The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-06-21 00:00:00

MORRI• V. MINT.

The Defendant intitisease..."lppiied to their Lord-
ships, at the rising of the Court, for a rule to shnw
cease shy the Master should not review his tezetino
of the Plaintiff'. bill of costs. The Defendant said
Ire made his eppiteatioo 00 es •Adatits static's that

the Flail ire attorney had pet the Defendant to
must ahlsecr-saty end uncalled.for esprit.; (..r, ni.
timarigh it lila well known that when in London his
t"done• two " No. 8. gorierlk • Intel, in the St. and;
and that, when out of I.•arn, he vie to he 'prod lir.
ing et Middlplon.cortage, Hanle, vet the Plaintiff
had toed net prorps4 in both coontie., end the Mos.
ter bad alined the charge pf 40 folios for the de-
clination, ul,h ugh it contained ant) 35 foflos. The
charges for a Arnie; Jury also amounted to R2i , of
which sect It guineas Were charged for the Jury, a..
though only four Special Jews attended. There was
also a charge for far Connvel. although there were
only three IP itnossos. The affidavit proceeded to elm-
merit, other items which the Defendant considered
ought not to hate Wooed, sod concluded by staling
the Mester bad made bit former taxation in • hasty
and careless manner.
Mr. Justice BATLLT. in the absent* of Ilse Chief
formic*, observed, the affidavit of the Defandent
could not be moires,. Inasmuch as it contained merit
irrelevant marier. Ili. Lordship particularly recent.
menderlthet the last paragraph sh..uld be omitted,

Mr. Ilona &aid, hointsaitt no redection on the Mal.
ter, who had waled him with this greatest attention;
bet he could not 11.1 p thinking there was a perremsi
feelink towastls him in some of the minds of the
subordinates iu the r•flice. One Item lo this bill has
most allude to, and that was the chime for (nor
Counsel, when Ore* were only three witnesses : lbw
junior Cowrie' had toothiag more in do thin to stand
by as buttle.lsoldsr. Mr. Hunt also objected pita.
calmly to the 12 iciness given to the Special Jury,
when only roar Specie' is,ymen ettondr,ll.
Master Ls BLANC said it vas the castor (Li
tiles a guinea •s sell as the gpecia liv tir,,, i
rikt
sid•s was prayed.
Mr. Hunt said, be wished to tisie this 1;1'644 41
quir•d into.
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• Mr. Jellies asait.sc•- -ii.... ha Ursart tionnc P:
Hunt, attend to whit jos think prop; to.sii t,
but be bound by ithat,is r;ghs and ailing! Ale.
V sent your @s sit contains is rides's' mailer. t
May site: it and core spin ; bob I easuedrie•gflitr
you will thee succeed. I hope I mak4liliseArlllll.
derslood. . _

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Mr. Hint =I thank your Lortf•Mpt; t liTfality;
ondrrstoorl y 913. 1 111 ill Sher my 'Sault slid
you again.

walnllT V lIAT
In this eale, wi:ich i. s pr,..veut;oo pima de
pliniar or Coobett's Nikko! Register, fru • libel
issavtia.l in 11.•11.•hlic•tina .• a.. tiag..n the !Wolfe,
an apvlicaliim as wade for time us. pirad, on ground*
liar to those staled by Mr. CHITTY, on Friday,
ail his al plicalints to the Goose's it. the Me of W. 1141111
v. aoby. I,aresod Couniel oho way the pre..
twist •vilicatiaa stated. 'but he bad the affidsele of
air Cot.beit, ion. staling his belirf that the miter
conisined in the alleged libel was live; sad forum,
that it lb. tint now prayed was given, the original
ducameats would be Islamised from Mr. W. Cobbett;
in Atorrira.

Mr. Jestice Buti.rt •ished the spplication to
st..ed ewer till the Court was far, the Chief iastiee
and Sit. instil" Best heists absent. De could not
bet advert Is an rail arising out of the course now
adopted the Defendant, namely, that a libel vet
thus seal out into the world; tasting a stigma on its
clammier 0 se individual, who, if the appitestivt. .
the Defendant was granted, w. till be obliged so soiree'
for months under the etil, not being able to refine
the libel, became, the Defendant was not ptepared to
jest.fy or to prove the trath of the slander be bed
thus propagated.

COURT OP COIII.IOV MEAS. Jrlt N.

Gilt Eh W ICH AND DI.PTI oaD

CON PAN Y .

PICCI3I, AND OTIIRRS, V. DRISCO, atari,

MID itlamistgit

When this trial was called on. Mr. Hove rote,
and made an application to the Coati, that it might
be permitted in 'land over, nn accire!at of the sh.
sence of Mr. Serjeant Hillock. who mai realised fist
the Plaintiff. hot who sees thr • unable to attend, in
conseqeence elan engulfment io the Coca of Moen

S,tri•OHfil VAVOHAN end Onsioir.. es Counsel fot
snout oho Defendants, sold ~,vy shield hive no 04.
jeolno to •ecewesodatr their Learned Weller. bin
Mr. Freese,yer, the other IMendant, eosin Court,
end intended to defend his own cues., 'end eaten ha
would consent to postpone the Wadi 11teilt nensf•
*sconce ...id be useless. . .

Mr. Femonetsyyr.—My Lord, I 64. iilrtildy
been brought op twice from Gloocesterflafrea this
affair, and have expended upwards of 601. in it.
'rho CUM JUITICt Yoe will, of course, no
loot nun convenience.
Mr. Fesennseyer.—Then, my Lord, I move that
the trial Jo now proceed.
Mr. HOLT then went on; and stated It in be en
action of Impose spinal the rtsfendants for re.
minting and liking sway a gloomily of iron gas pipet,
to the menet in value of 5001. and epwardi, hone
the premises rf the Plaintiffs.
The Plaintiffs were, Mr. Dicke, Mr. Plaint, Mr.
Richardson, and Mrs. Thendosia While, all ewes
holders in the Greensick and Depifold Gae•ligbt
Company. The Defendants were, Mr. Dame, art
officer of the Metabolises Court ; Mr. Stephen flied,
an auctioneer; and Mr. Vessonmeyer. The clam.
stances on which the present action arose were
briefly these :—Mr. K. Dodd,an engineer, establish.
id some time ago a Joint Stock Company of Pro.
frietorf, called the Greenwich and Deptford Gas.
light Company ; and was employed es thew yogi-
neer and principal sss veyor. la the fortherancelof
the work, a piste of grnend wet taken at Deptford,
lepton which docks and other works were constructed;
land a large guantity of iron pipes, furnished by a
foundry in Staffordshire, wove deposited upon the
pteueims. Shortly after, however, tense the Defend•
eats with an OSlPColion front the bilsrshalsea Court,
isseed against Mr. Dodd, at the suit of the De-
fendant Feseorneyer, and swept awe, the whole of
these Iron pipes, the property of the Company, to
the amount of upwards of 5001., and 'which they of.
ter wards sold at Kensington for less than half the
esprmLeet.dgenatticearterniyee;.
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WOO away, was Wooed *Omit Limon only, at the
e• it of the Defendant Feeenmeyer, with whom be
loi.l an " unsettled @meant ;" but that he liimo.elf
had ISO Interest whatever in that p►operty, being
merely the employed anent of the Company.
CI rm.'s% micird by Mr. S•liellel VAUCH x.—Prity
Mr. Dodd oilt you be esodid enough to Worm es
.% holier or riot there are any whor sh•re•hnlden of
':'i"oi'v.6 Ca• Company of 'nor's besides the Plain.
tills ? Not that base paid their subsrliption. Oh !
but w hen a man subscribes to a Joint Stock Company,
yro bow" he trot*, takes, and no doubt pots have •
long list of thee subscribers shoot you ?—There are
many other subscribes,; but, as I said before, they
lam Wet psi', any money upon their slur's. Well,
Let, Mr. Dodd, we mutt have • better answer

*an 041; prey b. candid nnw, and 4'•, not

'Ma your ow• Gonspeity in this mat ? I hen there
•S none of t►e sort yea wean, that's the best lasy
,af shortening the ease. Wiii yon swear that
. 'beta are any others?—Nor I will not; but at the
Mai time I will not swear there are nn other,
,Which to you call the prinelpsl amnng you ?—Why,
itilha commencement of every cnncern there treat he
• principal, 11$11 I was the prinsinsl in this. Wren
did you masa to be so ?--I cnnsitler myself sn still ;
but not in this action thnugh! You ritual boar that
in usitaL.—(inughter )—Psay, Mr. Dodd, be kind
vassogh to inform we who, and what, is Mr.. Theo.
dank White? (lime the Otter it/vice shed whe-
therthate had not been several motions made in

brat Term to ascertaio who this lady was ; and he was
Waimea by'ilor Carmel thst there bad, but hitherto
without sameres•) Mr. ilsojeant VAOOIIAN 1P1N41,11
his eperstiew e. Who is she, Mr. Dodd ?—Why she
is • widoed And when and s.kersdi.l she authorise
pen be 40141,4* 20 shires in this Company in her
.same?-1a my corm hest.. Did she give you soy
oethelkity wridog P.—No; 1 asked her to sub-
eeribrood Q. said 1 might pet her down for 20 shares,
40.1.14 IN same lime aka pald'a deposit of five per
:nest Will yea •spar that ?—No • 1 will net actually
/04040.41.. What will yew do then?—Why, yea see
Aimee hid- been emery traosuctioos between her hos.
*sod seer ma; sad I believe !owed litm about 1001.
Db yes Mean to sorer, Mr. Dodd, that she ever
paid ono farthing to this oodertaking of your's ?
•Theraveis meaty which I erred to her husband, end
melte deposit was charged to that account. Halo
you soy document to show this money transaction ?
—No; .1 have no d•csitnentr. Then it appears
Mat she never paid ens farthing to it, nor ever
pet down her name es a subscriber?—Witness
liatle;oo answer. And now has Mr. Christopher
Richards', (anotiver of the Plaintiffs), in point
of fact, either paid or put down his name ?
Why, there was money I owed him op.—We
160'1 watt to knew what. you owe, Mr. Dodd; you
bay be le debt to all the world for aught I know.—
I beg your pardon, Sir; I always paid every man
ell my life. It seems. however, that you bad not
paid Mr. Richardson No; bat then I had given
his mount for the shares le this Company ; sad
that's the sem* thing, ye. know. Da you not
know, Sir, that Mr. Richardson returned your
shires, and Wooed to receive them as value for your
debt '—No, 1 do not; .1 Wet them by my son to his
atteetney • and I understood hO received them. Now,
Mr Plecit.i, what is a shareholder, and
li, besides, @pre tinware sort of secretary, or clerk
to the Colipany ; am, ha receives his instruction,
from me. Can you tell 1111 of ono person who has
Meetly take. any parr In the undertaking, eacept.
yourtelf ?-0h yes! • hers ate many Gentlemen
at Deptford who bare taken great pains about it;
but you know no person but an engineer can be'
competent to do mach io it at present. The Plain*
flff, Mr. Dicks,
,has often come down and looked at
the wtirks, the witae es any ether gentleman
("Aced at the works ! and tbll you call y nor so•
per6' tfas-light Company, do lee, Mr. Dodd ? Upon
my ward it begins to burn veryblue.—(Lemjhler)—
Were not these iron pipes places en that ground at
Dhptferd by your order ? No, theyerere not. 13y whose
oeder,thrtrotere they placed there? I really don't know.
—Do lei sot keel, that they were claimed and taken
away as you 'property 6, the Defendants Urine and
Bird, In, money that you owed to Mr. Fesenme)er ?
—AI? I kuow is, that au man there (Mr. Poen-
ferejer), to oboes till Cpproany did net owe a far.
ll"dreted. PAM? :Abs. iCirentery writ, and took
away the propaeljp yet sot know that Piccini,
your secrete,' pro umpire, told the Dvfendants that
thh pima wave year propeety, and they must not
take them sway ?-0h dear, no Ile would have been
vegyigolisk to tell thew any each thing. New, Mr.
I.diatipot yop,sell the clerkship of this supposed
Cfnvipsoy,to this Mr. Picrini (or 2501.? No ; I told
him if he would take a certain numb.. of Ames, my
inrerest should be used to procure the clerkship for
hie. And did he take any shares as you call them ?
Yes, he did ; and paid the moo., for that has. The
receipt for 2501. ate in Court. Indeed! and pray
where did yes meet with Mr. Picciail—Why, in all
sew orokritkings there must be allurements bold sot
to the Piddle; and so a Secretary was stivertised fur
in the Newspapers. Aye, slid so you allured Mr.
Medal by your advertisement ; and tiifis yon use
him as soother allurement, or a sort of decoy-deck,
as well as "sec. pro. rm." (The oilmen was very
angry at the term "decoy-dock,' and appealed to
his Counsel for protection, hat in vain.) This
transaction of taking away your pipes threw a damp
upon the concern ; did mot it, Mr. Dodd ?—Yes,
certainly. Aye; sod it will go neer, 1 presume, to
put amigos out entirely.
Cease-examined by the Defendant Feaenmeyer.—
When I called at your house, Mr. Dodd, dad not
VON give ma two shares of 251. each, in this alleged
Company, in consideration of a sum of money which
you owed ?-11ere the witness beget! to explain
to she Court that he bad owed Mr. Fesonmeyor •
little money ; and that on the occasion to which he
alluded, became into his house in a furious manner,
and asserted, that if be did not instantly pay him, he
would take him before the Magistrates at Bow-street,
and charge him with Aeries robbed him; and that,
intimidated by this threat, he bad foolishly given him
that two Aires of which be spoke.
the Coss. Jusitcc.—And liken he left your
hoesr, did not yen immediately go the Magistrates,
anti complain that a peruse had come into your house
like a ruffian, and bad extorted money from yea?--
;le, ley Lord.
Cross.rasroinallea continued by Mr. Fraeurefer.

—D:d you not tell ase at sire soar► Si... that Toe had
etriplrried Mr. Short, a stockbroker, in Threadneedle.
..teeet, I. sell twenty 'shares fur Mrs. Theodosia
While, and that in aboot ',vex days you should be
able to pay toe Oro remainder of what yes owed me,
t
mit et theu Way procesela #Ea lillif ail Mb,
did Not retoreaow diesel sir, fit g t She quellinn
was repeatedly pet : lip lied Al eiy y attemAling.
to describe the winner IN which Ms dekt tsfillr!,ce-
seriatim had arisen; but the Court would not listen
to ii ; end at kerb the Chief Justice told Mr. re.
sennirryier, that he thought be alight spare himself fir.
'her trouble.

The witness was then cross-examined by Mr. Ser.
jean! Onst.ow; in On-course of which AP said, he
did not know whore Mrs. Theedosia IVhite now
lived; nor had he seen her ft r iite last six months;
neither mild he say whether she was soil! tiring.
Mr. Harley, the attorrey far the prosecation, was
neat called by the Comet, and asked Concerning this
lady ; bat he had never seen her, no► did he know
any thing at all about her.

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A number of other witnesses were afterwards nes
mined. Among other', • Mr. Edmonds, landlord of
the ground from which the pipes were taken away,
who had let the grnand to Mr. Dodd, and always
considered him as his tenant ; he knew nothing at
ell of soy of tho Plaintiffs, escept Puccini, and he
heard him soy he was very mach disappointed in this
speculation, sod that he feared he sbould newer get his
4301. again.
J. W.lby, partner in the haste of flankes and Co.
iron.foenders in Sistinfilsbirri, proved, that the pipes
were ordered of than by Mr. Dodd, on account of
ilso.Greenarich sod Deptford tiss-licht Company.—
Do knew nothing if the 'aisle:ice of that Crompeny,
however, nor had he ever applied for paymeot : the
pipes were charged is the Company he Wieved, but
ho had not his hooks with

When the 'videos* was goacleded,
Mr. Serjeant Irtuttuan spoke at some leugth, anti
concluded by observing, that tite title of the Mose
should hop been " Tbo Gre►nwirh sod Deptford
C.s•light Cowpony ; or, A Now Way to Pay Old
Debts "

The Cum JUSTICC told the Jory he had no &sobs
their minds had inng been wade op as to whom the
property beinnerd ; and they instantly Unman ver-
dict for the Defendants.