The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGILVCF..

COURT Or KING'S SENN!. MARCH 1.
Iltaeswoorn o. HAMPIHAW.
In this cern the only point worthy of notice wee
this:—The Geri held, that all consultations with a
professional man, tboagh they may be confidential,
are not privileged, bet those only where suit is the
object. An Attorney, therefore, may be eternised
as to mere matters of fact, as the preparation or ate.
cation of a deed, which nay have come to his know•
ledge without beieg intrusted in the cause.

EXPENCES OF WITNESSES.

In the abor;:caUse,e Personcb.4oreh. eel manse
desired to know whether his reasonable eapences
' w•uld be paid to him? The Clint Justice inked
him whence he cause? Nu replied, from the parish
of St. Lake, Clerkenwell. His Lordship said, that
he believed it was not usual to allow the eapeoces of a
person tieing in London. The applicant was thew
Owen, and gene his ',ideate.
Nofe.--In 3 Blackstone, 369, it is stated, that
Owe witness, enlace his reasonable expellees be ten.
end him, is bound to appear at all ; ner, if he
appear., is he bound to give gwidmoce till such charges
an sassily paid him; except be resides within the
hills of mortality, sod is summoned to give evidence
Within the same."
Ie • recent ease in the Common Pleas, a witness,
mho had been summoned on as arbitration, refaced
to glee evidence till he was paid his espences, and
then brought an action to recover the same. Mr.
Justice Park decided, that a witness coming from a
j distance was entitled to his espences, though a wit.
I ness within the bills of mortality was not ; bet he
i must not refuse to-give evidence, after having been
sworn.

In Williams v. Wright (which wee tried before
the Chief Justice. in Westtnisiter-hall, a few days •
ego), the Plaintiff, a Surveyor, sought to mom
61. 161. ed., part of which consisted of a charge or
two goinets, for attending two dale as a witness, in
a cause Wright to. Jones, in At Klog's Bench. The
I Plaintiff was enable to seppert the greeter pert of
his demand, end, with respect to t►e two pines.,
Mr. ;kitten Alerted, that be did not know where
his Learned Friend, Mr. Gurney, foetid it I.id down
that a witness was entitled to a guinea a day. The
Chief Jerflte said, lit should certainly tell the Jury?
When he cote to sum ep, that a witness was not en.
titled to a guinea a day. Upon this intimatims. Mr.
Carney &Omitted that a Verdict should be found fot
the Defendant.

MARCH s.
AtrITIV V. ORHrIiTIM Alfa lIEROCR,T.

The Plaintiff In this ease was a ca.penter, the De.
fesdant Griffiths, a etorkiog-jeweller, mid Herbert,
a constable. The precut action was brought to re.
cover ccompensation for an assault and false impri.
Consent. It appeared that the premise. of Griffiths
adjoin then of a public's named Wild, in Cursitor.
street who had gists him permission to make • win.
dow ;maim into his yard. On the 20th of Aegeet last
the Plaiutiff wks at the politic-house in queetieuk
wino he went inea.tke yard, and. for a certain par.
pose turned himself Aide near the window invita-
tion ; whilst standing' -here, Griffith pot a stick
threegh the windoid slid pasted it in the Plain.
Ws face, who seised the stick, end a streg•
gle tank place, in which the witidew was broke.
The Plaintiff Ikea went into the how, and 'wee
after, the Defendant, eitcompanied bx,llerbert, and,
not withitantli'ng ban was offerecllo4 Austin's sp.
patience neat morning, before a Magistrate, to the
aninset of 3004 , Isolated en taking him then away
to the Committer, where be win &ROO"( ileg that
base, four o'clock is the afternoos, till eleven at
WOO, when he was liberated by the keeper, two
friends undertaking for his appearance neat morning.
Ile did accordingly appear, when the Magistrate dis-
staged the toitplaint:

Mr. Sctat.rrr, •a the girt of the Defendant•.
contended, that MO Clients viers je.tified in •hat
they lend dose, th• Plaintiff having condreed hrso-
golf in a vinient sod indecent manner ander the De-
fendant GriMth's oindeur, nod enemata', in the
pablic.hesse, sirb sec\ violence, as fully justi6a
the Defendant Herbert taking him Into comedy.
The Jsry, after retiring an hoar and • q.aN•rr
fcsad a verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages