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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY Is.
This day the following persons received judgment
Edward 4ililtela*4 convicted at the last Kent Assizes, (or
deft auding his Majesty of several quantities of oats, contracted for
to be served to certain Detachments of Cavalry in. the Isle of
Thattet, in the delivery of which to those several Lietkclsmehtss
the defendant weighed out the same by a false sVelghf of fete.
instead of gOlb. Judgment was suffered to go by default, and
be was sentenced to one months imprisonment is Maidstone Gaol,
and to pay a fine of £25 to the King.
&Aga Mocht, convicted at the Lut Kent Assizes /or attempt—
ing to seduce twn Revenue Officers to connive at the clandestine
landing of a large quantity of smuggled spirits, was sentenced
to one months imprisonment in Maidstone Jail, to pay a &not
£2O, and to find security for his good behaviour for .two teepta,,
hinist•lf In £5O, and two siveties in £2O each.
aver Berrett,for assaulting and obstructing an Excise officer
at Usk, in the county of Monfnuuth, in the execution of his
duty, was, upon circumstances of mitigation king proved,'en.
!toted upon his peen recognlzances for £5O, to come tip and re.
ceive judgrelept when called upon.
Thetas Walley was sentenced to live months imprisolcist.
sod to find stireties far his good behi'viour In 440 forlwiri*
*ter assaulting 'and obstructing the Officers of the 1! s,
Chester, in endeavow-ing to levy upon his r..t140-4.,aliiimoktfia
the sum of £l2. 10s. being the mitigated pessity sa*
and obstruction.-
Ells Limy, Rieman Alezonder, and Goansan Datis, persons
of the Jewish persuasion, convicted in this Court at the Sittings
after last Tom, for a conspiracy to annoy and injure Elizabeth
Ilarris, their neighbour, while in ehildbed, cane-up to receive
sentence, but in consequence of a proposal for paling £6O com-
promise, and other circumstances of mitigation, sentence was.
suspended.
Thomas Dean, a tailor, of *Seven Oaks, in ]Lint, convicted of
an 'assault and obstruction of certain revenue officer., on attempt-
ing to seize contraband goods in his house, was sentenced to pa?
a fine of £4O, and be enlarged, on his own recognizance.

George Osborne and John Sum:way, for a'stioleitt assault uptin
two Custom-house officers, at liingsgatg, were fined £2O each,
and ordered to find sureties for two years, each in the sum of
£5O. and one surety for £25.
Edward Scutt, for being assembled with others, smugglers, in
tae Isle of Wight, obstructing certain Revenue Officers in the
execution of their duty, violently assaulting one of them, and
rescuing one of the offenders, was sentenced to six months im-
prisonment in Winchester Gaol, and to give security for two
years, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each.
Edward Stone, for being coicerned with two others, ist light-
ing signals upon the cliffs of. Portland Island., in aid of smug-
gling transactions, was sentenced to be imprisontd in Dorchester
Gaol for one month.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY
DOCTOR THORNTON V. CHIPPENDALE.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to re-
cover the sum of £l6B for medical attendance on. is
Lady named Wilson, who had been under the earl
and protection of the late Mr. Johnson, architect,
Berner's-street.
Mr. Serjeant CC/I'l.El', in stating the case, said, tha
the Lady in question had unfortunately been subjjec
to frequent fits of insanity, and that the plaintiff ha
been called in- to administer relief, by Mr. Johnson,
The Lady had been removed to Camden Town, ani'
Mr. Johnson fearing the effectsof a straight waists
coat, expressed a wish to have some other means des
vised for preventing her injuring herself. Accord.,
irgly an iron cage had been furnished, which coat
1..:15 17s. and, for which Dr. Thornton had paid. The
defendant, who was one of the executors of Mr. John.
son, had no objection to the payment of the money,
but felt bound to take the opinion of the Court Upon it,
as his co-executors, who were dead, did not think the
claim a just one; all, therefore, that he wished for
was strict justice. The Learned Counsel was awace
that under the circumstances of the present case
as
physician could not recover the amount of his fees,
but still he •would be entitled' to a verdict for the
amount of the iron cage. He called James Pinion,
who had furnished the cage, and who supported thei
plaintiff's case, as far as the furnishing the work in
question. • . .
Mr. John Lees, Surgeon, bore testimony to the
fairness of the Plaintiff's charge.
Mr. LAWS cross-examined the witnesses, and ad-
dressed the Jury on behalf of the Defendant. lie said
the present action was not brought against the per-
son with whom the original contract had been entered•
law, and the question was, had the Plaintiff a right
to recover? Ile called
Captain, Richards, who proved that he 'saw Mr.
Thompson give Dr. Thornton a check for 1.:50, in
the early part of November, but deposed thht nothing
was said about the iron cage. The sum then paid
was for fees.
Serjeant COPLEY said the sum in question was paid
in the early part of the month of November, but the
Plaintiff attended his patient up to the latter end of
that month, and for which attendance the sum in
d question was claimed.
The Learned Judge observed it was clear that the
check had been given in liquidation of the fees, and
to the plaintiff was therefore entitled to the £l5. 17s. as
Ir. it was quite a different transaction.—The Jury re-
ar'. turned a verdict accordingly. •

There is no doubt that various changes are imme-
diately to take place in the Law Department in Scot-
land. It has bren currently reported, for some days,
that the LORD ADVOCATE is to 'succeed to the two
gowns vacant by the death of Lord ItEs-roN. In the
event of this appointment taking place, it is generally
understood that the Learned Lord's gown will be
offered to the SOLICITOR GENERAL Or Sir WILLIAM
Ras, though v:e have heard that both these Learned
Gentlemen decline. Mr. HOME DECNI MOND wile, of
course, be Solicitor-General in the event of Mr.
WEDDERSORN'S accepting the office of Lord Advo-
cate. Several resignations and many alterations are
confidently talked of in the Law Circles. It is said,
among others, that the present Egh!y respected CHIEF
'Linos will for certain retire, or. accOuri of his con-
; rilised indisposition. The LORD ADVOCATE Baron
Ncisrow, add Baron ADAM, are said to be candidates
to succeed him. It is, however, pretty generally be-
lieved that Mr. ADAM will be stirpoinred•tThief Baron,
I and that he will be succeeded as Sorel Chief Corn-
• rnissioner of the Jury Court bytord reildlLLl.