CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

The Right HONOURABLE THE EARL OF HALSBURY,

LORD High CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN

The Right HONOURABLE LORD ALVERSTONE,

· LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF EXGLAND

TAE Right HonOURABLE SIR RICHARD HENN COLLINS,

MASTER OF THE ROLLS

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE WRIGHT

SIR R. B. FINLAY, K.C.,

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

GENERAL EDITOR A. WOOD RENTON, Esq., PUISNE JUDGE OF THE SUPREME Court or Mauritius

ASSISTED BY

MAX. A. ROBERTSON, Esq., BARRISTER-AT-Law

THE

ENGLISH REPORTS

VOLUME XIX

PRIVY COUNCIL

CONTAINING

MOORE, INDIAN APPEALS, VOLUMES 6 to 10

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LIST OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE MOST HONOUR

ABLE PRIVY COUNCIL, DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY
MOORE'S INDIAN APPEALS, VOLUMES VI.-X. (1854-1866).

The Earl GRANVILLE, Lord President.
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Lord President.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, formerly Lord President.
The Marquis of SALISBURY, formerly Lord President.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, formerly Lord President.
The Earl of LONSDALE, formerly Lord President.
Lord WESTBURY, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lord CARNWORTH, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lord LYNDHURST, formerly Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lord CHELMSFORD, formerly Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lord BROUGHAM, formerly Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lord TRURO, formerly Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lord St. LEONARDS, formerly Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.
Lord CAMPBELL, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench.
Lord KINGSDOWN, Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall.
Lord WENSLEY DALE, formerly one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer.
The Right Hon. THOMAS ERSKINE, formerly one of the Judges of the Court of

Common Pleas.
The Right Hon. STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, D.C.L., Judge of the Admiralty Court.
Sir JAMES LEWIS KNIGHT BRUCE, Knt., one of the Lords Justices of the Court of

Appeal in Chancery. Sir JAMES WIGRAM, Knt., formerly one of the Vice-Chancellors. The Right Hon. T. PEMBERTON LEIGH, Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. Sir EDWARD RYAN, Knt., formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at Calcutta. Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, Knt., Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer. Sir John Jervis, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Sir John RomiLLY, Knt., Master of the Rolls. Sir GEORGE JAMES TURNER, Knt., one of the Lords Justices of the Court of Appeal

in Chancery. Sir John PATTESON, Knt., formerly one of the Judges of the Court of Queen's

Sir John DODSON, D.C.L., Knt., Dean of the Arches, and Judge of the Prerogative

Court. Sir WILLIAM H. MAULE, Knt., formerly one of the Judges of the Court of Common

Pleas. Sir ALEXANDER E. COCKBURN, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common

Pleas. The Right Hon. Sir LAWRENCE PEEL, Knt., formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme

Court at Calcutta. The Right Hon. Sir JAMES WILLIAM COLVILE, Knt., formerly Chief Justice of the

Supreme Court at Calcutta. The Right Hon. Sir CRESSWELL CRESSWELL, Knt., Judge of Her Majesty's Court

of Probate and Divorce. The Right Hon. Sir John Taylor COLERIDGE, Knt., formerly one of the Judges of

the Court of Queen’s Bench. The Right Hon. Sir William ERLE, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of the Court of

Common Pleas. The Right Hon. Sir JAMES PLAISTED WILDE, Knt., Judge of Her Majesty's Court

of Probate and Divorce. The Right Hon. EDWARD VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Knt., formerly one of the Judges

of the Court of Common Pleas. The Right Hon. Sir Fitz-Roy EDWARD KELLY, Knt., Lord Chief Baron of the

Court of Exchequer. The Right Hon. Sir Hugh M‘CALMONT Cairns, Knt., one of the Lords Justices of

the Court of Appeal in Chancery. The Right Hon. Sir RICHARD TORIN KINDERSLEY, Knt., formerly one of the

Vice Chancellors of the Court of Chancery. The Right Hon. Sir William Bovill, Bart., Lord Chiei Justice oi the Court of

Common Pleas.