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SAILOR,

wages of servant turning, 129.
SCHOOLMASTER,

injunction granted to restrain discharge of, 106, note (h).
SCIENTER,

in actions for enticing away and harbouring servants, 88.
SECRET,

of trade, contract not to use, valid, 68.

SEDUCTION,

of artificers from their employ to go abroad-statutes repealed, 87,

note (e).

of daughter or servant, 98.

who may bring action for, 99.

form of action, 100.

cannot be brought in County Court, 101.

what loss of service sufficient to support, 101. And see Manley v.
Field, 29 L. J., C. P., 79.

of daughter residing with parent, 101.

out in service parent cannot sue for, 100.

daughter or servant a good witness, 101.

evidence of general good character, 102.
promise of marriage, 102.

defence-pleas, 102.

evidence, 102.

damages, 103.

SERVANT,

rights of, 104.

duties of, 71.

liability of. See LIABILITY.

offences by, against master, 279. And see OFFENCES.

or partner, 34.

or apprentice, 44.

or tenant, 45.

SET-OFF,

of wages due to servant on discharge, 107.
against claim for wages, what may be, 120.

SETTLEMENT,

by hiring and service, servant must be sui juris to gain, 1.

SHERIFF,

abolished, 1, note (b).

action for wages on discharge of servant, may be tried before, 107.
liability of, for acts of his bailiff, 174, note (a).

SHIPOWNER,

not liable to seaman, if ship not seaworthy, 140.

SIGNATURE,

when necessary, 28.

what sufficient to satisfy Statute of Frauds, 28.

SLANDER. See CHARACTER.

general rules in, 250.

imputations on servants affecting them in their situations, 271.
unless connected with occupation or imputing general disability
will not support action, 272.

special damage, 272.

SOLDIERS,

contracts of hiring and service by, 2.
wages of servant enlisting as, 128.

SOUTH SEA COMPANY,

embezzlement by servants of, 320.

STAMP,

when necessary, 29.

not in criminal proceedings, 31, 313.
exemptions in favour of servants and mariners, 29.

contracts for service in the colonies, 29.

mixed contracts for labour and something more, 30.
proceedings under 5 Geo. 4, c. 96, exempt from, 351.
STATUTE,

who entitled to protection given by, 215, note (u).
STATUTE FAIRS,

origin of, p. xlvii.

STEALING. And see LARCENY.

master stealing by hands of servant, 176.

in a dwelling-house to the value of 51. or more, 282.

in a shop, warehouse, or counting-house, 284.

soliciting servant to steal his master's goods, misdemeanor, 286,
note (e).

STEVEDORE,

master of general ship, not liable for careless stowage by, 200,
note (e).

STOKERS,

on board a ship are labourers, not mariners, 30.

STOLEN GOODS,

receiving by master by hands of servant, 175.

STREET KEEPER,

appointed by commissioners, how to recover salary, 215, note (a).
SUNDAY,

contract of hiring made on, valid, 28.

TENANT,

servant is not, 45.

TICKETS OF WORK,

by manufacturers generally, 348.

in the manufacture of hosiery, 514.
silk weavers, 519.

TOOLS,

embezzlement of, 403.

TORTS. See ACTION; LIABILITY.

TRADE,

contracts in restraint of, 57. And see CONTRACT.

how distance measured, 63.

not to use particular secret valid, 68.

not to solicit certain customers valid, 67.

statutes for protection of masters, p. xxxvii.

TRUCK ACT, 417. And see WAGES.

does not apply to domestic servants, 118.

TRUST,

direction in will to employ particular servant does not create a
trust in his favour, 367.

TURNPIKE TRUSTEES,

how far liable for acts of servants, 215.

TUTOR,

what notice to quit, entitled to, 53.

USER,

by master of goods obtained by servant on master's credit, effect
of, 172.

VOLUNTEER CORPS,

contract of hiring and service by members of, 2.

VOTE,

when servant entitled to, 46.

WAGES,

when master bound to pay, though no work found for servant, 54.
when servant entitled to, 113.

discharged wrongfully, 113.

for misconduct, 127.

increased, not due without agreement to pay them, 114.
on dissolution of special contract of hiring, 115.
where amount left to employer's generosity, 115.
certificate of third person, 117.

in case of bankruptcy of master, 120.

death of master, 125.

servant, 129.

default of servant, 127.

when to sue in County Court, 119.

See BANKRUPTCY.

or proceed before justices, 119. And see ADDENDA.

payment of, in goods-Truck Act, 118. And see App. 417.
set-off by master against, 120.

presumption of payment of, 120.

legacy to servant, how far satisfaction of, 126.

right of master to sue for servant's wages, 90.

payment to master, answer to action by servant, 91.

left in master's hands, interest, 127.

in case of servant enlisting, 128.

going to sea, 129.

due to apprentices, when justice may order payment of, 332.
servants and labourers, 327.

when master absent, 334.

rate of, cannot be made by justices without consent, 343.

WARNING,

what warning servants entitled to, 52.

WARRANTY. And see LIABILITY.

liability of master upon warranty of servant, 161, 168.
must be part of transaction of sale, 162.

WEEKLY HIRING,

what is, 50.

servant under, not entitled to legacy of year's wages, 363.
entitled to legacy left to servants, 364.

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE,

punishment of servants wilfully injuring, 240.

WILL,

direction in, to employ particular servant or agent, 367.

WITNESS,

servant formerly not admissible for master in action against him
for servant's negligence, 74.

WORK,

how far master bound to find, 54.

WORKMEN,

wages of, on bankruptcy of master, 125.

recovery of, before justices, 327, 332, 334.
written contract of hiring when necessary, 21.

YEARLY HIRING,

what is, 46.

when contract for indefinite time is, 48.
presumption of, when excluded, 48.
effect of, when it may be terminated, 51.

THE END.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY C. ROWORTH AND SONS,

BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR.

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