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of Equity, the lessee at length succeeded in sustain- 

 ing his verdict. But then the verdict was only 

 against A. B., and immediately another party, C. D., 

 commenced to try his rights ; the lessee then applied 

 for an injunction in the Court of Equity against C. 

 D., which was of course refused, until he tried the 

 right at law with him also. And thus every one of 

 her Majesty*s liege subjects might, if so inchned, 

 lead our lessee into a like dance : but this is too 

 much, even for the stoutest litigant : through these 

 meshes of the law there is no " escapement," and the 

 poor proprietor finds himself, like a salmon in a bag- 

 net, looking wistfully about to see where he can get 

 out. In many instances, in fishery cases, where the 

 question of title has been raised, the parties preferred 

 abandoning their rights altogether to contesting them 

 at law. But if these questions involving the title, 

 whenever they occurred at Petty Sessions, might be 

 referred for trial to the Assistant-Barrister's Court, 

 they could be decided by a competent tribunal, at a 

 moderate expenditure of time or money. The ex- 

 tension of the jurisdiction of County Courts in Eng- 

 land has been found to work well : by a resolution 

 of the Bar, passed at Lancaster, on the Northern 

 Circuit, during the late Assizes, it was decided by a 

 large majority that it was quite in accordance with 

 etiquette, for barristers to attend, and form a Bar, 

 and practise at the County Courts. Such fishery 

 cases, therefore, as occurred at Petty Sessions in 

 Ireland, involving the title, might, with great ad- 



