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London, England, 1825-05-30 00:00:00

LAW REtQRJ.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH. MAY VI.
DOWN V. BALLING AND OTHERS.
This was an action brought by Mr. Down against
Messrs. Hailing, Pearce, and Stone, respectable -linen-
drapers and silk-mercers, of Cockspnr-street, to reco-
ver 501. the amount of a check, which came into their
possession under the following cit cumstances :—Mr.
Down, while with his Lady in Burlington Arcade, in
November last, lost sf check for 501. that check was
-very shortly afterwards paid to the defendants by a
female, who gave the name and address of Mrs. Jones,
of Leader-street, Brompton, in payment for two shawls,
which she purchased for 61.105. and received hi change
431. 101. The draft was cashed, neat morning, at the
banking-house of Messrs; Sir Peter Pole and Co. and
by that means traced to the possession of the defend-
ants, from whom its amount was immediately claimed,
on the ground that they had been negligent in taking a
check from a perfect stranger, without making any in-
quiry as to her respectability, or the mode by which
she became possessed of it.
The Came 'ernes said, that if the Jury were satisfied that
due venation had not been oken in receiving the cheek, tbe
plaintiff was entitled to averdiet.
The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 501.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. MAY 87.
SUNOS V. BLAB; BART.
The plaintiff, who is a rustic chair-maker, at Ham.
usersmith, sought to recover upwards of XV. from
Sir F. Blake, for rustic chairs and pagodarsupplied for
his grounds at Staines.
Mr. SerJeant VM7IIIIIAII for tbe sewed that the 'de-
fendant bad paid 841. int.
Court, • divided every item
in the amounts.
The Carat JUSTICE remarked, that is all the items
were disputed, the Court was called on to try. not one
action, but a hundred. If ever any c ise should be re-
' ferret, it was sorely such a case as the present.
After a conference. the cause was referred.
SHERIFFS COURT. MAT V.

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TATMAN v. LACY.
This was an action brought to recover damages for

false imprisonment.
Mr. ADOLF/WS appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
PHILLIPS for the defendant. The plaintiff, who is a
stage-coach proprietor, went into the defendant's house,
the Globe, in Moorgate, on the evening of the 6th of
March. He was accompanied by a Lady, and they
drank a glass of gin and water. Tile Lady proved,
that when the liquor was brought in by the waiter,
there was no spoon in the glass—she was certain of it,
because the plaintiff took the lemon out with his fingers.
On the other side, the waiter said that a silver spoon
was brought in with the glass, and that a hen the plan-1
tiff was applied to upon the subject, he denied having
taken the spoors. The defendant, however, caused him
to be apprehended ; and he was taken to Guildhall,
where he was discharged.
The Under-Sheriff left the Jury to decide upon the
evidence, and they returned a verdict for the plaintiff
--Damages, 104.
Letters received from Guatimala, dated 31st January,
state the country to be perfectly tranquil, and attend-
ing much to agricultural pursuits.
The King of ERANCII has given permission to Gen.
Lount &Edon, to return from exile.
We regret to learn from St. Peteisburgh, that Mr.
WARD, our Ambassador at the Russia's Court, is so
dangerously ill of an inflammation in the lungs, that
his recovery is very doubtful.
Dust.--A meeting took place at the back of the
Dog Kennel, on Windsor Forest, on Saturday, be-
tween two Gentlemen, of the names of and
W., in consequence of a dispute in the street at
Ethan), orea-bet which was the seventh' horse for the
Derby Race, and which could not well be decided.
The forma Gentleman was grazed on the cheek ; the
seconds inteafered, and the affair terminated.
Some idea of the annual revenue derived from the
Livetpool Post-offtue may be formed from the fact,
that on Saturday se'nnight nearly six thousand ship
linen passed thimigh she office.
Aiming the costly relics belonging to one of the
Tidiest Cinemas in Valladolid, there was a brick of
niassive gold,of beady one foot in length, and two
jades is thickness, which contained a thorn, said to be
from the Crown which our Sawroua wore upon the
Crotia.—lt was presented to Napoleon
iby one of Ms
Generals, and be received it, taking out the thou,
06 There (said be) give that back to the Holy Fathers,
will keep only the paltry brick."