Meehan

This is a petition to establish the truth of a bill of exceptions. The exception to which the petition relates was taken at a trial before a jury on March 8, 1901.* The time for filing exceptions was extended, and the bill was filed on April 15,1901. The ruling excepted to was made by Mr. Justice Maynard, and the bill not having been allowed and a hearing being thought necessary, letters passed, at long intervals, between the counsel for the plaintiff who filed the exceptions and the judge, relative to a time and place for the hearing. Various times and places were named by the judge in his…