The National Register. — 1823-02-17 (London, England)

AND ANOTHER. Mr. C. Phillips moved •the Judgment of the Court on the defendants, found guilty of keeping a common gaining house. namely, No. Pall-sail, for playing the game of Roar st No:r. Mr.Corwood, on behalf of Mr. Rogier, moved an arrest of Judgment, on the ground that a gaming house was sot a nuis mace at common law ; and Ham that Rouge et Nair was sot as unlawful game, as described in the indictment. The learned counsel founded his law upon a dictum in Sergeant Hawkins. cap. 25.—1 f the Court should be with his, be said, on those points, the indictment was bad, and jndgment mast be arrested. Mr. Platt. se counsel for Mr. Humphries, supported the same objections. :The Coon held there was so ground for arresting the judgement. . .  The affidavit of Rogier was then put in and read. The dopossot said ho bud been prosecuted by the informer Woodruff* for the sole purpose of inducing him to pay a large sans of money. None twit persons of rank had ever bees permitted to play at the bones No. 32, Pall-mall. Mr. Humphries put in a similar affidavit. The affidavit of Mr. John Woodruff* was also read is support of the prosecution The deponent stated that he'had seen the proprietors of tke house wio in one night 20001. Mr. Curwood sud Mr. Platt addressed the Court in mitigation.  Mr. Phillips, in aggravation, said. within the walls of these houses there was not only drink to stapify the senses, but every other inducement to play. The peer and the apprentice might be seen together, and at these hells the worst passions were in conflict. whilst the demons who produced the discord stood around smiling and enjoying the trouble. It seemed ,to be the cursed peculiarity of gaming that the darker the •horison of -Ike gamester was the stronger grew the stimuli's to ruin. Otte met of profligacy and imprudence led to another, until suicide covered the most wretched among men. Be had no personal feeling on the sohject—but he firmly believed, oa the deision of Court depended the question, whether rarest. in Mare might not have to deplore the eatinetioa of their hopes, amid the irreparable rein of their children? The Court being informed this' four ether prisoners, sanely. Phillips, Oldfield. Bennett, and Carlos, were also in waiting to res..ve judgment, ordered the whole of the defendants to be committed to the custody of the Mar►hal of the King's Bench. and brought op again tomorrow morning to receive seoteoce.  __,lesitu•RY 12. Jurisdiction of Ike Borough Court of Requests. Mr. Hutchinson shewed cause against a role obtained by Mr. Campbell, to arrest the lodgment of the Court of Requests of the Borough of Soathwark, this being • plaint for upwards of 51. reduced below that sum for the purpose of reeovering. The defendant put in an original demand deli• vered by the same phtintilT, amounting to above 11. which it was conteoded took the claim oct of the prim:fiction of this Court, which by Act of Parliameut could only entertain plaints not exceeding 51. Referred to Mr. Park to say, whether the original demand in this case exceeded 61.  The court signified, that on Thursday it would take the Home Circuit new trials, and the following day the Western. The Master read the order of the Court, that the oMce of commissioner for taking affidavits ehould not henceforth be held by conveyancers, but by such only as .wero admitted attorneys.