Court Of King's Bench, We...
LAW' REPCflRP This was an action to recover the rent of lodgings occupied by the defendant in the house of the plaintiff, No. 214, Tottenham-court- road, in the year 1819. It was proved that Miss George took the lodgings at 35 guineas a year, and thatthere was halfa qtiarterunpaidfor. A claim was also inade of 11. 7s. for a Leghorn bonnet. to which a new front was added by Alr. WViggins. The Cosx-ox SERGEANT, for the defendant, stated that the bonnet had been paid for, and that he should show the plaintiff was not entitled to recover for the lodgings, as thev were let tbr the pur- oses of prostitution. To prove this case, he called Elizabeth Parker, the servant of Aliss eorge, who proved the s)ayment for the bonnet, and that her mistress received the Visits of gentlemen; but she did net prove that Mrs. WViFgins knew the charmCter or pursuits of her lodger when she received her; but, on the contrary, tbat she desired her to remove, '- as she could see what she was with half an eye."s MIr. aMARRSXT,fortbe plaintiff,observed, that though if a person knowingly let roomns for vicous purposes he could not recover, yet if he reccived a lodger without knowing her intention, he was not to be deprived of his rentbecause she afterwards conducted herself in an improper manner. The LoRD CHIEF JUSTICE said, the law hIad been correctly stated by theleared counsel for the plaintiff, vwho wxas clearly en- titled to the d ne; but whether the bonnet had been paid for or not, the jury would judge. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintil, for the amount of dte rent, 41. Ils. lOd. lu consequence of the expectation that the trial of " The King v. Thurtell" would not be finished in one dar, the parties were not ready in any caases but the remaners of Thursday, and therefore the Court rose before one o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENC. IVE-STtINSTER. JUNE 4. WIGGINS V. GEORGE.