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London, England, 1820-04-27 00:00:00

which the policy of our la* has thought. it necessary
requite:

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Mr. Justice PA YLEI( and Mr. austidelioLaplrD Co-
incided with- the Lord Chiefinstice.—Rule absolute.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. APRIL 26.
CRONIAT V. FIZATIiC,OTE, EsQ.
Mr. Setjzaut.TADDY..'movtd 'for a Rule to .shen,
Cause why-the:verdict obtained for the plaintiffin
this case should not .be • set aside .and a new trial
granted. He observed, that it -was an action brought
against the defendant as Sheriff of Herdbrd, for
ing taken the plaintiff's goods in execution under the.
cirtnnetances :=The father of the plaintiff
had made an assignment.Of his property to. his son
about the time when an. execution was sued out
against him, under which- property had been subset
quently taken to.the amount of £5OO, and which vp
the occasion of the present action. '
At the trial of ..71e ea:lse it appeared that -the plain=
tiff had paid his father the sure of C•'_-5O ; which hail
been applied to the payment of some old debts cot.':.
tracted by his father when in business as a brewer;
and that in consideration of that sum his father bad
gone to an Attorney, named Smith, for the purpose
of getting an assignment prepaid ;-but the Attorney;
knowing the circumstances in which the plaintifFs
father was placed, refused. to prepare the instrument,
on which it had been drawn up by aifother person ;
that the. Excise had received notice of the change in
the business from the lather to the son, but that no
alteration. had been made tit rating the pre vises in
the parish books, and that the father was in posses-
sion at the time of the ,ev y. The Learned Ser,eaut
contended he wtr.; entitled to his Rule on two.gro Inds:
first, that the possession f the I.:tiler was inconsistent.
with tha deed ; and wcondly. • :!rat the evidence of
' Mr. Smith should have been iezeivel on the trial to
prove the fact of his refusal to prepare dead, as
his evidence would not have been such a disclosur:
of a confidential communication as to In ing it with.a
the general rule in that case ; in support I,f the latter.
position he cited Duffin v. Sinith, :'rake s Nisi Prins
Cases 108, and Cobden .o. Kendrick, 4 Term Ile-
Torts 431, but. •
The COURT said, that as to the first point, it had
long been settled by the cases c:. ELiwards v. Harbetr,
2 Term Report% .587, and Kidd v. Ravainson, 2 80.
sanquet and Puller, 59, that it -was a proper question
for the determination of a Jury ; • • and as to the se-
cond, that there was no case cited by the
which would govern the decision in this,
.for here the
Attorney was consulted in his, professional character
alone, and there was no other obstacle to his beiticy,
employed by the party but his own objection ; and
therefore to admit his evidence would be thedestruc-
tion of all that centidenca. which - should ever exist..
het w ezta the aztorney:.ancl.his motion
was tbereore refused. • • • •
. - OF.R.NtiSili, APRIL Zo.
- • IMPORTANT Ta-PAPER-FIANOERS.
KiNt; DoBSoN.,
This leas .art infOrmatinn under the I.ooot queen
Anne, exhibited against the defindatit, Mr. @Met
Dobson, a paFiefhanger and 'painter in dis.teniper;
residing at 42'7,- Stiand, charging bins with staining
120 yards of elephint paper (in decbrating. the Salami
of the Adelphi Theatre)„ without- the. duty having
first been paid, and notice. not.having, been given
where such paper was to have been stained,
wherthy he was liable to' a Penalty. of 1:30.—.,Tha
defendant was ordered to pay the mitigated penal 4
of Ten Shillings. r -
IMITATXVE PEPPER.
Several persons were fined 40s. each, for selling
• imitative pepper. The Court informed them, that
this offence had become so common, that infuture
the lowest penalty imposed would be £5.
OBSTRUCTING AN OPTicalt.

Elizabeth Harris was fined ur the mitigated penalty
of 20s. for assaulting an Officer who had seized. a
track, which the and a man were dragging, contain-
ing a quantity of in-andy and rum, for which she
had not a permit.

The beautiful planet Venus is now an interesting
object in the western sky, and will continue so every
clear evening between sun-tet and midnight, till ell
midi& of Stay. •
Yesterday, a fire consumed the workshop of,Mr.
GRUPWITU, ink-maker, in Coppice-rsw, (;lerkenwel,..
Two fire horses were with great difficulty saved frorn
the Raines.
Thursday night, Kir. (*enema, currier, Cartsdykc,
who had been incareerated in Greenock, on a charge
of Radicalism, and afterwards conveyed to I)tiql-
barton Castle, -returned home to his family, having:
been liberated by the order of Mr. Horn, Advucaze
Llepiner—the examination of his (Mr. Cameron's) p -
pers entirely sa. taying the Legal Authorities et hit
innocence. •