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übitterotis than in any other paitai-Ed ink. lie Or:
tended that, though at the time the policy was al.
fected, Mr. Mist might have been worth the prbpert)
insured, yet he haix subsequently engaged in con-
cerns that had been unprospevens, Ind his sPeciila-
tions had considerably reduced the aVtintint of thf
goods on his premises. He was in Vent of miney
and it was much more to his adyantatre to obtai;
3,000/. from the Insurance-Office, than a compara-
tively small awn from a purchaser orhis cisticerns.
Of course the Jury were the fit judges Ilion the ba-
lance of testimony' ; but he should call witnesses, who
would thew, as he was instructed, that more than
suspicion belongcd to the case ; andlhat the probibi
lity was, that Mr. Mist himself was the cause of the
conflagration; at least, that he wat inainly:instrumen.:
tal ; and that, without his instrumentality, it woul
not have happened. He then pet into the box.
Mr. James Lynd, resides In Fleet-street, oppc-
site the plaintiff's premises; observed the fire heft,'
two -
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o'clock on the 23d of May. The witness, an,
Messrs. Cook and Smith, first entered by a ladder,
and going into the great warereom on the third flcer,
and• -near the door, they saw fire : stooping down,
the witness was able to touch with a stick what w
burning, and it fell 'and appeared to be a bundle
• He gave the alarm immediately, and going
• wn stairs to the room below, he peretived that the
Ceiling was on fire, tilt that was all. The bundle
-papers Vas shout the size at half a reani of paper
and Skit appear to contain any coinbustNes
ciaidieicelve. fire no Where else on the premises.
llik:fteistgeSmith; of St. Bride's-pa.ssage, gave
similar evidence relative to the first discover)
and ap ce of the fire : he could not penetrate
the smoke so far as the last- witness, but ..
all out • Fire ! from the front window ;he went
away to secure his own property, which be thought
hisdanger. The bundle was paper, and probably had
been burning some time, as the wood work was.tlis-
coloured near the closet, and the top seemed as much
burnt as the bottom.
William Fenton, a plumber, was at work at t
top of Mr. Jenks's house, and at about VD minutes
before two o'clock he saw smoke issue :torn the gar-
ret window above the room occupied by Mr. NV
the flame did not come through the window, but
glass broke in consequence of the heat, as the Roos
was burning. •v.
James Coats, another workman who was with '
last witness, gave nearly the same relation.
James Lynd was recalled.—He did not see
fire ist Mr. Mist's rooni; but there might have been,
without his observing it.
Mr. Cook accompanied Lynd and Smith when they
entered the house; he went down stairs to open ••'
back door after he had got. in at the window,
returning he saw a great blare rising frosts one place
occasioned by the opening of the windows.
witness Was not more than three or four minutes
stairs. The door of Mr. Mist's rooni was lock.
and if there had been a're in it, he probably could
not have seen it. • -

Mr. Bentham was.called so apenk to some declal
ration by the plaintiff relative to-the sum he was
receive frosa.e.- venport for the lease, fixtures,
wisicla appeared: to, disagree with what
been swaged+ thsuiritaiss. Mist had stated
he was to receive 50001.
- • Some bf the witnesses vett- recalled, but
added; nothing mates lg.'
.fis =ex. notwithstanding-am genres
sion vu tote fart of .the Jury tha; thei- werkliatistif
wishid,. in. summing. up, to say a few words _a/
the amount of damages, and" upoit *the conduct
the plaintiff. With respect to'rhe last, Ms Lordil
concurred, that as it was the boundeu duty at hts
ranee Offices, when cimemstances of great suspici
existed, to. resist any claim, it was not less their
to pay readily the sum insured, where the transac
itself casts no' imptitaticin upon the demeanour or
racter of the party. As.far as it was possible to judge,
his Lordship could not discover that any sospicion
attached to the case, either from the circumstances
attending the fire, or from the conduct of the plain-
tiff either before or after that calamity. It sometimes
happened that goods-or houses were not nearly of
value for which they were insured ; sometimes
destine remov.tl of goods was established ; but .
none of those facts had been proved, and therefore
there appeared no inducement, or at least ea ad
quate inducement, for the plaintiff to put his life
jeopardy by committing the crime of arson. "
the question of damages, it appeared that the
ranee in the whole was 5,0001. ittlhough that
was covered by the policy, the Jury were not called
upon to give that amount, provided they thought
property not worth the sum : the office was not
any case bound to pay more than the party proved
that he had lost. It was admitted, that a certain
duction was to be made from the full amount claims(
The fire broke, out in the middle of the day,
aid was nearest, and when the discovery of a crime,
if it existed, could be most easily made; and
,plaintiff, without any concealment, left the premises
only a Hiatt time before the flames were discovered.
Besider this, there was no appearance of any coati.
.vanos with combustibles to produce sudden and
expected conflagration, and the, plaintiff had afforded
thelagle Assurance Company all the means n
power of ascertaining whether or not any fraud
been committed.
.The Jury consulted a few moments, and found
verdict for the plaintiff, damages 2,600/.

Mr. Serjeant Br has been appointed Chief ,
Lice of Chester, and has resigned the appointment
Attorney-General of the Prince as Duke of Corriwal.
Among the emoluments and comforts attached
the office of Master of the Rolls of England, is
reckoned that of one tun, or two pipes of Giaccn
wine, out of the best brought into England, and
be chosen for his use, annually, by the King's
Butler !"
Kiting: waisted is Midddlesez and London bet;
the'Right Hon. Sir VICAR'. GIBBS, Knt. Lord "
Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Plcas,
Westminster, wand after Hilary Teiin, 1818:

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