The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-13
JUDGE AS WELL AS LIDnETTIsr.
Gilbert, Long the Associate of SuIIi-
van, Vow on the Bench.
From the London Mail.

From the London Mail.
II is not ne" ally known that the
genial author of Bah Ballads" and col
laborator with Sir Arthur Sullivan in the
production of many charming comic
or eras enjoys the Cianity Of being po-
lice court Judge But 81 is a fact. In
the stuffy, ili-venulated police court at
EGgware, w. S. Gilbert, J. P, and play
wright. occasionally presides and metes
out the justice of the land to evilloers
Mr.. Gilbert is painstaking and con
scientious and even when it can plainly
be seen that he is laNoring under some
irrtabilitY he all~ws nothing to mi'i-ate
against his impaItf7luy ard tho -ough-
ness In a case tetora him recently the
p.isoner was p1rtialy deaf and the in
d ia L abe w. S. g.. Tatient and resign
ed. though obviously smol3ering, repent
ed. clearly and incisively, every scrap OF
the evidence against him.
In anC ther case the prisoner a sW2r nv
lumber from Harrow and of imperfect
speech and intellect, had been found by
the police w7ving his arms about excited
ly. The police spoke to him. could not
understand him. concluded him intox!-
Gated and arrested him forthwith q
Mr.. Gilbert Ceels len'ently with him
lis him what SILLY fel 'ow' he IS and
thfn turns TO the poll to ask them
whether 1t was necessary to drag this
poor fellow" about by his cat and
trousers and to let him crack his head
on the curb. Could he not have been
carried? Il think you have been rough
ly handled by the police" he said to the
prisoner; more roughly than was neces-
sary; nevertheless, there is the docto's
certificate that YOU had a glass too much
and you must therefor pay fee of IS
Cd Prisoner wants to speak. every
we'll" says w $ G., ''tcot alorg" Ans
the prisoner tro's along, rambling and
incoherentlY, till the chairman's pa-ience
is oXh u t d. ana h raps fer sharo'y:
I'VE have dealt with vcu very len.cntly
Doctors fee, IS Cd We give you ore
we to pay the money in"
With the police, II can be uuhesitatiug-
" said ". S. C. is not a favorte. He
accepts with the utmost caution their
sworn testimony. and on occasions will
cross-eXamire thcm into a terrible con-
dit on of ocrsl alton end men al d s.
traction. Their lot with him is certain
~ not a happy one. His craving for in
formation is Unsuitable. He wants to
know the why and the wherefore Ct
everything. No detail escapes him.
oh" he remarked in a case of adul.er-
alton some we, ks lack, YOU say hat
sulYhate of copper was used to give
bright color to the peas ard vet on an
alvsls you only find traces of COD -er
What has become Ct the sulphuric acid
them"
Frequently. when a solicitor objects TO
a witness amplifNing his evidence and
demands the much lovel yes" or "no"
of the profession, Re viii interfere with
"A petite: "Wcll, you see, the bench has
a perfect right T. quench its thirst TO-
Information. and II the witness would
kindly" The witness kindly does, to
the Intense disgust Of Mr. Pettlfo~ger
As the owner OF fairy large estate W
S. Gilbert Is naturally a hit harl on
poachers. a man with '1urcher" cog
and a hundle or nets does not arpeal 10
his svmy athies. But he does mo- ex-
hibit the venom Of some Of his ccncreres
and really, ore could Amos imagine to
bis Gre ditD tina he niaht in his younger
days have erred with The INN rial
Shakespt are!