THE

LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1866:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

¥n the House of Lords, In the Privy Council,

IN THE COURTS OF

Chancery and Appeal in Bankruptcy, Probate,

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, Admiralty, Ecclesiastical,

Queen's Bench and the Bail Court,

Common Pleas, Erchequer, Erchequer Chamber, and

Erown Cases Reserved.

FROM

MICHAELMAS TERM, 1865, TO TRINITY TERM, 1866,

BOTH INCLUSIVE.

The House of Lords Cases are given in the Chancery and Common Law Courts respectively : Decisions

in Error and on Appeal in the Exchequer Chamber will be found in the respective Courts from which

the Errors and Appeals come; the Common Pleas includes the Appeals from Revising Barristers; and the

County Court Appeals are in the Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer respectively.

THESE CASES FORM PARTS I. AND II. OF THE WORK.

THE CASES RELATING TO THE POOR Laws, THE CRIMINAL LAW AND OTHER SUBJECTS CHIEFLY

CONNECTED WITH THE DUTIES AND OFFICE OF MAGISTRATES, ARE

SEPARATELY ARRANGED, AND FORM Part III. OF THE WORK.

THE

THE DECISIONS IN THE PRIVY COUNCIL, THE PROBATE COURT, THE DIVORCE AND

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES COURT, THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURT, AND

HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, WITH THE CASES DECIDED ON APPEAL

FROM THOSE COURTS, ARE SEPARATELY ARRANGED,

AND FORM PARTS IV., V., VI. AND VII. OF THE WORK.

EDITED BY

MONTAGU CHAMBERS, Esq. One or Her Majesty's Counsel,

FRANCIS TOWERS STREETEN, Esq.

FREDERICK HOARE COLT, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-Law.

AND

LONDON :

Printed by James Holmes, 4, Took’s Court, Chancery Lane.

PUBLISHED BY EDWARD BRET INCE, 5, QUALITY COURT, CHANCERY LANE.

MDCCCLXVI.

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

Court of Queen's Bench,

AND IN THE

Erchequer Chamber

ON ERROR AND ON APPEAL FROM THE QUEEN'S BENCH,

REPORTED BY

ROBERT SAWYER, Esq. AND ARTHUR PAUL STONE, Esq.

BARRISTERS-AT-LAW,

AND ON APPEAL TO

The House of Lords,

REPORTED BY

WILLIAM WARREN STREETEN, Esq. BARRISTER-AT-Law.

1

RULES OF COURT

FOR

Regulating the Procedure and Practice in Suits by English Information.

The Right Honourable Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, Knight, Lord Chief Baron of Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, and Sir SAMUEL Martin, Knight, Sir George WILLIAM WILSHERE BRAMWELL, Knight, Sir William Fry CHANNELL, Knight, and Sir GILLERY Pigott, Knight, Barons of the same Court, do hereby, in pursuance and execution of the power given them by “ The Crown Suits, &c. Act, 1865," and of every or any other power or authority enabling them in this behalf, order and direct in manner following:

ABSTRACT OF THE RULES.

1.-Printing of Informations, page 2.
2.--Service of Copy of Information and Appearance, 2.
3.-Amendment of Informations, 3.
4.-Interrogatories, 4.
5.- Times allowed in Procedure, 4.
6.— Printing of Answers, 5.
7.--Taking Informations Pro Confesso, 7.
8.-Traversing Note, 8.
9.-Replication and Joining Issue, 9.
10.- Evidence, 9.
11.-Setting down for Hearing, 11.
12.- Decrees, Rules, and Orders, 12.
13.- Revivor and Supplement, 12.
14.-- Written Pleadings, &c.. 13.
15.-Computations of Time, 13.
16.- Payment of Money into Court, 13.
17.-Recognizances, 13.
18.-18suing Writs, 13.
19.—Distringas, 13.
20.–Power of Court as to Time, 14.
21.-Costs, 14.

Subpoena for Costs, 14,
22.---Appointments, 14.
23.-Commencement of Rules, 14.
24.- Interpretation, 14.

Schedule, 17.

NEW SERIES, 35.-Com. Law (EXCA EQ.)

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