Report of the Case of Denis Caulfield Heron, Against the Provost and Senior Fellows, in the Visitorial Court of Appeal, Trinity College, Dublin (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1846 Excerpt: ... of the grounds on which they rely, and these documents have, we understand, been furnished to and exchanged with the solicitors for these persons, so that each is in full possession of the case of the other. From the reply put in by the Provost and Fellows, it appears to us that the questions now to be discussed are mere questions of law, and it is the wish of the Visitors that the proceedings should be regulated, as nearly as the case will admit, according to the forms adopted by the ordinary courts of justice, and we rely on our learned Assessor to carry out this intention. Mr. Pigot, Q.C., for D. C. Heron.--May it please your Graces, I appear on behalf of Mr. Denis Caulfield Heron to state the circumstances and reasons on which he now appeals to your Graces. By his memorial, presented to your Graces, he has prayed that you will institute an inquiry into his case and adopt such means as may seem good to your Lordships for securing to him the advantages of scholarship to which he is advised and believes he is rightfully entitled. Mr. Heron has in that memorial fully set forth the circumstances under which he appeals from the decision of the Provost and Senior Fellows of Trinity College, and I shall state from it so much as is necessary for the purpose of putting the court in possession of the merits of his case. Counsel then proceeded to read the portions of the memorial in the introduction, ante pp. 2, 3. The board, &c. have, in their answer, with great candour admitted the facts stated in the memorial, so as fairly to raise the question of law. Counsel here read parts of the answer of the board, see ant. pp. 7, 8, 9. Thus there is no controversy as to the manner in which the examination has been held, and if Mr. Heron had been elected Calcott must have b...