Court Of King's Bench, We...
- -z--- - - putaing me rmode 'of electing corporate Officers i the borough of Wycombe. By th cha h be elede by the burgesses at large; ba b c ue, stOffierisin beored the charter, and by a by-law madc subsequently, the election hts been conducted by the commnon councOil. or select bod, of' the bur.. resses. Two questions, therefore, arose: first, wvhei,er them can partilacceptl nce of a charter; and econ whether, if thre can be no such acceptance, a by-law can be Trial to lifit anc con trol its provisions- These queations were 'now argued. in the nega tivebhy Mr. SCAPLErTT and lFt the affirrnativebyr Mr' T. iDA The COUu-T took time to consider their judgment.t CO3URT OF COAMNIVON PLEAS, IVEDNESbAY Nov. 17. The Court. sat In badco till one o'clock, but up to 'hat hour no case of any interest came on. At one o'clock, the LowD CHIEP JUSTICE came into court to sit at Ariss Pr*ns. There were only two causes entered. The one vaas settled out of court, avid the other (after the jury -was sworn) Va., re fs.rre d.- atrtejr ws on COURT OF EXCHEQUER, WEDNESDAY, Nov. 17. fOItTON- V. PEARSON. This cause w;a argued sorte titne ago, and stood -for judgrnent thi8 day. The plaintifffiled a bill, alleging that-he wts8 entitled to certain iities on two parcels of land, caled Great and Little Park, In the parish of South Wingfield, and praying that an account thereof might be taken. The defendant put In an answer, in which he al- legeA that he paid an annunl sTni of 21. in lieu of tithes oni the land in qUestion. The LonR CftrE? BArtOlN, on Coming into Court; stated,that after having read over all the papers relating to the cause, he wsas of opinioh that the 21. wh,ich the defendatnt annually paid could only be cons=dered as the mod7i. decimandi of Ijittle Park. With respect tn (Great Parl., he dlecreed an account to be taken, and granted thie nTrWmliflr h;a on-? COURT 0- KING'S BENCH. .V-c -- THE Xr9G V. WEST -- A.