The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-04-23 00:00:00

April 23, IR4I

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CHARITABLE PAWN SOCIgTIES.—A bill "to provide
for the establishment and regulation of Charitable Pawn
Societies," has been drawn up and introduced into the
Legislature by Mr. Cowper and Mr. Hutt, the member!
for
enactsH that r
hfaotrdsoacniedties Gatmesalyrebade formed.ltconfotarinrasi2siOngclaamusoensg, staid;
members thereof a stock, or fund, for the purpose of a. e
vancing money on property taken in pledge or pawn, the,
rate of interest not to exceed 5 per cent. per annum. The,
operation of the bill is extended to Great Britain, Bel
wick, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man.
Sir Frederick Pollock was yesterday week sworn in
Sergeant-at-Law, and having proceeded to the Common
Pleas, and gone through the usual ceremonies there ti!
sergeant, returned to the Lord Chancellor's room, "a
was sworn in as Lord Chief Baron, the Queen's Bement'
brancer having administered the oath of office, and the,
Clerk of the Crown the oath of allegiance, &c. The
Lord Chief Baron did not take his seat in the Court 0,
Exchequer during the day. The Court of Comma
Pleas was crowded on Sir F. Po lock's entrance ; and
the course of his progress through the courts, the learnt
gentleman received the congratulations of his friends.
CHARGES IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY.—A further
reduction has been made in the taxation of suitors in the
Court of Chancery. By a recent order, which reduce'
by one-fifth the charges for copies in the office of the
Clerks of Records and Writs, the charge to the suitor
was diminished by more than £5,000 a year. Another
order has been issued, in consequence, as we believe, °1
the compensation of the present Lord Abinger having
ceased upon his accession to the peerage, by which the
charge for office copies in the Examiners'-office of t,b.
Court of Chancery has been reduced from 14d. per foilu
(of 90 words) to Bd. per folio, making a further dimioe:
tion of charge to suitors to an amount exceeding £l,loo°
year. Thus, in less than 18 months after the passing. of
the " Act for the Abolition of certain offices in the HIP
Court of Chancery in England," reductions of fees here
been effected to the extent of nearly £6,200 a year.
A HINT TO MAGISTRATES.—At the late assizes for the
county of Chester, Mr. Baron Maule made the following
decision, as furnished by a barrister to the Chester Cog:
rant---" The learned judge laid down the law, and cite°,
the case Rex v. Drew, and said he had so ruled in several
cases on the South Wales circuit, that a statement mad!:
by a prisoner before the magistrate is inadmissible in evi-
dence at the trial, when the caution by the magistrate to
the prisoner before he makes the statement is as follows:
—' Whatever you say will be taken down in writing, and
used against you at the trial ;' or, ' will be used for
aeHvg
He said
irsnaysiotduytoiraayt awtthi
the caution
bceeeuttrtaiitieklue;n'eohdroo,u,'ldnwbiilenl
abwserfiout
lei
Ineodgw,saat:n_tdb, ernutaf ihyaalbt.;
used against you at the trial ;' or, • may e used for or
against you ;' or, may be used at the trial.' The princi-
ple of the rule is, that when the words of tie caution
amount to a 'positive promise' that the statement will be
used at the trial, the promise is an inducement to the pri-
soner to make the statement; and that, therefore, it
not voluntary, which it ought to be, to make it admissi-
ble at the trial.