Adcock qui tam v Gill
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1790 |
| Date | 01 January 1790 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 96 E.R. 803
COURT OF KING'S BENCH
Adcock qui tam
and
ers. Gill
adcock qui tam vers. gill. In an action qui tarn, for exercising the trade of a worsted weaver, in the City of Norwich, contrary to the 13 & 14 Ch. 2, c. 5, there was a special verdict. After this verdict had been argued once upon the merits, Denison J. desired; that it might, at the next argument, be considered, whether the 13 & 14 Ch. 2, c. 5, which was made for regulating the manufacture of stuffs in the City of Norwich and in the county of Norfolk, be not a private statute, of which, as it is not in the present case pleaded, the Judges cannot take notice; and he mentioned the case of Bex v. Wild, 2 Keb. 686, in which it was agreed by the Court, that this statute ia a private statute. At the day upon which the verdict was to have been argued a second time, it was admitted ; that the objection of Mr. Justice Denison, as supported by the case...
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