The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-18

A rraude6 Of Spain e privileged to
wear his has In his sovereign's presence
for certnin time. carefully graduated
accordinr to his rank. John de Courcy,
the conouerof Of Ulster, won the same
boon from King John by frightening
the knights sent by Philip of France to
call John to hccount for the murder Of
Arthur, out OF the field, and then giving
. taste Of hts quality by placing his
helmet on al post and cleaving it
through with Ibis sword, the weapon
defying anyone but its owner to draw it
out of tho post again. This stalwart
CHAMPIONS descendants were wont to
assert their privilege by keeping their
heads covered for . moment or so in
the royal presence; but at one OF
George the Thirds drawing rooms, the
then Lord of Kinsale chose to wear his
head gear SO long that the old Kings
attention was drawn to his unmanneriy
bravado. ssThe gentleman" said he,
sshas . right to be covered before me,
but even King John could give him no
right to be covered before ladies'"
At the trial of Mrs. Turner as an ac-
cessory to the murder of Sir Thomas
Oyerbury, Sir Edward Coke ordered the
prisoner to remove her hat, saying: "A
woman may be covered In church, but
not when arraigned In court of JUS
tce." The accused tarey commenting
on the singularity that she might wear
her hat in the presence of God, but not
In the presence of man, Coke replied /:
"For the reason that men, with weak
intellects, can not discover the secrets
which are known to God; and, there
fore, In Investigating truth, where hu-
man life is in peril, and one Is charged
with taking life from another, the Court
should - all obstacles removed. Be.
sides, the countenance is often an index
to the mind, and accordingly it Is fitting
! that the hat should be removed, and
Herewith the shadow which is cast upor
your face" Mrs. Turner's hat wa,
| taken off, but she was allowed fol
modesty's sake to cover her hair with {
kerchief.
| Chief Justice Glynn did not find tn,
| Quakers so amenable to the order of tn,
! court, when at .Launceston Assizes, il
! 1856, they made their first public pro
| test against uncovering the head Upol
| Fox and his companions in misfortune
being brought into court, the Judge bad
| them put off their hats Instead of obey
! ing, Fox asked for scriptural instanc.
| of q magistrate commanding prisoner
| to put off their hats. The Chief Justic
| inquired in return if hats were men
| toned at all in the B5tdef "Yes,r an
! swered Fox, Sin the third of Daniel
where thou uayest read that the thre
children were cast into the fiery furnac
by Nebuchadnezzarss command, wit
their coats, their hose. and their hats on
Here was proof that even heathe
| King allowed men to wear hats in hi
presence" Not condescending to argu
the matter further, Glynn cried, "Tak
them away, jailer. !" and they were take
| away, and thrust among thieves s.
/ great while.' When Penn and othe
Quakers appeared at the Old Bailey +
answer their delhquencies, they en-
tered the court covered, somebody n
moving their hats for them. Upon fairl
getting inside, the court directed ther
to put their hats on, and no sooner ha
they done SO than the Recorder demand
ed Il they did not know they were in
Kings o0lrtp Penn replied that he kne'
it was court, and supposed it to b
the Kings, but he did not think putin
off hat showed any respect; vher,
upon he was fined forty marks, and r,
marked that he aed his friends had com
into court uncovered, and In putting o
their hats again they had only obeye
orders, therefore if any one was TO /
fined, it ought to be the Bench.--AH II
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