REPORTS OF CASES

ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE COURTS OF

QUEEN'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS,

EXCHEQUER,

EXCHEQUER CHAMBER, AND COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL,

DURING THE YEARS 1864, 1865 AND 1866.

Queen's Bench;
BY WILLIAM BARLOW, Esq. & J. LOWRY WHITTLE, Esq.

Common Pleas;
BY SAMUEL V. PEET, AND JOHN HEZLET, Esq.

Erchequer ;
BY CHARLES H. FOOT, Esq.

Erchequer Chamber;
BY JAMES LOWRY WHITTLE, SAMUEL V. PEET, ESQ.

AND CHARLES H. FOOT, Esq.

VOL. XVI.

DUBLIN:
HODGES, SMITH & CO., 104 GRAFTON STREET.

1866.

JUDGES AND LAW OFFICERS,

During the period of these Reports.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
The Lord Chief Justice.— The Right Hon. Thomas LEFROY.

The Hon. JAMES O'Brien.
The Hon. Edmund Hayes.
The Right Hon. John D. ATZGERALD.
The Right Hon. Thomas O'Hagan.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Lord Chief Justice.—The Right Hon. James Henry MONAHAN.

The Right llon. Nicholas Ball.
The Right Hon. WILLIAM Keogh.
The Hon. Jonathan CHRISTIAN.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Lord Chief Baron.— The Right Hon. David Richard Pigot.

The Hon. FRANCIS A. FITZGERALD.
The Hon. HENRY GEORGE Hughes.
The Hon. RICKARD DEasy.

ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.
The Right Hon. Thomas O'Hagan, Q.C.
The Right Hon. JAMES A. Lawson, Q.C.

SOLICITORS-GENERAL.

James A. Lawson, Esq., Q. C.
EDWARD Sullivan, Esq., Q. C.

SERJEANTS.
John Howley, Esq., Q. C.
EDWARD SULlivan, Esq., Q. C.
RICHARD ARMSTRONG, Esq., Q. C.