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that he could not slate wien.
Mt. Lister and Mr. Darby we,
some parts of the oil brought by tt
and some sold from the ship. The
lus was warehoused.
Mr. KNOW LEs then addressed the j,_
contending that this was precisely the sot,
statute of limitations was framed to meet—
the plaintiff imputed no fraud to the defendants,
he said they were liable to pay him, although they had t
selves been cheated. He said he should show that r'
put on board the Anne and Diedalus had been paid f
that commission had been paid upon it to the c'
those vessels, both of whom must have procee'
assumption that this was not oil belongine
but oil bought by Captain Lilly for ''
who plundered the wreck.
by Captain Lilly, it was clew,
have no claim upon the defendants, becaus,
had the advantage of the oil from the Pantaloon. L._
gentleman then called,
James Franklin, a clerk in the defendant's service, proved
certain payments by them to the plaintiff; and he said that
all the commission had been paid on the Thedalus and the
Anne, to five different persons, namely, Captain Lilly, Capt.
Holmes, (for oil on board the Lisbon packet) Captain Grin-
don, and Captain .Musker. There was no portion of oil
either by the Dredalus or the Aline on
not paid. Captain Peel, master of the Pantalo,
Liverpool in the Anne, on the 28th September,
plaintiff was in Liverpool at that time. Several
who belonged to the Pantaloon also came be ''
May, 1838, Captain Lilly was in Liverpool ;
him and the plaintiff together in Loedon, on a
Daedalus arrived on the 12th ofJammq, 1837 ; the
the 28th September, 1836.
James Armstrong examined.-4Vas Mate of the Anne in
1836, and was at Cameroon river when the Pantaloon was
lost. Capt. Lilly went down tolook after Vrr, and Cap'
Peel came on board the Anne. Saw the natives afterw-
with oil. The natives are a savage kind of people. S
the oil which the natives had was put on board
Lass ; it remained on deck three days, when the captain
would not pay for it, and it was put on the beach. The '
was nearly laden with oil when the Pantal- -
notices brought some oil to her; Capt.
and he paid the natives for it, as for any other on.
Captain Blackie, commander of the 'Anne, gave some
testimony to the same effect ; after which
Mr. MARTIN replied in au animated address.
The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a
verdict for the plaintiff in respect to the oil brought in the
Daedalus ; and it was arranged that the amount of damages
should be settled between the parties.
The court rose at seven o'clock.

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THE CAUSE LIST.

FIRST LIST-SALFORD HUNDRED

There is only one case remaining to be dis;
ist, namely, No. 21, " Ferrand and another r:
s an action on promises, and will be tried bar,,,,speci
ury. The trial is appointed to take place this mornit
Tuesdav).

of in this

SECOND LIST.-WEST DERBY HUNDRED

The following was the state of the list for the hundred of
West Derby, at the rising of the Court last r
Plaintiff.—Nos. 1,3, 4,7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19
33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 46, 55, 64, 65, GS,
Defer dan 1. —No. 28.

main: --

Withdratrtz.-Nos. 2,5, 6,9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21,
23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 41, 42, 56, 57, 60, 61 6;
74, 75. 78, 85, 86, SS, 92.
Referred.-Nos. 40,43, 44, 49, 50, SI,
Nonsuit.-Nos. 72, 73.

Three special juries and 28 common cases remah.
decided. The Judges have agreed to postpone the openink,
of Easter Term until to-morrow week.

CHESTER ASSIZES.-YESTERDAY

(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.)

RAPE AND MURI

James Ford, aged 23, was indicted for the wilful murder
of Samuel Shaw, at Mottram, on the night of the Ist of
October last. There was also an indictment against the pri_
boner for having violated the person of the wife of the de_
ceased.

The brief facts of the case were that the deceased, his a
the prisoner, and some other persons, were drinkin,.,
public-house on Saturday evening, the Ist of October,
Mottram, where they remaided until about midnight, when
the deceased, his wife, the prisoner, and another person left,
having to go the same way. They walked along the road for
about a quarter of a mile, when the latter person was taken
up by a person passing on horseback. When he left, the
prisoner began to take liberties with the wife of the deceased,
on which she desired him to desist, when he knocked the de-
ceased and his wife down. lie then beat the deceased on
the head and face with a stone until he became insensible.
The wife of the deceased was also beaten into a state of in.

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sensibility, and onhe - -------- she found herself in an ad-
joining field, and the prisoner near her. He requested her
not to tell her husband of what had passed. She then went
home, and found her husband there insensible, and a surgeon
was procured, who attended him, but he died on the Satur-
day following of a wound on the back of the held, wine!' had
produced an effusion of blood on the brain. The 'prisoner,
on being taken into custody, acknowledged having inflicted
the violence on the deceased.
The trial lasted until after six o'clock, and the jury,, after
a short consultation, found the prisoner " Guilty. '
His Lordship deferred passing sentence.