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CIHM/ICMH 

Miqrofiche 

Series. 


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CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
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Canadian  Inatltuta  for  Historical  Microraproductlona  /  Inatitut  canacftan  da  mifcroraproductlona  historiqui 


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Tschnical  and  Bibliographic  Notas/Nota*  tachniquaa  at  bibliographiquM 


Tha  Inttftuta  has  attamptad  to  obtain  th«  boat 
briginal  copy  avaiiabia  for  filming.  Faaturaa  of  this 
copy  which  may  ba  bibliographically  uniqua, 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagaa  in  tha. 
raproduction.  or  which  may  significanthf  changf 
tha  usual  mathbd  of  filming,  ara  chacicad  balow. 


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Coiourad  covars/ 
Couvartura  da  coutaur 

Covars  damagad/ 
Couvartura  andommagte 

Covars  rastorad  and/or  laminatad/ 
Couvartura  rastauria  at/ou  pallicuMa  ■ 

Coyar  titia  missing/ 

La  titra  da  couvartura  manqua 

Coiourad  mapa/ 

Cartas  gAographiquaa  1%  couiaur 

Coiourad  Ink  (i.a.  otfiar  than  blua  or  MMk)/ 
Enera  da  eoulaur  (i.a.  autra  qua  Maua  ou  noira) 

Coiourad  plataa  and/or  iliuatrations/ 
Ptanehaa  at/ou  illustraiidns  «n  eoui«ur 

Bound  with  ottiar  matarial/ 
RalM  avac  d'autras  tdocumants 

Tight  binding  may  causa  shadows  or  distortion 
along  intarior  margin/ 

La  ro  liura  sarria  paut  cauaar  da  I'ombra  ou  da  la 
diatoraion  la  kMig  da  la  marga  intArioura 

Blank  laavas  addad  during  rastorstion  may 
appaar  within  tha  taxt.  Whanavar  possibla.  thasa 
hava-  baan  omittad  from  fuming/ 
ii  sa  paut  qua  cartainas  pagos  blanchaa  aJoutAaa 
lors  d'una  rastauration  apparatosant  dana  la  taxta. 
mate,  lorsqua  cala  *tait  possibla.  eaa  pagaa  n'ont 
paa  *ti  fllmAaa. 


L'Inatitut  a  microfilm*  la  maillaur  axampiaira 
qu'il  lui  a  it*  possibla  da  sa  procurar.  Las  ditails 
da  cat  axampiaira  qui.sont  paut-*tra  uniquas  du 
point  da  vua  bibliographiqua.  qui  pauvant  modifier 
una  imaga  raproduita,  ou  qui  pauvant  axigar  una 
modification  dans  la  mithoda  normals  df  filmaga 
sent  ii^diqu^  ci-dassous. 


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Coiourad  pagas/ 
Pagaa  da  couiaur 

Pagas  damagad/ 
Pagas  andommagias 

Pagas  rastorad  and/or  |aminatad/ 
Pagas  raatauriaa  at/ouofiailiculias 

Pagas  diacolourad.  stainad  or  foxad/ 
Pagas  dAcoiorias.  tachatiias  ou  piquias 

Pagas  datachad/ 
Pagas  ditachAas 

Showthrough/ 
Transparanca 


Quality  of  fmnt  varias/ 

QualitA  in4g«il>  ^  I'ireprassion  g, 

includaa  supplamantary  matarial/ 
Comprand  du  material  suppMmantaira 

Only  adMon  availablW 
Saula  Adition  disponibia 

Pagas  wholly  or  partially  obscurad  by  srrats 
slips,  tissuaa.  ate  hava  baan  riafilmad  to 
ansura  tha  bast  possibla  imaga/ 
Laa  pagaa  totalamant  ou  partiailamant 
obacurciaa  par  un  fauillat  d'srfata.  unf  palurii, 
atc.ont  *ti  filmAas  A  nouvaau  da  facon  A  / 
obtanlr  la  malllaura  imago  possibla. 


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Additional  oommonta:/  Dookst  titis  pagt  it  bound  in  ai  lait  pagt  In  book  but  filmwJ  at  firtt  psfs  on  fiehi 

Commantairaa  supplimantalrta; 


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TMs  itam  is  ftlmad  at  tha  raduetion  ratio  ohaokad  balow/ 

Ca  documont  aat  filmi  au  taux  da  rMuetion  indiqu4  oi-daaaous. 

10X  MX  1BX     . 


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The  copy  filmed  here  hae  been  reproduced  thanks 
to  the  generosity  of: 

Seminiry  of  Que»>ec 

The  invagei  appearing  here  are  the  best  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filmfng  contract  spacificatiorw. 


Original  eoplM  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  covar  and  ending  on 
the  last  p«g«  with  a  printed  or  illustratad  Impras* 
sion.  or  tha  back  covar  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginaing  oh  tha 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  imprea- 
sion.  and  ending  on  tha  last  p«g«  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression.  , 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
,  shall  contain  the  symbol  -♦•  tmeaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "BND"). 
whichever  applies. 

Maps,  platta^  charts,  etc..  mhy  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  expoeure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  tha  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  aa 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  tha 
method: 


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L'axemplaire  filmi  fut  reproduit  g^rdce  A  la  ' 
gAn^&rositi  de:  -  ,  '  • 

Siminaire  de  Quebec 
Bibiioth^qus 

Les  images  suivantes  ont  ir6  reproduites  avec  le 
pigs  grand  spih.  compte'tanu  de  le  condition  et 
de  la  nettett  de  rexemplaire  fiimA,.  et  en 
conformity  avf c  lea  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmaga.  ■  ■    :     ■•  ;. 

Les  exemplelres  originaux  don|  la  couverture  en 
papier  eat  iiriprimie  sont  fiiniM  en  commen9ant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  termirtant  soit  par  la    * 
derni4ra  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte        / 
d'Impraaaioh  ou  d'illustration.  soit  par  ie  second 
plat,  salon  le  cds.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires    , 
originaux  sont  filmAs  en  commenpant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'im]>reasion  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  darniire  page  qui  cornporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  dee  symboles  sulvants  apperettra  sur  la 
derniira  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  ~«-signIfie  "A  SUIVRE '.le 
symbola  V  signifia  "FIN". 

Les  cartas,  planches,  tableaux,  etc..  peuvent  itre 
filmte  i  des  tpux  de  reduction  diff«renu. 
Lorsqua  la  document  est  trop  grahd  pour  itre 
roproduit  w  un  seul  c4ic.h4.  11  est  film*  i  partir 
da  rangla'supiriaur  gauche,  d«  gauche  *  droite, 
et  da  haut  an  baa.  an  pranant  le  nombre 
d'imagaa  nicaaaairo.  Las  diagrammes  sulvants 
lllustrant  la  mithode. 


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Hf SPOHflESrS  CASE 


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thereof.  *>'»'.  !■''  Thp  sai't  'Dfft'ndiiiu 

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Cro«.  &  SonsEngl«nd.  for  One  hundred  «.dEighty-si.  P°"f  ;/f  Tf/^f^Itt^^^^^ 
p.nce  Starling.    And  ater  giving  credit  for  these  ^^-^^^^  ^tJ^^ftt^t  on 

such  sales  aforesaid  aft«  due,  ^^ Jj  "^^^  ^  ,j„„,  „,,  g^^  day  of  MarcM  instant, 

lingi  and  nine  pence  Sterling,  and  Interest  «fte^»  »"  ^^     j^  ^^^nnt  last 

as  IW  more  fully  >y  the  acoourit  ^^"^^'^^^Iki^om  a^England  aforesaid, 
meutioned.at  the  current  raterf  ^^^'^^J^^'VZ^Z  ^nivremima 
I  V  k  tu-  PiamiifTftvewto  68*6  aTWaged  and  to  bo  presently  one  per  oe""^  p'"" 
(which  the  Plamtjffavew  to  niweaTw»H««  iy^icM  pounds  and  four  pence 

or  advance)  i*  equivalent  to  Two  ham  y-e'S'"  P  ,«■ 

currency."  .  '  :.  n^„n¥. 

Then  followed  the  general  indebttam  asmmptU  t.oune.  # 

The  foUowina  is  the  Plea  set  up  by  tiie  Appellant :—  , .      -^  „ 

&c.  for  the  Canada  MuKei  or  treae,  ino  *«■*  ^„ij  t«  miflftoLentlv  lanie,  to  »end 

monthly  of  the  guns  <iold.  and  »!«,,  if  the  f'^^tlfri  ^0^*^X2    that  in 
thepJntiffaBiUorpraftfor^he^ou.^^^ 

confonnity  '^^^t'^^  »f  X^"?^ f  ^^^^^^ p^^^  for^Jefor  the  Pl«n- 
of.oney«orduti«^y^e^«^cl.r^^  - 

entitled  thereto,  to  wit  the  s«m  of  S«%lf  f  "^^A"^^."^  .!JS^        warrant 

«ad  agreement  did  '^^{^''^^^^Z^:'^^^^,^^^-'^^  «»^ 
the  «ae..  nor  w»^^  com^n  J^g««JJ^^»^ 

that  aie  Mttd  Defendant  aoW  oertata  ot  we  ■•»»  iw«"  •  ..^^u^  ;-  «,«  axhibita  of 

oT.nl  remitted  large  ^m  «f  «'-«^  ^.'ti'^lf'^ir^tSoll^  3^^^      ' 
thUiaPlaUi.ifffyledintbisoan.^^P^J^J'5- 

good,  the  ^f-^^-^^^^^'^^^^^.^^'fi':^^  to  the 

i,  ready  to  return  an^i?'"  «P^  ^it  fiS  tte  ^d  DetoAiat  rtmdered  tt.e.«d 

,     Plaintiff  or  to  hi.  a^nt  in  *^*«»^^t^^t?,'^,^"7Z^^        and  rea- 

account  «le. to  the  Platotiff  «id  rm^  Wm  the  f»»^^^*^Sm^'^pWn. 

tiffin  tl»a  .nm  of  money  A>mrm  ^yftrrfl^jJchlbe  Plaintiff  wa»  Wy  notifl«d  j 

crd>y  wqarwriar  awtoi  th. 

oner  lMiMMi^^"Bnt."  ^'  ,       .   .j  j^  i. 


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■^  ii.«i,im«u.lf  and  bv  the  cross  examinatiou  of 

•Mr  Leeming  who  was  examined  by  the  Appellant,  to  »L 
"'•  .?"^^  J,  ^Lt«odbv  th«  rmde  in  Montreal,  aad  an 
commission,  as  understooaDy  T  |„  tM  abseu*. 

By  'the  Tariff  of  the  Montrea'  "  \ 

Z  «ontrnrv.    h'.  addition  to  whicU,acc,or«u.g   -  ^b"      ,  P 
wwboundto  ,...^.o  «^-^Wv  rcmitfcmceB  of  hi.        .,  .^^^_^^^^^^^, 

Drsftfortheaiii  hn-rtheinff'stipi 

be  sufficiently  large,  no  resctvijuor.  ,nt  salcH  were  rcn- 

f^  in  ca^  of  """■^"""'l^tL^sbrougbt  dowutho  net  amou.,.  of  sale,  as  an  amou,it 
defedunr*  ,!  caw-soroufeu  The  liabilitv  of  the  ApiJellant, 

^  to  the  Kespon.i«.u    a.  u.o  date,  th.^e..  indicated.^  5Slr?«3S-(ra^r  29  of 
is  also  clesTly  RdButted  by  him  ui  I  „,„i,.,^„i  .,..^,>f S^of  *).-   AooeUnnt  has  on 

theEecordO-Besidesallwhichthere.3no8U„.«u   ,-     -  ,,1  returned 

hand  thegoM  andpistolrtcferred  to,  much  less  that 

to  hhn  for  the  causes  in  i  /imple  con-' 

Under  the  circom^auc...  ^'^^^'^';;^;^^i^,^.t^lnm^i^ 

^-^-^urthavin.h2«l.ep^bythe. 

ha^tig  examined  the  f^f*»f '  £^^f  SiTg  that  the  Defendant  is  Viable  and 
by  the  Defeadant,  and  having  deliberated,  *^f  f  °f/"  .i„„B,ents  of  goods  made  by 
Countable  to  the  Haintiff  for  the  balance  oh^^^^^^^^^  S^^  ^^^^^^^^ 

m  Waintiff  to  the  Defendant  for  '»^«""/XtotTnot  Halle  to  the  Plaintiff  to 
^t^or'«^ved,aud  comdenng  totthc  1^^^^^^^ 

g,mm^  his  said  sales  of  the  8*id  Goods  ^"^  tlmt  no  ^"^^J"^'^^^  ^^^  ^^  tho 

fween  theni  or  ha.  U.n  established  '^"»*  »;^"t J"*f  ^S  one  Lusand  eight 

i«^itutionof  th«  action,  ^^i*'f  f^%7^"'' 1"^^^^^^ 

hundred  and  fifty-eight,  the  ^f-**""*  ^^^^Jr^t^^^^^  pounds.Ve  M^ 

the  said  goods  amounting  to  the  sum  of  ^''^J'Tf  ?^  w  him  filed  In  this 

Hags  and  one  penny  currency  as  set  out  m  Pefendantfl  rtitcmons  ny 

oala.  his  eiij  number  four.  (No.  4)  as  fallows,  to  w.  .^^^^  ^^^^  ^^  ^^^^^ 

Sti^mont  of  Cluns  and  I'istoU  held  to  t.e  order  of  Messrs.  Beuhin  Fr^res.  Liege 
by  James  Foley. 


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Considering  that  th 
of  the  said  ttatement  io- 
tioned  the  sum  of  Fort^ 
so  held  as  aforesaid- 
ing  to  the  sum  of  Two  uuji.. 
and  coiuddering  that  it  iS  ad 


acknowledged  to  have  r^eeived  siace  the  date 

sjoods 
ulaiJt's  haads  of  the  said  goods  a  balaaoe  amount'- 
\i'Bntv-onfi  noiintls  tliree  shilliDBS  and  one  penny, 

R«»rdthatth« 


said  Defendant  is  indehted  to  the  said  riuiatiB,  m  tUe  lurtaer  sum  oi  aixtf  pounds  cur- 
rency, forming  together  with  the  said  sum  of  Forty  pounds  tiie  gnas  suiftOf  Om  hun- 
dred pounds,  wherefrom  le  oommiasion  in  the  account  set  out  in  the  said 
statement,  there  actually  was  due  m  cash  to  the  Plaintiff  at  the  instittttioa  of  faction 
the  sum  of  Eighty  pounds  eight  shillings  and  tiuree  pen<»,  besides  the  goods  in  hand  as 
aforesaid,  doth  wljudge  and  condemn  the  Defendmt  to  pay  to  fee  said  Plaintiff  the  sum 
of  Eighty  pounds  eighteen  shillinga  and  ^xm  pene«.  together  witii  fee  said  sum  of  Two 
hundred  and  twenfy-one  pounds  three  shillings  and  one  penny,  amounting  t^ettiw  to 
Three  hundred  and  one  pounds  eleven  shillings  and  four  p«ice,  with  interest  on  the 
said  several  sums,  from  the  fifth  day  of  March  One  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty- 
nine,  date  of  the  service  of  this  action,  unless  the  Defendant  do  within  eight  days  from 
the  service  of  this  Jadgnumt  upon  him,  deliver  op  to  the  Plaintiff  the  balanwof  the 
«iid  goods  in  the  sMd  statement  mentioned,  less  ftose  for  which  the  said  sum  of  Forty 
pounds  have  bem  by  him  received,  whereupon  tiie  »id  Def«3*iant  shall  only  be  held 
to  pay  to  the  Plaintiff  the  said  sum  irf  Eighty  pounds  eighteen  i^iUiUffi  wd  tiuree  pence 
witii  interest  as  afor^d,  the  whole  wiUi  coste  to  be  taxed  aa  in  «  contertod .  ai^on  of 
first  cl»ss."             ^ 

The  Respondent  considenug  as  before  stated  tbikt  be  was  eatitled  to  a  simple  con- 
demnation against  the  Appellant,  according  to  ibe  «»nclu»kjas  of  hto  decbur«ti<m,  has 
also  Appealed  from  the  said  judgment,  such  Appeal  bwwruigtiio  number  7S  am<»gBt  the 
records  of  this  Court.  Under  any  oircamst«n<^  ttie  Bei^ndrat  rMpeetlully  mlmite, 
that  the  present  i^eal  which  weks  to  reverse  ^e  judgment  of  the  Court  belpw  in  mo, 
cannot  be  muntaiued. 


MoQtred,  9tii  August  1860. 


Mtt-firi 


Depositions  of  witneaaes  enmined  in  Court  below  by  Be^pondent. 

James  Huttok:— 1  am  now,  and  during  the  last  Sevwnteen  years  have  be«B,  a 
CommMon  MerchMit  cwrying  onbusinesB  as  such  in  this  Cify.  My  biuiness  has  bera  en- 
tirely confined  to  flaat  of  hardvwe.  Dunng  the  whole  (rf  the  lAow  pwiod,  the  ui^na 
rate  of  Commisdon  for  selling  Merchandise  without  guarantee,  baa  been  Fiw  per  o«it., 
and  with  guuMitwe  an  additional  Commiasicn  of  two  and  a  hdf  per  cent.  Theae  B^ea 
cover  every  descriptbn  of  tronble,  including  tia»t  of  remitting.  I  am  a  member  rf  tto 
Montreal  Bowd  of  Trade,  and  T  now  produce  a  printed  eopy  of  the  rates  of  Ooramission, 

sanctioned  by  that  body. 

C'raw-fbaamMO. 

All  «»HgBed  goods  are  sobject  to  be  ntormd  as  a  matter  of  coawe  If  umold  or 

unsaleable.  , 

Should  Ml  account  sales  be  rwnd^red  of  consigned  gooA  M>d  ttw  chatga  rf  seven 
and  a  half  fm  cent  be  made,  the  debt  is  of  course  guwrantoed. 

JoHH  G.  DiHKiHO :— «  I  am  BOW  and  during  ^  last  four  or  fire  years  hava  b^ 
Secretoyofthe  Montreal  Bowdrf  Trade.  For  many  yearn  prwioudy,  I  wm  «»gi^ 
in  Oie  Owiml  Commission  business  in  tiiis  City.  The  unlfwrm  W*e  ^  OMMniMim  for 
sdlisg  Merchsndise  in  this  City  without  guanmtee.  has  been  d1a^|  my  experimea  Fite 
p«-  cent,  ai^  with  guawmtee  an  additional  «>mmastoB  of  two  and  a  tolf  per  »wt 
These  ebaiges  include  evety  deaeriptioa  of  tronWe,  iafiSudiag  that  of  fetaittiag.  The 
paper  p«»dttead  by  James  Huttoa  is  a  tree  copy  of  the  ratea  of  CowtaWott  aanotioiwl 
by  <lM  Board  of  Tn^,  so  fiur  aa  tlie  Comraiawms  of  the  tiatm  tibm^r  we  (WwtWBed. 

Thohas  Woiuuus  i—I  Mn  now  wad  during  tte  last  Iww^f^ve  yean  haw  baea 
wigtgwl  in  flw  riardwaw  businwa  to  this  City.  During  that  time  I  have  firequantly 
iiM^DbSToB  C<WMHi«wr"WlW  IBttlll^fSi^^  Tqp»et*r^  wmbwyi  fc*»*ii  = 
aad  a  half  p«»reMi»C>MniMkHi  ^|NMMAif«raya  iwudiafel  aa  a  fW»a*aa  «?**«*«« 
OimmianoB.  Thfa  CommisMoa  is  considered  to  cover  ewspy  AM«ipti«B  d  trwMa  ift- 
iiludtog  tiiat  <^H«iilMBg  amief. 

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