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1779. 1 Term. Saturday Jan: 30.

Saturday January 30th 1779.
Present
Sir E. Impey
Sir Robert Chambers
&
Mr. Justice Hyde.
[Triple Line]

Hurrikissen Mistree
v
James Creassey
[Triple Line]

A Demurrer.
The Action is for assault and Battery and Imprisonment. After the Conclusion of the Plaint “to the Damage of the said Hurrikissen of Sicca Rupees Ten Thousand.”
The Plea is in these Terms
“And the said James Creassey in his own proper Person Comes and Defends the force and Injury when &c and says he is not guilty thereof, and of this he puts himself to the judgment of his Peers.”
Mr. Newman. For the Plaintiff argued shortly the Demurrer to this Plea, by remarking that the Court had no authority to summon a Jury in Civil Causes. He reserved himself to answer the argument in support of the Plea, after he had heard what could
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