UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAW.
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FROM A LONDON PAPER OF AUGUST 8. 1927.


At the present assizes for Worcester, certain
parties were indicted for stealing flUo ducks; but
as it came out in evidence that they Killed the two
ducks before they stole them. Mr. Justice Iiltedae
charged the jury to find them not guilty. on the
ground that in legal construction the words 9 two
ducks'' must be taken to mean 6 two Ere ducks :"
whereas. it was proved that these ducks were deai:
and the parties we're found not guilty accordingly.
query: is not duck duck ? And if not. wnat
is It'll Would the thieves who stole the ducks have
been not guilty Of stealing the ducks, surprising they
had only hay killed the ducks before they stole
them


A notorious gang of robbers, on the Windsor
road. escaped at the Quarter sessions. because the
drawing up of the indictment had described gown
and petlcoat as the property OF woman instead OF
man this said woman happening to be married,
the learned chairman held that it legally belonged to
the husband, and on this plea the whole gang were
acquitted, much to the annoyance pf worthy ma
gistrate who declared that he had heard of wife
wearing the breeches, but never before OF husband
wearing the pettcoat. At the same sessions an in
diyldua. tried on an indictment for sheep stealing.
seemed i'll fair way to escape, by his legal defender
proving that the animal was not leeally sheep, in
consequence of not being come Of age and the mat
ter was put aside to be grayey argued at future
period. Nothing could exceed the astonishment of





vowed he would call pig, and try what the effect
of that would be.


WHO shall decide when doctors disagree ~
Judge Best's charge in favor Of pugilism, will be
found under that head in another place. At the
same point of time Judge Garrow was making the
following charge against it at Bedford. He said If
quarrel is treasured up, and time be taken to ar
range the meeting and one of the party fails, the
the offence amounts TO murder, and principal Sc
conds, and BY ISLANDERS were all guilty. He called
on the Grand Jury to put stop to the practice OF
prize fights, which he regretted to say, had been
patlonized by men Of rank, who sported their soy-
ereigns on the life or death of fellow creature.


John Maule, the prisoner tried at Salisbury, was
indict I'd for having, the 18th of Jane last, Killed
one Thomas Strange. by upsetting cuach on which
the said I. Strange was passenger. Inc second
count described the coach as having been drawn tty
fsco geldngs and tsco mares One objection to the
Indictment, namely, that it did not state the acc-
dent to have occurred on the Kings highway, or IN
public road and all the precedents showed that such
an averment was necessary, was over-rulea ny the
chief Justice who observed, that he had little doubt
. the precedents would furnish instances OF nom
sense of all sorts.'' But it was then oblected-lt
was alleged that the coach was drawn by two mares
and two geldings, which allegation had not been
supported by proof This was humping objection
two mares and two gednss stated in the ndlct-
nlent, and no one to prove the avsrment The