Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-25
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cgal professA e, and in his ses may
,eeording.y be found iawyers Of every
ofst pettifoggcr lho law oourts OF Lon.
don afo 80 numerous anu have 80 many
,lasaes OF business thai there IL room
and in his sketches q courts. court scenes
ani .'sal business centrally. tho novelist
g cms to have omitted none Of the broth
too, with wonderful accuracy: SO true Ia
mature nro they that every one can reuos-
nlEo some Of the number AZ being among
his own portonai acquaintance. Incre
Vas Mr. Samuel Briggs, IA mere machine.
sort OF seif.ncting walking suck" Nc "a
He is not ut home outside OF q court
Non or legal office. When he has
ncthins TO do no ats In the court wnore
nresicrt. most long-winded arguments
with the most lntons . interest. lie grows
men without ,conaorting with them; ne
has nest where he sleeps nj night, It
y not home, though ne may cal AZ 80;
dingy room. with n bed, u whshstanu and
a bureau, md thore he goes when It IS
time 10 eloso up lie Eees 70 bed iiko no
for he never grows tired and N the even-
ing when othor mon seek relaxation, ne
sits staring at q muaty tome without 50
much az winding FOR hours at time.
THE PROSPEROUS LAWYER.
or the well to do farmer Mr.. Tuikinghorn
In BLEAK llouse" IL one OF the best 0SaIn-
PIES Ito is a gentleman OF the old school.
ihAt ", "ot ANY school which nas never
been youEg. IN sUincM hat rusty TO lo.k
AZ but tUputeu to b. very wealthy. lie Il
patronked by rich families that have auits
~ uh'tnegty. festin,d 70 Imam there for
ever, ana locked up In his roron atu the
condolences Of half the nobility. He never
talks. save when professionally consulied.
aud oven then only to a .umltei extent,
therefore enjoys tho reputation or i'm.
monse wisdom, and even when ho DOES
something IA a social way 4 is with ihe
nctcrize his caily walk and lack OF con.
vcrsailon, Nobody knows anything about
wS 10 Se %Hs,sie Sr a' p al lbs
ular he bears close Resemblance TO the
dreadful MIR, Jorkina, partner 81 Nc. spen.
law, Poor old Tins was hold responsible
by the clients Sncnlow. a Jcrkins. or
tea' rbe a ia s' MO VtelinE now n muob ecod
the benevolent Mr.. Spenlow would nave
dono had II not been for his hard-hcarted
David on The mattsr OF return OF bls
money, the old gentleman seemed quite
distressed so much 80 shat he Ie,i o..
avoid fdrthcr solicitation. The legal pro-
tcssl9n c9ninlns great many pnrthers
pens that there are two IN tho same arm.
each, Ia the absence OF the other, an
sgworlng me nvrnense 9t So' ion when
| ether why In his ability to preserve the
IN GIs SuSIness, Of, much ies1 means than.
| nccor ing to tho general idea. he pos.
sesscd Tho father o. Dora was a gSei
manager In this respect and bas hAu
numerous ln,i,ainrs
LEGAL oRATORN.
| Dickens has given the world very clover
pcn pictures a. legal orntury IN tho famous
suit Of Bariwtn 0ginnst PiokwiehA;, ~ ~,
| little iudgt. who bchhod to the bar. ana
who, when seated, presented 70 we .pe'
tnlcra broad, red face anu ~ , ,nan
10 sleep while the trial was EolnE en- hnu
wax ng up Huddcny wrote down HQWelnhg
he md given perfect attention TO the pros
| ctodings OF the colloquy win the cncmls,.
who al not wish to serve on the Jury ,ne
conmotiun IN the court cnuscu py thc ~
corruption from Weller Sr,, the eNhmina-
ZION Of MIR. Wrinkle; the crosa-oxnmlna.
lion of Sam Weller, Sr,,, the examination
Of Nj winllc. tho. reorganization , o.
sam Weller, hnd, above al, the ppulpouH
I speech OF Sergeant. BuEfuz, nnh ms hpot-
! Icup efforts TO build up cHhc on nothinif'
I ire ali SNccCdlngly humorous As - hpool-
I mon of windy orntory. the Ruatuz rpeeen
a. inlmitnble, Dickens must have heard
many slInilrr character ere ne Sat uoWn
| 10 compose this pretCntioun atguWonI'
nut Aztec all, BuEfuH was u true hMyvr.
lie VIVA obliged 10 make case, ava u tuo
material wns poor that was hts mistot.
tune not his fault. he ala the peht ne .puin
with such mnllor AZ ne nss' o no nyns.
Ing notes Nrittin by MIR. P'ekwick nh encu-
m,nts IN the ol,se, but. not having them:
Ne wnrming pan, the other about tho
chopn aud tomato Euuee, ana dld me nrh,
! he could with them. His eloqucnee over
J but while we laugh wo should not tnfges
hat not day passes but what some NV wv.
w n "" h,ttar doeumsntary evidence tban
MOI al tho command OF Sergeant buRtu<-
NsssRs. DopsoN q Food.
The piolkwick breach OF promise suit nm
m0rtalised 1--WE lcgai iEht,, "I nSu hao sny.
ntora. Dodson a Fogg VIII pronApiy N.Y., I'M,
De forgotten as long ls there 10 ntis",, WI,
IA the English language. Tor IN llseho W.
, oiaracters Dickens has portrayed tho gar
.ies @ Tho LEGAL Prei ssssrea TOY fof tSeS
nc ms SSsn,as rgp Of The small legal knowi-
49, tbcy hayo been able to acquire 70
vpl,rcss people who know less tnah .n ,,,,,,
selves and have been nn a Tnc scene II,
their office whom the poor aeDtea a.. nI a.,
that additional papers haSe bee me ni sS,t ~
b a. ,ypicsl OF the methods employed ny Wy
hassi sort Of attorneys cverywhei"' msi'
YlllngRss. to take W n de charge Sass % nothing
FOR Tho services In case Of failure, any
DC rogglsh trick BY to which alr ao onss
S v,S,eh piaee hor in their power and enne,.
them 10 Rend hcr TO the. prison er Y, y
tenanted BY the unleesy " ,pwsss acsorip
, w. vet their ahrewdnesH e.eites the
aImiration even Of "Pickwleks attor.
nays nnd tho way In which thcy hu y
duee Mrs, Bhrdol" and her irien .,,a I'M, M,
court draws from him tho co'nnnenon.oa,
remark, strictly professions " ,Ssar 4
Tor; VERY clever ien enc erect" lie il
hImseif OF the same tribe. ono tnesr o o IN,
nrss in working on the f.eiinss un,p,so
inry and spectators Is 10 MN An "s'
lesson In legal practice.
THE LAWS DELAY.
Tim famous quotation from Shaksspeaaih ~.
has been made tho text Tor tnhuy ~,
,ro"sosabla delay OF tho lay. but NO o on,
hns Better Impressed tho lesson on N
mind OF tho world than Dickens IN ~
great chnncery tale, ~ poor ~,
,, being ground TO bits BY slow miii; ~.
; ,st,inR TO death by single been; Us '' ~,
aa,,,avSsned by drops; IT'S going mn1 v,
arotns" dickens had no love. eithe
2ar Inc law or for the lawyers, ana o,,sl
.sxhibited his feeling for both ~ . nis,s
earrasm. "There are, hs say. orasnn
plensant fietions OF the law IN e ',asss y
operation, but there Is not one 80 piss ssa,c
s,pboaes every man 10 DO Of equal vniu
7 In }ts Impartial eye, and the penen.s y
o ali laws 20 BIO equally attainabis " =.
i men" His feeling are best SHOWN n
! fhis notrnitures OF lawyers; MI. Sma .I
: ,,xe,d whose father was John DOE ~ ~
a his mother the, only female nism ~
y uers sd and whose frat long clothes wer.
I ,nsdo out OF q blue bagi mt. samps2.
! Wrnss" and his rIokety old table, VAIN W
u I'm ntoola and tho trGacherous oiu cun.s
: whose arms had enclosed many = cl .sl