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9 L. Q. Rev. 197 (1893)
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handle is hein.journals/lqr9 and id is 209 raw text is: THE LAW QUARTERLY REVIEW. o. XXXV. July, 1893. NOTES. THE HIGHWAYMAN'S CASE (EVerel v. William). T RUTH is stranger than fiction. The story of a highwayman filing a Bill in Equity for an account against his partner, which we had always doubted (ante, p. 105), is correct after all. A learned correspondent has sent us an extract from the European Magazine for May, 1787, vol. i. 36o, which sets out the Bill and the orders made. As the orders are dated, we have been able to pro- cure a collation of the originals, which we owe to the kindness of Mr. Hubert Hall, of the Record Office. The Bill was in the Equity side of the Exchequer. John Everet, of the Parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell, and Joseph Williams were the parties. Apparently it was filed before 1725, and it has not been identified; but, as the orders are there, we have no reason to mistrust the copy of the Bill in the European Magazine. It recites an oral partnership between the defendant and the plaintiff, who was 'skilled in dealing in several sorts of commodi- ties;' and that the parties had 'proceeded jointly in the said deal- ings with good success on Hounslow Heath, where they dealt -with a gentleman for a gold watch;' and that defendant had informed plaintiff that Finebley 'was a good and convenient place to deal in, aid that the said commodities were very plenty at Finchley aforesaid,' and that if they were to deal there 'it woiild be almost all gain to them.' Further recitals show how the parties accord-, ingly 'dealt with several gentlemen for divers watches,rings, swords, canes, hats, cloaks, horses, bridles, saddle, and other things to the value of X2oo and upwards;' and how there was a gentleman at Blackheath who had several things of this sort to dispose of, which defendant represented 'might be had for little or no money, in ease they could prevail on the said gentleman to part with the said things;' and how,' after some small discourse with the said gentleman,' the said things were dealt for ' at a very VOL. IX.P

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