The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

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that they would proceed against the sellers and buyers of
patent safes. [By Mr. Bardswell.] The box on which
the first action was founded bore Tann's name, and had
been bought from Tann. [By Mr. Blair.] I described
myself as proprietor and sole agent for the manufacturing
districts : that book describing me as "J. G. Harrison
and Co., Lord-street, Liverpool," was issued by me.
[By Mr. Bardswell.] The book was issued twelve or fif-
teen months after I commenced business.
Mr. Bardswell remarked that the whole tenor of the
letter produced distinctly showed that the Messrs. Milner
had sent Mr. Harrison with a view to examine the patent
of the Messrs, Tann, and that he wrote that letter in
consequence of having been sent for the express purpose.
Mr. Blair then replied. In the first place, in reference
to the stress placed upon the circumstance that the bank-
rupt took the advice of counsel, it was well known that
the worse claim a man possessed he would be all the
more likely to have that advice. But they had not been
told, and therefore they did not know what bad been the
purport of this advice. Again, with respect to the
Vice-Chancellor refusing to grant a warrant to the
Messrs. Milner, it must be recollected that the injunc-
tion had been applied for and granted, and that it was
merely in consequence of its not having been adhered to
that the warrant had been sought for. And, instead of
speculating upon any reason which the Vice-Chancellor
might have in not acceding to this request—a request,
which, very properly, was never• granted without the
greatest caution, let them simply adhere to facts. Mr.
Bardswell had taken occasion to throw out some very
hard words against Messrs. Milner, and he was really
astonished that he could do so. For full fifteen months
that man had warning after warning from the patentees,
that he was violating their patent; and,if at any time he had
ceased to rob Mr. Milner of the proceeds of his own inven-
tion (to which he wasso well entitled), no proceedings would
have been taken against him. As no attention was paid to
their warnings, the Messrs. Milner were obliged to defend
their rights. They all knew how difficult it was for a
man to enforce his patent, no matter how plain it might
be. Though Messrs. Tann's specifications might have
violated the patent of the Messrs. Milner, still, so long as
they did not encroach upon their business, they were
disposed rather to put up with the wrong than proceed to
extremities. But when a person came to the very town,
and sets down his chief establishment there, in oppo-
sition to the patentees, then, indeed, the matter was
changed. And, if the Messrs. Milner had been
seeking to oppress and ruin Mr. Harrison, as was in-
sinuated, would they have warned him and waited for
fifteen months ? They were told that Harrison had been
ruined, but it did not appear that he had paid a single
farthing of the costs, with the exception of some travelling
expenses. It was plain, therefore, that all the measures
adopted by the Messrs. Milner had been merely in self-
defence. Mr. Bardswell said the deed of assignment had
preserved the property of the bankrupt for his creditors.
No thanks to Mr. Harrison for that! Mr. Harrison
clearly intended that it should go to his father and Mr.
Taylor, and form a stock with which he might again com-
mence business.

Mr. J. B. LLOYD read to the court a letter from a
creditor to the extent of £BO, hoping that the bankrupt
would obtain a first-class certificate ; and that he knew
of no opposition that could be made, except for the pur-
pose of annoyance.
Hie HONOUR said he would look through the examina-
tions, and dispose of the case on Tuesday (this day).