Staunton Spectator

Newspapers Must Be Paid for. A case was tried yesterday, in the Common Pleas, before Judge Kelly in which the right of newspaper publisher to exact payment from a subscriber, who neglects or refuses to give notice to stop his paper, was fully tested. The case was that of Philip R. Freas vs Jacob Glass. It was an action to recover the subscription price to the Germantown Telegraph for 12 years. The paper was left at a public house in the vicinity of the defendant's stall, in Callowhill street.(the defendant being a butcher at the time,) at the express direction of Mr. Glass, where it continued to be left for the space of time stated. The defence was two fold—1st, the statute of limitations: and 2d, that the paper should have been left at the residence of the defendant, as it was known to the plaintiff. Judge Kelley charged the jury, that where a person subscribes for a paper, and gives directions where it shall be left, he is bound to pay for it, unless he prescribes the time of which it shall be left. If a subscriber wishes to discontinue his paper it is his duty to square his accounts. and then give notice for a discontinuance. Verdict for Plaintiff, $2250.—Phila. Sun.