Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cases Heard and Determined in Her Majesty's Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements, 1808-1890, Vol. 4: Edited and Reported With a Judicial-Historical Preface From 1786 to 1890 and the Rules and Orders of Court in Force; 1885-1890, Civil, Ecclesiastical, Habeas Corpus, Admiralty and Bankruptcy Cases, Criminal Rulings and Magistrates' Appeals 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.