Booksellers seek dissolution of injunction over Croden's Concordance
Law intelligence notes a Chancery hearing in which Liverpool booksellers seek to dissolve a May injunction stopping sale of the seventh edition of Croden's Concordance. Arguments center on minute textual corrections, authorship of the sixth edition, and copyright rights versus laborious improvements. The hearing adjourned with long debate and an upcoming Lords decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Chancery
Tuxsuay
Aq Ttawman and Others
Nuttal and CO
Liverpool
London
Croden
Acar
Rouvext
Deodatus Bye
Stationers’hall
S. Romitry
Bert
Suabwett
House of Lords
Assault and Contract Cases In King's Bench Court
Court records recount two assault actions from Hoxton involving Burrow a lunatics house keeper and five others and a separate contract suit over coal purchases in which Hudson the master faced Clarke broker. Jury chose Guilty verdicts for the Whitfields case with 1 shilling damages and for Burrow damages of 1002 while Halliwell was nonsuited in the coal case and the court sought a case form for further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Same
Burrow
Hoxton
Commercial-road
Jorrins
Scarlett
Marryat
Curwoon
Guaney
Currty
Hudson
Granger
Halliwell
Maria
Enrenorouan
Gondon
Newcastle
Clarke
Elrensorrovgh
Court of Common Pleas case of Causton v Findlay described
The trial recounts Mrs Causton’s voyage to Sicily with Eliza Edwards as servant and companion. The master of the vessel allegedly seduced Edwards, leading to pregnancy, and the jury weighed damages for loss of service and the mistress’s protections. Evidence included Edwards’s testimony from the Portsmouth voyage starting October 1814 and engagement terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serjeant Best
Causter
England
Sicily
Syith
Eliza Edwards
Madeet
Vaughan
Causton
Findlay
Shipboard scandal linked to voyage from Portamouth to Palermo
The narrative details a voyage from Portamouth to Plymouth and Palermo aboard the Mock with Captain Findlay. It describes alleged coercive relations involving Mrs Causton and Miss Prior, the placement of the plaintiff in cramped beds, and subsequent movements to Messina and Sarocca. The plaintiff faced years of service with no wages beyond a dollar, learned of pregnancy, and sought release, with the judge suggesting withdrawing a juror to end the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpney
Sarocca
Palermo
Jane
Capt
Spence
Justice Pain
Fatal duel on Isle of Wight ends in death and murder verdict
On December 9 in West Cowes the duel between Major Lockyer and Capt Redsdale and their seconds, with Lieut. Sutton and Mr Hands, ended when Sutton shot. the coroner returned a verdict of willful murder against Sutton and Lockyer and Redsdale, with Hands a witness.
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West Cowes
Isle OF Wight
Major Lockyer
Redsdale
Cochrane Sutton
Mr. Hands
Grace
St. Thomas’s
South American
Sutton
Lockyer
Stands
Leckyer
Dolphin
Cochrane
Walful
Inquests Open Over Fire Death and Coach Passenger
An inquest at the Red Lion Islington into the death of Mrs. Mears 26 Islington-row returned an accidental burn verdict after she was found engulfed in flames from a candle igniting her clothing. A separate inquest at the Horns public-house Shoreditch found a nameless coach passenger died in what a surgeon calls a fit of apoplexy, with a verdict of death by the visitation of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conover
T. Stintina
Red Lion
Wynyatt-street
Islington-road
J. W. Unwin
Horns
Shoreditch
Watlin
Newington
King’s Arms
Bishopsgate-street
Iteas
London Markets On Dec 16 Amid Sugar and Cotton Trade
The East India Company plans to bring Bengal and Surat Cotton arrivals on the 9th next. Cotton sales total over 900 packages with Bengal holdings eager to sell. Sugar demand shows mixed views amid hurricane news. refiners cautious yet prices inch up on fears of duty changes. Coffee public sales performed well. Irish provisions show steady beef and limited pork. Wheat and corn show softer notes, rice remains in demand, and import duties for Muscovade sugar may rise in January. Tobacco and spices hold with minor shifts. oils rise due to tallow and supply scarcity. Public fruit and barilla auctions listed with varied prices.
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East Indian Company
Bengal
Surat
Pernambuco
West Indies
St.Thomas and
St. Vincent's
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Jamaica
Kingston
St. Vincent’s
Respectacle
Barbadoes
St. Domingo
Mess
India
Campos
Souchong
Hysons
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
Liverpool
East India Company
Sec
E. Naval
Stockholm
Stockholm ‘Far Is A Shade.higher. In Rosin
Greenland
Barilla
Hollands
France
Geneva
Condolence Addresses and Bankruptcies in London Gazette
The London Gazette lists condolence addresses to the Prince Regent from Dublin and various towns including Tipperary Balbriggan Exeter and Inverness plus condolence to the Prince of Saxe Cobourg from Guildford Southampton and Dundee. It notes bankruptcies and superseded cases with numerous debtors and creditors at Guildhall and various inns, with dates in December 20 to January 27 and other entries across cities such as Plymouth Nottingham Bath and London.
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Prince Regent
Banc
Roy Lotee
Dublin
Tipperary
Balbriguan
Exeter
Berks
Berwick-upon- Tweed
Durham
Southamp
Inverness
Bute
Renfrew
Pofield
Beverley
Yorkshire
Caine
Selkirk
Poffy
Abertaff
Arerene
the Prince of Saxe
Aaron
Plymouth Dock
Weakley’s
Baker
St. James’s-street
J. Ladbrook
Draycote
Warwickshire
King’s Head
Jon
C ‘ Attornies
Carter
Coventry
Mr. Bean
Wewickshire
M. White
Lowdham
Nottinghamshire
Bleacher
Devon
the Lion Hotel
Nottingham
Attory Chippendall
Great Queen-street
London
Erestand Parsons
Wm. Gilbert
Bath
Castle A Ball Inn
Beth
Attornies
Nethersole
Essex-street
Strand
Bvill
R. Collyer
Cheltenham
Porter-Dealer
George Hotel
Attornes
Mr. King
Seine Inn
Fleet-street
Newmarch and
Hani
Sale of Goods by Auction at Custom-House London 1817
Auction notice listing sales at Commercial Sale Rooms Mincing Lane and other venues with dates December 1817. Items include muslin, shawls, lace, jewellery, watches, porcelain, wine, tobacco, mahogany, and various goods, viewed at Tobacco Warehouse and King's Warehouse. Payment due by January 31 1818 or deposits forfeited. Catalogues at King's Warehouse and other locations. Also notices for philosophical instruments and a family residence sale at Beddington, Surrey by Crawter and partners.
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London
His Majesty's Customs
Mincing Lane
Avery
Geneva
Tobacco
London Docks
King’s Warehouse
Globeard
Thames-street
King’s Cellar
Rotherhithe
Lower Thames Street
Georg
Ed Sincer
Slewart
Piccadilly
Holtzapfels
Compton-street
Soho
Garden
Oxford-street
Sidger
Princess-street
Cavendish
Beddington
Croydon
Carshalto
Wadeson
Barlow
Austin-friars
Messrs
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LAW Intelligence
Court OF
King's BI Bench
Field
Court. OF Common: Pleas
Gausteon Ve Findlay
THE
London Markets
London Gazette
D. Newbold
Birmingham
Kragier
Royal Nevy
J. Jones
J. Owen
H. Abbott
Ram Inn
Gloucester
Meliss
Wenchurch-street
Guildhall
Morgan
Neath
Glamorganshire
Lindon
A. Anderson
Philpot-lane
J. Howard
Bridlington Quay
Bridjinne
Britannia Inn
G._L. Hollingsford
Wetherell
W. Shields
W. Boulton
W. Rt. Stokes
Durhany Bankers
Ac Guildhall
J. Adlington
Chestersfield
Derbyshire
Draper
J Dowley
Willow-street
Bankside
Surrey
J. Hand
Wormwood Street
A. J. Mutckenzie
H {Oper
Crogs-street
Pinepury Square
Middlesey
W. Davy
Norwich
Norfolk Hotel
J. Francis
Hunsdon
Hertfordshire
A. Adair
D. Cunninghall
Winchester-street
Jay
M. C. Millers
York Hotel
Wichianson-square
J. Netwcombe
Bowbridge
Gloucestershire
George Inn
Stroud
D. Griffiths
Canterbury
W. EasterGeld
Pleet Market
Haberdasher
J. Dowley
Willow Street
Rt. Meacock
J. Wilson
Cheshunt
F Hrfordshire
J. Roberts
Lottenham Court
J. Beckton
Tordon
B. M
Stradj
J. P. Wanles
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