that the defendant is not guilty." Upon this special finding, the court heing of opinion that the defendant was guilty of manslaughter, so adjudged and ordered a verdict of guilty of manslaughter to be entered. The defendant excepted and appealed. The Supreme court reversed the judgment and discharged the defendant.

READ the Full Opinion from Vol. 4 Amer. & Eng. Ann. Cases, page 797 et seq.

REVIEWS.

AMERICAN AND ENGLISH

ANNOTATED CASES. Volumes 2d and 3d.

Selected by the Publishers Editorial Staff.

Published by Edward Thompson Company,

Price per vol. $5.

Northport, L. I.,

New York

Mathew Arnold when asked to give his conception of an education said, "that it consisted of a knowledge of the best that was known in the world." The definition was a broad one, but it included the truth.

The professional education of the modern lawyer is attained by a knowledge of the best that is known within the scope of his calling. However, to ascertain what is the best he must go through all in order to exclude the inferior; a task so great, that even were a life time sufficient to do so, he would have no time in which to apply his knowleege. The active contestant for the victories of the forum must thesefore relegate to a great extent the labor of searching, assorting and selecting to spe

cialists who must be trusted to furnish the material which

he is to apply.

Heretofore, even if in special centers full collections of American reports were found, the English decisions were generally inaccessible; and the British Courts strong in ancient and modern learning continually disposed of questions of great magnitude.

In view of the means of the ordinary lawyers many of the foreign reports "were sealed books." By the enterprise of the publisher of the American and English Cases a great change in facility has resulted, and the best considered and applicable English cases together with the cream of the American-State and Federal, are now placed within reach of every American lawyer. Even without considering the superiority of each and every case the price of a thousand cases is supplied for twenty dollars per annum in four elegantly printed and bound volumes, a rate below the price of ordinary reports of any states, which average only about 100 decisions each, and that seldom sell for less than $3.50 per volume But the great consideration of this new series of well selected cases goes further than price-every case is annotated and the point treated is exhaustive. Volumes two and three contain 500 of the leading cases disposed of in the United States, England and Canada during the past year and well represent the law as evidenced by the decisions of the English speaking world; a familarity with which secures to the lawyer the realization of Mathew Arnold's definition of an education, "the best" 'within the scope of our calling.'

Where all is good it is almost impossible to point out particular points of superior merit in any particular case, but our attention was drawn to Watson vs. Mc Ewan in Vol. 3, page 124 in which the privilege of witnesses is discussed in an opinion from the English House of Lords, also in same volume the case of Barnes vs.

Larner from King's Bench, a case which dispels the error, but almost general belief, as to the legal status of the rights of married women in England. In the same volume the American case of Chambliss vs. Haas, is of great interest on the question of granting a new trial after satisfaction of the judgment. The bearing and importance of these cases can be properly appreciated only by their study as arranged in this series.

MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

AND TOXICOLOGY.

By John W. Reese, M. D., Revised by Professor Henry Leffman, A. M., M. D.

Published by P. Blakiston's Son & Co.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

This volume contains 656 pages of well arranged printed matter and neatly bound. However, its great merit does not rest on its mechanical execution but in the terse, yet clear and comprehensive manner of its statement of the facts pertaining to the subject. Many other writers have contributed to the literature of this important branch of study but none, with perhaps the exception of Alfred Taylor, have confined themselves to a practical scope-condensed the matter to a reasonable size volume. The field is a vast one and full of technic, but the busy physician and lawyer require a compendium on this subject, that is accurate and reliable, yet not so ponderous as to deter them from its study. After an appropriate introductory chapter, it deals with the signs of death; Medico-legal investigation; Presumption of death and survivorship: Personal identity; Causes producing violent death; Feigned disease and injury; Criminal abortion and Infanticide; Insanity; Malpractice, and Toxicology proper.

To the physician called to the witness stand the book is the best with which to recapitulate his knowledge. To the educated lawyer it is indispensable. While not as voluminous as some, is accurate, reliable and sufficiently comprehensive. A book of this kind must have two great objects in view: the requirements of the law, on the one hand, and a complete knowledge of the science of medicine on the other, in its entirety-botany and chemistry in all its branches included. It must be such a book for ready reference that a scientific fact can be ascertained in a clear and pointed manner in few sentences or reasonable paragraph. Such is this volume. No lawyer who aspires to a professional reputation can pass this work by. Its great value and superiority is attested by the fact that this is the seventh edition. It is brought down to date, including the recent discoveries revealed by the X-Ray and many others that have lately so bountifully enriched the field of Medical Jurisprudence.

EDITORIALS.

The many friends of Hon. Benj. F. Hegler, sr., will regret to hear that he has been seriously ill for a num ber of weeks past. At the present writing he is reported slightly better.

Hon. Reford Bond, of Chickasha, one of the best known lawyers of southern Oklahoma, is being urged to make the race for Representative from his Congressional district. His district has none worthier or better qualified than Mr. Bond. His ability, integrity and character is unquestioned by all who know him, and his election to the Congress of the United States will do credit to Oklahoma.

SUMMARY of the HISTORICAL EVENTS of the LAST HALF of 1906.

July 1. The English statesman, Sir Winfred Lawson died in London.

4. An heir to the throne of Germany is born. 10. Rojestvensky is accquited by court-martial for his defeat in the sea of Japan.

13.

Alfred Dreyfus is restored to the army exonerated of all charges against him.

22. 23.

The Russian Douma is dissolved by the Czar. Douma urges Russians to refuse support to the throne until their demands are recognized.

August 4. Rear-Admiral Chas Jackson Train died. 7. Five Japanese are kiled in the Aleutian Islands, by Americans.

15. William J. Bryan is endorsed for President by the Nebraska State Convention.

25. President Roosevelt issues an appeal in behalf of Chile for aid.

29.

William J. Bryan lands on his return from his trip around the world.

September 4. Davidson is renominated Governor of Wisconsin in spite of the La Follette fight.

13. Marines are landed in Havana to assist the regular government and check Cuban insurrection. 20. Congressman Hitt, of Illinois, died.

27.

Palma, the President of Cuba, resigns.

30. P. T. O'Connor, the famous Irish leader lands in the United States on a tour of observation.

October 1. F. P. Lahm, an American wins the balloon race, which was run across the sea from Paris to a point in England.

2.

General Magoon is by President Roosevelt appointed Provisional Governor of Cuba.

7. Constitutional democrats of Russia meet in a National Convention.