PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION. IN N preparing this Edition for the Press we have not departed from the lines on which the previous Editions were based. We have considered all the cases upon the subjects dealt with in this Book which have been reported since the last Edition down to April, 1904, and have incorporated such of them as we deemed of sufficient importance in this Edition, and have also incorporated a few cases reported since that date. We have eliminated certain matters mainly of historical interest, and have otherwise compressed the present Edition, so that in spite of the very considerable amount of new matter introduced into this Edition it will be found to be shorter by several pages than the previous Edition. JOHN CUTLER, CHARLES F. CAGNEY. LINCOLN'S INN, July, 1904. IX.-Hearsay in Matters of Public and General Interest... 137 X.-Evidence of Ancient Possession ... ... ... |