Star.
London, England, 1802-06-12 00:00:00

uscotz V. ortarwoot.

Mr. Guss, as Couufrl fur the Plaintiff, (Wel
that this was a a6ion of trover to recover a ehaife
and liarnefs from the Defer.dant, who was a coach
maker, under the following circumftances : Mr.
l.ifcock, the Plaintiff, was a Gentleman, living in
Newman-area, Osford.road, having alto a houfe
• (port dillance from town. He had the misfor.
time to have a Groom a very drunken fellow.
From repeated ails of inebriety he was forced at
laft to give him warning, but previous to his go-
ing away he fent him home with the gig one day,
cautioning him to keep himfelf fober. The wor-
thy fprvant, however, forgot this caution, and in
confequence overfet the gig, by which it was very
notch traitured. Without Paying any thing to his
matter, he took the gig to the Defendant's to be
repaired. It happenei; in the mean time that Mr.
lakock's new fervant came, and he took him into
the liable to thew him the horfes ; afterwards
they proceeded to the coach-houfe, but to his fur.
prife he found no chaife there. He thought im-
mediately that his fervent bad difpofed of it tome.
bow or oth:r, and inflantly fent for him, to enquire
after it. He then faid to his mailer in anfwer to
his quellion, Where was the gig ? u It isgone to my
coach-maker's;" naming a cosstlsmaker at the
corner of Hanway-yard. Mr. L. allied him why
he fent it to any body but his own coach-maker,
Mr. Oldham ? to which he replied, " He did be-
cattle he did." Mr. L. then proceeded to- where
he was direeted, but foucd no chaife there. At'
lull he accidentally law it at the Defendant's in
Newman-fireet, and of courfe enquired how it
came there ? He was told that a fervant bad
brougheit to be repaired. Mr, L. faid they had
done *tong to take it without batter orders, and
that he ftoulJ infli that they give it up to,his own
coach-maker, M. Oldham. The Defendint,
Greenwood, admitted that he had ailed ineauties ,
ly, and promifed that it thould bealellvered to Mr.
01 whenever he fent for it. Upon its being
tent for, he however refuted to deliver it, until *bill
of fifteen Millings was raid for work done to•
wards repairing. it.
This cafe Wag proved, it was tefilled by the
Defendant, en the ground that the fervant bad
general orders to take it to 'hat eoaehanaker he
thought proper. To prove this, Banks. the tenant,
was called. but he concluded himfelf fo imperti-
nently in Court, and was alto materially contra-
dieted, that he did not Teem entitled to much
credit.

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Lord Ettansotonon told the jury that a fer-
vent could not fix a miter with hit contnills, un-
ler. he was in the habit of being accredited. his
mailer, or had (mkt authority to do the t
done. His Lordfitir obferved, that this fail
folely on the tedirnoay of Banks, who, front-his
dept,rtment, and from being materially eentradic-
•ed, did Sot deftive the, (milled credit..Vertfie
fur the Mimi&

INSURRECrION AT DOMINICA.

GREENOCK. JUNE 7.

The Lonifa, Capt. M•Fir- arrived this morning
from Grenada, which the left on the soth April.
The day before the failed, accounts were received
there from Dominica, thathat'a mutiny had broken
out in the three Welllndia regintents lying in that
Wand. The Blacks, after having murdered the
greater part of their Officers, took.pori on a hill
immediately above the town of itolfeau. Go.
vernor Joitasrow infiantly marched out again
them at the head of the ad battaliodof the 68th
regiment, then fortunately there, and fent a met:
fage to the Blacks to lay down their arms, which
they contented to do; but on our troops advancing
to them, they fired a volley, by which the Gtr
rernor was (hot through the lungs, and a great
many of the men killed; our foldiers were fo trri.
tated at this inilance of perfidy, that they rated
on at the charge, and put about three hundred of
them to death with the bayonet; the reit were all
of them taken and pa: in confinement. At the
time the account left Dominica, Governor Jonw.
tyros -was dill-living, and thane hopei were enter-
tained of his recovery. '