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London, England, 1807-09-01 00:00:00

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. , The Summer A flirts toothis rhuty ch fed vitlirtred-i
redly. wa, one of the In y,elt ever remetntiered
-in Corttwall—terity rine venitn, ; and .the oinprece•l
clewed number of 3o cattfes entered for trial The
Jadgee arrived on Monday at dinner, and opened the
cormatiffion. On Ttielday morning 0 ev proceeded;
to churn h, and beard an excellenrfer mein by the Rev.
L. Lethbridge, who decanted with great jadgment
Reid eloquence on the origin and principles of our
' laws—the ditty of Judges, High Sheriff, Jultices of
the Trace. anti ora-cl and petty Jurors. The jridgesH
rerutned to the :litre hall, when Baron Thomptov;
took his feat at the Crown bar, and Sir Sotelden Lan:
mice at the nifitria.r. The grand jury M as highly
relpeCtable, and mote foil than might have been ex
pCted outing the fitting of Parliament. Their fore-
man ...As hales B.ignel Agar. The Judge
was hi ief itt his chat ge, obi-crying, that having to ft e-
qtierttly leen the fame Jury thete, it would he unne-
ceffary for him to take op their time by pointing out
t r them a vu y which they fo well knew how to pet-
hos m His La (fillip added, berwever, that a bill would
he produced to them refoefling a marine who had
dell eratelv wournied another man in Cawfand Bay,
and hr withed to hare it afcertained it that bay were
it the intitdiftion I.f tlie colony of Cornwail. The
G and Jury afcertained that it was ; and the bill was
found and the marine tried npnn it. Among the
canfes which excited the greaten interefl were the fol-
ios,. ing :
Ti aeon v. Bennett. This aCtion was brought
again° tome tinners t f the patith of St. Stephens,
who. inffead ot laying afide the vegetable earth, part
ot tire over burden of their [lmam work, thought fit
to th ;IT it into ti.e main river. The plaintiff recovered
2os. and leis colts.
Levet and Badcock v. HatiEhton. This cattle arofe
out cf the murder t f the poor woman in Hanghton's
honk at Mnufehole, and for which it will Se recol-
lefted that Hatightun was tried at the bit affizes at
I.aur,cefion, and alter a hearing of eleven hours, ac-
quitted. Before his commitment, he bad imputed
the slander to the two plaintiff., who now brought
their aelions feparately, in vindication of their charac
Lets, and drained a verdia and 405. each damanes.,
Neal v. Ste,)lien., Ena. late Sheriff ot Cornwall.—
This was an an allion for an efcape by the negligence
of the Sher iff's r nicer. The claim tints for zoal. but
in co,liquence of the infolvency of the perfon at the
time of the arreft, the Jury only gave the plaintiff tool.
i"x amid others v. Lethbridge and others. 'lbis
was an action to recover the value of fome brandy,
which the Defendants, as warehoufe keepers at Latin-
cellon. had delivered over to the ent-fignee, after the
fame had b en fit.pp din iranitu by the Plaintiffs.—
Verdict for the Plaintiffs.
William Pertaluna v John Bunny and Elizabeth
his wiie.—This was an action for defamation. The
Pl.,itoiff is a bookteller and printer at Helflon, and
the Defendant i a revenue officer there. It appeared
that the Defendant,, Mr-. Bunny, in fome idle cnn-
verfa i m stntich the had fome time ago with a Mrs.
Martin of Heltton, had laid, that the rlaintiff was
b-come info twin and had compiornifed with his crc
divas at tos. in the pound, frit that the had been in-
formed fo by a London merchant. VerthEl for the
Plaintiff with fixp:nce damages.
Harris, Etq. v. Ingram and others.—This was an
aft' n to try the right to a certain moor in the parith
of Gsrinear, called Penhale Moor. The real parties
in the canoe were Witham Harris, of Camborne, Efq.
and Sir John Saint Aulayn, Bart. A valt body of
evidence of different ads of ownettbip exercifed by
both parties, was adduced, and en the part of the
Plaintiff an ancient inn rument purporting to be adivi•
Pion of the right between the Earl of Oxford, under
%shunt the Plaintiff claimed, and an anceltor of Sir
John St. Auhyn, was alto adduced, which in a great
degree decided the cafe, and a verdiel was given for
the Plaintiff.
Webbe, Efq. v. This was an eje&ment
from a dwehit g hnufe in Falmouth, and the quellinn
was, whether a leafe for leven or fourteen yea's, it
the lives fliNild fo long live, the lair had the option
of netermitring the uttered of the tenant at the end ot
the firlt feven years ? It was decided in the regative.
Gregory v. Wetl.—This was an action of damages
let feduai n of the Plaintiff's daughter, who had be-
come pregnant fser pod firvithon urnifilt. The PI tintiff
is a refperianle win w lady at Cantelford ; the De
fendant is a furfeon of the fame place. Mr. Jt KYL,
in opening the cafe, feverely cenfuted the prnfligacy
of the l)rfe Intent, who, fro m his profeffinn, was ad-
mitted into title bofem of the family, and under that
furEtion nad (educed this young lady, even under the
yet v eve of her parent, and had then boalled •hat he
would IP'end a thoufand pounds in defending lo dif-
graefisl a cafe. Mr. Jekyl laid he thould produce a
tell tt hle Alderman of the borough of Camelford,
who would prove in evidence, that he had queftioned
Well as to his views in !hewing fo much slum-
tinn as he was publicly ttbferved to do towards Mifs
Gies ry—attentions which were no doubt confined
by the injured female as indicative of an honourable
attachment : that the Defendant had admitted to the
woutty alderman, that Mrs. Gregory's daughters'
were tefperiahle and fine girls, and that if any man
carte tlse caufe of either of them becoming pregnant,
he would be bound in honour to marry her ; but that
bis part, he certainly had no Inch intention. Mr.
J..kyl having with his ufual ability laid open his
chat ge ceeded to call his firtt evidence, who was
Gregory herfell. Her appearance highly
interetted the court in her favour, and The save her
evidrnee with Great modelty and fenfibility. She
hated that Abe is 24 ',toss of age, and that her mother
the Plain;iff in this action, is a widow living in Ca-
melt; rd, independent of any bufinefs, and that the
was of fe, vice to her mother in her houfehold affairs;
a at the Defendant is a furgeon, who three or four
years ago came to refide at Camelford to practice in
his prottffinn ; that he had cot:tolerable bufinefs and
attended her mother's family as fingeon and apothe-
e try.
That he loon hegan to pay her particular at-
tenti-nn which continued till February 18c6, when
upon A Sunday, her mother and elder filter went into
the onitrot y, where they continued till the Titefday
follow insr, leaving her with her youngeß fitter at
ht;me. 1 hat this younger filter went to the Methe.
diet Chapel abr.ut fix o'clock in the evening, leaving
her at h me al ne, for that the was prevented by in-
dill., fit ion tram accompanyint; her. That form :her
her (lifer had gr.nc out, the Defendant came into tLe

'lnure, in the parlour where the was fitting by the I
fire, and—dm aftei..Ume irnpr4eit \ liberties, and ,
" ufing her very ill,"--hetensnpleated his purple.—
The keel:Mel ptegnant, 'and has been deliverd
'of a female child,' Which is fence dead ; (here •Ible
halal into teats) and thit her mother had paid er•Ty
.expense attendanititn her unfrrtnraat; Amnion.— On:
being cross examined by Mi. Psa.t.,( who was
by three other coonfel) the Paid the never info, me ;I
the Defend ant (hat (he (horrid be at home on the
I day the ffence happened; knows one L ar, a hatter,
but has been acquainted with him from infancy; but
he is gone away from Carneltord to live; never had
I any criminal int ercaurfe with him, or any other per-
whttever, except the Defendant ; has heard that
I Lot is now in Bodmin, hut d es not know that her
mother has had any converfation with hit; fince they
have been at the alfizes. Witnel knows Mrs. Role-
. year of Camelford, who lives near her mother's houfe,
I and has three Cons ; but dots not know that Mrs.
Rofevear ever objefted to her forts coming to the
plaintiff's !mule no account of its ill repute; that the
never Paid " it was no wonder that Rofevear came
fo often and (laid fo long at her mother's !more,
Since he had no peace at home on her (the witnefs's)
account "—Mr. Dampier now called Mifs
Gregory, the younger fitter of the preceding evidence,
who fags the is a milliner, and 21 years of age :
corroborated the former part of her fillet's relhmony.
A private converfation now to k place between the
counfel for both parties, when it was agreed that
twenty pounds damages &mid he taken, and the vial
doted. This was a Special jury cafe.
Charles For, Andrew, Eiq. v. John Gray.—This
was an aftion brought to recover the value and keep
of a hoile warranted found, but alleged to be un•
found.—Verdict for plaintiff.
Skelton v. Rieke, E'q —The defendant, who is a
commiffioner of appeals in excite caufes, had irtetelled
himfelt for one of the parties in the late cornett at
&hail, and this affirm was brought under the as of
22 Geo. M. to recover the penalty of tool. but the
plaintiff was nonfuited before his cnunfel had opened
his cafe ; the Judge laying, that he finuid as loon
think a Jullice of the Peace or a Baron of the Exche-
qater liable to the penalty as the defendant.
The King tr. Courtenay, Efq. Both there were
The King v Kitfon, 3 fpecial jairycaufes
and hinged on the fame evidence. The town ter
jeant of Saltall depoled, that at a meeting of the
co-oreration of that borough, summoned in virtue
•f a mandamus front the Court of King's Bench, for
the purpofe of eleEting two Aldermen to fill the va•
cancies in that body, three of the Aldermen then
prefent (Mats. Hicks, Gaborian and Drew) pro.
teffed agairol the (wearing in of either of the Candi.
(dates ; notwithstanding which Mr. Buller did proceed
Ito adminitler the *dual oaths,. but that previoufly to
their being (worn, Mr. Hicks had retired ; whereas
Mars. Gaborian and Drewe Mil remained, proteß-
ing the proceedings. It was previoufly flared
by the count's], that the right of electing of Aldermen
was veiled in the Mayor and Liz Aldermen who are
Ailed the Council of the Borough. This is from a
charter granted anno 168 z. 35 Car. 2. The Judge
directed the Jury to find for the deendants on the
ta, ad, sth, and 6th counts, and fpccial verdidi on
the 3d, 4th, 7th, and 8 h, which are referred fo
hearing in the Court of King's Bench. The Grand
Jury Sound a true bill againft Charles Carpenter,
aq. and twelve others, fur a riot at Sabath, which
Stands over for trial.

Of the other caufes at nifitrimr, Come were unde-
fended and others abandoned.

Of the criminal curies, the fiat capital one was
that of jobs Trenerry, againa whom three kveral bills
were found for Iheep Healing, and he was convided
on the fiat of Healing a thcep, the property of Mr.
Paul Clark of Tragavellan.—Death.
IPd'iam Ulds was found guilty of Healing two hei•
fers, the property of Gregory Trudgeon.—Derreb.
An extraordinary circumllance occurred on the
trial of Elizabeth Hawber, who was charged with Heal
ing a blanket, b. 1:ler cafe, and two quilts, from
her lodgings, the Gl..be inn at Bodmin. Mr. Nicho.
las Pepe, who kept the Globe, was the owner of the
goods !Wien, and confequentiy the profecutor ; but
to deeply was his humanity affeded on refl,.ding that
he might become the cattle of taking away, by his
midence, the lite of the culprit, that4hile the Judges
were at church, he hung himfelf ! and the Coronet's
jury pronounced a vet did of lunacy, fags one of our
informants—of Fa de fe, rays another. The woman
(Hawker) was convicted of the theft, and fentenced
to twelve r 1111 l iths hard labour.—Robert Per iam, for
Healing three Hurts, feven years tranrponation.—
Jame, Ward, and James Richards•the younger were
acquitted; and agairdi William Johns, Wm. hail.,.
way, and Jofeph Rogers, no bills were found.
Previous to the Judges leaving town the tentences
of 'lnner: y and Olds were commuted for tranfpor-
,
Cation.

A Coroner's ;wren was taken on Thurfday
on the body of Mr. Andrew Parnell, of Paditow,
who was drowned on Tuefday !ail, in the harbour
of that place, when the Jury returned a veidia of
accidenial death.