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 A Century of English Judicattire. able. But it is not because a public writer fancies that the conduct of a public man is open to the suspicion of dishonesty, he is therefore justified in assailing his character as dishonest." Campbell v. Spottiswood, 3, B. & S. 769. See also Hunter г: Sharp, 4 F.

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opinion on the jurisdiction over the sea within the three-mile zone. Among his valuable contributions to the criminal law are* Reg. î>. Hicklin, 3 Q. B. 360, as to the bearing of motive in criminal acts; Reg. i'. Charlesworth, 9 Cox Cr. Cas. 45,

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& F. 983, as to the protection afforded with respect to statements of motive. One of his most valuable efforts is his ex haustive examination of the nature and limits of martial law in his charge to the grand jury charged with the investigation of the con duct of Colonel Nelson and Lieutenant Drand in the suppression of the Jamaica in surrection in 1865. In the Franconia case, y Ex. D. 63, he delivered a most elaborate

and Reg. v. Winsor, ю Cox Cr. Cas. 308, as to whether in criminal cases a mistrial is a bar; Reg. r. Rowton, ю Cox Cr. Cas. 28, on the testimony admissible to prove good char acter; Reg. if. Carden, 14 Cox Cr. Cas. 363, as to whether mandamus will lie to compel a magistrate to receive evidence. The following commercial cases will repay examination: Goodwin i Robarts, ю Ex. 337, on the negotiability of foreign script;