The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-28
no ENGLISH LAW.
AN IOWA JUDGE WHO WOULD HAVE
NONE OF 1T IN HIS COURT.

time ago I got into conversation with
z we.l-kGown Law yer, and remarked
that the death o. Sir Joseph Gritty
had removed The OF prominent lawyer
Who would have b zen anything like
match for anyone n the arts OF chaff
and word fencing. The General seemed
surprised that lawyer named Chitty
had been alive viii in the present year.
Why, bless my soul" he said, near
y half century 2 20 when l began 10
study law, used ID tear my hair over
one entity. whose book on pleadings
was as hard as M! $. and over another
book written ly d man Of the same
name on contracts.
told him that fer five or six gener-
atoms there had always been some man
med Chilly in the front rank Of the
legal profession
After a few other "reminiscences the
Iowa lawyer turned to me and said:
Let me tell you what I remember
about Chitty, and I have never been
in England. Like most young men of
my time in IoWa-SbOut the middle of
the century, had 10 hustle 10 get a
profession, and when I got it the diff
Guilty was to make anything out CT it.
l hung out my Single, and for many
a weary month w he'd it rUsting and
swinging in the b eeze.
Suddenly came The call to action. A
neigh5OTing farmer bought a horse
that soon manifested all the detects
that such animals are capable of pos
sessing. The farm # came to me as a
client and told nc he wanted to get
his money back and to return the
horse. l went into the facts with him.
and from what he told me I felt able
10 advise him that the seller had given
him verbal guarantee of soundness.
1lIs was enough. He told me to pro-
coed with the case
The trial was to Ike place before A
Justice Of the p in an adjacent
township. So en- -s- dav aroointad
borrowed a horse. -,r on ilacl, coat
and a plug hat. nd with q rony ar
Chi,ty-che only l.w book I r9ssesg-
ed bearing on thf case however re-
moteiy-in nv sac lle-bag. 7 went on
my way. In those davis We tool, oI,r
law wherever We could and il and
law books were scarce. After nv state
ment Of the facts ] produced nv Chit
tv and read what the ere-+ 1erar 1foht
had to say on the subject of a verbal
guarantee.
"spd then vh;1s r.orl,;,q ,,n n nv,
'ne~f,r7rirr 7 r,r..+ he ,.o11- o,'J -, 80
If IN tba tarIa 70 C,-,og.,,-. -
WIN hv tra ,rev - Z - ,,l.-.-l,-
borr fbat h7d rayr. Issr - o5-,.- 80 -
the Bar--ool, I'M tha Loo1. ~ -. ~
cd il at tho tft1e - IL - = 80
fully. his blearv ewes following slowly
his dirty thumb. He looEad nm al mo
with a gcowl threw a fierce ersnce
around the room and then fvad his
eyes on the Judge
sWhen was ti.rorrb orita satis
fed rbat the Trdoe nod heen iTonross
ed Nv NV orpr,,ner ~ ava a,,+11orf+io.
Tim Pnrton-fbat uoe +bo che fo1
low name bC,-ocs al n bis 1o.,s w..
honor he said .tb.s &c . MOI ay+roo-,
narv v-av for s,.-,-l.. ~ dor,r5 -
cauee IN ,-oI,r COM. boId IN ~. 80
the authrff+v from, which en- ro,,ol, ba-
been onoted. Won NAV lilo IN baST
something about thie wondarer,l on
tboritv law Hero il is rigb+ on +bo
first mage. This old hook With tho
broken back to indicate the rotfenposs
Of the law II prete.,ds TO evnound U,se
JosaDh Chittv Fsr. barristor-o+-15y,
of Lincolns Inn London. England
Your honor neyer heard If Toeonh
Chittv. ESQ no moran 7 did hot
No man in this court ever herd teIi
Of him. Nobody in this township
knows who he is or was. Rarris-nr-
at-lswl
.yvhat,s +batq Tn tho mama NJ al,
+bat'e bo1vi Wn'v, beerd of oftorro,,
and solicitor counsel advonafo il, lio5'
iurv and nrisoner at the hsr Int We u,bo'
eTer baerd Toll NJ borrictor hoforo 40
rT1o orlv fair rroe,,ro1tio, ,,o,, H.
e tbat ,tis some saaI Ii, = tbat t'- rns
brouob+ m IN tho bar n bavo dr %,s
the wbiekev bar~an' tbev call s,,ch
fellows in England harrisfArs' An, Va
COO such nrnsumnfion mnst ba rigl,t
hecarsn the writerNwbo for oil We ro
know NAV he nctbin, more tban y
Mo ouarietE1iyes in an inn a oornn1oo :"
low dive of nIara . tavern q tbird
rate hotel as yer Honor knows snch
nlaces are called in England
"yer Honor arc we boro IN 1ovo 70
+o1,n our low fror, COVE tra,-oii,,, ~,
c,,s NON tbo+ wos bro,,abt =" ~, ~ - A.
U,bislI,, how a,' Ii,,os IN ono 20 ~ ~, tno
dons of infamv thst iba p pu mem ZEN
an innq Yer Homer 7 want ' 70 osI, t tba
CT 70 ~ -. - - ~ '.,A nc nc
limited states of America isn,t oooS
enough for us9 When we have IN decide
on the merits of = horse owned Inv a
renufable farmer in the state of Iowa
must we 90 for inetrnctions m ono Of
them bloody hrutsI Rritishere +bat We
kicked ont of this country co noonv
wears ago. Yer Honor will If conrse
dier,ies tbis coeo on, eond ~, Ct. !