OF

CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN

THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,

AND

THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER CHAMBER

ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

WITH TABLES OF THE NAMES OF THE CASES REPORTED AND CITED,

AND AN INDEX OF THE CONTENTS.

BY

WILLIAM MAWDESLEY BEST, OF GRAY'S INN,

AND

GEORGE JAMES PHILIP SMITH, OF THE INNER TEMPLE,

ESQRS., BARRISTERS AT LAW.

VOL. II.

CONTAINING THE CASES OF THE LATTER PART OF

HILARY TERM, AND OF EASTER AND TRINITY TERMS, 1862.

XXV. VICTORIA.

LONDON:

H. SWEET, 3, CHANCERY LANE, FLEET STREET,

Law Bookseller and Publisher.

JUDGES

OF

THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH

DURING THE PERIOD COMPRISED IN THIS VOLUME.

The Right Hon. Sir ALEXANDER JAMES EDMUND

COCKBURN, Bart., C. J.

Sir WILLIAM WIGHtman, Knt.

Sir CHARLES CROMPTON, Knt.

Sir COLIN BLACKBUrn, Knt.

JOHN MELLOR, Esq., afterwards Sir JOHN MELLOR, Knt.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Sir WILLIAM ATHERTON, Knt.

SOLICITOR GENERAL.

Sir ROUNDELL PALMER, Knt.