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M. KICHAAINS .IItICS CM". ‘riAlnal ull UWaiala vs 5...
defendant, angwert in his favour, *stating, that the al-
leged aratetneywas not iritentional, as asieher bettor
the.laady had-eny kinder;knowledge that she Lady . '
was at the time made a wird of Chancery ; • and fur- '
the added,, that the defendant_had quickly come
• Barr Scotiand,iti obedience to his Lordships order,
tonubmit to liellederef the COW, offering to make
narks:rex equstalsl9.aitileneent upon his wife, that.
the Court should ,or require.
There mope* ;CO -iiiirrnstances of aggravation
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in the petition of Noble Peirtioner, surd :an affida-
vit of the respondent, ettitirtg his totid ignorance of
the wardship, ... .;..,..:* . - ,
The LOSISPAII/90144 -observed, tat this was a
very strange caseln.:the statement it, in every
point of view, from Mili*parties, and therefore rested
on hiin entirely. -klieterdship, therefore, felt him-
self called 'upon -to se With special care to attain a
perfect knowledge .14 all the circumstances of the
matter, • and directed a reference to a: Master to in-
quire into the busiirrs, and tb report thereon tohim
specially. The final order WAS postponed till the report.
COURT OF KING'S BENCkI, NOVEMBER 17. .
• •
Mr. Serjeant Lpss ;nova for an information in
the nature of p quo Warranty, tilting upon a Mr. Set:
lets to ships, by. what* *author ite• he • claimed to be
Mayor of -Oster. The Learned .Serjeant stated,
- that there had been considerable di:pita and double
. . ••...*O• Awl -4 rho Borough, and in order to settle the
• rigtstof-these 'past* it wisuecessary to decide which
eleetimarirrete duly iinade..--,-Rult Nisi granted.
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Patrki _ iwai brought up to receive judg.
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- merit for and obstructing an excise officer
ie the elf . , this duty.' It appeared by tlii re.
pkiekakdseevidiatorkat.the trial, that :the office=r ad
a' 1 10,atielf a linflas df the name of -Finchey,
oy .
and
t parsidSt....he went to a public house in the
Cite, of Loge:tee wbielf be *frequented, and when
abent to execute his wahine, the defendant •ald se-
veral othetsfell ueonbilr, iild beat him"vielently.....
He was sentenced to be imprisnned I Smooths in Lan.
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care:Awl.) . .
• • * Wirers Bawd/ and ThOwne. Sanest, who stood con.
.7 victed, Bosall for baying the;jalace of Tidesman in
-•:' the employ of the Excise, and! Barnett for receiving
.
'.- 40, to procure the place for him, were both brought
up for iudlgment. 'The former was sentenced to one
month's imprisonment, Ind the latter to six months
iniprisonment.
'ski Pstkr and Parsons, inexciseman and a
makster, who were convicted of a conspiracy to de.
fraud *.the revenue by false accounts, were sentenced
i to 12 wsuntier.ims4sonmeot each in Maidstone gaol,
asci7to)be pillWil., - •
jtsitert I.)swiriOrtio*ci been convicted of an at.
- tempt defraud* revenue by making a falser re-
turn of these *4 jiy, his tenant, so as to diminish'
his income was sentenced to be fined 030, and
en be imprisoned one month.
?horns: A4berts, for obstructing a revenue officer;
was. sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in Not-
tingham gaol. - : 4c.
, John Newton, who had been convicted of pelt*,
to procpre a Habeas Corpus, by swearing that his
son had never been at yea, Contrary to the fact, with
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. .a view to procure his liberation Nom the impress,
was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment iu Not.
tivkatn gaol.. . . .
ftnford Cotton, for obstructing a Sheriff's officer in
• .tiet',execution of his duty, was tined f 59, and sett.
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lideediti one month's imprisonnient...
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COURT
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' • co OF Y.X.CHEQUER, NOVLAIStit.: 17.
. .• Tint .ATTOSNEY-GENERAL v. W. CARVER AND TUX.
BISHOP Or WINCHESTER.
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This cause, which involved a question respecting
the preservation of Portsmouth Harbour, commenced
on. Tuesday, before all the Barons ; but, in cause
1 queoce of the number of witnesses to be examined
the Court thought fit, at a late hour, to adjourn far
ther proceedings till this clay. It was an issue di
rected to try the question, whether cestaio premises
held by the d -eordant Carver, under the Bishop o
*Winchester, on the Zotport side of Portsfirouth Har
hour, were or were .not a public nuisance, by obstrUct
ring. the efflux and reflex of the •,ile, whereby sand
banks were formed, and .the harbour other aLe in
jured ? . .
Mr. Serjeant LIMB opened the ease, and severs
'witnesses were examined, consisting of Surveyor'
Civil Engineers, aud,other professional characters, a
*AI as Admiral Knight and Sit.,Roger Curti's. Tb
• Velour in general bore the Prune tendency, and dii
.feted chiefly as to the degree of injury which the has
hour suffered, but all admitting.* evil to a certai
e mot.. . ~... ,
.Mr4Serjeent Bier hildielised 04 . Jury this day fi
--p-
-the defendant. •anAcieuended, that there wai nothin
11 snore than surmise ifor'.theproiecution. It was n(
to be consideead'a citikwoceeding : it was csimina
and their verdict *Muhl be for the defendant, Uole
the nuisanee was !nide out. : How did they .propol
to shew, that this building *as iiijiirious In the has
hour ?. The first proposition was, that the premiss
excluded7a quantity of water proportioned to the sir
of the building,, and, that it prevented water trot
flowing to' the River. • With respect to excludin
maw,. the Learned 4erjeant argued, that it was. al
surd to suppose thm.the preMises in question, whit
• certainly &Coot remove more water than the hull I
11 a ship, 'could have any erosible effect on the barbou
Could any atm% tall it keeping out water from ti