THE

LAW MAGAZINE;

OR

QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

JURISPRUDENCE,

FOR AUGUST, 1839; AND NOVEMBER, 1839.

VOL. XXII.

LONDON:

SAUNDERS AND BENNING, LAW BOOKSELLERS,
(SUCCESSORS TO J. BUTTERWORTH AND SON,)

43, FLEET STREET.

1839.

CONTENTS.

ART. I.-FOURTH CRIMINAL LAW REPOrt.

Fourth Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners on

Criminal Law, dated the 8th day of March, 1839;

presented to both Houses of Parliament by com-

mand of her Majesty

ART. II.-EQUITY JURISPRUDence in EnglaND AND AMERICA.

Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence, as admi-

nistered in England and America. By Joseph

Story, LL.D. Dane Professor of Law in Harvard

University.

ART. III.-NOTICE TO QUIT

ART. IV.-LIFE OF LORD ERSKINE.

ART. V.-PIRACY OF MARKS AND SIGNS OF MERCHANTS AND

ART. VI.-Town v. COUNTRY-PROVINCIAL COMPLAINTS OF

AGENCY.

Observations on the Unprofitable State of Country

Equity and Common Law Practice, &c., with Sug-

gestions for relieving it from Town Agency, &c.

&c. London. 1837

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CONTENTS.

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ART. I.-PRIVILEGES OF THE BAR-INFLUENCE OF LEGAL

STUDIES.

The Case of the Queen v. Disraeli. With an Argu-

ment in Vindication of the Practice of the Bar.

By Joseph Stammers, Esq., Barrister at Law. 259

ART. II.-LIFE OF LORD ERSKINE (continued)

272

ART. IV.-FORFEITURE BY BREACH OF COVENANT

ART. VII.-SCOTCH PROCEEDINGS IN LUNACY.

Report of the Proceedings under a Brieve of Idiot-

cy, Peter Duncan against David Yoolow, tried

at Coupar-Angus, 28-30 Jan. 1837. With an

Appendix of Documents and an Introduction.

By Ludovic Colquhoun, Esq., Advocate.

386