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time when the bill was drawls. The 101. had been re-'
paid, and the 91. 16s. 6d. had been included in another
bill, which had been since duly honoured.
Miss Emily Thompson, the daughter of the defend-
ant, proved that she was present when the bill was
drawn; that it was for 101. then lent. and 91. BE 6d.
before due; and that on the 16th of October, when her
father, who was a land waiter in the Customs, received
his salary, he paid the plaintiff-101. On the 14th of
•lirsvember, another bill was drawn for 191. ISs. 7d.
made up of the 91.185. 6d. and of the sums of 71.13 x. 6d.
for rent, two pounds borrowed, and the stamp for the
bill. Both the bills witness believed to be in the hand-
writing of a Mrs. Frowde, who lived in plaintiff's house.
She believed also, that a memorandum produced in
Court, specifying the items abovementioned, was in the,
handwriting of the same person.
The payment of the bill of 191. Bs. 7d. and the
acting of Mrs. Frowde for the plaintiff, were not dis-
puted.—Plaintiff nonsuited.

Man of the Pluznix, who swore that the Captain had,
during the homeward voyage, ordered the plaintiff to
resume his duty, and that he refused to do so unless the
Captain would give the explanation required by some
of the crew.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in reply, contended, 6ree
that the conduct of the Captain justified the reheat
of the plaintiff to resume his duty; and, secondly,.
that even admitting that such refusal on the part of the
plaintiff amounted to a forfeiture of his share of the
proceeds of the cart 0,-theCaPtain, bf ordering the men
to resume their duty in the Downs, and by accepting
their services in navigating the vessel from the Downs
to the London Docks, had waived the right (if any such
ever existed) to insist upon the forfeiture.
Lord TENTIIRDZN, in summing up, said, that with
Napect to one of the grounds relied upon by the Learned
Attorney-General, namely,, that the Captain's ordef to
the crew to assist in getting the ship off the sand bank
in the Downs, amounted to a waiaer of the forfeiture
incurred by the plaintiff, in 'disobeying the Captain's
orders upon the first occasion, he must say, that time , • SUIIREY SESSIONS, JULY 18.
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would be nothing in that objection, if the crew had
John Conolly, a child under Abe age of eight years,
done nothing more than assist in saving the ship from
ad done more, for was indicted for feloniously stealing a silver tube, the
sinking ; but in this case the crew h
they had continued to navigate the vessel until her arti- property of William Skinner, tobacconist, Blackman-
"al in the London Docks. With respect to the question street, Borough, on the 10th of July.
It appeared from the evidence of a servant in the
of forfeiture, he would say, that in a case like this, where
disobedience of the orders of a superior Officer by a sea- prosecutor's employ, that the prisoner, in company with
another boy about the same age, entered the shop, and
man amounted
tea forfeiture of the seaman's wages,
Or of his benefit of the voyage, the superior Officer must each stole a silver cigar tube; witness secured the pd.
soner, while the other made his escape.
so conduct himself, as not, by any improper exercise of
The Jury without hesitation found the prisoner Guilty,
his authority, to induce the seaman to disobey the
and he was sentenced to one month's bard labour at
orders of his superior. If the Jury should be of opinion
that the Captain had acted improperly, in refusing to Brizim-
It was stated in Court by Mr. Greeo,.4 the Brixton
state to the men the names of those whom be meant to
House of Correction, that the pi isoner, thou4h so young,
deprive of the benefit of the voyage, their verdict would
had been, within the last six months, twice in Newgate,
be for the plaintiff. and several times under his care, and had been repeat-
The Jury immediately found a verdict for the plain-
wily whipped. On sentence being passed, this incotri-
tiff—Damages, 431. gible rogue appeared to have a smile on his counte-
COLBY U. BUNTER. nance, and quite indifferent to his situation.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff upon a
James Digby, a flying dustman, was indicted for felo-
policy of insurances underwritten by the defendant, as
niously stealing a sneer watch, the property of George
Secretary of the St. Patrick's Insurance Company, upon
Cripps, on the 1941 of June last.
the ship Arethusa. on the 19th of October, 1826," at
The prosecutor deposed that he was a gardener, re.
and from Hamburgh to Oporto, Vigo, Madeira, and
siding at the New cross. On the day mentioned in the
the Mediterranean, warranted to be safe in port on the
indictment, the prisoner came to his house for the pm,
19th of October, 1826." The vessel was lost upon the
pose of carrying away the dust, which having done, he
voyage, and the plaintiff sought by this action to veto-
contrived to take from the parlour the watch now pro-
ver fora total loss; but it having appeared that the
vessel was, on the in l9th of October, 1826, the port of duced, which was hanging over the mantlepiece.—
Witness having missed his property pursued the pti;
Cuxhaven, the Learned Counsel for the-defendant sub-
soner, who, upon seeing witness, threw the watch into
spitted, that the warranty, " safe in pert," dec. meant
a small pond. The prisoner was given into the custody
safe in the port of Hamburgh, and as the vessel was
of a constable.
not there on that day, the plaintiff was not entitled to
• Bone, constable, deposed to having apprehended
recover upon the policy.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the plaintiff, submit- the prisoner, and afterwards finding the watch now
produced.
ted, that as the objeci of the underwriters in having this •
The Jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner
warranty inserted in the policy was, that the vessel
Guilty, and he was sentenced to one month's hard labour,
should be safe in some port on that day, it was imma-
terial in what port she might happen to be; and that, in consequence of the prosecutor's recommendation to
in fact;the port of Cuxhaven was the same to the port mercy.
mosermismonal
of Hamburgb, as Gravesend was to London. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. -
Lord TEXTERDIN was of opinion, that the fair con- —oni.—
struction of the warranty was, that the vessel was, on • MANSION-HOUSE.
the day,in question, in the port of Hamburgh. Jews Perot, a youth with a green patch on his eye, was charged
The ATTORNEY-GiNERAL—Then we must be satin- under the Vagrant Act, with attempting to pick the pocket of a
Led with a verdict for the premium, SO guineas, which Gentleman, named Robertson, as he was passing the Ophthalmic
Infirmary, Mom-held., at noon-day.
the defendant has not repaid to the plaintiff. Mr. Robertson stated, that as he was passing through Liverpool-
Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 311.105. street, he felt something at his pocket, and turning swiftly round,
saw the prisoner pulling away his band rapidly, while with his
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JIM IS. other hand he was adjusting the green patch on his eye, as if that
GRAHAM V. HINCKLZY. aloes had engaged his attention. His silk handkerchief was half
drawn out of bin pocket, and as no one else was near him at the
This wits an action for slander, brought by the plain.
fff, a publican, in Love-lane, Thames-street, against time, the prisoner must have been attempting to pick his pockets,
artwdithhitantatialinadnydrerasdoananwtahroesiooakeda. atn hint wocubld lisave. ima.
the defendant, also a publican, residing in the same
neighbourhood, Billingsgate. The gravamen of the band and eye as the professional avocationtin le trolrouwedPdemanded.on f
action was, that the defendant had said, ,I that the plain- The Loan Mayor committed the prisoner under the Vagrant Act
tiff had put his wife in a madhouse, and murdered her." to three months imprisonment, with bard labour, in BridewelL
The Loan Mayor, who had sat at an early hour, after disposing
Mr. Sergeant SPANKIZ stated the plaintiff's case, and of eight cases in the paper in about fifteen minutes. the charms
called being of vagrancy, and idleness, and disorderliness, 'cliche Mansion
Elizabeth Whitton, who said that she was the plain- Home in state, and proceeded down the river in the City Barge to
tiff's servant ; that last December twelvemonths the Greenwich and Stratford, at both winch places, his Lordship, as
rConilervaistorsel the
s fisliverhTl
Juriesiames,l held Courts of Conservancy to
defendant had come to her master's house; that theyin for
itahteroase.ounties,
had some brandy and water ; and that after bad lan- on the statete
Ger reports
riverm t
withintheiretreesypiewctornive
guage had been made use of, Hinckley, the defendant, In the evening, the Lord Mayor and the Jury dined together at
said to plaintiff, " You sent your wife to a madhouse, the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich, where all the fishy delicacies of
the season,including prime white bait, were served up to them.
and murdered her." BOW-STREET.
On cross-examination, she said, she had never repeat- yesterday three Gentlemen, who stated their names to be
M Cooke'
ed those words until now, from the time they had been Illereeksrel, and OGlbbon, were brought before r. 'Letts, the
used, but she was sure the word was " murdered." Sitting Magistrate, front Covent garden watchhuuse, chatged
' A Mr. Everett was then examined to the words, which "14:tio.rws:
hi, expressed to have arisen from a nonsensical quarrel, y„daa.csubet:liteisnhieghbta,abentswyeeconase:evisreon
2a9n4d Leis ell oe'cisocisskes, thaelat
which be never expected to hear of in Court. His ac- friars,and ordered the driver to take them to hater 'Change-
count was, that the plaintiff and his brother were queer- When they had alighted and paid the fare, the coachman was about
yelling ; that the defendant interfered between them.— to shut the door, when he discovered that the plates on which the
Afterwards a conversation arose about family matters, nenal.wbeheesnarLwariaatikenthweez remibieeed.velinsioiwinsg thbat.the plates were
when the plaintiff spoke about affording protection to watchman and pursued the defendants, who bad then got
tawrgme
etodi:
children, and defendant said, " You are a nice article [ante.He taxed them with taking the plates, but they denied it. He
. " What did yon do to the felt convinced, however, that they most have taken them, and gave
LO talk of protection. and thewa dbehfendants inisf charge to a watchman, who conveyed them so a
other woman whom you sent to the madhouse,
shortened her days, or broke her heart, or some such keeperfoundthe pteirasetshceoymbpabdseblyeebnaststoseedkeduruspcs, these wrapped
oust-
expression. This witness said, that he was present dui- up in a handkerchief in one coiner of the watchhouse.
ing the whole conversation, and the werd "murdered" The.derenaants treated the charge with great nest-cholawee, and
said that it was a mere frolic, and that they did not intend to injure
bad not been used by the defendant. the coachman.
Mr. Sergeant WILDS shottly addressed the Jury for
Mr. HaLts said that such jokes could not be tolerated, and
the defendant, but did not call upon any witnesses. ordered the defendants to pay the damage done to the plates, and
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE told the Jury that, in the satisfy the coachman for his loss of time.
The defendants paid es. 6d. and were discharged.
first place, there was a question, whether the slanderous
Adirstialmad, namedmthi Caulfield, a aid employed upon one of Or-
words charged had at all been made use of? and 2,11 y, char
that even it they were, unless the Jury understood them a charge of havingmcrs furiouslysta and 'a
wilfullyeared todsaivseunmamsoinnssstoshaenswer to;
to make a charge, which, if proved, would subject the or Lord Beauchamp, by which it was upset and the lives of the
plaintiff to the come quences of felony, that their verdict cs'ehmari and footman put in serious jeopardy.
Monday last, his Lordship's carriage was
must be for the defendant ? If, however, they were of crossing rehareerdenat, on
a different opinion, they would find for the plaintiff, the stage driven driven bfyretnheAdPef selendahnetileerantofuCr
Constitution kill-gate, when
with such damages as a man commencing a quarrel in it was instantly overturned, and the coacbmsail aagnadrisftooti footman, who
Billingsgate, and receiving a reply in phraseology ap- were .ittingso nu the boa, were precipitated to the ground, and ,
seriously injured that they wets conveyed to a neighbouring Sur-
propriate both to his own conduct and to the place teen sin an insensible state. Fortunately no one was In the carriage.
Might deserve. The coachman and footman were restored by proper remedies.
The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and fouod a hlr• HALLS said, it was very reprehensible to entrust the reins to
verdict for the defendant. an inexperienced lad, and thus endanger the lives of passengers.
The defendant was convicted in the penalty of 103. and vests. .
TURNER V. THOMPSON. MARY-LA-BON NL
This was an action on a bill of exchange for Yesterday Henry Smith, a footman out of place, was fully con-
-191. 18s. 6d. drawn by the plaintiff, and accepted by matted for trial, on suspicion of having stolen 13 yards of silk, the
the defendant. It was dated August 30,1826, and pay- PrWe
rty
silk and other of Mrs. Sophia Street, Bryanston•street.
articles were lost by some means unknown to
able three months after dare. Mrs. Street, from her house on the sth inst. and she never saw the
Mr. PAYNE opened the pleadings. prisoner to her knowledge before she was called to confront him at
Mr. Set geant WILDE said, that he should prove the the Police office.
acceptance of the defendant, that when the bill became Mr. Gideon's shopman, of Stafford.street, produced the silk I it
due, it was presented at the house of the defendant,
awaspawned by the prisoner at his master's house, on the sth inst.
1 notice having been given of Mrs. Street's loss, he caused the
where the plaintiff then happened to be, and that the prisoner to be apprehended on Monday, when be came to pledge a
the money to pay it. . coat.—Theprisoner not being able to give a satisfactory account of
plaintiff advanced
These facts having been established by evidence, Mr. bow the property came into his poseessidn, and having deceived the
(deer as to his address, was sent to Newpte.
Sergeant Jotd,s (with whom was Mr. EDWARD QIIIN),
for the defendant, observed, that it was sometimes con- his°72yetreilit fragments' a ung man .I.ltraeldinart appearances wear-
for of a shirt and pantaloons, underwent a
venient for a plaintiff to make his case as brief and End examination as vagrant.
general as possible. The answer to the action was, ws seen begging in Oaford.street on Monday morning, and
that the bill had been paid. It was given originally fatherassatdedbisabls of the street-keeper. who took him into custody. He
for a sum of 91. 18s. 6d. due from the defendant to the land; that be waswas a lid:grate of coun
KJatowtuffocK:wm is In.
plaintiff ; and a sum of 101. lent by the plaintiff, at the and that his death was occasioned at the lan election by oisr-ozer-