon affidavits of the hus-
band of the Prosecutrix, Sarah White, her Attorney,
and her medical attendant ; swearing that she was a
material witness, and that she was ill in bed of a
violent fever, and could not stir out without endan-
gering her life. The affidavit offered that the Prose-
cutrix's medical attendant should meet any medical
man whom the Defendant might appoint, in order
that he might be convinced of the state of the Prose-
cutrix.

Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—g, My Lord, when the
charges of this prosecution are considered, and that
the Defendant is upwards of 70 years of age, it will
readily he believed, that the Duke considers the post-
ponement of this trial as the most serious misfortune
that could happen to him ; and he does hope, that it
will not be suffered to go over the present sittings.
At the same tine, he would not. thank the Jury for
their acquittal, unless it were given him upon the
examination of the Prosecutrix."

Lord ELLENBOROUGII" At present, I will post-
pone the trial till next Tuesday, which will be the last
day of the sittings here ; and as I observe that the
affidavit offers the Defendant's medical man to see
the Prosecutrix in company with her medical man,
and at his time, I think it right, to prevent all collu-
sion, that he should have this right to see her, with.
out her medical attendant, and at an unexpected
time."

Mr. GARROw—"Then the best way will be for the
Duke's Attorney to take a Medical Gentleman there
directly."
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Mr..WIGLEY—gs We can have no objection-to this."
Lord ELLENBOROUGH—" I need not reconimend
the tenderest conduct to thegentlemen who are going."

HOUGH, GENT. V. FARRINGTON.

This was an action brought by the Plaintiff, an
Attorney in Lancashire, against the defendant, a po-
tatoe seller, for slanderous words in saying the Plain-
tiff got a d—d deal of money in a rascally manner.
Lord ELLENBOROIJGH told the Jury, that the first
question was, whether the words applied to the plain-
tiff's profession as an Attorney, in which case only
the words were actionable, and it had been proved
'that the Plaintiff got money by tin-mines as well as
law ; and the second question, in case the Jury were
of opinion the words were believed by the by-stmders
to apply to the plaintiff's profession of a lawyer, whe-
ther the plaintiff did not provoke the slander by the
abusive manner in which it had been proved he had
accosted the defendant, upon entering the public-
house where the words were spoken. Upon this ac-
count, if the Jury should find for the plaintiff, there
was no coin in the realm small enough to give him.
Verdict for the dfendatet.

LINGHAM V. DU BOIS.

This was an action to recover 4791. for leather-
breeches supplied to the defendant. The plaintiff
proved the delivery of the goods, when the Attorney
General put in evidence an invoice, by which it ap-
peared that the goods we►e all shipped expressly by
the plaintiff on account and half with the defendant,
thereby implying that.they were to be partners in the
adventure. The goods were shipped for Lima, whi-
ther the defendant went as supercargo, and the ad-
venture wholly failed, the goods not selling fur the
cost price, after 100 per cent. expences and freight
were laid Out.

Lord ELLENEOROViiII was clearly of opinion, that
the plaintiff could not recover for these articles, but
having supplied the defendant with two pair of doe-
skins for his private wear, and having new-seated and
repaired another pair, the plaintiff had a verdict for
61. 6s. being the amount of those separate charges.