News in Brief
The Times, 1824-04-03T00:00:00

A fireman,wlo lived neXt apo depqs.ed, .that be bhd kpiown the i hoyse, and itxeextall a-rheve^ wd's'a 1wn iouse of call fir'f imerne,' Thi5 iritness lrpvethat the paies i61thicglass ddoorwbich thd'de-` fend,aotiVad said were--brolkCn by' 'die joyous souls who had'bee* driliing kvihiisni-bhouse, were thi fact broken by a -bor journey- nian 'bhe`mAker,- vho accidrentally-kndcked his hand a nainst the sglass; a fi~i-, tog, longbefbre the defendatit came to'the house, He fiirther:stated, that the defendaiht's conduct during this short time he was in possession had driven away several persons who had frequented it. ' ' AIf. Ttrrv, a-friendof the:defendant, proved. that the latter be- caineidissatxsfied with his brgain,and had frequently said, "D-_ the liotise, it would not find him in salt to his victuals." ' ' Seyeral other witnesses proved that the house was never in good buslness. MK. Johnson, clerkto M essrs. Reid and Co., the brewers, proved that during the *hole year thit the defendant's predecessor was in thebbute, therehadbeeenbnlW a sup'ply of 48 butts of porter. A clerk in the houseof lif-. Wo6d, a distiller, proved, that during the sameperiod there bad, never been a supply in spirituous liquors of more than 171. a rdoftb; * It wasfurther proved, that thie defendant had, soon after the sale of the house to the pilaintiff, taken another public-bhouse, called the Three Post Boys, in the-Rent-road. There was no evidence that he had retired to live upon his landed estate in Norfolk. The de- fendant had never paid Ellison the 201. which he had promised him for procuring a .urchaser. and had' consulted bis attorney as' t the expediency of bringing an' action. h 'ile case for the defendant was, that.if any deceit had been prac- tised upon the plaintiff, it was pretised upon him by Ellison onlv and that hcl himself had acquitted the deferdant of aWI blame. Twov witnesses sw*0e that they had heard the plaintiff say to the defendant; after the bargain was- discovered to have been improvi-i dent, that he acquitted him of all blame,: ang tlhdt it was that d- .:-.a old rogue so and so, who hid deceived-hii*: In order'to show that the plaintiff might have guarded against any ill consequences frorm' his bargain, it was proved, by a young man named John Strudge, that beforc the pliintiff had purchased the house, he (the witbess) had offered 5001. for it, and that upon hearing that he was dissatisfied with his bargain, he offerefl him the same sum; but he declined talking it, preferrinec to bring this action. - Tlsis witness adrnitted, on his cross-exatnination, that on account of his altitude of person above the rest of mankind, he was called the scailet rutwner amongst his friends. Hle confessed he was an amateur bruiser, and attended prite fights. On one occasion he had been partner in a booth at Ewell fair, with Turner and another fighting man. Twvo publichouse brokers, named Field and Crafter, gave it as thieir opinion, that the lease of the house in question was amply worth 3001., provided the quantity of liquors stated by the defendant to the plaintiff was really sold. Under these esrcumtanees the defendant went for a general ver. dict in his favour, or at least for a reduction ot damages to the amoant of 251. .lr. Gun(ricEr replied. The LOXD CieEr BARoX Fummed up the evidence, and the Ju, immediately found their verdict for the plaintiff- Damages 3001. TPhe Assize finished about 7 o'clock in the evening.