The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-11 00:00:00

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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL, Jaw. 10.
AtijournedSittings, at Nisi Prius, be:f.re Lord Chief
Justice ELLEAreestavotr and Special Juries.

WESLOP 0. KNIGHT.
This was an action brought to recover 1181. being
dui sum deducted by the Plaintiff from the. value of
goods seat to Madeira, by the Defendant.
The Defendant was a merchant residing in Lon-
don, and'in the months of May and August 1810,
had sent out a quantity of printed cotton and calico
goods to .the Plaintiff, a merchant, residing at Ma-
&ire. In the October following the Plaintiff sold
the goods in question to a person of the name of
Jacobson, and upon an' adjsistment of the account
between ;hem, a deduction of 1181. was made
beenfor
la certain proportion, which It appeared
had
considerably damaged in the process of calender-
ing or glazing them in this country previous to their
exportation, also in the misprinting and other de-
fects, which considerably reduced the value. A long ii
lexamination took place as to the identity of the
goods, in the course of which it appeared that be-
! tweets the time of their arrival at Madeira, and the
sale to Jacobson, the market had fallen in respect to
this Article ; and that the Defendant had no notice of
' the damaged goods until long subsequent to that
!sale.
Lord ELLENSOROUGH was of opinion, that there
was not sufficient proof of the identity of the goods,
or that they were in the same.state at the time of the!
' sale to Jacobson, in which they were on their arrival
tat Madeira; had this been. a case .in which fraud
: could be invited to the party, he would not have
received the evidence which had beets offered as any
1 proof of the identity. The next question was, whe-
ther the Defendant bad sufficient notice of the da-
mage, and upon this, from the length of time be-
tween the arrival of the goods at Madeira and the
Isale, and from the constant intercourse between the
two countries, his Lordship thought the Defendant
• should have had earlier notice, inasmuch as he might
' have lOst the opportunity of recovering against the
I party with whom the damage originated. However,
he left the case with the Jury ; whop coinciding in
the opinion of his Lordship, foend,a verdict for the
Defendant.
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POLICE.

CHARGE OF MURDER'.
UN LON-ILALL.

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A man who is superintendent of the labourers at a
wharf in Toolev-street, was brought before the Sitting
Magistrate by Collingbourn and Glennon, charged
on suspicion of the wilful murder of Timothy Do-
naghu, an Irish labourer.
It appeared thnt the devased was a labourer work-
ing under the Prisoner, and was ordered by him to
do some particular work ; instead of complying,
however, he made use of some impertinent language,
and proceeded so far as to give the Prisoner a lap in
the face. The Prisoner observed he was to blame
for doing that to a man who had it in his power to
break his neck. Further words ensiled, and the
Prisoner pushed the deceased and two others off the
wharf into the water, and in the fall the head of the
deeeased came in contact with the side of a vessel,
and he immediately sunk'. under water. The body
was take' out in less than ten minutes, and was taken
to Guy's Hospital, where every effort was made use
of to restore suspended animation, but in vain. The
Prisoner was . committed for re-examination, when
the result of the Coroner's Inquest will be known.