Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-10-29
Sir w. Maule, Knit.

Sir w. Maule, Knit.
He was born in 17SS, and raised Il
the bench in 1889. after sitting for Car
low q year or two. In Westminster
Hall he had the reputation of being g
sound lawyer, and good judge, too.
And q single illustration of his conveys
even to the unprofessional mind an ides
of cuteness which makes us mutter
"Si sic omnes." He thus laid down
this reasonable doctrine as to the pre-
sumption in case of thefts: IF man
60 into the London Docks sober. with.
out the means of getting drunk, and
comes out of one of the cellars. wherein
are q million gallons of wine, very
drunk, think that would be reasonable
evidence that he had stolen some OF
the wine in the cellar. though you
could not prove that any wine was
stolen, or any wine missed"
Nothing could be happier, while
equally good was his description of i'm.
prisonment for debt. which he charac-
verified as "merely device for enabling
. man to pledge the credit of his
friends" But what he excelled in was
. happy irony, and it is "in this con
nection that the most mem orable and
often quoted of his utterances has been
put on record. 1t was addressed to a
poor mechanic:
"Prisoner, you have been convicted
upon clear evidence. You have inter-
married with another woman, your law
full wife being still, alive. You have
committed bigamy. You tell me-and,
indeed, the evidence has shown-that
your first wife left her home and her
young children to live with another
man. You say this prosecution is an
instrument OF extortion. Be it so.
am bound 10 tell you that these are cir
cumstsnces which the law does not in
your case take notice Of. You had no
right TO take the law into your own
hands. Every Englishman is bound to
know that when Q wrong is done, the
, hw-or perhaps should rather say
tho Oonstituti0n--afords q remedy.
Now listen to me, and I will tell you
what You ought to have done. You
should have gone to an attorney and
directed him TO bring an action. You
ahoald have prepared your evidence,
instructed counsel, and proved your
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