REPORTS OF CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE COURTS OF

QUEEN'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS,

EXCHEQUER,

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, AND COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL,

DURING THE YEARS 1849, 1850 AND 1851.

Queen's Bench:

BY JOHN S. ARMSTRONG, Esq. AND W. H. FALOON, Esq.
Common Pleas :

BY HEWITT POOLE JELLETT, Esq.

Exchequer:

BY GRAVES CATHREW, Esq. AND J. P. HAMILTON, Esq.
Exchequer Chamber:

BY JOHN S. ARMSTRONG, Esq.

Court of Criminal Appeal:

BY JOHN S. ARMSTRONG, ESQ. AND W. H. FALOON, Esq.

VOL. I.

DUBLIN:

HODGES AND SMITH, 104 GRAFTON STREET.

1852.

Buring the period of these Reports.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Lord Chief Justice. The Right Hon. FRANCIS BLACKBURNE.
Second Justice.-The Hon. PHILIP CECIL Crampton.
Third Justice.-The Right Hon. LOUIS PERRIN.
Fourth Justice. The Right Hon. RICHARD MOORE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Lord Chief Justice.-The Right Hon. JAMES HENRY MONAHAN.
Second Justice.-The Hon. ROBERT TORRENS.

Third Justice. The Right Hon. NICHOLAS BALL.

Fourth Justice.-The Hon. JOSEPH DEVONSHER JACKSON.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

Lord Chief Baron.-The Right Hon. DAVID RICHARD PIGOT.
Second Baron.-The Hon. RICHARD PENNEFATHER.

Third Baron. The Right Hon. John Richards.
Fourth Baron.-The Right Hon. THOMAS LEfroy.

ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.

The Right Hon. JAMES HENRY MONAHAN.
The Right Hon. JOHN HATCHell.

SOLICITORS-GENERAL.

JOHN HATCHELL, Esq., Q. C.
HENRY GEORGE HUGHES, Esq., Q. C.

SERJEANTS.

JOSEPH STOCK, Q. C.

JOHN HOWLEY, Q. C.

JAMES O'BRIEN, Q. C.

JONATHAN CHRISTIAN, Q. C.

NOTE. The changes which took place in the Judges and Law Officers during the period of these Reports were as follows:-In the Vacation after Trinity Term 1850 The Right Hon. JOHN DOHERTY, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, died, upon which the Right Hon. JAMES HENRY MONAHAN, Her Majesty's Attorney-General, was appointed in his place, and JOHN HATCHELL, Esq., Q. C., Attorney-General, and HENRY GEORGE HUGHES, Esq., Q. C., Solicitor-General. In Trinity Term 1851 Serjeant STOCK resigned, and JONATHAN CHRISTIAN, Q. C., was appointed in his place.

,, 412, in reference "Sty. 292" dele "Lord Lyndhurst in note."

429, line 5 from bottom, for " 'Lords" read Commons."

434, line 5 from bottom, for "according" read "acceding."

579, line 5 from bottom, for "proof of sufficient" read "sufficient proof." 591, line 13 from top, for "plaintiff excepted" read "defendant excepted."