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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-12 00:00:00

14b3nr t Sohn (Mom Wale was sentenced to 15 toonthe
imprisonment xid hard labour ; Richard Jonas and Jane
Clayton were untenced to 12 months' imprisonment and
hard labour. All the prisoners are to be imprisoned in
Lancaster Castle.

CASE OF DUVAL AND OTHERS.
Margaret Jones, Thomas Wormand Rogerson, and Geo.
Wm. Duval, were placed at the bar. Mr. Dunlevy was
called upon to surrender, and he immediately answered.
The
Jury were sworn to try the parties for the conspiracy.
No evidence was tendered, and they were acquitted and
ordered to be discharged.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to try civil cases.
Two unimportant actions were tried, and the Court adjourned
at half-past five o'clock till nine the following morning.

NISI PRIUS COURT.-WEDNESDAY.
FURNESS V. ARCHBISHOP OF YORK AYD OTHERS

This case was resumed this morning. Three witnesses
were called for, the Defendant who proved that the goods
were received at Preston Brook, having been delivered by
Shipton, & Co. at Liverpool, to the trustees of the Duke
of Bridgewater, and placed in the Duke's warehouse, there
to the care of Mr. W. M. Salt, as agent to Miss Pratt &
Sons. Mr. Salt said he heard of the insolvency of the
Messrs. Pratt on the 2nd of March, and that then the goods
Were converted by the trustees of the Duke and taken from
Under the care of Air. Salt.
Mr. Knowles said, the question was rather for his lordship
than the jury. He contended that whilst the goods were in
the hands of the carriers, anything done by them could not
alter the transitus. The goods in question were delivered
at Preston, tc, Mr. Hargreaves the carrier, and addressed to
Miss Pratt, Stoke upon Trent. They were delivered by Mr.
Hargreaves to Shipton and Co., who delivered them to the
trustees of the Duke, and reached the warehouse of the
Duke at Preston Brook. It was contended, on the other
side, that there the transitus ended ; but he apprehended
that was a question of law, and for the decision of his lord-
ship rather than the jury. He contended that the transitus
did not end until the goods reached Stoke.
Mr. DUNDAS said he was quite content that his lordship
should decide the case on that fact.
The learned JUDGE, after stating the law of transitu,
stated it to be his opinion that the transitus ended when the
goods reached the warehouse of the duke's trustees at Pres-
ton Brook, and, therefore, the defendants were entitled to a
verdict.

A verdict was accordingly entered for the defendants

On the application of MI:. Knowles,
His LORDSHIP gave leave to the plaintiff to move to enter
a verdict for the plaintiff for £ll3, the value of the goods, if
the court above should be of opinion that he was wrong in
law as to the transit us being at an end.

WRIT OF RIGHT

RISIITON v. NESBET.-=lWlLll;;;eCharles Rishton was
the demandant, and William Nesbet tenant; and this is the
last case which can be tried under the old law of writs of
right. For the former Mr. Dundas appeared, and Mr. Star-
kie for the latter.
On the names being called over, only three knights—
namely, Sir Thomas l3rancker, Sir Thomas Potter, and Sir
Joshua Walmsley answered, and nine recognitors.
Sir George Drinkwater was prevented attending from sick-
ness, and as the case could not proceed without the presence
of four knights, it was postponed until next assizes for want
of the appearance of a knight.
A PROCTER'S BILL.

SIMPSON V. NIORETON.—This was an action brought by
the plaintiff, Mr. Simpson, Proctor, of Chester, to recover
from the defendant, an attorney in Liverpool, the sum of
£44 12s. 7d. A verdict was found for the plaintiff for the
amount claimed.