THE

L AW MAGAZIN E;

OR

QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

JURISPRUDENCE,

FOR AUGUST, 1835; AND NOVEMBER, 1835.

VOL. XIV.

LONDON:

SAUNDERS AND BENNING, LAW BOOKSELLERS,
(SUCCESSORS TO J. BUTTERWORTH AND SON,)

43, FLEET STREET.

1835.

CONTENTS.

Page

1

ART. 1.-MILITARY LAW

Art. II.- THE AMERICAN PENITENTIARIES.

Report of William Crawford, Esq., on the Penitentiaries

of the United States, addressed to his Majesty's Prin-

cipal Secretary of State for the Home Department.

Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed,

11 August, 1834

31

ART. IV.-MERCANTILE LAW, No. XIV.-MERCHANT SHIP-

PING-continued.

97

ART. V.-LIMITATIONS TO NEXT OF Kin

121

Art. VI.-PLEADING AND PROOF OF CONSIDERATION, IN AC-

TIONS ON BILLS AND NOTES

141

ART. VII.-WHETHER FIXTURES CAN BE DEEMED GOODS AND

CHATTELS IN THE REPUTED OWNERSHIP OF A BANKRUPT 147

CONTENTS.

Page

ÁRT. I.-CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATUTE LAW.

Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the

Consolidation of the Statute Law. Presented by com-

mand of His Majesty. Ordered by the House of Com-.

mons to be printed, 21 July, 1835.

241

ART. II.-LIFE OF SIR MATTHEW Hale.

Memoirs of the Life, Character and Writings of Sir Mat-

thew Hale, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of England. By

J. B. Williams, Esq. LL. D. F.S.A. London, 1835. 273

ART. III.--MERCANTILE LAW, No. XV.-MERCHANT SHIP-

PING-continued.

297

ART. IV.-ON AN ACT OF BANKRUPTCY BY A FRAUDULENT

TRANSFER OF Goods, AND ON FRAUDULENT PREFER-

ENCE IN BANKRUPTCY.

338

.

ART. V.- White's EDITION OF CRUISE's Digest.

A Digest of the Laws of England respecting Real Pro-

perty. By William Cruise, Esq. Fourth Edition, re-

vised and considerably enlarged. By Henry Hopley

White, Esq. Barrister at Law.

361

ART. VI.-COLONIAL LAW.

A Summary of Colonial Law, the Practice of the Court of

Appeals from the Plantations, and of the Laws and

their Administration in all the Colonies, with Charters

of Justice, Orders in Council, &c. &c. &c. By Charles

Clark, Esq. of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law. 875