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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 405, 11 February 1904, Page 8

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7 fe an action for divorce in Kentucky Bi court of sppeafcl of that ttate in Kb case of. Lambert vs. Lambert (63 W W. Hep., 614), holds that neither the | fettband nor the wife is a competent j 1 pßtness against the other. I Where a strip of land is conveyed as ■a "alley," the supreme court of lililaois holds that a private alley is ■■Hint, and the court also held that a' private alley cannot become public, ' Swept by condemnation, by grant, oi ■f dedication. ' An office of a hotel is a public place . ►wifSlu a city ordinance pr '.riding for BTinisliraent of any persons quarrelfag or wranr'injr in a public place, according to »r. ■ supreme court of Kansas, in thf? t .re of City of Howard vs. ■Prou! (6.-. I'rr. Rep.. 347). In * -. ft hj C: rolina a note indorsed and »ransf»*~-.cl by .-i mar.- i*«d woman, without Ler husband's knowledge or consent. «lo* > rot vert the title in the indorsee, according to the supreme eeurt of tL.-.t state in the case of Yann vs. Edwards (39 S. E. Rep.. 66). Q%e who makes an excavation upon hJs laad is not bound to*so guard it as te prevent injury to children who «tttae upon it without his invitation, express or irrplfcd. but who are induced to do :■> merely by the alluring ettrae-:;< aesz of the excavation and He Siirrc::nt!i.-T3. ( A person who uses a nontransfer4Mp ni!ea?c ticket and who signs the narnc of the owner of the ticket, is not guilty of forgery, holds the supreme court of Missouri in the case of Mer-rielt-s vs. Wabash Railway company' (33 S. W. Rep., 71?). proviCcd he was 1 authorized by the owner to sign his name. Is a prosecution for murder, where, ft is claimed that the death of the de- ; pegged was caused by a blow on the head, the court cf criminal appeals of Texas in the case of Minson vs. State (63 S. W. Rep., 647), holds that a photograph shewing the condition of the ■rain of th- deceased, after removal > of the skull, is admissible in evidence.