SUPREME COURT.
Mr Justice Williams held a sitting in banco this afternoon, when *’one or two matters on the list were, disposed of. The principal was. Hughes v. Shaud, in which Mr Barton applied for and .obtained a rule nisi for-a nonsuit, oh the ground that the plaurtiffs evidence was not corroborated according to the requirements of the statute, or in technical language because there was no evidence to go before a jury in support of her cose. In granting the role, his Honor said it was very desirable that the question, which was a new one in this Colony, should he settled by the highestjtrihunal;—Mr Barton sng gested that the rule should he referred to the Coart of Appeal for argument. In Webb v. the National . Bank, which was incidentally mertloned, hilt Honor said that he was clearly of opinion that tLere should he a new trial.
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Evening Star, Issue 4073, 16 March 1876, Page 3
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148SUPREME COURT. Evening Star, Issue 4073, 16 March 1876, Page 3
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