DECIDED IN

THE COURT OF SESSION,

COURT OF JUSTICIARY,

AND

HOUSE OF LORDS,

FROM AUGUST 8, 1890, To AUGUST 5, 1891.

REPORTED BY

MIDDLETON RETTIE, JAMES PATTEN MACDOUGALL,

H. J. E. FRASER, GEORGE R. GILLESPIE, AND
JOHN DAVID SYM, ESQUIRES, ADVOCATES.

FOURTH SERIES.-VOL. XVIII.

EDINBURGH:

T. & T. CLARK, LAW BOOKSELLERS.
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OF THE

COURT OF SESSION

DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

FIRST DIVISION.

Lord President, The Right Hon. JOHN Inglis.

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY.

Lord Justice-General, Right Hon. JOHN INGLIS.

Lord Justice-Clerk, Right Hon. J. H. A. MACDONALD.

LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF JUSTICIARY.

The other Judges of the Court of Session.

Lord Advocate, The Right Hon. J. P. B. ROBERTSON. Dean of Faculty, The Right Hon. J. B. BALFOUR. Solicitor-General, Sir CHARLES PEARSON, Knt.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

PEERS

WHO DELIVERED JUDGMENTS IN SCOTCH APPEALS DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

Lord Chancellor, LORD HALSBURY.

The EARL OF SELBORNE, Lords WATSON, BRAMWELL, HERSCHELL, MACNAGHTEN, MORRIS, and HANNEN.