...two months after request, whereby the plaintiff had lost the benefit of his trade. After verdict, a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground, that the plaintilV ought to have brought detiuue or trover; but the court held the action well brought; for,...

...should have been so ill advised, as not to defend himself. In the next place, he was astonished that no motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the paper was no? libel at all. He thought the sentence most severe, and that opinion had not, Mr. Fox...

...plaintiff lost the benefit of the land. The defendant pleaded not guilty. — Verdict for the plaintiff. A motion was made in arrest of judgment on the ground that the action would not lie, as the plaintiff might have abated the nuisance, or might have distrained the...

...writing purporting to be a warrant to apprehend the defendant for forgery ; and, after a conviction, a motion was made in arrest of judgment on the ground that the charge did not amount to an indictable offence. Perryn, B. took time to consider to the subsequent...

...performance of the condition ; and the issue, joined on the last plea, was found for the plaintiff. A motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the contract, disclosed in the condition of the bond, was illegal. But the motion was overruled, and the...

...for not paying the stamp-duty on an indenture of apprenticeship. After verdict for the plaintiff, a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the defendant had sinae paid the duties under the 9 Geo. 3. c. 37. s. 4, which discharges the penalty incurred,...

...not paying the stamp duty upon an indenture of apprenticeship ; after verdict for the plaintiff, a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the defendant had, since the verdict, and before the 1st September, 1769, paid the duties under the statute...

...the offence shall be committed." The plaintiff having recovered a verdict for several penalties, a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the plaintiff oilght to have proceeded by information before a justice: for although the aggregate number...

...the plea of not guilty, the jury found a verdict against the defendant, of Two hundred djollars. A motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the value of the mare charged in the indictqjent to have been maliciously killed by the defendant, was...

...King- v. Wuolstun* the defendant was charged with publishing five libels against Christianity itself. A motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the offence was not one which was punishable in the temporal courts, and there the Coin t said that it...