The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-08 00:00:00

COURT OP KING'S BENCH, Dm. 7.

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The Jury found the defendants not guilty.

Middlasts Sittings after Illebeehues Tenn before tbe Lord
Chief Justice sad Comae Juries.
enemy V. HULL.
nil was sa action against the defendant for negli-
gently debrisg a gliy. whereby tbe horse and cart io
which the plaintiff was riding was injured to the
amount of 51. 14s.

Mr. M4SSTATI' and Mr. HUTCIINSON were for the
Plaintiff; and Mr. Brawny for the Defendant.
The transaction is question took place at Wands-
worth late in the evening. There was contradictory
evidence on both sides, and the question was to when
the blame of Its accident was attributable ?
• The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions,
found thdr verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages 51. 141.
allie• V. TOWNSEND.
This was as atilld,btought by a respectable silk-
mercer, in Pall umil,aided a disearded shopmen for
a libel, imputing to the Plaintiff that he bad given in-
formation to the Board of Customsafai est Mrs. Decima
Barber, a milliner in Pall-mall, that she bad smuggled
silks in her house, whereby the Plaintiff sustained
peels' damage is he loss of Mrs. Barber's and other
isilliuers' custom, the foot being that the Defendant
himself had given dotinformation, and being dismissed
by his 'sestet bailiff& a vslisatary affidavit before
the Lord Mayor, alleging thet the Plaintiff bad insti-
gated him ao to do.
Mr. Ouaxse and Mr. ANDSIWS conducted the
Plaintiff's cue, and Mr. Cum:7 the Defendant's.

• The seams was Weight merely for lb* vindication
of Mir. Blaeweltraotor. who bad suffered is hie trrie
mut veratatioala eeaseqsesee of thrtailiarke eoasolaed
is 114 allegedlibeL Thew ease was eked: made MK la
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The Airy, soder ibe Leproed Judge's directions,
found their verdict for the Plaintiff--Damages 201.

TDB NINO •. RUSPINI AND OTHIRS.
This was an indictment against Mr. Ruspini, the
dentist, of Pall-mall, Mr. Powell, an assistant of the
inner, and Mr. Davy. a Solicitor, for an alleged con-
spiracy to defraud Mr. Temple, a pawnbroker, of Pan-
ton-street, Haymarket. The gist of the charge was,
that the other defendants, knowing that Mr. Ruspini
was a bankrupt, and that a Commission bad issued
against him, had pawned certain articles of plate with
bim, and received thereon 201. in order that they might
afterwards be taken out of his hands by virtue of the
Commission.

Mr. 001IPIRT. Mr. Bow.ann, and Mr. CoMYN con.
ducted the prosecution; Mr. DINMAN appeared for
Mr. Rospioi. Mr. WALroan for Mr. Davy. aad Mr.
ABRAHAM for Mr. Powell.

There was net the slightest evidence to affect Mr.
Davy ; and epos the whole of the transaction,
The Lona thugs JUSTICZ charged the Jury
(the defendant's ease not having been heard), that
they must find the defendants net guilty, there being
no evidence to support the charge on the record. For
any thing that appeared to the contrary, the motives
of the defendants were honest and bona fide, the object
apparently being to raise money in order to avoid the
ruinous consequences of bankruptcy. If this was tbe

sole object of the defendants, as it appeared to be, the
indictment could not stand.

WRIT V. FRANCIS.
This was an adieu against the defendant to recover
a compensation in damages for exposing to sale cer-
tain piratical copies of prints representing certain me-
)9-dramatic characters, without the leave and license of
the plaintiff, who had the copyright, contrary to the
statute.

MARRTAT and Mr. RI&DKR conducted the
plaintiff's ease, and Mr. Dartatete the defendant's.

Several witnesses were examined, who made out the
plaintiff's case, as alleged, and
The Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff, da-
mages one shilling; subject to the opinion of the
Court upon a point reserved, whether the case was
'within the statute.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Due. 7.

•ERR AND °TIERS V. WAND, CLERK.

Thir cause again oscupied the whole of this day.
Mr. ScsearrT opened the case of the defendant is
a very long and elaborate speech, which lasted nearly
two hours; after which much evidence was gone into,
'•ief object of which was to establish the fact of
of Mr. and Mrs. Cotton subsequent to the
two eldest children, and in support of
certificate of marrisge was produced, purporting
deed by Mr. Sweetapple, a Clergyman ;
usually entered into upon the occasion
married by licence was producsd, and seve-
... called to prove the hand-writing of Mr.
Coto., sad of a Mr. geynold, who was for-
steward of the Duke of iiimistost, and who had
ihe bond jointly wish Mr. Cotton.

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