The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-18 00:00:00

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RAS4PLIN AND ANOTHER. v. CA&L AN,
was an action for work and labour done, in which Al
Knowles and Mr. Crompton appeared for the plaintiffs,
Mr. Baines, with whom was Mr. Martin, for the defene
The plaintiffs are architects in this town, and the de-1,
are Mr. John Deane Case and Mr. William Prit
Birkenhead.

hard, of

It appeared, from the opening of Mr. Knowles, that the
defendants, with several other gentlemen, formed themselves
into a committee in the year 1837—8, for the purpose of
erecting a new church at Woodside, where there
great want of church accommodation. Plans
tised for, and the plaintiffs among other coin petitt,
theirs, which, as they alleged, were accepted ; but, at
sequent period, the design was altogether changed, the re-
sult of which was the present handsome structure of the
Holy Trinity Church at Woodside, by Messrs. Cunningham
and Holme. The plaintiffs, not being able to obtain any
satisfaction, were compelled to bring the present action.
They claimed to recover £73 3s.
Three witnesses were called, at the end of whose testimony
Mr. Knowles said he could not carry tile case any further,
and he would consent to a nonsuit.
The Court rose at half-past eight o'clock.
Seven cases remained to be disposed of, several of which
are expected to be of considerable length ; and as the learned
Judge must leave Liverpool to-night (Tuesday), for the
opening of the Term to-morrow, it is not unlikely that there
will be several renianets.

existed

At the Warwick assizes, last week, a Captain Lampet re-
covered a verdict, with £5O damages, from a Captain Sea-
raucke, for an assault in the public parade at Leamington
Spa. The £5O has been handed over to a public charity.

The trial of Montague Clarke, for shooting at his stepfather,
the Rev. H. P. Bennett, took place at the Gloucester assizes
on Thursday, when the Jury returned a verdict of "Not
guilty."

A BLACKING MAKER'S WILL.—On Tuesday week Lord
' Langdale gave judgment in the great will cause of Day v.
Croft. It referred to the extensive estate devised by Mr.
Day, late of the opulent firm of Messrs. Day and Martin,
the well-known blacking manufacturers. There are 75 parties
to the suit, and about 30 counsel have been engaged in it.
It has been frequently before the Court. His lordship. after
recapitulating the facts of the case, stated that the parties
having agreed, he had confirmed the decision of the parties,
and the numerous annuitants under the will of the testator
might now come in and claim the beneficial interest created
for them, whilst at the same time the interest of Mrs. Day,
the testator's widow, of his daughter, Mrs. C. Claggett, and
of the Blind Men's Charity Fund, to which the testator be-
queathed the sum of £lOO,OOO, were all efficiently provided
for and protected. The question of costs was deferred.
THE SPECIAL Commissios.—From a parliamentary re-
turn just published, we learn, that the total sum already
expended during the late special commission amounts to
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iivteemrpsooolf, thisjudgeesx' expenditure were
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judges officers, £l6O 17s. ; fees to counsel and clerks, Lan-
cashire, £2,747 18s. 3d. ; ditto, Cheshire, £1,733 2s. 9d. ;
fees to solicitors and expenses of witnesses, £2,000. At
Stafford, the judges' expenses were £329 10s. ; judges' offi-
cers, £786 2s. ; fees to counsel and clerks, £4,091 14s. ; fees
to solicitors, £2,718 12s. Od. ; expenses of witnesses, £1,979
17s. 9d. ; travelling and hotel expenses of counsel, solicitors,
&c., previously to and at the late special commission, £l3B
Is. 2d.; sheriff. under-sheriff, and gaoler, £475 17s.