The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-04-06
LAW AND FANCY.

Saeich'S ffam EpFttsh LIfe.
Court OF hiag's henoh, Westminster, Feb. /
La'e Of sci oB, or sereict Of .s,iro liai,
banded roc lie http Of iro GUS
l.Er v FELFER. -Ne.C &. Phillips stated
the plainlih's ease. Mr. Lee, the plainlia.
WIS Intending 10 proceed 10 the Cape OF
Good Hope, on hoard the ship Sir Godfrey
Nebtser, commanded by Captain Teller.
and preparatory IL enharkatiou, sent the
silver plate on board, where u party oil
friends went To due. The plain,a aitel-
wards changed his determination of pro-
, ceedlng 10 the Cape, aud accordingl, srnt
Tor the plate, bat which the defendant RI.
fused 10 deliver mp, alleging he had lien
upon II for the board and lodgiag Of two
cats, charged 60. The Jury Lrre burst
into fit of laughter.
Mr.. Phillips Nay. gentlemen, il is no
jest The truth is, the ship SIR Godfrey
Webster was much Infested with rats,
which these cats We're very Expert in de.
siroyiug Il laughter and in reality these
cats were lent for the purpose. What then
would the jury thnk of the defendant
charging four pounds for the keep of hrse
cats, alter having Killed all his rats p
/ 4 ontntrd lauShtcr.)
MI J. Il. Lodge proved dining with Sc
vefal other friends, twenty or thirty, At the
invitation of the plalnlill-this plate nas
used at dinner.
I Gfoss-cXamined / Does not know any
thing Of the plaintiffs having tal,cn The BIZ
nehl oi the insolvent act since.
MI. Brown, attorney for the plaintiff
proved making a demand for the plate,
when thu defendant refused Ia deliver il up
III the plaintiff paid | for the keep of the
two cats.
Nj. Scarlet, FOR The defendant, said there
was this substantial reason why the slips
steward III whose care the plate was let,
refused 10 dcIrer il up, the plaintiff I'D 40
longer any property IN II, Tor II VAS the
property OF his a8agnees, the plalntil htv-
mS gwen up all his property under the in.
solseut act. Another ground of defence
Mas, thai the pl in,iH had nrglrctcd to pay
for his ent,rt,inmtnt on board tie drfcn
dant's ship. Whrlhcr tins gentleman, Ike
the celebrated Wilmington who made his
fortune, aud afterwards became Lord May
OF oi London, IN consequence of his sue
c"ssiul speculation III taking with him
cat, rs an article of foreign commerce,
which he sold AZ = GREAT p,lcc, the learned
gentleman did not know-' laughter but
certaio 1t WAS, this gentleman Is what j.
called Il cat Iaucler and thcHc were cal
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(laushtrr.) SO lar, hittlpGton ard b.
were competitors III trade.
Several witnesses we're called, who pro
we'd that the produced articles Of pilte,
consisting at u crnrt stand, soup Iadlr, table
aud teaspoons, forks, &C. were left in
charge not of the captain. but of fine SHIN y
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Idt Lord thlrt Justice observed, ihr
s"t-oii for the feed Il the cats was nov out
OF he question hpt What bad MI Philips
10 sly 10 the tide 10 tins property HcsilnS
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Mir. flIihps Submitted ihat n" ttl'r could
he sci up by the driepdani against the pa.
session III the plaintiff, Whatever tile Ms
IN The assiSu"rs
The Lord ,hlcl Jns'ier said 'ht question
was, whether the defendant couil maintain
his action IN ir"Err, whom Inc had, by his
discharge nndrr the insoIe"nt aei, cove
uanled and sworn 10 deliver up all his pro
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