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London, England, 1809-11-30 00:00:00

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ME EN Delf.-4PINSENt V. LAUEMZNT. NkffOLLS V: third:mt. ~
This was an action of ejectment from a shop and . This *as an action brought -to recasief cfamaget
parlour situated within the parish of St. George, for an assault. It appeated that the plaintiff, an At-
Bloomsbury, but in the declaration it was stated to torneyS was indebted to the defendant in the sum of '
be itt the united parishes of St. George, Bloomsbury, £4; and that the latter frequently applied for the
and of St Giles. same, but was always told that Nicholls *as not at
Lord Eseesuonovent held that those pariThes were home. On the day of the assault, Hastings called
only united as to rates, but that their respective limits at the house of Nicholls; and was told by his servant,
could be clearly ascertained. On this informality the the witness, that hl. master was then busy; Hastings
plaintiff was nonsuited. refused, after such frequent disappointments, to (nut
FINLAYSON v. WOOD. . the house before he was paid ;he accordingly went
This was an action on a bill of exchange. The to the parlour-door, and knocked at It;
Nichols ap-
drawer of the bill, and also the indorsee, who was peared, and required him to leave the house ; on the
the plaintiff, resided in Leith, and the defendant, the refusal of the other, Nicholls pushed him to go out;
`acceptor, resided in London. • on which the defendant seized him by the collar and
I A Mr. Steele proved the hand-writing of the ac- held him against the wall until he was liberated by
: ceptor. On his cross-examination by Mr. GARRow, his servant, when Hastings was turned out.
it appeared that the defendant had been in the em -• Mr. Serjeant BEST observed, that there were no less
ploy of a person named Arch. Colquhoun, who had than five differeot actions of the same sort to be
carried on business as a cooper, ant at Milbank, and brought by Nicholls against his creditors. This man,
afterwards in Lambeth till the period of his failure.— who lived. at No. 6, Alsop Place, "made a trade of it ;
That this person (Colquhnun) had been in the use of he got in debt, and then contrived to irritate his cre-
dealing largely with the plaintiff in bill-making ; that ditors to some act of aggression upon which he might
Colquhoun's clerks and journeymen occasionally lent ground an action for damages ; so that, if be succeed-
him their names in this way, and that Wood, the de- sed, the more he got into debt the richer he grew.
fendant, and who was the foreman of Colquhoun's Sir JAMES MANSFIELD summed np the evidence ;
coopers, had given this acceptance, in the same man- and the Jury immediately returned a verdict for the
ner, for the accommodation of the plaintiff plaintiff—Damages, one farthing.
This defence was made fully ont by the production sacisous V. MEDAL.
of a variety- of letters from the plaintiff to Colquhourt, This was an action similar to the preceding.
pointing out to him a variety of ways by which to The defendant applied for a debt due to him by the
raise money and procure credit for their mutual ac- plaintiff, at his house, Alsop Place. The cook, 'Jane
' commodation, and, among others, when his name
IVellowise, opened the door, and stated that her mis-
became too well known, by procuring those of his ter, being then at his dinner, was not at home; and
clerks, S,:c. that she had received orders to deny him. Riebau
The Plaintiff was immediately nonsuited. then asked if her mistress was at home, as she could
WHITEHOFSE AND CO. V. ANTHONY. discharge his little demand. The girl replied that her
mistress was not in the habit of receiving bills in her
i This was an action on a bill of exchange for £495
master's absence. The servant man the witness in
119 s. 6d. drawn by Messrs. B. Nicholls, and Co. on
i the Defendant, accepted by him and indorsed to the
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• Plaintiff. to call another time, as he had got,something else to
do than to hold the door in his hand for him. A
The hand-writings of the Defendant and the in-
scuffle ensued, in the course of which Riebau called
dorsers. were proved. out, Murder! murder ! and ran up stairs, and then
Mr. PAI KE, for the Defendant, proved, that no
out into the street, exclaiming, Murder !
consideration bad been granted for the note in ques- The Jury, upon hearing this in evidence from the
thin. There was a letter from the Messrs. Nkholls,
cook, applied to the Court for leave to give no Llama-
b eneagine to provide for the bill when it should be- is ,
come due—but this was not all. It would appear, ges ; but
. Sir Jasoss MANSFIELD said, that as there was no
from the letters of the Plaintiffs themselves, that dur-
plea in justification set up by the defendant, they must
ing the months of August and September (the bin
find for the plaintiff; but what, he left to them to decide.
becomi , due on the llth of August) they had never
ng They immediately returned a verdict for the plain-
; looked to the Defendant as being liable to them.—
tiff—Damages, one farts ling ; and one farthing costs.
They had contented themselves with the security of
I Messrs. Nicholls alone ;
.had in fact drawn a bill on JOHNSTON V. GENEAAL MORGAN.
1 them, at seven days s
An action for work and labour in unroofing a
ight, for the amount of this ac-
. of the General's. The question was, whether
ceptance of the DeTendant's, specifically thereby sub-
house
the General had given the orders to *do it ? • It ap-
Istioning the one bill tor the other ; had even received
pcared that he was, present during some part of the
! payment of this bill, being one for ,0500, and that it
operation, and did not direct the sem kmen to desist,
I was only on the bankruptcy of the Messrs. Nicholls,
and the .tutu, therefore, under she direction of the
in October, that the present claiM was thought of.
Learned Judge, found a verdict for the Plaintiff for
1 These facts being clearly made out from the letters
and accounts of the plaintiffs themselves, and from ' 13 19s*
parole testimony, the Jury, by the recommendation
of the Learned Judge, found for the Defendaat.
I LAMBERT V. SIARTHA ATKINS, OTHERWISE MLREDITII
AND ANN ATKINS.
This was an action to recover :(.500, upon a joint-
; bond, to which the defendant Martha, pleaded her
coverture. Her marriage to a person of the name of
Meredith, as long ago as the year 1790, was proved,
I and that she had beets seen in his company, as his
I wife, since, but the fact of their cohabitation was not
! proved.
' Lord Eiseextionotant left it to the Jury to decide,
whether the person recognized by her as her husband
since the 'execution cf the bond, was the same person
to whom she had been married in l 700 ; and observed
!upon the strangeness of the want of stronger proof to
ithat Litt.—Verdiet for the Plaintiff.

UOAL MARKET, November V. 9.
:hies at Market Ships sold Price
29 Newcastle Coals 45 G4s. Od. to 7'2s. Od.
4 Sultd t• r lan d 4 655. Od. to 665. Od.
4 Cinders 0 00$. Od.
PRICE OF HOPS IN 'flit BOROUGH MARKET.

ItAct. POCKETs.
Kent 51. 10s. to 41. 64. Kent 51. Os. to 71. Os.
ittstes 41. 55. to 51. Q. Susst.r 41. 10s. to 51. 10s.
CANTERBURY, N QV EMLER
Br. Wheat 90s Oa to 105 s Gd Tarts (bush.) 6s Od to Rs Od
New ditto 80s od to 1(•74 0:1 Brown Malt 96s Od to Os Od
White ditto 93s 0,1 to 11:2, Od Amber Malt 97s od to Os (4
ditto U4s G.i t•., llt;s Od Pale ditto Plts Od to Os Od
Seed ditto 1 lets Od to 113 s ted Fine Flour 91s Del to Os Od
Fine ditto 1t.::03 od to Ws Od Second ditto 86s Od to Os ed
lt;tt 6os 0.1 to 6.ts 04.1 Third ditto 7:7s Od to Sts Od
Barley 4:5 Od to 515 od Rough Meal 56s Oil to Os Cd
Oats iris od to 425 Od liens (hags) 41 04 to 51 Os
New :SON Od to 'sea Od N. (bap) 51 0$ to 31 1::s
Beans 56s I'd to 60s Od Fine d.t. 51 11s to 01 Gs
New 40s (Id to 43s Od N. Pockets 51 Ls to o los

'l'icic tiOs od to tt:ls 0d IlLty (tom) 41 5s to 51 Os
New 4os 0.1 to 50s oil Saintoin 41 Iss to 51 5s
Flog l'ras 521 od to 53s od Clover 41 5s to 41 los
Boiling ditto 75s Oil to 84s Otl I Straw Ll lOs to 01 Cs
Lean cattle at Mayfield fair sold at uncommonly high prices!,
though 'there was a pretty good sliew. The great abundance of
gees,, turnip 4, and other green food, this season, is attributed al
the cause of it.