The Daily spy., 1849-02-02
THE INFAMOUS JUDGE JEFFREYs.

DOth lHC SlCdl I1uBllSI pdfLleS nave attacked his
memory with emulous violence; for the whps
considered him as their most barbarous enemv
and tories found it convenient to throw on him
the blame OF all the crimes which had sullied
their triumphs A dligent and candid inouirv
will show that some trighttul stories which have
been told concerning him are false or exagger
ated; yet the dispassionate historian will be able
to make very little deduction from the vast mass
OF infamy with which the memory OF the wicked
udge has been loaded
lie was man OF quick aud vigorous parts. but
constitutionally prone to insoIence and to the an
cry passions. When just emerging from how
hood he had risen into practice at the Old Bailey
Bar,-a bar where advocates have always used
license OF tongue unknown in Westminster Han
Here, during many years, his chief business was
to examine and cross examine the most harden.
ed miscreants OF great capital. Daily conflicts
with prostitutes and thieves, called out his now.
ers 50 effectually that he became the most con-
summate bully ever known in his profession =
All tenderness Tor the feelings Of others all self
respect, all sense of the becoming were obitera.
ted from his mind He acquired boundless
command OF the rhetoric in which the yulgarav-
press hatred and contempt. The profusjon ot
tnaledlctlons and vituperative epithets which
composed his vocabulary could hardly have beon
rlvalled in the fish market or the bear garden =
His countenance and his voice must always
have been unamiable; but these natural advan.
tages-for such he seems to have thouoht than
he had improved TO such degree that there
were few who in his paroxysms OF rare. could
see or hear him without emotion Imsudence
and terocity sat upon his brow. The glare of his
eyes mad fascination for the unhappy victims
on whom they were fixed; yet his brow and eve
were said to be less terrible than the sayare lines
of his mouth
Ills yell OF fury, as was said bv one who had
often heard it, sounded like the thunder Of tho
Judgment day. These qualifications he carried
Whe still young man, from the bar to tho
bench. lie early became common sergeant and
then recorder OF London. As Judge at the ctv
sessions ne exhibited the same propensities which
afterwards, in higher post, gained for hin, sn
, unenviable Immortality. Already might he 70.
marked OIL him, the most odious vice which is in.
cldent TO human nature,-a delight in rniseru
merely as misery. There was fendish exn
ton In the way in which he pronounced sentenc4.
on feIons Their weeping and imporing seemed
to tlullate him voluptuously; and he loved n
scare them into hts by diiating with luxurIops
amphcahon on all the details OF what thew ,.o.a
to suffer. Thus when he had an onnort,,1;t,e :"
ordering an unlucky adventures to be wbinnea
at the CARTS tail, "Hangman," he would excI.in,
81 charge you to pay particular attention to ,hiS
lady; scoutge her soundly, man! scouroe ber 81,
the b'ood runs down! 1t is Christmas eoii
Time tor madam to strip in See that Won w.
her shoulders thoroughly He was hardly Ieaa
iacetous when be passed judgment on Tudou;al. !
Muggleton, the drunken tailor, who ancad uVhick hi
sell prophet tlmpudent rogue 8 roaraa
Jehreys, "thou shalt have an easy, easv eas,,
punishment" One part OF this easy punisbo,aay
was the pillory, in which the yretrbed taas.i
was almost killed with brckbats. '"''''c
by TINS ume the nature of Jeffreys had heo,
hardened TO that temper which tyrants reo,ire ~
their worst implements. He had hithanta - ii
ed for professional adv 'oOh"
ton OF London. He had therefore nrotpoae,
himself Roundhead, and had always anneaSeI
TO be n higher state of exhileration ~ Gu
explained to popish priests that thew wera 80 nc nc
cut down, and were to see their own hodias ~ oe
ed' than when he passed ordinary sentencan
deatn. But as soon as he had got all that tbo ;.
81 CIV, ne maze haste to sell his forehead
oil brass and his tongue OF venom TO the Co..
Chiphach, who was accustomed 70 49, lo"r'
Ker In infamous contracts OF more than - =. ~
lent MS ald He had conducted manv ar' N'
and political intrgues; but he assurAdl - ouS
rendered more scandalous service ~ u; "oVer
.ers tnan when ne introduced Jeffreys 70 WIS
nan Inc renegade soon found patron in 49,.
ooau onS ave anu reVehgelui James, but was alwavs
regarded with scorn and disgust h., Gay
whose faults, great as they were had M qiies' .a'
with insolence and cruelty "1'hat mau Ani.y ;,
the King, "has no learning no sense - sdiu
lets' anu more lmPudence than ten cartod ,
walkers. Work was to be done bo,.a ee'-
WElch could be trusted to no man VIII "eVer'
ced law or was sensible OF shame: and th,,oT
reys, at an age at which barrister tbints Seh-
sell fortunate If he is employed 10 lead 81 MN
tant cause, was made Chief Ins,;oa 80" q" rIhPor-
Bench ous'ice OF the Kings
ms enemies could not deny that ba no.,o
T 1, " tne quaiitles OF great iudge HI =.
gal knowledge, indeed, was mereIS s,oh ms ie-
haa plcSed up in practice OF no yery bioh a? ne
put ne mad one of those happily constmtod Alnu
lects which, across the labyrinths Of inlel-
anu tnrough masses of immaterial taci. p"'sNy,
straight to the true point OF his intel1e das goes
ever ne seldom had the full use. Era' now
causes his malevolent and despotic zen IN civil
petuaiiy disordered his Judgment To upper per-
court was to enter the den Of wild boaa. 'er ms
none Gould tame, and which was as as, ta,,, wnieh
reused to rage by caresses as bv at.say aey 10 be
frequently poured forth on plaintiffs ana =. Ae
ants, barrsters and attorneys, witnes ana defend
rymen' torrents OF frantic abuse. intes, and Ju-
oa!ns Oa;l ana curses His looks and tonas "lth
spired terror when he was merely 'Ones mad in
cate struggling into practice. Nov ySang ,S advo-
az Ihe head q the most iormidable ta' ne was
,eaim' there were few indeed who Junai dJ m IN the
PIE before him. Even when he MY. wv moi trem-
so,elce M was sufficiently frightIul: h,s sGoer MS