K. Lunt, pending in the Superior
Court, in Boston, last week, to pro
ceed, in consequence of the appear
ance in the papers there of an adver
tisement over the signature of tuu
defendant, Lunt, addressed to His
Honor and to the Jury, respecting
the case. The plaintiff sued the
defendant to obtain a first instalment
on a contract to build a pilot boat,
and for damages for the refusal the
defendant to allow him to complete
her. The advertisement was of a
nature calculated to prejudice the
minds of the Jury, and in refusing
to allow the trial, which was well
advanced, to go on, Judge Brigham
spoke upon the necessity of preserv
ing the purity of jury trials in the
Commonwealth, and expressed sur
prise that newspapers should admit
such things as tended to corrupt the
fountains of justice. He was also
in his remarks on the conduct of Mr.
Lunt, who, in consequence of the
action of the Chief Justice, will have
to pay witnesses’ foes to the amount
of some §3OO.
