The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-01 00:00:00

DALE V. .1 %was *u.sov, •Ex.

Mr. Gattitow slated thi4 to lie an artien upon •
Bill of Exchange, of *lnch the brfc•ndant's son
was the drawer,. and the Dere•tdtitt himself the
acceptor.

This, after some little diSculty was proved by
t•vo witnesses one of whom was Soft of the De-
fendant, but not him who droll, the
The ATTORNET-G EN IR AL, for the Defendant,
said, that the Defendant's son was a publican; the
Plaintiff, Mr. Hall, was connected in a brewery,
was desirous that Wilson the younger should
change his brewer, and deal with those, with
whom he, Mr. Ilan, was connected ; and pro.
raised' that if he did,
.he would accommodate him
with the loan of a sum of nfoney, provided.
his father would accept a bill of, :change for
the sum, which was one hundreit.pounds. The
money was lent, and • the • father accepted the
bill. The parties. all met at the Carolina Coffee.
house, where the whole transaction took piece ;
hdt before the money was advanced; Mr.
sail t., Wilson, the younger, • '1 Nis man should
now li nil money it five per-cent,•interest ; I can
make ten of it in trade, and therefore you. must
giro me ten per cent. The way we should do
it is this ; I will give you the whole sum .of one
hundred pounds!' then you shall give back five
rounds, and give the bill for one hundred pounds,
and repay we with interest at five per cent. This
agreed to, the parti.c all met at the Carolina Cof.
fee-house, where the money was lent to young
Wilsons in the father's presence ; thee; young
.on and Hall retired into another room, where
yonn4 Wilson gave hack to Mr. Hall five pounds
as stipulated, and then they returned ; when Wil-
son, the father, knowing nothing about the live
pouli•ls returned by• his son to Ilall accepted
the bits. %%lien this case was proved, the ver-
dict must be for tile Defendant ; for Ow Bill was
concocted in usury, which male it waste !taper,
even in the hands of a bona fide holder, without
notice. But here, Mr. Hall had no reas,in to corn.
Main, for he had thus acted usuriously with his
ryes open. •

James Wilson was then examined, and swore
to the facts positively and exactly as they worm
opened by the Attorney-General.
Cross examined by Mr. G A snow—lie said, that
nobody hut himself was present with Mr. Hall
when be received hack the 51. nor did any body
hear any part of the contersatien between them,
hitt what he said was fact—" My father (he
said.) is a farmer in South-street, Ponder's End.. I
have enough to live on without any thing." • But,
being cautioned by his Lordship, and apprised of
the danger of persisting in it, he said; "1 hare
no property--I have wined my kilter more than
any body else—l broke about ten or twelve
months ago—it was through the connection I had
with Mr. Hall that I was.reined—not keeping to
their engagement, they pet an execution into my
house, and that ruined me. I live near Mile-end
turnpike now ; I work•for my brother, who is a
sugar !caper ; my father bad no port °lithe mu-
hey ; I paid it to my creditors. I cannot say in
what notes they were. There was no paper giving
any account of the amount of the notei ; Me
counted the 1001 and there were 51. notes among
them. I gave one of them to Mr. Ball.' I bare
no books of account."
Mr..GARIIiOII contended, that all this evidence
was perjury ; and if it was credited in a court of
Justice, no man living would be safe is any of his
dealings, but would be liable to be undone any
hour of his life.
Lord Et.t.txsoaousis said to the Jury, that the
whole guidon turned on a single point, which
*as, 64 Whether this last witness spoke the truth,
or was perjured I Übe spoke the truth, the bill
of °schwas Os destroyed by. usury, anti the De-
fendant would be entitled to- a verdict. If be did
not speak the truth, thu bill was good, and the
Plaintiff would be entitled to a verdict. It was a
pure question of credit to be given to a witness,
and the right of deciding on it was peculiar to a
Jury ; to them, therefore, he left it."
The Jnry deliberated for a few minutes, and
found a verdict for the Plaintiff, damages 1001.
But Mr. Garrow desired it to be entered up for
9M. which was accordingly done.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Yesterday Sir JANES MANIIIPTILD sat in Guild.
hall, sad heard several cases at Nisi Priem They
were chilly far assaults, and or, little publin lute.
rest. TheCtiurt siljoismed W Friday seat.