The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-25 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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On Thursday last, in a case of sheep-stealingig lot
the Maidstone assizes, it was urged, that a laa,b re,
sheep ; and, though a verdict of guilty was reeefrodgept(
the prisoner had stolen a lamb, the Learned .1 Toot
served the point for the opinion of the Judgest„,ecl,
the indictment for sheep-stealing could be susfal" '4o`o,
The Court of Common Pleas has lately byteaffir:e o!
validity of purchases of freehold property mad „-tirrif:ll)r
three, or more persons jointly, for the avowed 1 a he
securing the county franchise." It is thus ru'e're'''otf
any number of persons may unite in buying. t.
property for the declared purpose of obtaitunro
votes, and, providing each purchaser's share..latl'or
clear annual value of forty shillings, he has a to iPri/
put on the register. His franchise is as full is food
feasible, and his vote at the polling booth 00000
much as that of the heir to an estate worth fifty CDII
a-year.' t the ter:
BREACH OF PROMISES OF MARRIAGE•—"Itj the it'd
Assizes, last week, Miss Dorothea Forrest, 0' - J.
R 4 esting age of eighteen years, daughter of theerredoaigj
rest, rector of a parish near Mitchelstown. recoco 'ter
damages in an action against Captain O'Brien' 'OO ao°ei
landers, aged about forty. The defendant wa°ooo'oa
with his regiment near Michelstown, for six nl° pro",f,
after paying great attention to the plaintiff, he,fter,y;
marriage to her, which was accepted. Short eloo,
he removed to Buttevant, a town not many °wag tag;
and corresponded with the plaintiff, usually )1f
the endearing name of " My dear little sren'i4
matters went so far that the wedding-el°to"-the eioco
dered, but suddenly the defendant broke o",,ther.' go,;
ment on the alleged ground that lie had no ".,0oie",11,1.0
but his pay as a captain, and that was f°s"kasitollfi
quately to support a wife.—At Dorchester,!i' art_.olsei
week, a housekeeper, named Strong, brougusket•VO
for breach of promise of marriage against a "fifty fo
named Stone. The parties were each about twel3idi
age. The defendant had not seen the lady for Wviet,Pf
years, but, nevertheless, wrote her an episf'e'..,,arrtAl
frankly said, " hereby give you an offer to i'der
A favourable answer was returned, and a tienvers' tb
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pondence entered upon between the two tochorotrild
banns were put in, and they were asked in, of 01,1°Iti
times ; but at that critical moment, insteauboabs..,p
the housekeeper, the defendant became fhe,caacwirl
widow Collins, who had a greater number o';ory r"
the plaintiff in the shape of sovereigns. The 00,0
a verdict for the plaintiff for £3O. • eft
, !if „
NECESSARIES.—At the Oxford Assizes ase fe,
keeper, named Tollitt, brought an action _eco
to
Astley, eldest son of Lord Hastings',
sundry dt 6
amount of a debt incurred for the hire of ss"„der7loll,
hacks, and gigs, supplied to him while en sad 000,40.11,
in the University, between November, 1,1 aot,,
1842. The defendant pleaded that be uluoble tj, tor
money, and that if he did, he was not I:ocorvbatilll
Laving been a minor when the debt was that co/plaintiff, on the other hand, mainta,irt:oitablerdOyt,
hacks, and gigs were '` necessaries."-,4001400'
situation and degree of Mr. Astley—in ,ort
it was necces'ary for that young gentete.:so, der
that he should hunt, ride to steeple b2lioailthadoilii
wgihgisc.h time
Mr. Astleydebt was incurred during 6"
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shteabl mountedes.
Thoi
This,
it should horseback habdoenic'
nienoeat e huntersdfo,
arwtnndnisgol;oitoirferitl!! Otiireeerp
Mr. Astley's having kept one, two,
parte_ sob o
hunters of his own at livery during
of having hired horses from otherl
than Tollitt, one man's bill amounting
hundred pounds. When Mr. Astley Incij. I 0 110,,r)
to Tollitt, he was only nineteen years t it tioiriAtl)
up the case, Mr. Baron Platt plainlY 13,e, vocessd troll
that although clothes and books were, era a"ootlyi
students at the Universities, steeple- e"'l to COY)
were not. He asked whether hunting nio woofs ov
eaasifiyor,
ance of s•udy to hunt and ride steeple-'____ooo,loll',lso,i
mthiantglf partthe oj
aft. cyoltlieigoeugeidauictatnieoene.ssa_rhylisfoer:looeo/4
find a verdict for the livery stable-ona," delibe' de, fort
11l f
wise. The jury, after a few minutes
rtan (1 e
that turneds aepvleer-deihcatsfionrg the
andplahiunntitffer—s plaintiff—thus
ileolaercnee, nerved 1101
furtherance of academical study, the ',lora°
phatically saying that their verdict was