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Everet v Williams
Everet v Williams () (also known as the “Highwayman's Case”) is an English court case dating back to 1725, regarding the enforceability of contracts to commit crimes. In this case, the contract was to share the spoils of armed robbery, which the court refused to uphold.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Highwayman’s Case: Formally Known as Everet v. Williams )〕
==Background==
Everet and Williams were both highwayman, and entered into a partnership to split the proceeds from their robberies.〔 For some time, the two engaged in this pursuit on Hounslow Heath, as well as at Pagshot, Salisbury, Hampstead, and elsewhere.〔 When the proceeds of these activities were sold, John Everet believed that Joseph Williams had maneuvered himself into receiving more than his fair share of the profits.〔 For some unknown reason, Everet decided to take his grievance to the courts for settlement.〔 He hired attorneys and solicitors to sue Williams in court for the balance he thought due, pleading "for discovery, an account, and general relief" for the “profits” made under their “partnership.〔
The plaintiff’s pleadings referred to the nature of the partnership that it was “skilled in dealing in several sorts of commodities” and that they “proceeded jointly in the said dealings with good success on Hounslow Heath, where they dealt with a gentleman for a gold watch”, adding that Hounslow Heath “was a good and convenient place to deal in, and that the said commodities were very plenty at Finchley aforesaid”.〔
The pleadings went on to state that the parties had “dealt with several gentlemen for divers watches, rings, swords, canes, hats, cloaks, horses, bridles, saddles, and other things to the value of ₤200 and upwards”, and that these goods were obtained for “little or no money….after some small discourse with the said gentleman”, adding that “the said things were dealt for 'at a very cheap rate.'”〔
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