DECIDED IN

THE COURT OF SESSION,

COURT OF JUSTICIARY,

AND

HOUSE OF LORDS,

FROM JULY 29, 1895, To JULY 27, 1896.

REPORTED BY

MIDDLETON RETTIE, HUGH J. E. FRASER,
GEORGE L. MACFARLANE, AND JOHN BOYD,
ESQUIRES, ADVOCATES.

FOURTH SERIES-VOL. XXIII.

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OF THE

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DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

FIRST DIVISION.

Lord President, The Right Hon. J. P. B. ROBERTSON.

* Lord Rutherfurd Clark resigned office at the end of the Winter Session, and was succeeded in the Second Division by Lord Moncreiff.

+ Lord Moncreiff was succeeded in the Outer-House by Lord Pearson.