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 1857, 1858 AND 1859.

Queen's Bench;

BY WILLIAM M. JOHNSON, ESQ. AND THOS. BRUNKER, Esq.
Common Pleas ;

By B. L. FLEMING, ESQ. AND SAMUEL V. PEET, Esq.

Exchequer;

BY JAMES A. KIFT, ESQ. AND SAMUEL WALKER, Esq.
Exchequer Chamber;

BY WILLIAM M. JOHNSON, Esq. B. L. FLEMING, Esq.
AND JAMES A. KIFT, Esq.

Court of Criminal Appeal;
BY JOHN O'LEARY, Esq.

VOL. VIII.

DUBLIN:

HODGES, SMITH & CO., 104 GRAFTON STREET.

1859.

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

JUDGES AND LAW OFFICERS,

During the period of these Reports.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Lord Chief Justice.-The Right Hon. THOMAS Lefroy.
Second Justice.-The Right Hon. LOUIS PERRIN.

Third Justice.-The Hon. JAMES O'BRIEN.

Fourth Justice.-The Hon. EDMUND HAYES.

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 Right Hon. RICHARD WILSON GREENE. Third Baron.-The Hon. FRANCIS A. FITZGERALD.

Fourth Baron.-The Hon. HENRY GEORGE HUGHES.

ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.

The Right Hon. JOHN D. FITZGERALD, Q. C.
The Right Hon. JAMES WHITESIDE, Q. C.

SOLICITORS-GENERAL.

RICKARD DEASY, Esq., Q. C.
EDMUND HAYES, Esq., Q. C.

SERJEANTS.

JOHN HOWLEY, Esq., Q. C.
THOMAS O'HAGAN, Esq., Q. C.

GERALD FITZGIBBON, Esq., Q. C.

NOTE.-The Cases in the Queen's Bench, and the Appeals and Cases in Error therefrom, commencing with Coghlan v. Callaghan (7 Ir. Com. Law Rep. 291), together with the following Cases in the same volume, viz., The Queen v. Ward (p. 324), The Queen v. Roberts (p. 325), Deering v. Lawler (p. 333) are reported by Messrs. W. M. JOHNSON and T. BRUnker.

CORRIGENDUM.

Page 504, last line, for " H. L. Cas. 106," read "3 H. L. Cas. 106."