Land Tax Bill Debates Marked by Amendments and Opposition
The House debated amendments to the Land Tax Bill with Mr Pitt defending its universality and fairness. Debates touched future sessions, windfall clauses, and equality of taxation while Sir William Pulteney and others opposed. Final decisions adjourned to the next day for further readings and engrossment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Lubington
Fray
Pitt
Sheridan
Dexies
Engand
William Pulteney
Ryder
Buxton
Gregory Page Turner
Brighton
Headley Canal
Edinburgh
Doncaster
F. Sinclair
Maudesley v Danby Trespass Case in Court of Kine's Bence
In a May 14 hearing Lord Kenyon condemned a sheriff’s officer who entered a private home at night without showing authority and disturbing the family. The jury awarded the plaintiff 501 damages. The ruling stressed officers must produce warrants and subjects must obey the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Kine
Bence
Maudesley
Danby
Lord Kenyon
Lovelace v Perry Defect in Magistrate Notice
An action against a Magistrate for false imprisonment was deemed defective for lack of due notice. The case, tried at Winchester with a verdict for the defendant, moved for a new trial over whether prior notice of the writ was given. Lord Kenyon and the court held notice defective. plaintiff to be nonsuited. rule discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovelace
Perry
Winchester
Kenyon
Watson v Threlkeld suit over goods to plaintiff wife
The suit sought 68] for goods delivered to the plaintiff’s wife. The defense claimed the woman was not married to the defendant and that the plaintiff knew it. Lord Kenyon ruled that if proven the plaintiff privately knew there was no marriage, he would not be allowed to use that knowledge to defeat a rightful claim. Verdict for the plaintiff. May 16. Mr Erskine moved for a criminal information against a Northumberland magistrate for perjury.
Magistrate Accused Of Abuse In Pique Case
A man alleges a magistrate pressured a girl to swear a child against Mr. Ni cholson, under a ruse of improving paternity to gain advantage. Mr. Wood moved additional information alleging the magistrate wrongfully appropriated a penalty levied on the game act, seeking remedy in both cases.
May 19 Trial on a Hamburg bill against Lashbrook
Lord Kenyon presided at Guildhall London over a case on a bill of exchange alleged to be drawn in Hamburgh. The defendant won at trial with the defence that the bill was created in England. The plaintiff sought a new trial but the court refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Lashbrook
Erskine
The White Bird and the Color of Glass
A village tale warns that readers through colored glasses see bias not truth. A bird’s color is judged differently by each spectator until a stranger urges seeing without spectacles, revealing that white and true judgment emerge when prejudice is removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned
Tom
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Lord Shefield
J. Sinclair
Lord Sheffield
Committee of Ways and Means
F. Baring
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