DECISIONS OF THE COURTS.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 388, 15 October 1903, Page 6

DECISIONS OF THE COURTS.

• In an action for divorce in Kentucky the court of appeals of that state in the case of Lambert vs. Lambert (63 S. W. Rep., 614), holds that neither the | husband nor the wife is a competent witness against the other. < Where a strip of land is conveyed a* j an "alley," the supreme court of Illinois holds that a private alley is ■ meant, and the court also held that :i j private alley cannot become public, \ except by condemnation, by grant, or by dedication. An office of a hotel is a public plact within a city ordinance providing for punishment of any persons quarreling or wrangling in a public place, according to the supreme court of Kansas, in the case of City of Howard vs. Stroud (65 Pac Rep., 247). In North Carolina a note indorsed and transferred by a married woman, without her husband's knowledge or consent, does not vest the title in the indorsee, according to the supreme court of that state in the case of Vann tb. Edwards (39 S. E. Rep., 66). One who makes an excavation upon his land is not bound to so guard it as to prevent injury to children who come upon it without his invitation, express or implied, but who are induced to do so merely by the alluring attractiveness of the excavation and its surroundings. A person who uses a nontransfer-! able mileage ticket and who signs the name of the owner of the ticket, is not guilty of forgery, holds the supreme court of Missouri in the case of Merrieles vs. Wabash Railway company (63 S. W. Rep., 718), provided he was authorized by the owner to sign his name. In a prosecution for murder, where it is claimed that the death of the deceased was caused by a blow on the head, the court of criminal appeals of Texas in the case of Minson vs. State (63 S. IV. Hep.. C 47), holds that a photograph shewing the condition of the brain of the deceased, after removal of ihr skult. is admissible in evidence.

TEE KING, AT WORK AND PLAY The ljing is zu inveterate smoker. Edward YJ!. Is rather a light eater except ;;? dinner, and has never been a great u:;:e di inker. \Vl:rtiicr»i:i Krv iand or on the contine!!.". :!»'<• ':.'.::'.■ receives by telegraph cvtrv trivia :.;>. a'-siract of the work of t!.t' L ■■:•: v t;f commons. <>,N' : • ;!■ !.; ;.itst moments of the kinr's '.'..■ ■■■■■ .. hen he won the Derby wilL i"c : in IS9O. This had long I*.** 4 !! •:.•■• nmhition cf his life. # Shooting, the king places above all other entertainments that can be offered liira. and his principal visits have always been paid in the shooting season. In his own set his favorite topic of conversation has been clothes. Over the fashion of .a tie, the cut erf a jacket, and even the shape of a boot, he will grow loquacious. The king is an expert shoemaker, a handicraft he chose to learn when a boy, being obliged by his royal parents to learn some trade. He has worn shoes of his own make. The king, the lord mayor and the constable are the only ones who know the password of the Tower of London. This password is sent to the mansion house quarterly, signed by his majesty, and is a survival of an ancient custom.

Ruler of the largest empire the world Las ever known, Edward VH. of England, the mightiest of monarchs, reigns over about 400,000,000 people, or a quarter of mankind. In other words, nearly one person out of every four owes allegiance to him.

One hobby of Edward's is collecting crystals. For some time he has been collecting historic specimens, those expensive baubles which for centuries have been regarded :n the orient a* revealers of the future. Last \-ear, at an auction of crystals his majesty was outbid by an American woman, who paid $4,000 for a crystal. He also knows all about ceramics and bronzes.

Millboard Armor. Pasteboard armor is the latest form of defense. Ivxperiments at Copenhagen show that millboard three inches thick was impenetrable to carbine bullets which pierced fiveinch wooden planks.