OF

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,

AND THE

COURT OF EXCHEQUER CHAMBER

ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

WITH TABLES OF THE NAMES OF THE CASES REPORTED AND CITED, AND AN

INDEX OF THE CONTENTS.

BY

WILLIAM MAWDESLEY BEST, OF GRAY'S INN,

AND

GEORGE JAMES PHILIP SMITH, OF THE INNER TEMPLE,

ESQRS., BARRISTERS AT LAW.

VOL. I.

CONTAINING THE CASES OF EASTER, TRINITY, AND MICHAELMAS TERMS,

1861, AND PART OF HILARY TERM, 1862, XXIV. & XXV. VICTORIA.

T & J. W. JOHNSON & CO., LAW BOOKSELLERS,

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by

T. & J. W. JOHNSON & CO.,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania.

JUDGES

OF

THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,

DURING THE PERIOD COMPRISED IN THIS VOLUME.

The Right Honourable Sir ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND COCKBURN, Bart., C. J.

Sir WILLIAM WIGHTMAN, Knt.

Sir CHARLES CROMPTON, Knt.

Sir HUGH HILL, Knt.

Sir COLIN BLACKBURN, Knt.

JOHN MELLOR, Esq.

ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.

Sir RICHARD BETHELL, Knt.
Sir WILLIAM ATHERTON, Knt.

SOLICITORS-GENERAL.

Sir WILLIAM ATHERTON, Knt.
Sir ROUNDELL PALMER, Knt.