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The Daily Dispatch: May 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], European News. (search)
European News. The House of Lords on the 6th delivered judgment in the Alabama case. Six legal Lords were present. The Lord Chancellor first gave his judgment. He argued that under the provisions of an act known as the "Queen's Remembrancer Act, " there was no authority to make such rules as the Barons of Exchequer had made. He therefore moved that the appeal of the Crown be dismissed, with costs. Lords St. Leonards, Chelmsford, and Kingsdowne concurred, while Lords Cranworth and Wensleydale were in favor of the hearing of the appeal by the Exchequer Chamber. The appeal was therefore dismissed, with costs. The London Times remarks that the final decision has been pronounced on a technicality, subtle and narrow beyond even the ordinary narrowness of law. For the present the victory remains with the defendants. But it is impossible to suppose that the Government will acquiesce in the law as laid down by the two Senior Judges of the Exchequer, or fail to bring any ne