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bat motives deponent could not say) persisted in
making such selection o the..nanies oi Jurors as,
he thought proper. Deponent then remonstrated
with the said Master upon this arbitrai y and partial
mode of selecting such names As he thought proper,
but the said Master perseverecrin Lis conduct, with
out assigning to deponent any reason for sa doing ;
but Wits continually c implaining of the trouble
A hid) this deponent gave him; ibis deponent having
objected to one of the
books,
which was said to be
afifiroftriated fir special purports, he added, that be
sloitild not give the same trouble again, or words to
th it effect. Derment verily believed that thtse were
the names of persons purposely p tried over in the
list, who were perirctly compsr.ent, trona their dia.
ratter, impariiality, and independence. to decide be-
tween himself and the Clown ; 1 tstly, he stated,
that the names of the 48 persons selected could not
h..ve been chosen impartially by the said Masser, but
wet,: Arbitrarily and oppressively hied upon by the
said Master, and consequently deponent apprehended
that he could not Safely stand his trial by a Flannel
so formed.

There was another Affidavit put in, made jointly
by Mr. Pearson and his Clerk, which stated, that
deponents had inspected in the L iid M Own,
two Acts of the Court 01 Common Council of the
City of London, 0112 passed on time sth of Septem-
ber, 9 Henry VIII. A. D. 1518, and the other on
the WWI June, 11 Henry VIM 1520, relating to the
returus of persons qurliSed in the city of London to
sit on inquest) between party and party, and issues
between the King and the cimi•nens of London, dopo-
swots alledgaig that the lists tetioned into the ;;:ie
tiff's Office. Isom which tic 48 names above alluded
to were chosen, were not conformable to the regula-
tions ut the said Acts, ant poithing out henna in-
stances ti departure therefrom.
Mr. WooLelt—My Lords, these are the Affidavits
I have to otter in support of my motion. Having
been summoned to abide another trill for the tittle
alledged offence, and being one of those who con-
sider the trial Jury as the only barrier left for the
protection of personal liberty, it becomes me to enter
a little into the nature and constitution of these Spe-
ci..l Juries.

Lord Ettessonnron—lt is onrecesssry for you
to enter into this detail. What is stated on the face
of these Affidavits, *fledging partiality in the Officer
of the Court, is stiffici,ot to justify us in granting a
Rule to slaw cause, which is for the purpose of in-
quoin* into the circumstances allrkfzed. At present
they CAD say nothing of the other mailer stated in
these Affidavits. Take a Rule to SIMI"' CAIN:.
Wooler bowed and retired.
BIUDDISK AND TLMMT ERMITtIST.

Mr. SIM PhElth moved for a writ of .Certiorari to
be directed to the Coroner for the County of Sussex,
comfit 'riding him to return into this Crest the depo-
sitions taken before him upon an inquisition holden
at Brighton opens the body of a man named Thomas
Rowles, fur the purpose or admitting to bail two
mtn, named White and Williams, who stood charged
by the verdict of the said inquest with the wilful
murder of the said Thomas Rowles; one as a prin-
cipal, aird•the other as an accessary. The Learned
Counsel said. he founded this application tipon the affi-
davits of tour peace officers at Brighton, who stated. •
That a disturbance took place in that town on the sth
of November last, in consequence of a tumultuous
crowd of persons having assembled so celebrate the
anniversary of the gunpowder treason. In order to
prevent disturbance the High Constable had assem-
bled Lis offices, alto were stationed on the ti.eyne,
where more than two hundred persons had coliceted,
having with them great quantities of fire-works, a
pitch barrel, and other combustible materials, intend-
tog to set them on fire. In consequence of an at.
tempt on the past of the peace otK..etb to seize these',
materials, a general riot took place, and the officers
were unable to disperse the mob, many of them being
wounded, with sullies slung at them by persons in
the crowd. One of the corls:.bles, charged by the
verdict of the Coronet's Jzry, ill,am Williams, was
also struck with a stone, and his house was attacked,'
his windows being broken. Tire constables being
unable to repress the disturbance, were cb;iged to
call in the tisistince of the military, and to apply to
the Magistrates, About half past nine the Magis-
trate re id the Riot Act, and while reading it, a
stone was flung at him, and went close to his head;
and another stone struck the High Constable. A
short time after the Military, being stationed on the.
Stevie, were attacked voth stones, :in.! in advancing
upon the mob, the deceased, Thom is Rowles, was
killed in the contusion by one of the sc,lcheti, named
White. Under the circumstances of the case, the
Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder
against the constable and the soldier, and notice
having been given to the Coroner of this application,
the Learned Counsel prayed that a Certiorari might
issue for the purpose 01 admitting these teen to bs:i,
who were now at large. but were rea;ll to girt se-
curity for their appears ice at the Assizes.
Lord EueNnotioumt—Take the writ.
COURT OF COMMON NOV. 20..
LIU; V A; N

This was a special :argument *tiring out rf a!1
case of very considerable imooitaiice to Auctiod
titers, under the fOllowii4t eicr,:isiances —The
Pi4inUfs, Melsts. John nod I.3toiry L,-e, builders, of
Ckiswell.arreer, andoi Lewi:Jr ern, in pUte.tSeti
some property at Looiripit Hill, :mar Lewisham, at
s.ile conducted by the defuttlaiii, Mr. D. It. Munn,
caret respectable aticiimieer. iii !his s.ilv, Mews.
Lee tieing the highest bidden., were declared the pur-
; they signed the usual 9giteitsent fur the
curl pietion of the purchase, accordilig to the cordi-
tions of sale, and paid into the limos 0 the deters-
dant, Mr. Munn, the bUill of e. 20U, at a sectirity for
their pt.:formatter ut their part of the contract. The
title the venders to the property was disputed by
the plaintiff; and from the year 1819, when the pro.
prroy was pot up to auction, to the present year lsl7,
different treaties were entered into, and different ar.
rangeweuts propc,sed, between the vendor and vn.
dees,• but a nrinths sign* the purchase finally went
off. The plaintiff, then bruught their action against
the defendant to recover not only the amount of the
deposit money, but the interest from the time of its
ludgureat,umounting to £43, and rho cape's:es which
the plaintiff had incurrod in the investigation of the
title. Tnc action was tried at the Sittings alter Tri-
nity Term, before the Lord,Chiel Justice Gibbs, the.
defendant having paid the deposit motley into Court.
The Lord Chief Justice ruled, that the txpeuses ut.