IN CRIMINAL LAW, ARGUED AND DETERMINER IN ALL THE COURTS IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. EDITED BY EDWARD W. COX., Esq., OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, Barrister-at-Law. VOL. IV. 1850 to 1851. LONDON: JOHN CROCKFORD, LAW TIMES OFFICE, 29, ESSEX STREET, STRAND. ENRY OF THE LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY. a.55305 JUL 5 1001 LIGHARY OF THE LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERSITY LAW DEPARTMENT, REPORTERS. CRIMINAL APPEAL CASES, before all the Judges, by A. BITTLESTON, Esq.; CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, by B. C. ROBINSON, Esq.; NORTHERN CIRCUIT, by T. CAMPBELL FOSTER, Esq.; OXFORD CIRCUIT, by J. E. DAVIS, Esq.; HOME CIRCUIT, by PAUL PARNELL, Esq.; NORFOLK CIRCUIT, by JOHN B. DASENT, Esq.; SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT, by DANIEL T. EVANS, Esq.; Barristers-at-Law. REPORTS OF Criminal Law Cases. Freland. QUEEN'S BENCH. MICHAELMAS TERM, 1849. November 22 and 26. (Before the full COURT.) REG. v. BROWNE. (a) Practice-Search warrant-Treasonable documents-Mandamus-Production of informations. J. L., his house having been searched for treasonable documents, by virtue of a search warrant, applied for a mandamus to compel the justice, who had signed the warrant, to produce the informations upon which it was issued, and to permit a copy of them to be taken, supporting the application by affidavits that there was no real ground for suspicion, and that the applicant believed that whoever swore the information was actuated by malice and ill-will. Held, that such writ did not lie. THIS IS was an application on behalf of John Lawless, for a conditional order that a writ of mandamus do issue, directed to Lieutenant-Colonel George Browne, a justice of the peace, and one of the commissioners of police for the police district of Dublin Metropolis, commanding him to produce any informations sworn before him, upon which a search warrant, signed by LieutenantColonel Browne, had issued, by virtue of which police inspector (a) Reported by W. ST. LEGER BABINGTON, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. VOL. IV. B |