THE

BENGAL LAW REPORTS

OF

DECISIONS OF THE HIGH COURT AT FORT WILLIAM,

[CIVIL AND CRIMINAL]

IN ITS ORIGINAL AND APPELLATE JURISDICTIONS;

PRIVY COUNCIL DECISIONS ON INDIAN APPEALS;
ORDERS AND RULES OF THE HIGH COURT;
REVENUE CIRCULAR ORDERS.

EDITED BY J. V. WOODMAN, MIDDLE TEMPLE.

Reporters.

PRIVY COUNCIL :

H. COWELL, MIDDLE TEMPLE.

N. H. THOMSON, FACULTY OF ADVOCATES IN SCOTLAND.

HIGH COURT:

J. V. WOODMAN, MIDDLE TEMPLE.
GASPER GREGORY, INNER TEMPLE.
C. P. HILL, INNER TEMPLE.

F. S. COLLIS, MIDDLE TEMPLE.
C. H. REILY, MIDDLE TEMPLE.
AMEER ALI, INNER TEMPLE.

VOL. XIV.

1875.

CALCUTTA:

Printed and Published for the Bengal Council of Law Reporting
BY THACKER, SPINK & CO., 5, GOVERNMENT PLACE.
BOMBAY: THACKER, VINING AND CO.

LONDON: W. THACKER AND CO., 87, NEWGATE STREET.

JUDGES OF THE HIGH COURT.

HON'BLE SIR RICHARD COUCH, Knight, Chief Justice.