Report of the trial, Cooper versus Wakley, for libel / from the notes of W.B. Gurney ; with remarks on the evidence, by Bransby B. Cooper.
- Bransby Blake Cooper
- Date:
- 1829
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the trial, Cooper versus Wakley, for libel / from the notes of W.B. Gurney ; with remarks on the evidence, by Bransby B. Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![£ it tfie Hfrtg'g afoncp. WESTMINSTER HALL, December I2tk, 1828. COOPER v. WAKLEY.* TRIED BEFORE LORD TENTERDEN AND A SPECIAL JURY. The following Special Jurymen answered to their names:— THOMAS HENRY, Merchant. EDWARD BURN, Merchant. HENRY LAING, Merchant. BURRAGE DAVENPORT, Merchant. RICHARD PRANCE, Merchant. JOHN OLIVER HANSON, Merchant. G. MARCELLUS ROCHER, Mercht. DUNCAN M'LACHLAN, Merchant. HUNTLEY BACON, Merchant. ISAAC WESTMORELAND, Merchant. Talesmen. JOSEPH THOMAS, JOHN WHEELER. Counsel for the Plaintiff. Sir JAMES SCARLETT, Mr. POLLOCK, Mr. SCARLETT. Solicitors for the Plaintiff—Messrs. Paterson and Peile. Solicitors for the Defendant—Messrs. Fairthorne and Lofty. The Jury -were sworn. The Pleadings were opened by Mr. Scarlett. Sir James Scarlett.—Your Lordship will allow me to state, that in this case some of the affirmative issues are thrown upon the Plaintiff, who is to prove his own skill, although there is no general issue. Lord Tenterden.—Which are those issues ? Sir James Scar left.-I will state them to your Lordship.- The Plaintiff hen and there performed the said operation in an unskilful and unsurgeon- lernner' T* 1th6n th6re' * is the fourth P]ea' by nskil- h^Tl Pa,ti6Dt mUCh 6reater deSree of PaiQ and su^ring than alZ TlT' but f°r that cause> have incurred.»-My Lord! it is K oi that M °nt-iS Ski11' 3nd the °ther Want 0f skil> i and> UpiSLn I p i6Ct °f thiS ^ iS t0 reC0Ver damaSes not H<luidated> L rl Ten J 3 dear ri*ht 10 begi«-The third plea is this- pofnted ouZ WiSh PartiClar paSSage °f the f0urth P,ea t0 be Sir James Scarlet/.-The third plea is, « That he wa, a much longer time](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22281708_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
