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 1852, 1853 AND 1854.

Queen's Bench;

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

BY HEWITT POOLE JELLETT, Esq.
AND LESLIE S. MONTGOMERY, 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. III.

DUBLIN:

HODGES AND SMITH, 104 GRAFTON STREET.

1855.

During the period of these Reports.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Lord Chief Justice.-The Right Hon. THOMAS LEFROY.
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. RICHARD WILSON GREENE.

ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.

The Right Hon. JOSEPH NAPIER.

The Right Hon. ABRAHAM BREWSTER.

SOLICITORS-GENERAL.

JAMES WHITESIDE, Esq., Q. C.

WILLIAM KEOGH, Esq., Q. C.

SERJEANTS.

JOHN HOWLEY, Esq., Q. C.

JAMES O'BRIEN, Esq., Q. C.

JONATHAN CHRISTIAN, Esq., Q. C.

IN Hilary Term 1854, 28th January, LOFTUS HENRY BLAND, RICHARD ARMSTRONG and JOHN THOMAS BALL, Esquires, having been appointed of Her Majesty's Counsel, were sworn and admitted to the Inner Bar.