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" LAW INTELLIGENCE.
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/ellen OF KING'S BENCH, Chittiorau., Jaw. IS.
his before Lord Tarreapeo and Special Juries.
TROMONT V. astmor.
This was an action between two coach proprietors,
foe,* breach of contract. The trial of it, from the great
number of witnesses examined; occupied the attention
of the Court the entire day ; but the details possessed
nothing of pnbliC interest. The principal facts were
shrirtly theses
The plaintiff, an extensive coach proprietor, residing
a( Thatehatn, on the road from London to Bath, being
about co retire from business in October,. 18241, entered
i0),,0 an agreement with the defendant (the proprietor of
10. irettlt House, at Bath), for the disposal to the latter,
foe. the sum of 2 2501. of his interest in several of the,
litith and Bristol coaches, and, ansqog the rest, of two
called:the Express and Defiance, of which the defendant
etas also part owner. The agreement contained a sti.,
*Atli* that the Express and Defiance-coathes should
s ,a; formerly,-at the Kings Head- Inn, Thatcham,
1 which the plaintiff was proprietor), to as to allow of
i(s
t ,pessengers taking refreshments at that house. The'
a _god breach of contract was. that in November,lB26,
the Express and Defiance, which had then changed
their names, ceased stopping at the King's Head, by
which the plaintiff's interest in the inn and extensive
stabling attached, had become greatly reduced in" value.
ft eras
theras admitted that the coaches had discontinued
'
ng King's Head in and subiequent to -tiov.
tTm• and it great number of witnesses were examined
. .
i. proie the amount of -loss sustained by the plaintiff
by...tefikpo, of this circumstance. From their. eaiden— ce
it appeared thai the net amount of receipts horn ,the
edgeri of the two coaches was about U. 10s. daily.
,The defence was, that the coaches had ceased stop-
',
taa.Ut the Kings Head in consequence of the house
te"
tag, in 'November, 1826, in an unfit state to ac.
sommodate passengers, a distress fur rent. having been
put to:: which bad swept away nearly the whole of
tbe,fereiture.! Evidence was given of this fact
tlionet It had been proved by the plaintiff's witnesses
{Ails Pee of the coaches had discontinued stopping at
&olio ptiir t, that time—and ten or twelve persons,
iaseindieg two attoreies, `and others, team Bath and
Diktat west examined to prove theletietai bad-accom-
itsithltittitt the house,. which,: it was maid, had occa-
ttitirPerbet lidi's4lyttiltir..awvitellifig by the
sitaa,the provisions fot thetgoests la the King's. Head.
WfWeintfneral ofa very inferior description, and that
'these. 'Wsit, bed attendance and great incivility on the
.par! 40e wavantih. •i , - , r••tri 11 t t • .
•N imad,Tuartarretabi ia- his allarg•ta the. Jury, said, if
41Wtt inerb'satitfteditharthe bad ritcbltiehodation at. the
.inycii.ooka will the roil eibi.o Ottla. tifaches diiconti•
xtvog.tA go to that hot 's*, driii,vstrdictsuatiht.he for the
defendant, other wise they • would Sad: for: the . pksiosid:
-arithincir reasonable datnigtate that idionght would
toadeliensnte hint for the loss he EildanOdned by the
breach of contract on the part Of.gse defendant.
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The Jury found lapiii:plaiitif—Mainages, 800 f.
7.lolsEfemir- •
OLD BAILEY', ;JA* •
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.? liffehabstienes-was' indicted for. breaking into the
dvibllifig Unite of I..lSlneclestott, Esq. No. 2, Easton-
stralieg iher'ein thirteen silver spoons and
other arcichairbis property.. • • .
:Elisabeth Dram servant: of, the prosecutor,. Asked
Macy- Dive,tbrt senesnt:att :tbe next house, to bite an
err") berikor.• rfrlat vetarned about two o'clock,. and
found wcopboard is-theme lour had been broken open
ai of wearing apparel. plate, and cutlery, was
. tiod pp readp:to be carried off, and some of the plate
was actually gone.
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-Mary Dyer deposed that a Gentleman told her that
hi ow two men come out. of the hon-e:; vitae:caw
fibiße maim about four do. ors.off, and she called oat, Stop
Shies . Witness .pursued.them along Coburg,strees ; one
ashen; eats into a cow boost, .whore he was taken ; a
. baatleof wine stolen from her master's house was found
in the cow house.
.r. aktbe person- of the prisoneri, no less than fourteen
z.on keys were discovered, and also some of the
Ittt4c stolen..
. The Jury (build the prisnser.Guilts—Jkal4.
7 haWas O'Brien was Sitaicted for stealing 'in 'the
dajelling house of Michael Murphy 100.soraeigus and
itraatillings, his prilperty. - • '
' Murphy deposed, that she is the Wife of the
zin4cutor, who 'resides at No. 2, Three Tuts-alley,
Petticoat-lane, and keptt-a lodging house. The prisoner
sleidged there; she put the money into a cupboard which
-Idie4mted. -On the day in question, she heard the pri.
aebar opts the cupboard.witt aknife,und taw him with
v.alfellow glove.cootaining her stoney in his hand. Shit
stied out she was robbed, and the prisoner struck bee
the handik dthe kdife, by which she had a black
Are • Her bealbantidid not bum that she had so much
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sta.,Meosreganeined.s.The prieoser• and her husband
Gamin, to- Lambeth-street' Office, to charge each ether
..mith an assault. Witness followed them, -arid said,
3Aseathing about the robbery. The Magistrate sem,
f Mo. away, and,she afterwards went to Worship-street.
'Anna O'Brien went down into the kitchen, -there ware
141everaPpersona them •Witness never saidv the pi*
isomeralat she would setae him oat if be: die ant mar
I•hey daughter. No one knew that sissland.loo sows.
She often missed money from her cupboard.
The husband of the last witness corroborated 14s
wife's testimony. •-
Wbei the husband had • ti e prisoner bums
• writhe Magistrate nherle be lived, and 'utidtsbat he had
a silk purse. containing 49 sovereigns, is Ms box, b*
it he kw*. noibing of the robbery. •
Tbiprosetutris was contradicted most positively, ip
~,asicoral 'vicarial particulars, and, hafesethe delemn_
tbrouiril!r • - • '.gu.l"
,T•
,Ths,inry intimated to fibs.plopktilot
• vetkctlT
us'shed, andaccarnihigiromtmanaj a
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Jatnes and John Ch* wen: Indicted foi
"114. on the 4th of January4a,mantity
sOs.. from the ship br Mr. Clergrit of W Pte. Ant
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,Vbe primmer Bear. went to the slurp, vOsse4s,v4'irg. t
:IR the cart of-a niece of the p !pit% UAW jar..it 41109 ti °
IPA took' i,he Woks *414, under pretence basing
istcs utacla.lot them, Clare assisted in carrying them
Ilret,lary anquitted Clare, but coevicied Bean. • :
-6trriVillion.eside7, rat isdieied far Atabbin
L. Jaaseeprith, ii
with intent to, muriller him. ;
no prosecutor stated that be is a seaman. ei 'the.
—2l3lis of December he was scrriagon board the Albion,i
in alb* mast .Thautts;,. and .pis owns .o•elodk went to.
tOttimt Coops:4lu Al ins, for gee a cam'el• in a Atom .to his
milligkettbtade Ind( put two eclat& bt went from tbere,
i'lnapedif Ilford and his bosh to thi'Tosier Stairs.
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rvArPrir' a, ~./.44 agretallP *fro, Rea, boas, Owes
itoanoihogritkik . He spring impute hargo...aosishir
. struck him; they fess6l. a!b411111 itte4al4*lo.l.4s
moss loot his bat; whims duo Meth the 1110, lad

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