The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-12-13 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

LA W I NTELLIG KNCE.
COURT OF CHANCRRY, Dee. 11.
attar C. MOO.ll AND OTRICRII.
This casecaute before the Unurt as an appeal for a de-
cision of the Vice-Chancellor. The parties were engaged
in mercantile euncerns, and the ipiestion was, whether
Mr. Kerby was or was not at liberty to prove • debt in-
curred by a Mr. Tenant, fur gouda delivered to him by
the plaintiff, as against his separate estate, and also a
stun of 211 W. against the joint estate. It was also argued
whether such debt might not be proved ahogthet
acaisat the knot estate. Tne Vire-Chancellor had dm
ailed the debt could not be so proved, and the Lord
Chancellor, after going into all the merits of the case,
said be approved most hied), of the decision, which he ,
now confirmed, and dismissed the appeal with costs. I
COURT OF,KIARPS BENCH, WESTMINSTER. Dec.ll.

POUGE.
CONVICTION or Tel RIRVIR OS • NOTORIOUS lIANSNO-

HOUR.

MANIRON-Horns.—John Morley, the keeper of bil-
liard-routing, Sweetieseatents, in the parish of St. Bar-
tho'clinew, by the Exchange, was charged wpoo hit:abl-
ation, under •tlie 12th of George 111. cap. 24, no— I,
for settiuz np, tuaintainiug, and keeping a certain frau-
dulent pine, Is be timers/lined by the vhanc4 of dice,
under the droinninatiun of liaised, by which be was
liable to the penalty of WO.
The information was laid by an eminent merchant, a
resident in the parish of Sc. Stephen, tolessamistreet,
who was led to adopt the procsetliog in cons/spew* of
batieg experivneed in the perwin of a protege, nicetten
rears of age, the drea•lfil effects latch cawing 'sta.
blishments, ur as they et, ligura:ieely cited
are daily pro.liwing. The piospedo of the young pet-
son, whose in.,is retion atatiod :rs, worsts short
woe ago apiebtaid, but a 1., w ri.ita to iliutlq's put au
eud to than. _ _

.-ill; 110214 in question is to all sprearsnce devoted to '
Ihe game of hilliaid., as must of those r'm freemented
it engaged merely in that Tem,. Through the agm soy
of professed game-ter., who 'harm! in the pr...fts of the
concern, those who opoelrcil to be proper objects of
. pluuder were mom int:ounce,: to the hazard table, obits
is kept in a retired and prii at., part of the house.
The evidence of the yotimr man seas to the following
effect : Hr had been in Moriry's house ; the game et
Hasard was played in the (rota room on the ::•-cood fluter;
a dour led into it from the binding place, and another
(rum the public billiard room, which is the Lack 'meta
cat the same flour ; both the .r doors were during the
time of the play kept barred and Imletl, end never
(simnel except to the voice of some person known to
the master of the house. During the play the door was
seldom or never opened, but before play commenced,
there was an understandiaggireo that proceedings were
about to begin. In the centre of the room was a large
circular table, over which a lamp. was sustweded, and
round the table the player. sat, in souther generally
from six to ten. The play commenced by one of the
players taking the dice box with two dice in it; two
other dire were covered en :Lc table, and might be sub-
-1 stitnted for those in the box : upon application to Mor-
t ley, who acted as `• Croton Yorter.'"t he person who
holds the box is called the ca.ter, and he calls a main,
that is, he mentions alc,t..l.oiy 'loather on the ..Lce from
five to fin.% and Dir..% ie Co: mike or the Ode, counts
the number on the Iwo cite as his chance, the number
which he called helot; the .I.•nee of lti4 setter. linfore
the main is called, the taster throws down his stake,
which any person present lies the option of covering, or
as !t is called setting, by !slating a similar sum on the
table. For instanee, if the easter after bring set calk
fire the main, and throws intim...lA:rt.) four and ooe or
three and two, be nicks it. (wins i,is iii yat once). If
be throws six sod UM% LTC and too, ot tour and three,
1 each of which two numbers tri.mi.:e seven, he bets the
odds, which arc three to two in his (amour. ioasmuch as
there ere three wave of throning set er, and only two of
throwing fire. awl continues throw mg limit either five
or seven now off. By the former he Iwo% by the latter
Ihe wins. If he calls 'etc') the main, and throws three
:and one, or six and four, the odds are tiro to one &pipet
him, inasmuch as there are only three ways each of
i
1 throwiog the tour and the ten, and !is ways of throw-
-1 ing the seven, that is three ways on tech dye. 1( the
caster wins, he calls a main and continues to do so till he
loses, which in the technical plir.,:eohory is theorist
„amt. He then paws the box to the rersun next him en
his left hand.Olto in like manner passes it to hie neigh-
, ears. Morley is remunerated lot his table very bana-
l.
.sonwly. When the caster throes in three mains suc-
cessive!), he pars to Morley whet is called a box (one
of the pieces of the house with which the game Is
played.) The pieces are eighteimpetice each, and he
girt, them in exchange for notes and retakes them. The
j easier pars smiting unless he wins. '1 he players grue-
-1 rally leave off play at eleven or twelve o'clock. On
Saturday there is trust piay„ as Morley em that day
always gives a dinner at four o'clock, immediately atter
which the play commences. On other days tea end
coffee are given.
Hurdetield, the officer, swore that he served tie roticc
of attendance at Morley's billiard moon., Savaging's-
rents. The defendant did not appear.
The Ovirscer, of the. parish deposed, that he had been
In Morley's house, No: 3, Sureting's.rents, a month or
five weeks ago ; that Morley voted int an inhabitant fur
an organist.
The Collector of the Poor-rates in the parish deposed,
that Morley we. ',sled as an inhabitant.
a souther of young men, most of whom are clerks,
were called to confirm the evidence as to the system, but
sone of them appeared.
The Loan Maros, after having made some comments
upon the vice of gaming, convicted Morley lo the penal.
ty of MIL We understand that the defendant lett this
comic/7 for Ireland the moment proceedings were inst.-
tstei. The gentleman who laid the information was
lonly ;"trained from prosecuting the person olio robbed
him, by the promise of that person to leave the country
, for ever.