HENRY RICHARD DEARSLY, OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, ESQ, BARRISTER-AT-LAW. FROM 13TH Nov., 1852, тo 26TH APRIL, 1856, Inclusive. LONDON: STEVENS & NORTON; H. $WEET, AND W. MAXWELL, PREFACE. In presenting this Volume of Crown Cases to the Profession, I take the opportunity of offering my respectful acknowledgments to Lord CAMPBELL, Lord WENSLEYDALE, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, and to the rest of the learned Judges, for the kindness and courtesy with which they have handed to me, from time to time, their written Judgments in Cases of great importance. I feel also grateful to Mr. Greaves, Q. C., Mr. T. F. Ellis, and to many others of my learned brethren for many valuable suggestions and communications, which have tended, in no small degree, to facilitate my labours; and in a most especial manner I have to offer my thanks to my learned friend Mr. Bell, of the Midland Circuit, for the kind assistance he has afforded me. My predecessor, the late Mr. Pearce, proposed, in the conducting of these Reports, to depart from the plan originally laid down by Mr. Denison, by adding Cases ejusdem generis, argued and decided in Her Majesty's Superior Courts at Westminster. I have reason to know that this course, in the opinion of the learned Judges and of the Profession generally, is not considered desirable. I have determined, therefore, in future, to adhere to the original plan of Mr. Denison, and to confine these Reports to the Crown Cases Reserved. The late Mr. Pearce reported down to Riley's Case inclusive. For the remainder of the Volume I am responsible. TEMPLE, June 26, 1856. HENRY RICHARD DEARSLY. |