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 1856 AND 1857.

Queen's Bench;

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

BY LESLIE S. MONTGOMERY, Esq.
AND B. L. FLEMING, Esq.

Exchequer;

By GRAVES CATHREW, ESQ. AND JAMES A. KIFT, Esq.
Exchequer Chamber;

BY JOHN S. ARMSTRONG, Esq.

Court of Criminal Appeal;

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

VOL. VI.

DUBLIN:

HODGES, SMITH & CO., 104 GRAFTON STREET.

1858.

Printed by DAVID CORBET, 11 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin.

1857-58.

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 Hon. JAMES O'BRIEN.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Lord Chief Justice.-The Right Hon. JAMES HENRY MONAHAN.
Second Justice.-The Right Hon. NICHOLAS BALL.
Third Justice.-The Right Hon. WILLIAM KEOGH.
Fourth Justice.-The Hon. JONATHAN CHRISTIAN.

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.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

The Right Hon. JOHN D. FITZGERALD.

SOLICITORS-GENERAL.

JONATHAN CHRISTIAN, Esq., Q. C.
Henry George HUGHES, Esq., Q. C.

SERJEANTS.

JOHN HOWLEY, Esq., Q. C.
WALTER BERWICK, Esq., Q. C.
RICKARD DEASY, Esq., Q. C.

Mr. Justice JACKSON having died shortly before Christmas, 1857, JONATHAN CHRISTIAN, Esq., was promoted to the vacancy caused by his death, in the Court of Common Pleas, and was thereupon succeeded in the office of Solicitor-General by HENRY GEORGE HUGHES, Esq., Q.C.; and Mr. Justice MOORE having also died in the early part of January 1858, Serjeant O'BRIEN was appointed to succeed him as Fourth Justice in the Court of Queen's Bench.