Adcock qui tam v Gill

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1790
Date01 January 1790
CourtCourt 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...

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