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prisoner within the pti.o of the King's Bench, would
rave induced her to di,c::arre the plaintiff's account, for
the sake of ohtaining her liberation? She had now been
in close confinement since the llth of October, and had
made no prop•sal of the-sort, and from bee having paid
no other creditor, it might be doubtful it she ever had
had the means of satisfying the plaintiff's demand.
The Jury retired for about 20 minutes, and brought
in a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £ll9 18s. 4J.
PARTRIDGE V. COATS.
This was an action under the statute of usury, brought
to recover treble the amount of illegal interest taken by
the defendant, a cloth-dealer, in St. Martin's-lane, upon
his discounting certain bilis of exchange. The declara-
tion stated the payment in consideration of the bills to
h see been made on the 3d July last, but on examining
the first witness, it appealed that he had received from
the defendant, in consideration of the bill of exchange,
a check on a banking-house, which was not paid until
•the sth of that month.
Mr. DENMAN submitted that this difference was fatal
to the action. Nothing was so absolutely essential, in an
action for usury, as that the periods of time for which
the interest was charged should be correctly stated, and
that if the time was not accurately set forth upon the
record, no offence had been committed against the Act
of Parliament.
Mr. PoLLocK, on the same side With Mr. DRNMAN,
argued that it was absolutely necessary that the day
upon which the money was lent should be stated. The
necessity was not to state the day of contract, but the
day Of lending \ the money. This constituted the very
essence of the crime.
Mr. SCARLET? contended, that it was, not necessary

to prove the time of lending the money, but only to
prove what the declaration set forth, and that the plain-
tiff had done.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—It must appear on the
declaration that the interest taken is mote than five per
cent. and unless the precise pei lost be stated, this cannot
be ascertained. In this case, the period is not sliewn,
unless the period be taken as the third of July, which
had been negatived by the witness; if that day were
left out, the record amounted only to a simple allega-
tion, that the interest was taken from the time of lend-
ing the money.—Plaintiff nonsuited.
BLANDER—ADAMS P. KELLY.
This action was brought by Mr. Knightly Adams,
commonly called Quaker Adams, against Mr. Kelly, of
Paddington, to recover damages for slanderous words.
The words set out in the declaration were proved by

Mr. Edmonds, a Reporter for the Observer, who stated,
that happening to be at one of the Police-offices in Oc-
tober last, he met the defendant there. The defendant
asked if he had heard of the unfortunate circumstance
at Paddington-green? and said it would make a good
case for the newspaper. Mr. Edmonds said no. The
defendant then invited him to go to a public-house,
and offered to make him acquainted with the circum-
stance. They went. to a tavern, the Prince of Wales.
The defendant then asked, if he knew a man named
Knightly Adams? He was well known as a broker
and agent for canal shares. Mr. Edmonds said he had ,
heard the name before. The defendant then said, Mr.
Adams had been found that morning suspended on a
hewn in his kitchen ; he added, that pecuniary difficul-
ties was the cause of the rash act, and that he knew a
widow Lady who would be a loser by his defalcation
to the amount of 13001. Those were the words, and
the statement was publi.hed in the Observer, under the
head—" Suicide."
Mr. Connor, another witness, who was present when
Mr. Kelly made the communication, confirmed the
scaternert of Mr. Edmonds.
Mr. GURNEY, on the part of the defendant, stated
that the communication was made by his client, 'with-
cut any malice. He had heard it the same morning,
from several persons at Paddington.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said, the defendant had
invited the Reporter no publish the slander, and the
Jury ought to consider what damages the plaintiff
ought to receive for the charge made against his clia-
racte:.—The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages, 20/. Costs, 40s.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, DECEMBER 14.
"thdpiii(S .101 in Pagel came up to be heard on his
petition to be discharged, and was opposed by Mr.
HEATH, on behalf of Messrs. Beans and Company,
upholsterers, St. Paul's Church-yard, and Mrs. Blunt,
lirren-clraper, Charing-cross. The insolvent is a young
man, a dentist, and stated himself to be the natural son
of Sir Ed. Paget. Being asked whether he ever called pr
signed himself the Hon. A. Paget, he denied it; but
a note being shewn him which he had written to a fur-
niture-broker with whom he had some transactions, for
a kari of ten shillings, and addres-ed—" Mr. Fasten,
broker to the Honourable A. Pagel," he admitted, with
son:e reluctance, that it was his hand. w titing.—Farren
stated, that he first saw the insolvent in April last, at
which time he called on witness to sell him a piano.
ii4rte. Witness went to his lodgings to see the instru-
ment; there was scarcely any tut niture in his lodgings.
la the month of July, the insolvent brought witness to
his lodgings again ; they were then well furnished with
new fumitur e, which he told w itness Lord Stanhope ha]
bestowed on him ; but as his uncle, the Marquis of
Anglesea, was going to furnish a hiusc for him, he
wished to dispose of the furniture then in his lodg-
ings. Witness purchased some of the furniture from
him. He told switness at the time, that he was
then suffering under temporary embarrassments; but
he would soon have fifteen thousand a year again.
—T,.o clerks of Messrs. Beans and Co. stated, that, in
the month of May last, the insolvent "purchased furni-
ture at their LO.Ase, to the amount of 801. for which, he
said, he anal pay on the 10th of July, when his divi-
dends would be paid, which were received for him by the'
Drummonds, his hankers. lie toll them that he was
the son of Sir Edward Paget, and referred them to Lord
111,q;et. They did not apply to Lord Paget, because
they generally avoid applying to Noblemen: but they
made inquiries of shop-keepers in Newport-street, ss here
he lodged, and giving credit to his own representations
they supplied the goods. When the time of payment
came they found it impossible to get the money, 'and
beard that the insolvent was selling and pledging the
furniture, in consequence of wbich he was arrested—,
Mr. Saunders, a cies k in Messrs. Drummond's bank,
proved that they did not receive any dividends for the,
insolvent, and that he bad no account in their hou.e.
The Marquis of Anglesea, Sir E. Paget, and Lord
Paget,"hase accounts in their house.
A clerk of Mrs. Blunt% proved that the insolvent pur-
chased upwardvf 501. worth of linen on credit, which
as eniiered to him at the Union Hotel, Oxford street.
• The insolvent being questioned about the dispiisal of
the liven, said it was almost all stolen by his servant, In
the course of the examinaticin, it appeared that the insol