Solicitor. History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland, 1855, lists John Oswald Head, Hexham, as solicitor, member of the firm of Charles Head and Son. The firm were commissioners in chancery, common pleas, and exchequer courts. Head's articles criticize antiquated statutes, cumbersome and costly legal procedures, the malpractices of joint stock companies, etc. Content and style make it evident that all the articles are by the same writer.

Author: Anne Lohrli; © University of Toronto Press, 1971.