The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-07 00:00:00

couRT OF JUNO'S BENCH, Dec. 6.
Midrgeses Adjourned Sittings after llirharlosas Term,'
before the Lord Chief Justice sod Umlat's Juries.

PITULT r. Hsu_
This was an action for slanderous words spoken ltyi
the defendant of the plaintiff, imputing to him that he
had stolen a sheep. The defendant pleaded a ju►ti-
tication.
'tlr. Ii1:11NItY Wu for the plaintiff, and Mr. AlOOl.-
runs for the defendant.

The plaitifte was represented to be a respectable
far.orr in Fssexo and the defendant to have been his
failiff. The words were clearly proved.
Mr. ADOLPHUS abandoned the justification pleaded,
and addressed the Jury in mitigation of damages.
The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions,
Lund for the plaintiff—Damages 40s.—Costs 40s.
RIMS AND OTIIIISS C. atone.
This was an action brought by Dr. Rees and another
'indenter, as assignees of a bankrupt's estate and ef.
frets, against an Attorney of this Court, for alleged
negligence in omitting to withdraw the record in a
focuser action brought by the plaintiffs against a de-
fendant nawed Clarke, whereby the plaintiffs were
put to the exieoce of 30/. the costs of a nonsuit, oc-
4asioned by the abeinsce of a material and necessary
witness, who defendant knew could not attend on the
day the trial took place.
The facts, as above stated, were clearly proved, and
the Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found
u verdict for the plaintiffs.—Damages. 30/.
The Cisme Jvivect said, that this verdict was,
likely to don great deal of good, and be hoped it'
would. lk was Bleary of opinion, though he did not
Riy to the Jury, that it was the duty of an Attorney
to see with his own eyes, or those of his clerk, every
itness he intended to call, before he suffered a raise
to go or to trial. His Lordship bad suffered a great'
deal of incotneuience from the omission of this neces-
sary duty.
The Court rose a little before three o'clock, thee
Chief Justice being summoned to attend a Council at
Carlton Palace.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Tvesuar,
t.Ras 1111' nut 08—Tillt •TTOUNRY-GENUII4 P. WTATT.
This was an information filed by the Attorney.
Iteneral against the defendant, who is an extensive
ale-brewer in Portpool-lane, fur having used coulee
ladies,' and other deleterious drugs in his brewhouse.
Is addition to the penalty for the use of the drugs,
the information also sought the condentration of the
topper boiler in which tbote drags had been infused.
The discovery of the Illegal practice upon which
this information was founded took place under circum-
stances of a singular nature. It appears that one of
tl.s excise officers, whose duty it was to attend the
brewery, suspected that drags were used : and, in or;
der to ascertain the fact, he contrived to place himself
at the top of the brew-house, and, having removed a
little from the roof, he was thus enabled to eommand
a view of. all that was going forward below. Haviag
remained is this siesation for some time, he perceived
the founger Mr. Wyatt approach. At this moment a I
small orifice was opened in the Joust of the bolter, and
Mr. Wyatt proceeded to cut open a brown paper par-
cc: which he hell in his hand, and the contents of
which be threw into the liquor in the copper, which
had not yet begun to boil. The vigilant officer in-
stantly exclaimed from his peeping-hole, to the utter ,
alarm and confusion of the parties below, that, if they
retired, he would fire upon them. He then destettded,
and, rushing towards the copper, took off his hit, and,
dipping it into the fluid, succeeded in bringing forth
a portion of the illegal drugs, which yet remained I
floating on the surface. This he secured and conveyed
to the surveyor, with whom he afterwards returned to, /
the brew-house and seised the copper, which was va-
lued at 1,4.1041/.

1 Le ATTORNEY-GENERAL RES this day prepared to
open the circumstances of the case to the Jury, bay-
ing in his possession a model of the brew-house and of
the dome copper which had been seized, when the de-
fendant submitted to a verdict being entered for the
grown—fur a penalty of 3001. for the use of the drugs,
and of 1,0001. for the value of the copper.