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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 12, 1799
Page
3
The House of Lords paused debate on Lord Berkeley's marriage to hear witnesses and advise. the Lord Chancellor warned against a wife testifying for her husband, delaying further discussion to Thursday with other bills and adjournment noted.
The Commons debated the 1798 army extraordinary grants and the expiring laws committee reports. Tierney opposed large increases for Puisne Judges, urging restraint and warning of precedents and Crown influence.
Debates in Parliament on judicial salaries and pensions, with supports from Hawkins Brown and Percival, plus calls for commissions to examine judges officers and ministers. Militia pay and clothing abuses criticized, distribution of decedents’ deaths examined, and Exchequer Bill for Income Tax proposed. later a divorce bill and a libel case involving Baldery and Firewood conclude adjournment.
Law report on a writ of error from the Court of Common Pleas. Mrs Macnamara, wife of Captain Macnamara, sought separate maintenance but Lord Kenyon ruled there was no evidence of separation or separate maintenance. The jury was urged to find a verdict against her. verdict for plaintiff. Experiences of discharge through equity pathways and misdirection were noted.
A case arising about six or seven years ago involves a gentleman named Button from Essex County who obtained in the Court of King’s. The document outlines the circumstances leading to the action and references Lewis J File Wood in connection with the matter.
The case details a damages action for harbouring the plaintiff's wife, seduction, and criminal conversation. The plaintiff, a Notary Public with chambers in the Temple, accuses Counsellor Darley alias Teddy the Irishman and a titled noble of entangling the lady, who fled with him and used various names. The judge denounced the conduct as shocking to public virtue and dismissed the suit as the plaintiff had purportedly allowed her prostitution.
In Hobgood v Sumbell Esq the plaintiff, a magician living at No 79 PailMall, sues for lodging and other items allegedly supplied by Mr and Mrs Gambell. The defendant, claimed to be a Moroccan noble, faces questions of marriage to Mrs Wells. Lord Kenyon remarks on legality of the arrangement. verdict returns 261 in favor of the plaintiff.
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