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 1853, 1854 AND 1855.

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. IV.

DUBLIN:

HODGES, SMITH & CO., 104 GRAFTON STREET.

1856.

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.
The Right Hon. WILLIAM KEOGH.

SOLICITORS-GENERAL.

JAMES WHITESIDE, Esq., Q. C.
WILLIAM KEOGH, Esq., Q. C.
J. D. FITZGERALD, Esq., Q. C.

SERJEANTS.

JOHN HOWLEY, Esq., Q. C.

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

WALTER BERWICK, Esq., Q. C.

On the 12th of March 1855, The Right Hon. ABRAHAM BREWSTER resigned the office of Attorney-General, and was succeeded by the Solicitor-General WILLIAM KEOGH, Esq. In Easter Term 1855, JAMES ROGERS, Esq., and FREDERICK W. WALSH, Esq., and on the 3rd of July 1855, THOMAS DE MOLEYNS, Esq., JOSHUA CLARKE, Esq., and DAVID SHERLOCK, Esq., were called within the Bar. On the 3rd of April 1855, Serjeant CHRISTIAN resigned the Serjeantcy, and WALTER BERWICK, Esq., Q. C., was appointed Her Majesty's third Serjeant.