Court Of King's Bench, We...
The Times, 1824-02-18T00:00:00

LAW REPORT. This was an actioni between the same parties as those in the cause of Mlonday, in which thc plaintiff complained of verbal and written slander on i;is character, itmputing to him that he was not guiltless of the charge which he preferred against a dignitary of the church. The jury being sworn, hlr. Pitri.Ltps rose, and said he had a proposal to make which might prevent the trial of. the cause. -It was an action of a most painftul nature; there was no justification on the recojid and he was now willing to take nomninal damages, if Mir. Parkins would say that he was mistaken when he used the expressions complained of This was all the apology he a,ked binm to make. Jjlr. P:irkins, who wras sitting among the counsel, rese, and said that, under the circunsat.nces of the case, he believed it'would be heat for him to accept thie oft'er: but he should lose no time in mov- ing for a new trial in the case of yesterday- The lORD CuIIEF JLTSTXCE._..'e have nothing to do with that here. Then you take your verdict for 40s. Mr. PntLrrPs aqsented, and the jary imnmediately found a ver- dict for the plainti!W-Damages 40s. CASTLE MAN V. WELSHS. This teas an action to recover 1801. for wine asid spirits supplied by the plaintift' to the defendant. It appeared on the ca:se of the plaintiff himself, that the defen- dant was, at the time when the liquors were delivered, residing in the rmles of the King's Bench Prison. He had property to the aMount of several hundred pounds Rt-year, yet was rnrested, and in- stead of *lisputing or paying the debt, obtained the rules He was, in fact, childishi and imbecile, incapable of manaking his own affairs, and had recently been the subject of a -eomi-dission of lunacy. During the lif.nime of his sister, he was under iter control, and then was ihdifferently provided for- but rince her death, he had been taken care of by Mr. Glennie, and had been pro- perly treated. Of the liquors, amounting in the bill to 41. or oL per week. only four bottles of .pevvihe a week, and row and then a little brandy and water, hat been drank by bhe defendant, the rest having been consumed bv r. Glennie asa his friends. it was further proved,tbat 271r. blennie directed the plaintiffto send in four bottles of Caspe wine a week, and charge them as Mfadeira; that he hal astsured Castleman he would do all he could' to assist him in getting his tnoney; and that the particulars of demand had been altered since the commencement of the action. The LoVD CIIIEF JUSTIeE intimated that, under the cdicum- stances, the plaintiffcould not hope to recover; because there was strong evidence that be knew of the ineompetencyofthe defendant to give orders but it was right he should be paid for the wine actually drank by MUr. *Vels'. The A rORNEY.GENTF.UAT.. who appeared for the plaintiff, after sousehesittiop, yielded tothis suggestion, and consented to winthdraw the case. The plaintiff was then nonsuited, with an understanding that he sbou(,l be paid for the Cage ladeira. L6AD;EJk V. StICTtt. This was an action of trover, in which the plaintifF eomplained against the defendant for illegilly converting goods to bis own use. The plaintiff' was the widow of a mnan who had owned a stage- coZch from-Kilburn to Lonidon, and who rented a cottage of the defendant at the forrer village. She was about to leave this resi- dence for another lodging, and her goods had been placed in a wvaggon for the purpose of removal, wlhen thev were seized by the orders of the. defenlant, as a distress for half a year's rent then due. The question in the cause was, whether the goods were fraudulenotly remnove(d to avoid a distress. In reference to this question, evidence was given that Mlr. Smith, when he dis- traineI the goa,ds previously, stated that he only did so to furnish a ground of claim to the widuw to obtain tbe renkiesion of the duties due at the Stamp-offica; and did not in tend to retain them. Thie-jury found-a verdict for the plWinttiff-Vamafes 201. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WFST-MNSTEFR, FEB. 17. BIYRNE V. PARKINS.