The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-02-16 00:00:00

EIGHTH TRANSACTION.

Mr. Thos. Martell, London, Id January, 1823. • Mooses. T. and L. hlsrvave. 4tb January, 1823
Bought of Leaf, Son, and Coles. ,: To .1. B. Soowdon, Agent.. d.
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20 pieces of 0 coloured sarsnet bs. 2d. 63 4 1,068 20 pieces 6 sarsnet ribbon 4s. 2d. 43 4
ditto 8 ditto 6s. fid. 29 10 0 , 1,069 884 ditto 8 ditto bs. ad. 24 6 9
rli ditto 12 ditto Ils. Od. 10 86" 1,070 184 ditto 12 ditto Ss. 10d. 86 3
• 11
cBBO 8 jug. unmet 7s. 04. 46 3 I 1,071 11 ditto S log. sarsnet Os. Od. 89 0
1 ditto 12 ditto 111. 3d. OIS 4 ; 1,072 14 ditto IS ditto 10s. Od. 016 0
90 ditto 12 B. sarsoet I Is. Od. 11 0 0 1,073 20 ditto II black ditto lis. 10d. 916 8
90i yards B. satin • • ss. 6d. 11 6 3 1,074 904 yards black satin Is. Od. 91 0
Deduct ••••

COURT OF XING'S BENCH, GUILDRALL, Fss. 14.

tides. and a refusal to deliver them unless 4/. was paid
'the maintenance of the cats.

Mr. SCAItiIITT, for the defendant. after stating that he
believed the action was brought without the plaintiff's
knowledge, and that Captain Telfer had really acted a kind
part to him, relied on two grounds of defence—first, the
anticipated lien for the support of the cats, which the
plaintiff bad imported, and by which, perhaps, he hoped,
like the famous Whittington, to make a fortune ; and,
second, that Mr. Lea had been discharged under the-In-
solvent Act, so that all his property vested in the assignee,
who bad not authorised this action.

LIA V. TILTIII.

Tbis was 4A action of trover to • recover the value of
some small ankles of silver plate. the property of the
plaintiff, which .21,4 defaulaist had unlawfully converted to
his own nse.
Mr. C. Puma's, la opening the plaintiff's ease. de-
scribed his client as a surgeon in the naval service on
ball pay, and the defendant as the caplets of a West In-
dia ship called the Ms Godfrey Webster. In 1821, Mr.
Lea took a passage on board Captain Telfer's vessel for
the Cape of Good Hope, and sent on board" the silver
articles in dispute; but *Galardi changed his mind, and
declined to proceed. He now demanded his plate ; but
was surprised by a *refusal of the defendant to Cleliver it,
usimeatiaGed a riditelooe claim for the beard and lodg-
• inn or two nets, which bad well earned their living by
arcking nth Os the iisisiffc
•
Te prove the plaintiff's ease. his cousin Mr. Lodge was
.called. who swore that he had seen the plate at a dinner
Wr twin by Mr. Lea on board the vessel, and had
. e it far several years as his property. Mr. Brown,
. *Wire Wortley, proved a demand of the silver an,

To prove the first ground of defence. Mr. Daffy, the
mate of din ship, was called, who proved that the cats and
a dog, were kept for five months ; but admitted that the
dog was dead, and the cats ran sway. In support of the
second ground of defence, it was proved, tint in 1820 the
plaintiffm discharged ender the Insolvent Act, and olit
that occasion sesigsad his property to a Mr. Davis for dis-
tribution among his creditors. Ihe plate did not appear
in his schedule.

The LORD C 5113 /NOTICE intimated that this last irk
dance was decisive o the cause.
Mr. Pniradurs submitted. that though Mr. Lta might
have no property lo the plate as against his assignees, be,

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