Alfred Septimus Dowling (1805–1868) was a British
law reporter.
Biography
Dowling was the fourth son of Vincent Dowling (1756–1825) of
Queen's County, Ireland, but was probably born in London. He was the brother of
Vincent George Dowling
Vincent George Dowling (1785–1852) was an English journalist. He was an influential figure in the development of sports journalism, who also worked covertly as a government informer.
Life
The son of Vincent Dowling (1756–1825), an Irish journ ...
and
Sir James Dowling.
He was
called to the bar
The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ...
at
Gray's Inn on 18 June 1828, and became a
special pleader in the
common law courts, and also went the home circuit. He was admitted a member of
Serjeant's Inn on 12 November 1842, and made a judge of county courts, circuit No. 15, Yorkshire, by
Lord Chancellor Cottenham on 9 November 1849. On 20 August 1853 he was gazetted one of the commissioners for inquiring into the state and practice of the county courts.
He died of an internal cancer at his residence, 34 Acacia Road,
St. John's Wood
St John's Wood is a district in the City of Westminster, London, lying 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Charing Cross. Traditionally the northern part of the ancient parish and Metropolitan Borough of Marylebone, it extends east to west from ...
, London, on 3 March 1868, aged 63. His widow, Bertha Eliza, died on 25 March 1880, aged 67.
Publications
Downling's works includes:
# ''A Collection of Statutes passed 11 George IV and 1 William IV'', 1830–2, 2 vols.
# ''A Collection of Statutes passed 2 William IV and 3 William IV'', 1833.
# ''Reports of Cases in the King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer'', 1833–8, 9 vols.
# ''Reports of Cases in Continuation of the above, by A. Dowling and Vincent Dowling'', 1843–4, 2 vols.
# ''Reports of Cases in Continuation of the above, by A. S. Dowling and John James Lowndes'', 1845–51, 7 vols.
On some of the title-pages only the name A. Dowling is found.
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1805 births
1868 deaths
19th-century British writers
Members of Gray's Inn