The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-11-18 00:00:00

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Mr. STUMM MORO fur as lajtlßCtioll agatitel din de'
, feedlot. to restrain kim from continuing a filmy of
the covyright of the plaintiff in the songs, choruses: lifc.
of the dramatic piece called " Gionntani in Lcmdfma."
Mr. bloierieff, the author nrlbese songs, bad' Seld,the
copyright iqq them to the Asintilf, Mr. Lowndes,
a bookseller in Bow-street, Covent Gardens And as•
pled it to him by a regular dta *Aga were
• thee'pobliskei.ii 1.1: r. ..Lon'ales, and bail a.orery eaten-
ti e ff..Z hoirever, another bookseller.
bad stboaght proper to print and publish for sale, all
these songs in a cheaper form, omitting only a very few
strati; and had •thus greatly injured the isle of the
plaintiff's work. For this injury, therefore. he now
sought a 4 remedy. in the shape of en injonetion, to"-re-
strain the defendant from euntinuirfk the pkblication.
Mr. Sraxca, for the defendant, insisted that the
Courtscould not interfere in this case from the natant of
fie publication; and read an-affidavit stating that Mr.
lilliston, of Drury Lane Theatre, had declared that the
copyright belonged to him. It therefore could not be
• that the property was in the plaintiff.
Mr. STUART called upon the defendant to chew that
• any assignment of any of The songs to Mr. Elliston had
ever been oriented, and to 'hew the date of it.
• The Vice Cttanciti.i.on said he could not meant any
• i.iiinction in this case till the plaintiff had satisfactorily
answered the facts stated in the defendant's affidavit ; and
therefore desired the motion to stand over till Friday
r•et, that the:, plaintiff might have en opportunity to
atfidatits is reply.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Nov. 16.
RING V. 1,1,,C1.1, RIM WALKER. KCLX, AN MUT
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• This was isp indictment for a riot. I The defendants had
selleredjadgment to go by default, eudisverethis day brought
v, to ireessiaelje.jatigmeat of the Court. Front thdulliderits
r. Tin en the part of the prosecution it appeared that there
exists amongst the ribband weavers orCoveniry. of which
t ady the (*readouts were worthy members. a emabinatloe,
Cr association, for regulating the priers It whir* the join.-
gasmen were te, hereniunerated. This society had funds.
r a(!;1 one of, ha rules was, that any journeyman who should
presume to work for less wages than fixed by the society.
cr nay masts who should be known to pay lower wages,
Mootsid be liable to the (following penalty, viz. to be placed on
ar ass, with his facetowards the Rehears tail, and la this
degreding situation twin paraded through all the principal
streets of the town. A journeyman named A 1/1 Us Carver had.
resumed to work under price, and became the object of the
' association's vengeance. lie was takes per foram from his.
residence. placed In the prescribed position ott the stelmal,
• and carried through all the streets of Coventry, erecters-
soe(t by aau serous rabble: and, as it appeared, the des
Pedants were the patties matinee employed ia, carrying the
• Wtole ceremony into effect. They had since made their
p -Rea with Carver by gisleg him el., but the prosecutor had
persisted in the prosecution.
'rheas facts being established by the arriderits, the pri-
vmers' Counsel addressed the Court. !u mitigation, and the
iscuctgon-Ognutat in aggravation.
Mr. device BATIAT proceeded to pronounce the
lodgment of the CourN and in doing so comioented I.
strong terms on the mischierons tendency of these cos-
Li iatione. all of which were illegal. lie reminded the
defendants, that had Carver retired any personal haft bf
which be had died nithin the year, they semild every
one of them have been liable to be tried for eater. As
to their havinz made compen.stion to Carver. that
might be satisfactory to the individual; but public
peewit was public property, and Carver could have no
p-Per to atop the prosecution, which had been very
properly persisted in. The Court had taken all the fe
vourahle e"-,ltostances of the ease into their coasidera-
, the defend•nts the at rantage of them—
' the transaction now nader iovettiga-
in had not attempted to repeat Um im•

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