LAW JOURNAL REPORTS

FOR

THE YEAR 1854:

COMPRISING

REPORTS OF CASES

In the House of Lords,

AND IN THE COURTS OF

Chancery and in Bankruptcy, Queen's Bench and the Bail Court,
Common Pleas,

Exchequer, and Exchequer Chamber,

FROM

MICHAELMAS TERM 1853, TO TRINITY TERM 1854,
BOTH INCLUSIVE.

The House of Lords Cases are given in the Courts of Chancery and Common Law respectively;
Decisions in Error in the Exchequer Chamber will be found in the respective Courts from which the Errors
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.

A SEPARATE ARRANGEMENT OF CASES RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, INCLUDING
CROWN CASES RESERVED.

EDITED BY

MONTAGU CHAMBERS, Esq. ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL,

PHILIP TWELLS, Esq., FRANCIS TOWERS STREETEN, Esq.

AND

GEORGE STEVENS ALLNUTT, Esq. BARRISTERS-AT-Law.

VOL. XXXII.

NEW SERIES-VOL. XXIII.
PART II. CASES AT COMMON LAW.

LONDON:

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

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

MDCCCLIV.

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

Court of Queen's Bench,

REPORTED BY

HENRY JOHN HODGSON, Esq.

AND

COLLEY HARMAN SCOTLAND, ESQ. BARRISTERS-AT-LAW,

AND IN THE

Bail Court, and Exchequer Chamber

UPON ERROR FROM THE QUEEN'S BENCH,

REPORTED BY

FRANCIS RUSSELL, ESQ. BARRISTER-At-Law.