Star.
London, England, 1820-10-05 00:00:00

SPORTING IN7WLLIGE4CE.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, 1820.
WIMIZIDAY, Gemara 4.
Fifty Guineas, free for any horse, acc. 4-yr-olds to carry 7tu. 4th.
5-yr-olds, Bst. 51b. 6-yr-olds, Bst. 1 l lb. and aged; Mt. B.C.
Mr. Lake'i bay colt Banker, 4 yrs old - -
Mr. Rogers's bay mare Corinne. 5 yrs. old -
Mr. Wyndham's grey colt Snowdon, 4 yrs old -
5 to 1 apt Banker.—This was the only race

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1,4 W INMLLIGENCE.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, OCTOBER 4. •
CRAMP v. ORICKNNVooD.
This was an action' upon a contract for the sale of
40 cwt. of first sort Petersburgh bristles, sound and
merchantable, which the defendant haJ purchased of
the plaintiff, but 20 cwt. of which he had refused to
take. The sum now sought to be recovered was
£464, being the difference in the market price of the
article, upon the re-sale which the plaintiff had
effected, in consequence of the defendant's refusal to
_take to that part of the contract.
The single question in the cause was, whether the
bristles in question answered the description of " first
sort Petersburgh bristles, sound and mtrch'antable r
as warranted by the contract. A great number of
witnesses were examined on both sides, who differed
in their judgment as to the quality of the article.
The case went to the Jury, under the Learned
Judge's directions, and they found a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages £464 Ss.
DAVIN O. MITIPuRD, STOREY, AND GLYNN, =QRS.
This was an action of assault and false imprison-
ment, by an alleged bankrupt against Commissioners.
The case opened was in substance this:—The plain-
tiff had been in parthership in various 'branches of
trade with another person, named Snowden, at Ply-
mouth Dock. In 1819 the firm had a commission
of bankrupt issued against them, having property to •
the amount of £30,000 passing through their hands.
Upon their examination before the Commissioners,
the bankrupts were called upon to produce a balance
sheet of their account. They complained that, from
illness, the voluminous intricacy of their affairs, and
other causes, they were unprepared, and begged time
for that purpose. Indilgence from time to time was -
accordingly granted,-by adjourning the examination.
On the 10th of August. 1819, being the last meet-
ing, the plaintiff was again called upon to produce
his balance sheet, but he did not, repeatinglis for-
mer excuses for non-compliume, and praying tar-
ther time. This the defendants refused, and iipne.
diately committed him to &nate, where he Wei'
confined for six weeks, end ultivoititly discharged by
Habeas Corpus, by Mr'. Justice Ittyley.- It was al- "
leged that the defendants had come prepafed !Pith
the warrant of.commitinent at the .list mansination,
and had conducted themselves with intemperance on
the occasion, thereby 'hewing, as was contended, that
they were influenced by motives' of malice. It was
urged as a clear proposition of law, that Commis-
sioners could not -commit a bankrupt for not pro-
ducing a balance sheet of hit account*.
In defence, the suggestion that the defendants
were influenced by mahatma motives, was treated as
a preposterous and incredible proposition, inasmuch
as it was utterly impossible that they could have any
feeling of that kind towards the plaintiff, of whom
they knew nothing but what apeared in his conduct
when .under examination before them. Upon the
merits of the case, it was alleged that the defendants
were justified in point of law in committing the
plaintiff, in consequence of affected delay in duck,-
mg his affairs; prevarication in his examination,, and
other unsatisfactory and improper, conduct concern-
ing his banklitptcy. Several witnesses were esa-
mined in their defence, to prove the demerits of the
plaintiff's case,—Verdict for plaintiff, Damages £2OO.