The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-04 00:00:00

SCENES IN REVISING BARRISTER'S COURTS.

(From the History of the Year 11810. By JEREMIAH
Tica Lett, Esq.
Barrister—(laquitu.r.)—Where is the) fellow who calls himself
chief magistrate? Who is he?—What is he like?
Agent. —I cannot say, sir, but 1 understand he has gone to
Brighton for the benefit of his health.
Barrister.—Brighton! What inzsiness has he at Brighton?
Why did he not attend here to procure us proper accommo-
dation?
Agent —He did not think—
Barrister.—Think, sir ; what right had he to think ? I shall
certainly remember his conduct, and Write by this night's post
to the Secretary of State on the subject. Where is the over-
seer ? Call the overseer.-06, dear ! Oh, dear! Do bring
the overseer here—(ore rotundo.) The,overseer.
Barrister's Clerk—( piping in humble imitation,)--Overseer!
[Enter overseer.—Clock strikes ten.]
Barrister.—Well, Sir, here you are at last. Do you know
bow many hours of my valuable time you have consumed by
your delay, sir?
Overseer.—l thought—
Barrister.—There, you are thinking again. What right have
you to think, sir? Answer my questions. How many ob-
jections are there?
Overseer.—l think about--
Barrister.—Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Give me a plain answer.
Are there ten or ten thousand ?
Overseer.—Between the two numbers you have named, sir.
Barrister.—Answer my questions plainly, sir, or I will ad-
journ the court.
Overseer--Do you mean, sir
Barrister—(tearnily to a stranger standing by)—Take off your
hat, sir, or I will adjourn the court.—You appear to be like a
gentleman. --- -
[Stranger startled at the sudden sound of a loud voice in
his ear, looks in surprise at the barrister.]
Barrister.—Oh, dear ! oh, deaf !—Will any man pull that
man's hat off for me? Call the first case, and prove service of
notices of objection.
[Notices proved—first name called, and John Adams
appears.]
Barrister.—Who are you, sir?
John Adams.—John Adams, sir, and I am came—
Barrister.—Answer my questions, sir, or I will strike your
name off the register of voters, and adjourn the court. What is
your qualification ?
John Adams.—A freehold house and land, of which I am
trustee.
Barrister.—You have not sent in your claim as trustee, so
better luck next time. I shall strike you off now. Claim next
year as trustee. [Exit John Adams.]
Scene changes to another Banister's room.
[Enter John Smith.]
2d Barrister.—What is your qualification ?
John Smith.—l am trustee with John Adams of a freehold
house and land.
211 Barrister.—What is the value ?
John Smith.—Above £5O a-year, which we may apply in any
manner we think fit, for the benefit of the cestuis yue trust.
2d Barrister.—Well, sir, you have claimed as possessor, it
would appear, of a freehold house and land, whereas you only
have them in trust; but I can alter that.
Agent.—Mr. has just struck off John Adams, the co-trus-
tee, on the ground that this mistake cannot be altered.
2d Barrister.—Can't help that, sir.—Mr. John Smith, your's
is a good vote.
Scene changes.-14 Barrister's Cottle.
Re-enter John Adams—(loquiturj—Mr. -- has just de-
cided, sir, that my co-trustee has a good vote; but his misde-
scription is the same as mine.
Ist Barrister.—How dare you, sir, come and interrupt me,
• sir. What do I care, sir, for what Mr. ---- decides, sir, or the
' House of Commons either, sir. Yours is a bad vote, so you may
go and make the best of it. [Exit John Adams.]
Scene changes to 3d Barrister's Court.
(E-nter Joe Fibster.l
Barrister.—You claim as trustee—how many trustees are
, there besides yourself?
Fibater.—John Adams, John Smith, and Job. Wig.
Barrister.—Have you power to repair the property, and is it
of sutlieiant value?
Fihster.—Yes.
Barrister.—lt is clear that this person is a trustee in whom
the estate is executed by the statute of uses, or in other words,
that he is a trustee "to his own use," according to the convey-
ancing sense of the terin, and thus comes within the very letter
of the reform act.—Your vote is allowed Mr. Fihster.
Scene changes to fourth Barrister's Court.