The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-29 00:00:00

Till KING r. 11.%HY IVIIITRT.

SUANLETT prayed the judgment of the Court
against this defendant, convicted of perjury in the
prosecution of the Bouditches, of 'fautiton, fur the
1111egril abduction of Miss 6k,uaa.
The defendant did not appear when railed.
TUN KING P. HEART nrlsT, rsu.

Mr. Sr %111.1ETT rose to phew C2lllle against the rule
obtained on behalf 41 this Centlentan, for altering.
the mode of his treatment in gaol. and lie stated that
hr hail affidavits which, he trusted, would he a com-
plete answer to all the serious charges contained in
Mr. Hunt's affidavit.

Mr. l'e►rn interposed, and !nisi he had seen his
Learned Friend's affidavits, hut that they were of such
a nature as to regnire some answer. Ile therefore
applied that the ease might stand over until next terns
fur that purpose.
The CUL! T said, that as it Wag in the defendant's
or. II delay, there could be no objection; and the case
was accordingly (ordered to stand over till nest Term.
This being the last day of Trim, the Court sat until
a late hour.

COURT OF CUNINION PT.F..19.

tiLDVIVICR, JUN. C. NAGLIC.

This was an action brouirat azainst the defendant,
as one of the partners in the Dewsbury Bank, for re-
fusing to pay some of their own notes in cash when
presented to them for that purpose.
Mr. Serjeant IlcLLocu bad obtained a rule to sbew
came why the proceedings should not be stayed, and
Mr. Hopkinson, the plaintiff's attorney, he bound to
pay the costs of the action of this application, oil an
affidavit which stated, that on the 13th of July last
he sailed at the bank and preneuted some of its notes,
to the amount of 641. demanding payment of them in
specie, and refusing to accept any notes of the Bank
of England in payment of the same. That on the
19th of the saute month he called again, and present-
ed notes to the value of 691. threatening an action if
the payment in specie should be refused ; that he af-
terw•ards bought up other notes of the same bank
from three different persons for the same purpose,
and that when notes of another bank in the tow■
were offered, his answer was, •• that they would sot
suit his intention;" it also appeared that the Rev.
Mr. Sedgwick, the plaintiffs father, had also furnished
some nutet for the saute purpose.

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Mr. Serjeant VALAIIIAN now 'hewed cause, and put
hi au affidavit of the plaintiffs attorney, by which it
stated that he had wade a demand by order of his
client with the intention of claiming what he conceiv-
ed to be a right, and denying any wish of hurling
the defendant's credit, as he was acknowledged to be
in a state of complete solvency. The Learned Ser-
jeant strongly insisted that by staying the proceedings
the Court would in effect determine that Bank notes
could be a legal tender of payment, for the issues of a
country bank, which, he contended, was insufficient
by the case of Grigby r. Oates, 2 Busanquet, Fuller's
Reports, 526.
Lord Chief Justice DALLAS, after stating the facts
of the case, said, that the question was not, nor would
the determination of the Court affect the point, whe-
I titer it WAN a legal tender or not ? The only ques-
;.tion was, if the attorney for the plaintiff had not acted
in such a manner as to render himself liable to the
costs of his own proceedings? He had not sworn
i.that his client bad nut directed him to act thus on his
own suggestion, and the grossness of the Barmiest
was fully proved by the manner of carrying it into
execnii tn.
Mr. Justice PA •it said he had never seen a case of
more gross or wicked oppression than that practised
by Hopkinson, the attorney in this case; he con-
curred with the Lord Chief Justice.
Mr. Justice Bustaocen, in expressing his agree-
ment with the Court, observed, that he was by no
means sure that these proceedings were not the sub-
ject of an indictment for a conspiracy between the
plaintiff, his father, and the attorney ; and if any
application was made to the Court to strike the latter
the Rolls : he, for one, should think it a tit sub:
ject for the Court of King's Bench.
Mr. Jusice Itichardion 'was absent from illness.
Rule absolute to stay the proceedings and for the
attorney to pay the costs.

The Magistrates of this Borough ban been en-
gaged, fur the last two days, in investigating a charge
p~rei.•rrred against a person in a respectable line of
hnsinegs in this town, on a charge of administering
poison t . a female with whom he had cohabited, and
ithO was in a state of pregnancy.' The examinati, s►
not yet having been concluded. we do sot think it
proper, in the present state of the inquiry. to wanutios
As names of the parties.—(Lreds alererry).