The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-13 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER:—TrEsnky..

BURKHART v. ANGERSTEIN.—Mr. Jardine opened the plead-
ings.
Mr. Eric stated the case. This was an action for a tailor's
bill, to which the defendant pleaded infancy. The plaintiff re-
plied, that part of the articles supplied were necessaries, and as
to the remainder, they were supplied after the defendant came
of age. The defendant was introduced, in July, 1829; to the
plaintiffs by his brother, Captain Angerstein. The anionut or
the articles supplied from that time till the end of 1831 was
£657, of which a part had been paid by the defendant's father.
The present demand was for £441, of which £20:1 were paid
into court.
William Schultz, clerk to the plaintiffs, deposed that the
defendant was introduced to them in July, 1829, by his brother,
who was a customer of theirs. He was not then in the army,
bnt lived with his father, in St. James's-street. In lbal he got
a lieutenancy, in'the Life Guards. The father paid part of the
defendant's bill in '1530. The defendant's attorney made an
offer of 15s.,in the pound on the preSent bill. All the articles
in the bill were ordered by the defendant.
Cross-examined by Mr. Follett, (with whom was Mr. Ball.)—
The defendant met with an accident, whereby his skull was
fractured, two or three years ago; in consequence of which he
was obliged to resign his commission in the army. The prin-
cipal part of this bill was due when the bill was sent into the
father.
Richard Burkhart, son of the plaintiff, delivered some of the
articles iu the bill. There were four India Cashmere waist-
coats, for which eleven guineas each were charged. A Cash-
mere sh4lid, from which those waistcoats were made, cost from
eighty to one huadred guineas, and no more; than four or five
waistcoats could be made out of it.
Several witnesses were called, t.o proVe the delivery of the
articles; but there being some difficulty iu the proof, the plain-
tiff consented to be nonsuitcd.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—MoNDAY.

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.—Thomtm Williams', a 41.,a1er iu
marine stores, applied upon his petition to be discharge;] from
prison.
The following colloquy, which took place between Mr. Com-
missioner Barns and the insolvent, is an exemplification of the
law of imprisonment for debt :
Mr. Commissioner Hairis, having inspected the sclie.lule;
said to the prisoner, "I see you are in execution for £8 35., for
debt and costs:'

Insolvent.—Yes, I am.
Mr. Commissioner Harris.—Pray, how long have you been
in prison for that sum ?—Ever since the sth of October.
Mr. Commissioner Harris.--And la it :true that pop only
owed Dyas, the detaining creditor, £1 6S. 2d..?—lt is. (He
explained that he originally borrowed of Dvas, who-is a rag.-
merchant, tk, sum of £2, off which he paid 13s. 10d., but took
no receipt. He offered to pay him the remainder provided he
gave him a receipt for the Whole. Ho refused, and served him
wlth a 4..0py of a writ. He did not plead to the action, and in
Oet;,l.ev i. i was: taken in execution.)
Barris.—Have you any family ?-.,—Yes; a

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magistrate,
gating a chard.
were brought fru
under the 3d Will.
racters, being fount.
were apprehended in
Daniel O'Connell,'! in

There not being room
brought in at once, the
the worst of them should b.
been done,
Inspectors Perry and Brandall, of t►.
consequence of idforinatioa they had reek.
in Whitecross-street, called the Daniel O'Conn,
a receptacle for thieves, they went on Sunday nigt.
of officers, and in a room up-stairs they found rim
dred persons of all ages assembled together, drinkim,
whom, a Mr. Palmer, who appeared to Le their chat.
dressed in a wig and gown.
Mr. Broughton—ls he here ?—Yes.
The Chairman was here placed at the bar, attired in the cos-
tume of a learned judge.
Inspector Perry—When I entered the room I told them not
to be alarmed, and to drink their ale quietly, and make them-
selves comfortable. I bad then, one hundred men at may com-
mand. The prisoner Palmer, the judge-like chair►man, ap-
peared to be quite theatrical.
Mr. Broughton—To the Inspectors—When you went in what
were they doing?
Inspector—'l hey:Were sitting together drinking in groups.
Air. Broughtqn—Now, Mr. Palmer, what have ymu to say
for yourself?
Mr. Palmer—l opened this club twelve months ago, as a
Jthige awl Jury Clak and if you will allow me I ;rill read you
our rules.
Mr. Broughton--,Read them.
Mr. Palmer—" Rule 1. "That the Judge, Jury, and Counsel
do attend every Sunday evening by seven o'clock.
"2d. No person can be allowed to sit as Judge unless they
have fqfilleel the place as Counsel in this court.
"ad. That the officer do collect all fines inflicted by the
Judr

age.-
"zith. Any person interrupting the Judge, Jury, or Counsel,
tall be fined ono penny for each offence.
"sth. Any person calling his lordship by any other name
:han 'My Lord,' shall be fined one penny for each offence.
"6th. Any person using profane language shall be fined one
penny.
"7th. That the Jury do not leave the court without permission
of the Judge."
Then followed a long list of minor regulations, for a detail of
which we have not room.
Serjeant Tilt said that on the Judge being brought into the
station-house, he treated the matter with contempt. Ile said to
the whole assembly, "My power is at an end. 1 was in a supe-
rior court, new I am in a lower court—therefore, friends, make
the best of it." .
Mr. Broughton, who heard the charges with considerable pa-
tience, eventually dismissed the whole Court, Judge; Jury,
Counsel, and suitors, with an admonition as to their future con-
duct, and some severe remaiks touching the character of beer-
shopkeepers in general.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN.—TUESDAY.
CASE 01, slit-n;(71:10N.
Thomas Barnewell r. Samuel Cooper.
This was an action on the case against the defendant, for:
having deprived the plaintiff of the services of his daughter,
Henrietta, whom he had seduced from her father's house, liscs
The damages were laid at £5OOO.
Serjeant O'Loughlen stated the plaintiff's case, who was, he
said, of highly respectable family; and had, for sotne years, been
claiming the title of 'Viscountland. kiis family consisted
of four daughters, and one son. One daughter had been mar-
ried to an officer of the 40th, and was wide, .left a wi in 1s31; two
were unmarried,' and rho fourth was the 'rinforturitieet
the present action. The defendant, -was yell-ksusfrn as thV'iwti
of the late "Mr. Cooper, of Merrion-squark,-Seho htsnall hitsebii-
dren well provided for, and.to, ffou.(Sanitiel) an -estate in
the county of Dublin. The defendant had first become ac-
quainted •with Ikliss Henrietta. Barnewell iu .1&32. She was
then about in her seventeenth year, and, it is. supposed,
first met him at the lodging of her married sister (who
had returned a widow from India,) ml the Bachelor's-walk,
where she was on a visit about the month of June or July.
This intimacy begun without the knowledge of her father, who
then lived at Kingstown ; he also met her at Mary's Church, in
the mouth of August; he contrived to r.,(set himself introduced to
her by the name of Robert Cooper, and-told her that his friends
were desirous of getting him married to some one else, which
he was determined not to do; he professed a violent attachment
to her, and so won on her affections that she consented to elope
with him, and they went off toget her iu the montliof September,
since which time she has never been seen by her afflicted fa-
mily ; he also has been hidings and the plaintiff, in the progress
of this suit, was obliged to obtain leave of the court to substitute
service on his laud, fur neither his land agent or his attorney
knew where he resided.--Siuce the elopement letters of his
have been received by his agents, and by :Ms. Haile& signed
Robert Cooper," This lady showed three or four of these to
his brother, Mr. J. Cooper, and returned t hem to a box where she
kept them, in his presence and that of another person; but in a few
days afterwards was surprised to find box anti letters gone—stolen
away by some person evidently anxious to preventtheirpublieity.
Ile saia that the greatest obstructions had been thrown in the
way,of this trial by the defendant, who had behaved in a simi-
larly unprincipled manner to two other females.; one was a
relation of his own, residing at his father's house on 1821, and
whom, in consequence, he was obliged• to marry: The other
seductiOn occurred in 18'21, and he would be -able to prove that
the defendant had found it necessary to make her a simitas
reparation. He had heard of one or two other females with
whom the. defendant was connected by ties of serious strength,
but these would be sufficient to exhibit him in his true colours
as a married man at the tone he sesinced the daughter of the
plaintiff.
Mrs. Catharine Bailee, an officer's wi,Tow, and daughter of
the plaintiff, proved the intimates' between her sister and the
defendant. Ihe marriage of the defendant. in. January;
'to a I,lliss Frances Clutterbuck. and a second marriage in 18'Ll
to Mrs. Arthur, a widow, was also proved—but Miss Barnewell,
the lady seduced, could not be produced in court. 's
The'Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, one
Emusaud pounds, and sixpence costs.

CURIOUS LETTER.—A Quaker, who had sent his watch to one
of the same belief three or four tares to be repaired, but which
was not at all benefited in the end, despatohed the following
characteristic epistle to the watch repairer:—" Friend John,
I once more send thee my erroneous pocket-clock. The last
time she was at thy board, she was in no ways benefited by thine
instructions. I find, from the wavering of her hands and the
index of her mind, she is not right in the inward menu
the mainspring. Therefore, take her, and purge her With thy
adjusting tool of truth ; and, if possible, drive her from the error
of her ways. Let her visit the Sun's motion—the true calcula-
tion table, and the Ainuator ; and, when thou hest brought her
conformable to theik:G.:idard of Truth, send her home with the
bill of moderation, h shall be remitted to thee by thy
friend, OBA DIA
Dated this second day of the week, commonly called Monday