Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
TOLD OUT OF COURT.
Anecdotes and Concerning
Bench and Bar.

ana incidents concerning
Bench and BAR.
A young man with a delicate, straw-colored
moustache and foot ball hair parted in the
center and glued down to his temples, saun-
tered carelessly into one of tie superior
courts the other day, says the San Fran
cisco Post. He eyed the Judge through his
glasses, and sized up all the attorneys. Then
he walked up to the bar and poured out a
glass of ice water.
The Judge, who Is nervous and testy, had
observed the young man and frowned down
on the glued hair and glasses. When
the young man boldly walked up to the bar
and took a glass of ice water the Judge
fairly boiled with indignation at such, te-
merity amounting almost to contempt. The
young man was just raising the glass to
his lips when the judge roared:
That water, sir, Is for attorneys and
other officers of the court"
The glass almost dropped from his hand,
he started violently, turned red. then
placed the glass on the table and walked
out of the court. The judge chuckled. Half
an hour later the young man entered the
court room again with a roll of parchment
in his hand. The Judge glared at him saw
agely, but he never finched. Finally there
was a lull in the proceedings, and he ad-
dressed the court:
Your honor!'
What is 1t, slr?"
81 wish to submit to the court my GER
tifcate CT admission to practice In the SUI
preme court and all other courts of this
state" and he passed the parchment to the
clerk.
well. what Of that?" growled the Judge.
Now. your honor. having presented the
proofs Of my admission to the bar / would
now move the court that l be permitted to
drink from the official pitcher" and he
calmly drained the glass of water he had
left on the table.
An attorney from Springfield. ILL.,, was at
the capitol the other day, and the subject
Of sensitiveness about age came up, relates
the Washington Star. 1.-THE most remarkable
instance OF that" he said. was a man-not
a woman-and a very able man mentally.
too. Judge Sydney Breese, for many years
one OF the justices of the supreme court of
Illinois, died at a very advanced age, but no
one ever knew how old he was. Upon one
ccca5lon the judges Of the supreme court of
Iowa visited the Illinois supreme court.
Judge Wright of Iowa was at that time very
old, and he had gone west from Ohio, the
state of Judge Dresses nativity. At the
banquet table Judge Wright said to the VEN
cradle Illinois jurist:
Judge. we must be about the same age.
We left Ohio In the same year. We have
served ON the bench an equal length of time.
/ wonder how much further the coinc. hence
eANchu9 J. Noulu nut De SUI pT'stn III we were
born during the same yeor - not an i'm
pertinence, ! would ask you he = you are?
! am 49,"
Judge Breese arose from the tab,o, his
face liyld with anger. and saying, hercely, i
would consider 1t the height OF impertinence
SIR left the room, and would not appear
again when Judge Wright was present"
What sort OF looking man was IL you
held the conversation with" asked the law
yer.
HE was one Of those solemn-faced fell
lers." said the witness, slowly, gazing
.thoughtfully at the ceiling. that you can't
size very well-one OF these fellers that you
dassent oner a bottle Of whisky to because
you amt right certain whether he Will gt
insulted or take 1t all at one swig."
A Somerset attorney who rellshes a Joke
at his own expense says he once sent to a
rural Office a writ Of service, with directions
to be very particular In regard TO the return.
saying: IF for any reason you are unable