The Times 1811 - 1820 Aug 27 1819 Carlisle Assizes (Civil Side-Moore v. Nixon)...#6

Aug 27 1819 Carlisle Assizes (Civil Side-Moore v. Nixon)...#6

The Times, Friday, Aug 27, 1819; pg. 3; Issue 10709; col A                               CUMBERLAND ASSIZES.                                        ------------------                          CARLISLE, MONDAY, AUG. 23.                                           CIVIL SIDE.     [continued]                              MOORE V. NIXON. - DEBT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as administrator to his father, a mason, to recover the sum of 6L. 11s. due to his father by the defendant, also a mason. Thomas MILBURN, was referee, together with John NIBBLY, upon this subject; their award was, that the defendant should pay 6L. 11s., which the defendant promised to do. (This witness, a tall determined man, enforced his answers by an emphatic knock upon the box in which he stood.) Cross-examined by Mr. RAINE. - You clinch every thing, my friend; you nail what you say? It is true, Sir. - So, you were arbitrator in this matter? They only met me with a tailor. (Shouts of laughter.) What, they matched you only with a fraction of a man, and your blood was up? No, Sir, I said so only because you were hard upon me. He is a respectable man, a very nice man, Sir. Mr. RAINE addressed the Jury for the defendant, and called John NIBBLY, who swore that he had never agreed to an award; the defendant's daughter, who said she had seen her father pay 5L. to plaintiff's father; and another witness, who heard plaintiff's father say, that 5L. worth of stones were due to defendant. Verdict for the plaintiff - Damages 6L. 11s.

 

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