The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-03-25
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STORIES OF JUDGES.

A troublesome attorney, who was
pleading his own cause and raising uu-
| enable points before Lord Ellenborough
,ecame exasperated brcause he was il
,riahlv overruled and he exclaimed,
Nv lord nv lord althpu RI your lor,.
| nip is 81 great man now. | remember
| ne time when | could have got youi'
.pinion for five shjll ns,' Such imperti-
nence would with many judges have led
| to the committal of tho offender; bot
| Lord Peterborough merely observed,
| with an amused smile, " Sir. | dare say
| It was not worth the money" The same
| ldge was Oh one occasion sitting at the
''uidhall, when Henry Hunt the famous
d magogue. Appeared upon the floor OF
TIE court. Justice Tallnurd describes
| re scene which followed in these terms:
"'I am here, my lord. on the part Of the
hoy Dogood. proceeded the undauntfd
Quixote. His lordship cast moment s.
| glance on the printed list. and quietly
| said Mr.. Hunt, | see no name of any
hoy Dogood in the paper of causes, and
turned toward the door of his room. ny
lnrd. vociferated the orator, am | to.
have no redress for an unfortunate youth
| | Thought your Lordship was sitting fo1i
the redress of injuries in a court of jus 7
tee oh. no, Mr.. Hunt. still calmiy
responded the judge; 1 am sitting at Nisi
| Prius and have no right TO redress am
| injuries except those which may be
brought before the jury and me in the
causes appointed for trial My lord,
| then said Hunt, somewhat subdued By
the unexpected amenity of the judge, 4
only desire to protest oh! is that all?'
said Lord Ellenborough; by all means
protest, and 90 about your business So
Hunt protested and went about his bust /
ness, and my lord went unrutfled to his
dinner and both parties were content" /
Great judges have always been the Oh /
iects of intense respect and veneration IL
the English people and few ordinary
persons would venture to dispute with
out diffidence the law which they lay
down. There is perhaps no more anus
ing or fragrant abuse of this confidence
| in judicial requirements than the pro-
ceedings of Sir Edward Coke, when he
went in search of his daughter. He had
lived for years on very bad terms viii
his wife. who, when he proposed to mar
| hi, l,n.rltar 90 T,,iv, A;fE
liers, carried her Off and concealed her al
house at Oatlands. belonging to this
Earl of Argyll. Coke, receiving infor
nation of this, collected L body of arm
ed men and put himself at their head
Encased in breastplate. with a swort
at his side and pistols at his saddlebow
| he arrived with his followers at the outcl
gate of the house. where he repeated,
demanded his daughter in the King
| name, laying it down for law, that i
death should ensue it would be justiiia
| BILE homicide in him, but murder in thos,
who opposed him. Such an opinion COM
| ing from so inspired a source is enough
to cause the most rcsolute garrison ii
| tremble, and the result was that COk{
| recovered his daughter without much dia
! fculty.
Some judges cannot cooperate will
juries. Mr.. Baron Anderson was exceed.
ingly impatient with a stupid jury, and
often made his thoughts plainly know}
to them. A jury in a criminal case havf
| ing returned verdict which displeaset
him, he turned to the Sheriff, saying
Good heavens, can't have another .iurI
and let these twelve persons go into tn
other court where they cant do SO muc}
mischief" To the disobedient jury III
said. Gentlemen, you will find in til
other court, perhaps. in the course OF thi
day, something which you can try
| Then, in an absent, musing manner, b
soliloquized "No doubt there are som.
men who never can comprehend whJ
evidence is; but that twelve such me
should come together to-day and let th;4
man off! Prisoner to the happy ma
| who had been aquitted, "the jury hav
| acquitted you. Heaven knows why. n
one else in the court could have the slight.
est doubt Of your guilt, which is of til
srossest kind; but you are aquitted, an
can't help it."-Bench and Bar.