The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-03-23 00:00:00

Sworn at the Public-office at- Hatttiniesdett, the"
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Our Assizes commenced this morning,. -
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GOLLTNS t. CAFFYN.
This was an action for the breach of au
went.
.The Defendant was lately a tailor and drir fa .
the town of Horsham, and being about to %vno%
to Brighton, he agreed to dispose of his business to
the Plaintiff, for a premium of WI. and the Plain•
tiff was also to take all his stock at prime cost, tot
which he entered into an agreement that he would.
not carry oc business within ten miles of Horsham.
He, however, although he moved his residence to
Brighten, solicited custom, and actually served many
persons in Horsham and its neighbourhood.
Several witaesses having proved these facts, tho
Jury found a verdict for Plaintiff—Damages Fifty
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Pounds.

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Butt. V. ILLT.Int.
This was aft action to recover the sum
money advanced and paid for Miss E. Allen, ',lffe'pe.l.:
fendant, by the Plaintiff. •
The Plaintiff resided at Brighton, as did also boo.
Allen, the Defendant, where she and her sister kept:.
a boarding-school. The Plaintiff had paid the .surts.,..
in queilion for goods bought at a sale, which ihO Pe•-
fendant had had. The fact that the Plaintiff' had:::
paid the money awes not disputed, nor that the.pe.'„
fendant Had bad the goods ; but it was insisted, for.
the Defendant, that Mr. Bull had made a present of
them to Miss Mary Allen, the sister of the Defend.
ant. The Miss Aliens were described to be the
daughters of the late Dr. Allen, a respectable physi.
cian who being kft *rather narro

and bein4
highly respected, many most respectable characters '
had made thern presents. The Plaintiff had dough-c
ter at theft- nano!? and being willing 16 serve them,
bought the goods in question,. and gave them to Miss
Mary Allen.
To prove this case, Mrs. firookes, a married gist*
of the Miss Aliens, stated, that the Defendant,
Elizabeth Allen, had .requested the Plaintiff to take
en acknowledgment for the amoont.of the goods, but '
that he refused, saying that he *sant dial. ag a pre•
sent for Mary. vt.
An old servant also stated, that whoa a part of
them, a lot of crockery-wire' came home, Mrs.
Brookes was about to take seuse.4 them ; 4he Plain-
tiff asked what she was goiagt tel de with it,:as it
was Mary's ; she said Mary bad given It:to her ; he
replied, he had given it to Mary, aatake might do
as she pleased with it. ' •
The Jury found a verdict for the Dofeudant., ~;

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CROWN SIDE.
John Morris Wrs indicted for a highway rotibert •
for robbing Henry Page, on the 10th Dec. last, et
Hastings, and taking from him six pounds in Beak.
notes.
The Prosecutor, Page, stated, that Thos. Gibson
and himself were returning from Bexhill, .when they
stepped at ele Anchor public-hosse, at Hastings, to
drink. Gibson was tipsy, and gave him his notes to
keep. The Prisoner was drinking in the same room,
and after some conversation, said he would go.witlx
them ; they agreed, but he had not gone far on the
road when he knocked Gibson out of the cart, and
robbed the witness Of the notes. He was taken the
next morning.
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Atauion, eiiprehend
by John Hutt; the:officer, underwent a long exam. -,-
nation ye/00day; en a charge of making an attempt
on tire of his wife on Saturday night, at the
'White Hart public.house, Battle-hridge„ by stabbing
hei in the. Odomet) frith a clasp knife, an4,lstioting
A Sround Of three inches and (limiter defplyst.
she now lies in thehospital in a datigernas.stSta, the . •
wound being supposed to be mortal.-7—c.;ninraitted fee
further •ezaruination. • •-•- •
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I NQVEST.L‘n liti4 iiibtAckg taken nu Saturday
at the flarp.housai,Sintioetook.on of Mis-

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_,, only - - - - . - -MT" if 0 od's.- That the _ , Lady .g me
the most positive manner, and in the clearest and most -
man in the street wanted to speak to me. That I Martha Netiteleg, who. sra. buret .to deatliton the '
comprehensive terms ; for Mr. Thomas swears, that
went to the Gentleman, who took me a few yards on preceding day. The deceas4, who-WAS a resprotit-
ha not only never sold any foreign coin to Lord ,
to the corner of North kudley-street: That the ble widow, by soMe accident set fire to her cloths
Cochrane, but also, that he never, is his life, bad
Gentleman asked me what sort of uniform the per- on Friday evening.. bier shriek* alarmed the watch'?
any transaction with his Lordship, and never re-
son wore, who came to Lord Cochrane's house shout man, ivho force his iray into ,the kitchen, but
ceived any draft to which his Lordship's name was three
weeks ago. That I thinking it wrong to give: the poor woman rail seelatess, and .her clothes re.;
affixed. What grouted, what colour, could there
him any information at all, told him that I could not duced to tinderg :She linguist, it the nest:have been, then, for this bold and unqualified asset., tell him. "Oh yes, you can," said he, "if you ' morning in the Armes. t agonies. ict•;—Acci.
tion in the Morning Chronicle Plt is clear, that the choose.; . and if you will, I will give you five dental Deaths i.
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assertion was net only false, hut that there was not.
pounds." That the Gentleman repeated this oiler ,
the smallest colour for it ; that there was no circa*. Saturday sightiive ellilly en SuedeY Mond* the
five or six times. That I did not take the money dwelling-house
of mmore. George .stirousan
any; ,
stance, no possible circumstance, whereon to build
from him. That be then went away with the Lady. Sons, in BoW-lane, Cheapside, was broke open a 1.14.
on erroneous conclusion. So that the whole storti
That the Lady stood by, within bearing of the con- robbed of 300 pieces of Bandana silk handlter.chiefs, .
most have been absolutely an invention. WI versation, but said nothing. ,
' whom such au invention could originate, asd front MARY ?UR PIN. 2.5 pieces of figeired serstiet, four Pieces of inset
what sort of motive, and for whatpurpoo, *the Pte- swops a, Guildhall, 'London, this rid day. of tissue, six dozen Of gossamer nets and cotton cord,
lie mast be left to judge; but that public shtialld ON Kid* before we, to the amount of about 8001. Kith' which the thieves
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be informed, that, iti the very same pap! ip vol Oct . . .
t.,.: W. POMYILLE, Mayor. got clear off. .

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