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VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. DEC. 14.
THE UNIVERSIIIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE D.
BLAKE AND OTHERS.

The Sotictiow6 La VIAL moved, on the part of
the Chancellors, Masters, and Fellows of the two
Urtirersities, for an Injunction to restrain the De-1
fendants from continuing the sole of certain works,
the esclokive copy-right of which is vested in those
;'untie B:stlivs by Letters. Patent. The hooks its
(tovstion were the Holy Scriptures, and the Book of
Common Prayer. An erlition of the former had re-
cently been published under the title of Gurney's
Bible; with a Commentary and Annotations. These
.were, however, nothing more than a pretest, and
were used only to colour so iervasion of literary pro-
perty. A separate edition, of qyarto size, accom-
panied by reflections, had also been offered to the
world by the some booksellers, together with two
copies of the Prayer-book. One of these professed
to be an abridgment, bet in pbint of fact contained
the whole of that portion of the service which is
'usually read. The other gave the whole tent, sub•
joining a variety of annotations. As Ike originals
could not legally be published without a licence from
one of the Universities, he apprehended that the ad-
&lion of notvs, or omission of particular parts, must
he considered as a mere attempt at disguise, and
would not be allotifed by a Court of Equity to defeat
• valuable privilege.
The Vics-CtitscEct.oa granted the Injunction ;
and the rest of the day was occupied in she hearing
•Of several cases'of no general or peculiar interest.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dsc. 14.
lIANCOUN V. SHORT.

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l'he Plaintiff, a wine-cooper, brought this action
against the Defendant, a wine-merchant, in Size-lane,
•to recover (I,,mages for en assault and imprisonment.
It appeared that the Plaintiff bad purchased save-
rsl casks of the Defendant, and a dispute arose be-
tween them, which ended. in the Defendant taking
the Plaintiff before the Lord Mayor. The Jury
'foetid a verdict for the Plaintiff —Dimages 51.
TUN ASSIGNEES OF HARPER V. GREENWOOD.
The Assignees of a bet:krupt sought to recover a
demand for haSeilashery K.:ods furnished by the
.bankrupt to the Defendant's daughter. It al peared
that c►edit had been given to the Defendant's daugh-
ter.--Verdict for the Defendant.
ALEVSBEY V. HEARN.
This was an action brought by the Plaintiff, a ser.
Arent, against the Defendant,- to recover compensa-
tion in damages for an assault. It appeared the
Plaintiff had lived servant with the Defendant, who
P keeps an Inn upon Holborn-hill. Having quitted
,bum, be returned to obtain a settlement of wages,
when a dispute occurred, and the parties bad a per-
sonal contest. The Jury gave the Plaintiff a verdict
,for 251.

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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, 1)Ec,14,
_ DRIDONN, W.Q. O. ARNOLD.

POLtGE.

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Mr. Serjeant I,Ems said, although this wet a horse
:-1-taeae, be hoped it would be a short one The Plain-
Silf bought the horse, warranted sound, fur 351. It
was aesert to be shod. and was immediately afterwards
observed to be lame. To prove the warrant and the
41*.mtuess at the time of sale was sufficient to entitle
Mal to their verdict.
ti Several witnesses were called. who proved that
she horse was lame when tried In the break. The
farrier wan sbod was not celled. The farrier-rine
I at Gereenwich totaled that the hot se had had con,sideeable I
ogpersynce in war, anti had been cast in 1814 ti
isoend. Ile was not Oleo groggy, but had swan
a sinew.
M. Serjeant VAtitaLte called several witnesses,
who proved that the house had never show tt Itsty symp.
torn of lameness from the time hr was cast op to the
nvornent be was sold to the Plaintiff. The horse,
having been refused by the Defendant, was turned
out to grass by the Plaintiff. lie was afterwards
- Malan.- He was 14 years old.
Verdict for the Defendant.
DICKSON 0. PRICE AND °TULLIS.
The Plaintiff hod been gardener to the late Sir
Charles Price, and brought the present ectioo to re-
revel 1841., as doe to him from Sir Charles's estate.
Miss Price exhibited the account-book with the
famil►', by which it appeared that all the Plaintiff's
(Jaime had been settled. There were, however, bills
and accounts produced by the Plaintiff, which did
not appear to have been entered in the regular cc-
ount-book.
Sir Charles Price explained, that 601. bad bees
paid into Court, nut as due, bet it; order to bovine
further molestation.
Parties at lest agreed, that 401. of the 801. should
he withdrawn, and the arrangement and settlement
of the accounts referred
.to Mr. Phillips of the bar.

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DREADFUL MURDER AND ROBBERY AT.

A. most sanguinary morder was committed 6s
Thursday last, on Mr. John Thomas Taylor, e
• young gentleman about YIO years of age, a surgeon
by profession, of a very respectnble family, who left
his home, No. 74, Croswell-street, to see some friends
'at Southgate. In consequence of his not ret9rning
home at night, aFgording to his usual custom, hi
•friends were very ouesey, n 4 sat op till late ots Fri*
day mora - On his still fall* to retire, hip
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Ills friends stride. engeitieg K.POry house on. the
road, but could learn no tidings of the deceased.
On their arrival upon the frOtt.bridge ;of the New
River, they obsersid the marks of some footsteps
which were very deeply inspressed in the pound, and
there were appearances of persons having struggled.
near the edge' Of the river. Upon further enquiry,
they learned that the house of a Gautlematt near
the wood was attacked by three men on the Thurs•
day night, but the family fortynetely being op, they
foiled 'hem in theii attempts and porseetithem: it is
SopposeA the robbers took refuge in the wood.—On
Thursday night, a short time after the deceased left
the Jolly Butchers, a person who resides is the
neighbourhood heard cries of " Murder !" the intend
of. which appeared to proceed from near the Iron-
bridge over the New River. Enquiries were mede
at the Queen's Head and the Half Moon public-
houses in this neighbourhood, but nothing could be
learned of him there. Drags were procured and
the river drawn, and after some time the body was
discovered on, Sunday morning in inch a dreadful
situation as left. no doubt open the minds of every
one present that he had been robbed and strangled,
and then thrown into the river. He had been robbed
of his watch and money. The position of his body was
tech, that it was evident he had made great resist.
Nice; he had grasped at the guys nn the river side
it was evident, his hands being clenched, and grass
in the inside of them. The body was removed to the
ood•house, at Hornsey. Uvon !either examination
it appeared that his small•clothev were torn, his het
was found near the riser, and an umbrella, which the
deceased had on Thursday night, wes found near the
Iron-bridge; it had been recently torn. Information
of this horrid act was given at the different Police.
Offices, and to the Coroner for Middle.as, who im•
mediately issued MI precepts for holding an Inquisi-
don on the deceased.

It is supposed that the villians who committed this
sanguinary deed were the gang who attacked the
the house of the Gentleman near liornsey, as before
slated, they having retreated into the wood at horn.
spy, through which the deceased passed a short tine
afterwards. The atrocious monsters who perpetrated
this horrid crime we are in hopes will he brought to
justice speedily, their faces hating been RePII
to be identified by the servants of the Gentle-
man whose house they attempted to rob. A more
daring attack was scarcely ever made than by these
wretches upon the property of this Gentleman; they
first tried both of the back windows of the lower part
of me house ; they then got epon the house, and Pa.
deavoured to enter through the attic windows : they
were discoverer! b the servants, who made an alarm;
through their vies, the villains were afraid to pers.-
vere, and ran oils into H irosey-wood.
The deceased was a Gentleman highly respected ;
he was about to be admitted a Member of the Royal
College of Surgeons.

M A r.aozotron-s7 asyr.—,7Yellterday Dan. M' Vey
was brought to this oiliest gbarged with robbing, on •
the sth of February last, the house of his masters
Mr. Parkins, No. 17t Riding Ilnit'se.lane, Parttime*
place, of a large rose diamond ring, valued at se-
veral bemired ; one large pearl, set all a
breast pits, India mounted ; 4000 pearls ; 14 Por-
tugal purses, containing 4000 rmols(Portuguese coin)
each ; a number of gold liwamy Pagodas, Louis
d'ors, Napoleons, and other property. Mr. Par.
king had been thc whole of that week with Lord
Cochrane, who was about that time to leave the
country ; and on the night of the robbery had kft
tows, leaving orders with Daniel M'Vey, his ser.
eanl, to take a hooter to Epaom, which Mr. Par.
kilts had promised to lend Sir Francis Burdett, who
was going to bunt with the Royal pack. There
were at this time in the house, Parry, the groom,
and M'Vey. The latter contrived to send Parry
upon some trilling errand, awl about 10 o'clock the
whole neighbourhood was alarmed by the report
of fire.a tabs, which proceeded from the back of
Mr. Parkins's house. The people rushed out, when
the first thing they saw was M'Vey coming down a
ladder, which was planted against the hack window
which looks into the Mews. Ile appeared meth
alarmed, and.ssid that thieves had broken into the
house. Au ostler agreed to go up the ladder, and
search the house with him, to which lie consented ;
but after a most diligent examination of the place,
no person was discovered. M'Vey said, that whilst
he was sitting at the fire, s robber rushed out of his
master's closet, and, discharging a pistol at him as
he passed (the contents of which did not strike him),
ran into another closet, egakct the window of which
a ladder was placed to facilitate his escape, and
got away. Soon after, the other servant, Parry,
came home, and being informed of the robbery,
agreed to sit op and watch the house. Neat more-
-1 log the circuinstences of the robbery were cetortio-
micated to Mr. Parkins, who having suspicion that
M‘Vey's account of the transaction was not correct,
sent for him, but it was then found that he had ab.
wooded, and suspicion, of coctte, fell on him. In.
feteiation of the circantstance was sent to the dif.
forest Policosoffices, with a description of the de-
[piquant, wbo was proved to have been seen about
Chelsea the following day by some soldiers, carrying
a bundle. The residence of his wife at Pimlico was
searched, but nothing was Ildond to throw the least
light on the subject. Mr. Parkins sent printed de-
scriptions of the robber to all the Post.masters, Go-
re:sweat Ageati, and Magisolies, throughout the
deal_ of difficulty

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friends became very much distressed. 'l'hey liras' [Jolted Kingdom. After a rat deal oi Iv
in anxious suspense during the whole of Friday and the Priv"oner was at length secured at Bainbridge,
their fears encriesed. Early on Saturday morning Ireland,. from whence lie was brought•to London.—
several of the dic4llerd's friitids set off to Southgate; Committed for farther eawthiailion.
on their arrival there they tearned that the decriers] Usitop-Isat.s..—Yeaterday an appiication was
had been there at di/twine-of an acquaintance nnmed made by a Mrs. Jones fog the recovery of Miss
• rea'ree, owl tea' &oat. amp o'clock on Thor*day A übuty, her niece, Aged' 13. Mrs: J. stated, that
night: he trasetkal on foot through liornaey-wood.; j m July last she articted- Miss A. to a person named
before be left Soutbgate, be informed Mrs. Poirce Bqrthwaick, who Mott
being himself to be a musical pro.
that he lad to meet a particular friend at theiolly Csigi, in order 18 ' ibeingthigh(' ierwarll is
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illotcheire, at Illirooll.green, itt the parish of Iftitien publics:r.nsteatl iit vihlclS, he Ifitrislitin Ibis girl
'7.114‘14 *Met heave tree en his way kunw; his hint& !abitrededittiatry e and slieltidlee'brof i'4l4lll'ldliihe
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liAid-to that piece, and upon enqdiry, found-theg I lietelibdikeliared'in a distioittiatilbisi wolf talikir.lf
'illiliitilMatised was there en Thursday night ~.. he medal When the young girl was Orratitked to him It,
.• fill lite trithiths.Watien, the landlady, and toelvlea j lived in Kentish Townrbut taiviilendj beta tticeit,
-*Mt ter, and expressed his ditippeiaimealwatilliet with her, to"NagAltraea, tier *the'sfirirtale.• Beech
Mend i'df ruining-according-to his Pr•elltsw lir hicrvaion. :pm
.8414ististe granted alliblatersai but
the Jolly Delekers a Tittle atter tell,. sigaiglas;i- ' the Officer folaitebedliade seva. met .mi .kt -1
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THE WIEFERSITIES OF ozronn AND CAMBRIDGE V. which were very del
BLAKE AND OTHERS.
, there were appears
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved, on the part of I near the edgibf ti
the Chancellors, Masters, and Fellows of the two
I I'' C/liverMIIPS, for an injunction to restrain the De- 1 they learned that
the wood was attar
fentlanis from continuing the sole of certain works, day night, but the
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the ezclosive copy-right of which is vested in those foiled them in their
l'oblic B: tlir,s by Letters- Patent. The hooks in eopposeA the cow
•• f (Nestle-on were the Huly Scriptures, and the Book of Thursday night, a
Common Prayer. An edition of the former had re- the Jolly Botch.,
11, Gently been published under the title of Gurney's neighbourhood heal
Bible; with a Commentary and Annotations. Tilese
of. which appeared
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.were, however, nothing more than a pretest, andt bridge over the Ni
i •`• were used only to colour so iwvasion of literary pro. at the Queen's 11
- ; perty. A separate edition, of qyarto size, accent. houses in (hit twig
•i•', ponied by reflections, had also been offered to the learned of him tl
world by the same beoksell.rs, together with two the river drawn, a
copies of the Prayer-book. One of these professed discovered on, Sun
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• • to be an abridgment, but in Oint of fact contained situation as left. 11
the whole of that portion of the service which is one present that Is
'usually reed. The other gave the whole teat, sob• and then thrown in
1, joining a variety of annotations. As the originals of his watch and fn
could not legally be published without a licence from tech, that it was t
one of the Universities, he apprehended that the 147 lace;
he had gran
un of notes, or omission of particular parts, must
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I be considered as a mere attempt at disguise, and it was evident, his
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val not be allotiMat by a Court of Equity to defeat %i• ood•house, at H
able privilege. it appeared that hi
The Vica-Clitscryt.oa granted the Injunction ; was found near tit
and the rest of the day was occupied in the hearing deceased had on T
of several cases'of no general peculiaror
interest. Iron.hridge; it ha
of this horrid act
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dac. 14. in the inside of th
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Offices, and to thi
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.- • lIANCOUN V. SHORT. mediately issued k
The Plaintiff, a wine-cooper, brought this action don on the deceasi
against the Defendant, a wine-merchant, in Size-lane, It is supposed II
•to recover ri,nutges for an assault and imprisonment. sanguinary deed I
It appeared that the Plaintiff had purchased sore- the house of the G
rat casks of the Defendant, and a dispute arose be. stated, they Navin
tween them, which ended. in the Defendant taking „y, h torough whit
the Plaintiff before the Lord Mayor. The Jury afterwards. 'the
'fogad a verdict for the Plaintiff—llimages 51. this horrid crime I
TUB ASSIGNEES OF HARPER V. GREENWOOD. justice speedily, t
The Assignees of a trat:krupt sought to recover a
.eittly to be identil
demand for hAetiashery gods furnished by the man %abuse house
.bankrupt to the Delentlant's daughter. It al pearerl daring attack was
that credit had been given to the Defendant's daugh.
ter.--Verdict for the Defendant. wretches upon tat
first tried both of
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This
was
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actEionisincy a. * max. of toe house; the
brought by the Plaintiff, a ter.
deavoured to cote
Ararat, against the Defendant,- to recover compensa-
were discoverer! b,
dolt in damages for an assault. It appeared the through their cute
Plaintiff had lived servant with the Defendant, who vere, and ran olf
P keeps an Inn upon Holborn-bill. Having quitted The deceased u
1 . , bins, he returned to obtain a settlement of wages, Ihe was about to b
when a dispute occurred, and the parties had a per- College of Sorel
souei contest. The Jury gave the Plaintiff a verdict
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I ,for 251.
COURT OF COMAIOR PLEAS, Dec.l4.
. _ BRIDGIEN, VB. V. ARNOLD• MARIA:MOM
. Mr. Serjeant LENS said, although this wee a horse was brought to tl
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