“ On the 31st of August following, the claimant, Russell, filed in the Court of Claims a remittitur of $4000 of his judgment, being one of the sums on account of the allowance of which in the judgment of that court, the defendants moved for a new trial ”

“ And that it was against the course of justice for the defendants to subject the claimant to the expense and risk of a needless trial in the Supreme Court.'
After argument by Mr. G. H. Williams, Attorney-General, for the motion, and Mr. William Penn Clarke, contra, the court, on the 6th of May, 1872, ordered a PEREMPTORY MANDAMUS to issue, commanding the Court of Claims to hear and decide the motions for a new trial. ”