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London, England, 1819-04-24 00:00:00

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COVET OF. CHANCERY, APRIL U.
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The LORD CHANCELLOR having yesterday intima-
ted his iotention of givingladgment in the cases of
the Duke of Marlborough, and. Mayor v. Jackson,
(inrthe latter of which the parties were particularly
• directed to be. in attendance at ten o'clock this day),
the-Cdunsel and Solicitors attended accordingly. At'
. ten o'clock, a message came down from his Lord-1
ship, stating that he was unable to come to Court;
mice of which was immediately given. Considerable
d:sappciotment was in consequence manifested.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, APRIL 23.
His Honour the Vice-Ctratecsia-oe was occupied
the whole of the day in hearing exceptions to the re-
ptirts if the respective Masters, in causes which had
been referred to them for inquiry.
COURT OP KING'S BENCH, APRIL 23.
HUNTER V. FRY.
. The Plaintiff in this case had chartered a vessel to
, the Defendant to bring home a cargo of coffee and
logwood. . In the charter party the vessel was de
. scribed as being of the burden Of 261 tons, or there-
outs. The Defendant covenanted to provide her
• witla a full aed competentlading. rie vessel came
"leamsladen with 261 tons of coffee, but it appeared
sheaswilla bliestakeii 400, and for that quantity the
Plaintiff; under the engagement of the Defendant to.
provide her with a full and complete cargo, sought
to recover freight. The Defendant on the other hand
contended he was only liable to par freight for 261,
• the burden of the vessel, as described in the charter
party. The cause was tried before the CHIEF Jos-
me, and ithis point was reserved, a verdict to be
entered according to the opinion of the Court. -
. •The Court, after hearing the arguments; now de-
sided. unanimously in favour of the .Plaintiff. The
Defendant had engaged to put.'a full and complete
cargo on board. A tull- and complete cargo meant
as much • as the vessel would conveniently carry,
which in this case it appeared was 400 tons. The
description of the vessel's bitrthen in the charter party
was by measurement ; the number of tons which
Might be stowed in her depended on the specific
gravity of the article which composed her cargo.
• A verdict was therefore ordered to be entered for
the whole of the Phiintiff's demand, £9lB. 18s.
The Court rose early, none of the Counsel:engag-
ed in the causes being prepared to proceed.
His IloNotot has intimated his intention of making
a new regulation, to commence with the next term.
At present the causes se: down for hearing in the
paper of the day, are frequently gone through at an
early hour, from various causes, and the parties whose
suits stand for hearing the next day, not being in
attendance, the Court is under the necessity of ad-
journing. To remedy this, and to expedite the bu-
siness, his Horour will in future, when this happens,
_proceed with Exceptions, &c. unless Cause Petitions
<stand first for hearing. This is a most important rep'
gulation to the Suitors, and will no doubt give go.
noral satisfaction.
.OLD BAILEY, APRIL 23.
George Gidtlors and Thomas Mist:send were in-
dicted for having, on the .9th of Match last, at
Hadley; feloniously driven a chaise. over the body of
• John Matthews, an infant, by which he received
. divers mortal wounds, of .which he died on the spot.
• The first witness called was a constable at Hadley,
who apprehended the prisoners. He met d'idcloris,
who informed hint of the accident.
'W. Cox was next called. On the 9th of Much;
- between two and *me o'clock in the day, he was
•-filling a drift cart on the road side, near
.Hadley.
He saw three chaises coming from Barnet ; two of
them were driving hard, but the one which did the
accident was coming at a very moderate pace. The
two first chaises, as soon as the accident happened,
mended their paces; but the chaise in which the pri-
soner Giddons was, immediately stopped.. The pri-
soner Giddons went for a surgeon to Hadley, and
:11Ir.; Booth and his son came directly. The child
was taken up by a man of the name of Evaas, and
eitried to the house to which the child belonged.'
It was the prisoner Giddons who drove the chaise
. which -did the accident. The child was about three
or fuur'years old. Whelk he first saw the chaise it
• welt coming along the middle of the road, but as the
other ,two chaises passed it, the horse was frightened,
• sarittlanced off to the side of .the road. The pri-
soner Giddons was driving at :a very proper pace.
4 Mathew Cox Was also present AL the time the ac-
cident happened. It was occasioned by the horse
glancing off. It appeared to him to be an accident,
not occasioned by any carelessness of the prisoner's.
The two other chaises were driven, one by the pri-
pmer Townsend, and the other by a man of the
name of
. William Eddridge also saw the accident, and cor-
roborated the former statement. The two chaises
which passed Giddons appeared to him to be running
a race. • They were driving very fast.
:.John Evans said, that when be picked up the in-
fant, its head was completely smashed, its jaw was
nearly off, and the bruises on its body were innume-
rable. The child was totally unable to stand, and
died in three quarters of an hour after the accident.
The prisoners raid themselves upon the mercy of
the Count.
By the witnesses called for the defence, it was
proved that both the prisoners had families, and bore
unimpeachable .fibitracters for humanity : they had'
been eiriploye:4 aariva s many years.
Mr. trron Wools was about to sum up the evi-,
• dersce, Jury declared themselves satisfied.
;The prisoneis were Acquitted.
Baron Wool) reconmended the prisOners to
-eau,' mote Etwefsajaso4 not Co run races another time.
.47'7 413 c drier the third chaise.;( Wild) was also in-
dicted, buts certificate was put in that, he had frac-
- tined his 14g,. and could not attend ro.be tried. The
Cobalt respired the recognizances until next Sessions.
E,•ldiee was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of
hish„,ip the house of Matthew Wood, Esq.
in Saab Audley-street, a note for £2O, the
}wooly; of J. S. Kay. .
'i he prosecutor was the servant of Mr. Alderman'
wood, and proved, that he hid in a box, in his
-44(pl intent, aEP nc.e. The ptiioner we's a sheet.
shaker, 'and on the 13th of February kit, had done
'id rite work for Kay, who paid him by a £1 note. •(3n
'the 2sd of 1. ebntary he paid him again, at his apart-
.: cd, 9.. 6d. lor other wo; k ; and it was not till the

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