, 1869-05-16
A BRITISH INFANT.

From the .tt1f OtfunA 4l1ntE.
The law OF Kn2llpl Considers every one an IN
fant unti he has a11aae.t 10 the sgc Of s1 .eart,
and 20 does OUT oxn. The lem, heweveE, ennuas
"A nfscuousIE some Of these infAnss oftentitnes
large fortunes in eIpeetaasy. Looking a,cr, tht
Other day, the reports Of soIne cses lately Decided
In English courts We came acsuss one In which
nior counsel Tor the ee:tncc, and which, 70
bs,nin's client WAS named Walker, who hM h1t
lAster portson Of which he must hare been very
fAsr Toung gentleman. !nteen3 aeeosdtnH 70 the
evidence. Hfs lndulRent !athcr, those income
noretul nom f:oo 70 f1,oc0 per aanura, or trom
s. 90 70 8 600 IN ctr money, for pessonM expen~
I'd I 1s S .ss e e. & e Ga,
jort1y, with betting cebts OF hearty Es0ool and
other uaalliues amounting to fN,ooo. In other
n he ows = E. ~ sea a5S %
ehi1d-tte wife only slightly oFef n&1ecn when ht
married her, be nor pe!nH twenty AZ the Ettne IN
:sSs ns y: aoo gpat aoc es yoan
fellow"
to snow thas they arr grntle1aen NAY ieel sots,-
t!p0s 70 know how how this British infant ~
posed o1 a ise"< a1i e1ssssi y ~ ~. seay aeot :;
the sruI upon whnh the ncthn VAS bEought Hr
<poEted vet Of cotaf and diamond studs. worth.
u charged as eaSt, At G1s coral and Atarnousi
rest buttons, N4 l2a-. Imp tide velvet ct81s
esse Mn 1etd name, ca -, and bsowu 70.
rocco one, Is 81: for costs Of Arms antl uoRo-
grams on the.a easr+ be Was charged fss u B.
{na iond os sne TUT te prnsttel himself with
4 three betttng books, ane blue reiEet, teecnd
blue MOROCCO with rich Rlt pins, and y tNI,l. >
| bssck polished one, with solid silver rms, with !
l silver ntontFT1n ID one k6e- z0d B. cfeHa
| ind motto. o1 the other. We suprce :a,l
I some practical man rstght haye euegeste1 a lhs
motto II ccnsuitesl about It, that It thoo!l Be:
| Toot and his money aFe sopn PARCEL 5of these
] betting conysuie1ces the infant Has charged the
| tnus title saua IS 4-!a ~ Cd Whea t. vent te
Epr6n. he carried with him, to clear thtDat q
/ the duss On tbs rcsd, green nsruecc uask- viii
| ei{Eef 1in cup, ahIch cost Ga les, Aud& Ehet
! spooney on the object Of his a1tctlutL he h0leh
I q paas o&sneshyst aud esAuoud ear r-rnga costlns
Et9 ieA ... ..
Tue dztence xas infancy, and t1as the object
furnished were not Eecessdrtes- Lord Chief ius
tce Cockburu, Of the Queens Bench aesor
| whom the case WIS tried, ruled thAt the eiseum
tained. a., 1t xna alleged, he light have = pQcl
Il Ese0 income, aEd E+o VIA deposited n eour
BY him ~ Ill thax was lega:J due TIE Jaa2
held that IT was the dnty oi TIA Co1s. adtkesntn
lrfan,. and reI4 peyt.nerey asked counsel 10
| plaintiffs whether ther copsbtered N1lc neceasa
| y, 10 uhich NJ liawktrs The leAats Tor de1ence
| who will be pronounced by fczLaodc Joan
! taGtes 70 be a shocking E:lte, n crUsty cid ache
lof md legal GrattgrtcA, Answered. enptatic.sll
1 lhat he did not for ycS1h OF tn Wenty, and U sh
1 were. baby EAs not The Ju4EF decided Tbs
betting boots were utt fece4sar.ts. but tnat pre-
euts to . BRIDE, who eventually became dAent
ant = w,1e, might be- Mind. sounx ladies, Re sal
only thai they miE4t be. not thai they we're, an
50 IN that Interesting poiut thf Law Of ENGLAND
[ ye1 uncertain Ehe 1m5 EaFe verdict for d
| fendaHt, md plafuu15 had 70 take the Efd teade
Cd and ocr oit. Trend BENJAMIN gained his CAS-
bill nezeHthe!esA II not, he will WoSe himself
1 be > wfetch:d Knob