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London, England, 1809-07-28 00:00:00

L4l#l INTZLLIGENCE.

'COURT OF CHANCtitY, JULY L.
PLAGIARISM.—criwyx e. lIOLLINGSWURTH.

Sir S. Rommt.v applied for an injunction ih this
case against the Defendant, to restrain him from pub-
lishing what was alledged to be a pirated editioe of
Selwyn's Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Paws. He
read from his brief several particulars from' both
works, in order to chew that the one had. been copied
from the other. There were trifling variations, but these
evidently introduced as a miserable attempt to make
a difference, such as—instead of 66 A Person brought
an action," A Man brought an action," &c. To
prove the piracy still more satisfactorily he stated that
some mistakes in the original work had been faithfully
followed in the pirated edition, dcc.
The LORD CHANCELLOR having looked at both
works, said that there was a difference in one part,
but that the Plaintiff was entitled to have an injunc-
tion as to that portion which evidently appeared to
have been pirated.—lnjunction ordered accordingly..

PATENTS.-BARBER V. SANDERSON.

Sir S. ROMILLY applied for an injunction to restrain
the Defendant from taking advantage of a machine
Invented by the Plaintiff for weaving stockings, for
which the Plaintiff had obtained a patent. The
Plaintiff had before applied to the Court, which had
directed an issue • to try the validity of the patent.—
The Plaintiff had obtained a verdict in an action at
law ; but the Defendant had published an advertise
meat in the Nottingham newspapers, stating that he
had obtained the object of his suit, and that he was.
proceeding to prepare several articles upon the. plan
of the patent for sale, to those who chose to give him
their orders. Sir S. Romilly stated that the verdict,
however, was against the Defendant, and prayed an
injunction.—Ordered.
Similar applicationeweremadeagainstseveralothers,
and injunctions ordered accordingly.

31AiAIER

The Court, in this case, had directed an issue, to
have the opinion of the Court of King's Bench. Mr.
Harmer had invented a machine for cropping and
shearing fustian and cloth of different kinds, and ob-
tained a patent in 1794. In 1806, two year before
this patent expired, he had obtained another pa-
tent for an improvement of the same machine. But
in the specification of the latter he had taken the
whole machine together, without distinctly stating
the improvement. The issue was to try, whether
the Plaintiff ought to have stated the improvement
particularly, or whether it was sufficient to have stated
the improved machine generally ? The Court of
King's Bench decided that the general statement was
sufficient, leaving others, by a comparison, to find
out the difference.

The LORD CHANCELLOR concurred in this opinion
of the law, and the injunction was ordered to be con-
tinued in favour of the patentee accordingly.

ASSIZES.

At Nottingham Assizes James Wilkinson was ar-
raigned for having uttered two forged notes, purport-
ing to be genuine notes of the Leicester bank. A
whole family, besides others, were involved in the
charge—a father, mother, and their two children, a
son and daughter. James Wilkinson was the son,l
and he pleaded guilty. The Learned Judge very
-p 4- before the prisoner the futility of
any hope he might derive from this conduct. The
sentence of the law must pass upon him in the .same
manner as if the offence were proved by the clearest
evidence. The unfortunate man persisted in pleading
guilty, although repeatedly admonished by the Judge
to consider the awful consequences. The prisoner
seemed occupied only by the most sincere contrition
of mind. He said he was guilty of uttering the
notes, though not of the forgery; and could not, in
conscience, do otherwise than plead guilty.
He was, after a considerable time thus elapsed,
withdrawn from the bar, and John Wilkin.ron (the ta-
cher) was arraigned. He pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Serjeant VAL'GHAN stated the case of the pro-
secution to the Jury. The prisoner was charged with
being an accessary before the fact to the uttering of
these notes, knowing them to be forged, and being
concerned and connected with the pehans who did
sitter them, and being interested in theprofits arising
from the said uttering. The Learned Serjeant pro-
ceeded to state the facts of the uttering of the notes
by Wilkinson, the son. On the 20th of May last,
he had given two of them in payment for a watch ;
and on being asked for his address, wrote—" James
Wilkinson, Loughborough." The young man, how-
ever, lived In Lancashire, and the father in Cheshire.
The prisoner then at the bar, it seems, sent some
time back for his son, and gave him 250 of one pound
Forged notes of the above description to circulate.—
James Wilkinson first uttered some of theM at Derby,
-and then passed about fifteen of them in this town.—
The forgery being discovered, the parties were traced
and appreheaded ; most of the property obtained for
the forged notes was found on the premises of the pri-
soner at the bar (the father) ; and 90 of the forged
notes were found in a road near the prisoner's house,
and through which he must pass to his house; and
on his being examined, he denied having been at Bir-
mingham, though it would be proved that he had
been there a little previous to this transaction. The
prisoner had acted with peculiar caution throughout
the whole affair to escape danger himself, but it would
be found that he was the contriver and promoter of
this scheme of plunder in which he had involved his
whole family.
This being the case against the prisoner at the bar,
Sir &mom LE BLANC said, he had listened with atten-
tion to discover if the indictment could be supported,
but there was nothing in this case to bring the charges
home to the present prisoner. The only paints were
the finding the property at his -house, and having de-
nied being at Birmingham ; these would induce sus-
picion, but could not be received as proof of the facts
they were intended to support. He must, therefore,
instruct the Jury to acquit the prisoner. This was
accordingly done.
The Mother and Daughter were then put to the
Isar, but no witnesses were produced, and here the piro-
secutien was stopped.—James Wilkinson was after.
wards '..)mught up to receive sentence. The pr••
tears flowed rapidly. There was,. notwithstanding,
an expression of patience and resignation in his coun-
tenance that rendered his fate still more to be la-
mented. • 'nig geportment and conduct of the tither,