The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-26
DroIIeries Of the Bench.


Drolt thing, are reported of the bench
ana bar in the United States. Perhape
all that is sald of them IN the neWspa-
pers may have IA tinge of eXaggeration
but we do not doubt that there Is a con-
siderable substructure oil truth. y...-.
Wearied hey oud endurance by the tedi-
ou ness Ot lor & winded pleader, a
Ken uckian Judge put himself out o.
misery and his lormentOr out OF counte-
nance by suddenly eXclaiming: "lt tue
court S ri. h., ana she thinks she air.
why then you are wrong, aud she Knows
you is. smut uPW
Almost as rudo iD%peech was Judge
DuWllng.
"Wnat are you reading from, sir p
asked he OF a counsel.
"From the stature of 1865, Your
HonoF," was the reply.
"Well," said Duwling, "you needn't
read amy more; Pm judge in this court,
and my statutes are good enough law lor
anybody p
THIS worshipful gentleman plumed
himself upon deciding "Hccordlny TO the
go ulCles vi The case" law and precedent
to the contrary notwithstanding; they
Went Tor nothing Win ann.
Judge A &c. Smtn,a Western admins
| u a, called on addressed the pl 1int Il )
repre- sentative. and said: Il dom ,
LAtnk people ought TO be compelled to
| AVE togGLner, Wnen they uou', want 10
do 50. | will decree ID divorce ia this
cas- !" ana The t,artIes concerned were
| tuereupUn declared tO be no longer man
and wlie. Presently the deIendauPs q
| laWtGr appeared ana was not little
surprised 10 Hud all was settled, that
| ne Judge nad deela "a without nearln g
| ne s.up, muc les, b,th. He prules ed
| against eucn w ,r-uasty proceeding .,
ami appe ale to the Luurt to redress the
wrong ue uud commit, u. Tue Court no
bcIug Incllueu W uWn is5l, III i"ulI, he
WAS IuloI meu IL was too late TO raIse oD
ii cL.Ons: The decree mad been pro
u0uuCeu; Uut ii he Nan,eu ~ argue Ilt
case, "l5ht bad," he courU woui'
mary the parties again, ana leu nlIi
nave Il CracK iUr IL.
Wugu MISS Amelia Donnero hle!
ella med Two hundt ed collars from idtGa
les, Augu,lus Berner ior breach U
prvm,se, tne gentleman justined nro con
uuct on lie lled tBat a,ter IlVIug unue
The same 100, with he YOU X laA, an
liner mamma tor elguL mUutus, h. l"uuu
so lupus bic ~ | We ComlnrraDI! VIII
he Que, that he was com ele W cry
with the Uthur. Ihe Judgo Ihqu TT
Ii Lue mother proposed HVing Wan ne
daughter atter IN Iritse, ana recelVln
AN oiLi. mauVs swer, asked the deIenr
ant whether lie wUutu rather I've VII
ms moLncl-lu-iaW OrpIy 500
"P Y $500" was tuv prornp. reply.
ga" ,',r s' ni'nv,,n Tm'9r. WAS ;, TIM
''a e""n To- Ivnnn W an tnn s,ma s,t,,a
~ n' vI,,''r.i NOW. uud uu.spsa,.
Clo'' 90 !.s. -,rnn,i lI.vt. h.,.I,,sI,,,re
unlrImys ou' - \rnr, Of [Iouble. had IN
V"e"'' l',', w., -, marrying or payiu,, S1gi
a., ",,l,' % ,,,,,r mnr,lt1 And lar t,y.n,,
ne'"s po0i' i,,v,. rn,rI,.it'.n IT., / am hay
hn' mn,.p' ,y,In y man al your ,Itmi
~ Siam If must ma, $40 and co,t, fol
no pl'''l IN. II M Of Vuat,ug renIr,an
,i'',,.r tnr u,:mIu,on OF Il motuer.lu.,uw. :,
1 o"UN1 TMa. .n,Icn.m,rrIed digulLar, was mo
-, .usr,ulb e 10 Tue charms OF the Sc
AS u.s urotner. OF Iona, VINO refused l
Gne a man for kissing IA gIrl against he
lwll brctase the complainant was S
Lemu,lugly pretty III II uUtulUg but a
,yerwuelmlng sens OF It's dignity pr,
vented the cOult from kissing uer itsel
IL Is lucky Ior an offender "ueu nl
iuuoe NUS ulmseu IN Ii ) place; justic
IS surc Cuen 10 be tempered vain mere!
las in The case VI Tue SH' ICncl VI spUuN
Druupnt beIOre a Georgia. court man
) Years ago. Bela Brown, who tnGn wei
Inc circuit as juuge, was an able ma,
in euuui repute as ID lawyer and as
hnon mplulou. The night before tn
court was w uptn a. Day ton, His Hon
went to IA tavern kept by Sterrit, an
: had sucu IL good time oI IT with his legi
, trien ,s that by mlunight he was III
, anna an sober as a Judge should Dl
.,mrbudy cleared the table 0t all II
y ,pvous, and put them into the uncol
,cluus genLleman's p cket. lie wa
greatly perturbeu AT nnulng them thel
a next morning. Tney were SterrlL
= SPOONS W niLhouL doubt, for they bore I'll
landlords lnItlals.
"Polly," said Tie judge to his VIII
! "was | tlpsy when came hOmGW
"Yes,' sue SAID. "1Ou know yor
> habus Wuen you get among LhUse lal
= yers."
Much relieved in his mind, the iuds
declared lie could understand how II
) suvous came luto his possession. "ILi
l lellow keeps the meauest quor in IL
Z State; but l never supposed it wUuI
/ make Il man STEAL
i A day Or Two atterward a man was a
t ralgneu Tor larceny: he pleaded gu. 1t
buL urged he was Intoxicated When [
, COMMITTED the o1.nse.
"M uaL's the nature of the charge ?
| INQUIRED Judge Brown.
stealing money from the till at Sic
rits tuY,ru." replied the clerA.