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On Thursday, June llth, 1811, Mr. Fuller's (the 

 apothecary of Piccadilly) action against the late 

 Duke of Queensberry's executors was heard in the 

 Court of Common Pleas. The statement of claim 

 set forth for professional services rendered from 1803 

 to 1810, which included 9340 visits, besides 1700 

 night calls, out of which he remained with his grace 

 1215 nights. For these attendances, etc., he claimed 

 £10,000 — a charge which would seem to have been 

 disputed by the executors, though the claimant 

 had on his side Lord Yarmouth, the most interested 

 person among his late grace's numerous legatees, 

 who, with Dr. Home, Sir Henry Halford, Dr. Ainslie, 

 testified to the reasonableness of the charge, when 

 called upon by Sergeant Vaughan for the plaintiff, 

 considering the sacrifice he had made of his business 

 on his grace's behalf. Further, Lord Yarmouth and 

 Dr. Home affirmed that the Duke had told them 

 Mr. Fuller should be paid by his executors; this 

 was corroborated by Mr. E. B. Douglas's answer in 

 Chancery. But for their admissions, Mr. Justice 

 Mansfield would not have deemed the action tenable 

 in a court of justice, as he did not consider 

 an apothecary could claim for attendance, a fact 

 generally known. However, considering the justice 

 of the case, and the testified wishes and admissions 



