The Calcutta Law Journal March 1 1914

5. THE ANNALS OF THE BENGAL BAR (continued.) It was for sometime doubted whether the Advocate-General was the Officer of the Company or the Crown and it was held that for the purpose of charity informations he represented the Crown (1). [...] His edition of the Rules and Orders of the Supreme Court of yudicature at Fort William in Bengal is the first publication of Supreme Court decisions and he may be called the father of Indian Law Reporting. [...] Lives of this and other eminent members of the Bar together with those of eminent members of the other branches of the profession will appear at the anti 01 the article."54n THE CALCUTTA LAW. [...] Founding of the Bar Library had great influence over the members of the Bar and now we shall see how far the object -of the founders of the Library has been attained. [...] It is held on the authority of the cases of In re Orme (2) and In re Allen (3) that there can be no right of retainer until after the payment of the debt by the surety.