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REPORTS.

New Series.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,

AND IN THE

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER,

IN

HILARY AND EASTER TERMS AND VACATIONS, 1865,

BY

JOHN SCOTT, ESQ.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

VOL. XVIII.

WITH REFERENCES TO DECISIONS IN THE AMERICAN COURTS.

JAMES PARSONS, Esq.,

EDITOR.

PHILADELPHIA:

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1866.

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JUDGES

OF

THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,

DURING THE PERIOD COMPRISED IN THIS VOLUME.

The Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM ERLE, Knt., Lord C. J.
The Hon. Sir EDWARD VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Knt.
The Hon. Sir JAMES SHAW WILLES, Knt.
The Hon. Sir JOHN BARNARD BYLES, Knt.
The Hon. Sir HENRY SINGER KEATING, Knt.
The Hon. Sir MONTAGUE EDWARD SMITH, Knt.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

Sir ROUNDELL PALMER, Knt.

SOLICITOR-GENERAL.

Sir ROBERT PORRETT COLLIER, Knt.