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. • DELI A, AND ANOTHER N. SALVADOR.
• This was an action upon a policy of insurance, in
Widch all the facts being admitted, the only question
was, whether the plaintiff held complied with that con-
dition in the policy in which be warranted that the ship
..would sail from Tobago on the loth of August, J 827.
It appeared that the vessel had her cargo on board, to.
gather with all her passengers, on the morning of the
lOte, her sails-wereset, and she was in every respect
petfeetly prepared to sail. Her stream anchor was
raised, but in consequence of a strong current setting
the bay, the Captain Nes apprehensive rkesising her
Isere; anchor, lest sbe should be thrown on- the rooks.
Oaths following day the wind favouring her, the bower
War weighed, and she set sail. 'She was ultimately lOst.
. Lot 4 Teareente was of opinion, that this was Dot
sailing, within ,the. meaning of the warranty, by• which it
was clearly intended that the ship should be under sail
miler voyage.
The plaintiffs were therefore nonsuited.
RICHARDS= V MURDOCK, AND .ANOTHER.
'this was also an action upon a policy of insurance,
in which there was only one point to be decided. In
the year 1827. the skip Cumberland sailed from Sydney,
in New South Wales, for Nan Diemen's Llnd,• whence
she was to proceed so England with a cargo of skins,
lealuttbetween4,oool.: and &OM.- The-owner of the
goods having testified advice at Sydney; of the sale
uttival of the vessel at Hobart Town on the 10th of
May, wrote a letter. by. a:person craning to London by
.0 ship gell4l the Australia, which sailed from- Sydney
on the 241thMay...to 14 agent here, .acquainting him
that, the Cumberland had .arrived safely.. at Hobart
• Town on the Bth May, and, was ezpected to sail from
thatplace in about ,ten or fourteen dapsafterwards.—
Tne writer then ,directed him . to. keep the letter in his
postessibn for 30 dap, and if a Mr. Emmit,.who was
the supacargooo board the Cumberlandfdid not arrive
within that period, he was than. to effect as .insurance,
on tn. corp. .The.Cuonlialand Doe hieing arrived
within the , prescribed, wi rd. the plaintiff% agent, 36
days after the arrival of..thed.u.tralia, went to the de-
fendant, and reading so mocha she liner as stated the
time at .which the vessel arrived at, and was 'to sail
from, Hobart Town, he effected the policy on which this
action was brought.. The questionior decision was,
Whether or nottbasuppresstan on. behalf of %napkin.
site,! agent of the lantana he bad had that letter, which
.was carried by a vessel sailing from Sydney subse-
.queotly to the time at which the Cumberlead was• to
have sailed flom,Hobart Town, in his possession far 36i
dam was such a material coecealment as readered the
policy ward? - • • -

• Tliiee witnesses, accustomed to insurance transac-
tinns, stated that the Sect concealed would have mate-'

tially altered. their.epinion of the risk to., •
His Lordbbip kit the question altogether to the Jory,,
who,. after smite deliberation, relighetiteerdiet for the
defendants.. . .„. .
• ,COURT OiP 'COMMON' PLEAS, MARCII 2.
• , „ • , . , 1.1.0,70 .2. •II "mow :•. , •
• This action was brought by:the-plaintiff, treasurer
of the turnpike-road at C. Ossford-bridge,' near Mau-,
shelter, against the
.defendant, who had become caret!
f.r ape, son nclutd_fiartkp,AbeJessee, to recover 6344.
•due to the triotees, for • the rear -previous to that for
which he had become surety.••i • •
• ie' fact. of the defendant's liability having been
established by the.productfoa of a bond;
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The defendant attempted to prove, that at the time
be entered Iwo the bond,..be was deceived by the
tiff's agent telling him that Hartleybad paid'some in-
italtients in. /OAK; whicb•afterwards turned out not
to be the case...
_This. fact was, however, most distinctly contradicted
tiy:the attorney, and zetre Jury immediately found a
'iierdiet for the plaintiff.- .
In another action against the other surety, the same
Verdict was returned by consent. .
0031001i.Y. COLIALT, alums S.

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Thir was a suit of nullity of arawisge, promoted bf
Henry Lee, M.D. againee.Mary.Ann Crossley, wife of
Richard Crossley, to whom. she was married in 1814,
and with whom she cobebited till September, 1816,
when she separated herwrifizois her•husbansl,' and re•
presented herself to be Sarah Jane Smith, a widow.:—
Dr. Lee having paid his addresses to her under that
name, married her in June, oss I but in the following
Month, finding that be had been• imposed upon, and
tbat Richard Crossley was still living, he preferred an.
indictment against her, on *hich she was convicted
and sentenced to transportation for seven years. •
Dr. Luatasoron pronounced the marriage null and
void. • . . .