The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-27
sOME ENGLISH ANECDOTES.
Stories OF, About and by Sir Frank
Lockwood.
Pail Mall Gazette.

Fail Mall Gazette.
The .lamented death of Sir Frank Lock-
wood has resulted in a tremendous crop of
stories concerning him. Here are a few:
While still Junior barriSter attending
Bradford quarter sessions Mr.. Lockwood
ventured to rebuke the chairman. The lat
ter happened to be an officer in militia
regiment, and was, as Mr.. Lockwood
thought unduly admonishing a prisoner
marked He talks to him (the prisoner)
as If he were one of his own militiamen >"
The chairman caught the remark, and, lean
ing over the desk. said: MIR. Lockwood, 1
overheard that observation" Whereupon
Mr.. Lockwood, unabashed, rose to his full
height of six feet two, and with that dra-
matte wave of his hand with which so many
Juries have been impressed, replied, II in
tended you should, sir, and then sat down.
The chairman called the next case.
On another occasion, after successfully
defending a prisoner who had put forward
a very satisfactory alibi, Sir Frank went
for q walk in the circuit town, and during
| his perambulations he met the judge who
had presided Addressing him, the learned
J Judge sad. We'll Lockwood that was a
very good allbi. Yes, my lord was the
answer. II had three offered me, and /
think selected the best"
When Sir Frank was recorder of Sheffield
ne was one day engaged in trying a NUMBER
or Oettlng men Tor a rather serious assault
and they We're defended by 9, popular north
country cd junior It was the day of the City
and Suburban and one of the prisoners was
more concerned in what was happening out
side than in his own safety. At length he
tSdlleu over the rails ana begged MS counsel
to back so and so, and let him stand in
a sovereign. The learned junior, being a
thorough sportsman, sent his clerk out with
a fve-pound note to back the animal and
half an hour later the beaming face of the
clerk, as he returned to court, told that
the good thing had come off. Next min
ute, to the counsePs establishment, a note
was handed to him from the bench, con-
tanning the simple query, Has it WOMB
Looking up into Sir Franks face, counsel
saw from the smile there that he had wit
messed the whole transaction, and like the
good sportsman he was, would rejoice in his
TREAD success.
A few years ago. at a. Mansion House
banquet at York, Sir Frederick Miner M
F.. in proposing. the toast of The City
Members, remarked that he understood Sir
Frank had in his sketch book portrait of
him which was positively Hbeous. but in
the interests of art he had decided TO take
Frank said It was perfectly true that he he
had contemplated bringing out picture Of
Sir Frederick Miner, but on account cf his
great length he found it would be neces-
sary to bring him out in parts and If a
sufficient number of subscribers could be
found he was prepared TO undertake the
series at once.
1t will be remembered that Sir John Day
one of the Pernell commission judges, OBJ
served strict silence during the entire hear
alone indicating the process of seif-commu-
nion Toward the close of the proceedings
! a pen-and-ink sketch Of the bench was cir
! culated among the members of the bar pres
| ent bearing the legend, Day unto Day ut
/ tereth speech, Knight unto Knight showeth
| knowledge The sketch bore no signature
| but as Mr. Lockwood was present, no
| voucher of it's authorship was wanted
| OF his geniality and ready wit there are
/ many stories extant. Many of these he
| told himself, especially If they were against
| him. H was once defending q man who
/ was charged at York with stealing cattle OF
1 beasts" as they were called in the north
! Sir Frank Lockwood said to a witness:
| Now. my man, you say you saw so and so
| how far can you see a beast to know it?'
Just as far off as / am from you" replied
| the witness. Another story: Some Years
! ago a man was held up for stealing a horse
Yours is a very serious offense," said the
| judge 10 him very sternly: fifty years ago
! IL was a hanging matter" Well" replied
| the prisoner with a certain logical reason
| ableness, fifty years hence 1t mayn't be q
| crime at all" In the famous action OF
1 Brooks against Labouchre the defendant
stated in the witness box that one result oil
/ the exposures he had from time to time
made In Truth was that he had spent E40-
/ 900 in law. Sir +. Lockwood looked at him
with an expression Of deep admiration, and
/ calculated: Long may you prosper" with
4 a whimsical intonation that set the whole
i court Off 1t is even stated that he was 81
/ popular in York that jury gave a verdic'
| for him as Mr.. Lockwood's for without
descending to a discussion of the facts OF
/ the case Once he was re-examtning client
! with regard TO various companies Z gooe
/ many of which had been wound up.
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