Excerpt from The Queensland Criminal Reports: Being a Reprint of All Criminal Cases Reported in the Supreme Court Reports, Vols; 1 to 5 (1860-1881), The Queensland Law Journal and Notes of Cases, Vols; I. To XI. (1881 to 1901), And the Queensland State Reports and Weekly Notes (1902 to 1907) This volume of reprinted reports of Criminal Cases has been compiled in order to have in a handy form, both for Court work and for reference purposes, the cases decided on this branch of the law in Queensland prior to the publica tion of The Queensland J astice of the Peace, to which it is a companion volume. Difficulty has been experienced, especially by new practitioners, in obtaining complete sets of the reports (particularly the earlier volumes), from which these cases have been reprinted, and in addition to such difficulty, the price of the reports 'is a serious consideration. Numerous requests have been made during recent years for such a volume, and it is hoped it will prove of service, not only to members of the Profession, but also to Magistrates, Clerks of Petty Sessions, and members of the Police Force. A Subject Index is included in order to facilitate quick reference to cases. The Editor desires to express his thanks to Mr. T. B. Hunter, Solicitor, who has personally attended to the reading of the proofs and the checking of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.