The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-07-25

found For the Intelligence of the
Learned bench and Bar.
In case that came before n famous
lord Justice some time ago the counsel
for the prosecution In the evidence had
TO mention blouse"
The judge asked what blouse was,
and 1t was explained that this was part
OF lady's dress. But the case came to
n dead stop for the time. for the Judge
did not know which part, and after
some hesitation the barrister admitted
that he wasn't sure. Several learned
brothers gave their. opinion. some opln-
ing a blouse was the upper half of
lady's costume, while others insisted Ii
must be the lower half. The entire
court, filed with learned celebrities
whose heads held all the laws OF Brit
ain. from pitch and toss to manslaugh-
ter, argued 1t out. but nobody was sure.
The judge thought 1t was the lower
half. but a junior barrister who had
lately been married sald he thought
that that half was called skirt, but
did not feel certain. At length n lady
was called. who set the court right.
Another odd dilemma happened not
long ago when In the IIobson horse
taking case the word "fetlock" arose.
A fetlock. as everybody knows, Is tho
ankle OF horse. The court asked
what II was, however. and the prose-
cutting counsel was nonplused. The
Witnesses were out of court save one.
and he knew nothing. The Judge
thought n fetlock wns n sort OF hind
knee. otherwise "hock," but one learn
ed brother was quite certain II was the
lock OF hair TINT hangs over n horses
forehead. The defendants solicitor
opined it was that part OF the harness
which slips over the tall the crupppr,
and another legal celebrity agreed with
the judge. Finally the court had 10 call
stable groom to clear up the mystery.
In n case that wns settled some years
since the recorder WINS brought up
short by n phrase used by the counsel
for defense. who spoke OF transaction
concerning pound of "blacklead."
This Is n common and useful article.
but the counsel on being asked TO ex-
plain It's nature said II was a black
x
recorder thought II was n mineral used
In lead pencils. but another barrlster
asserted II 10 be tough kind Of lead
used for roofing houses" The case was
brought to n standstill and one lawyer.
unsurpassed In legal knowledge. de-
clared that blaclSlead was n slang term
for pig iron as produced In the north
country. fourth expoundcr OF the
law vaguely suggested 1t was the OPP
poste OF white lead. and finally do
nestle servant put the court right. and
the assembly NJ last learned that II was
used for blaeking stoves.
Another dilemma was produced lit
tie while ago on the western circuit by
the Introduction OF the words dry
nurse" In an address to the court This
bewildered the Judge. who asked II n
dry nurse was nurse who dried ba-
bles after they had been washed. That
solution did not occur TO the learned
counsel. who. after some hesitation.
said he thought II meant nurse who
was not addicted to drinking and there
fore most suitable TO look after Infants.
Nobody seemed TO know whnt the term
really meant. though several more
guesses were made, the last of them
that n dry nurse was one who could
not amuse children.
The court was again nonplused by n
statement made that somebody con-
eerned in the case supposed TO suffer
from melancholla was really las jolly
as a sandboy." The Judge wanted TO
know what n sandboy was In order TO
form some idea as TO the exact degree
Of jolllty involved. The counsel could
not tell him. though one suggested II
was n boy who sanded the roads and
the other thought II might he n lad
building sand castles on the seashore.
The whole court stopped to discuss
what sandboy was aud why he was
Jolly. but they could not solve the prob
lem.
II Is hardly bellevnble that anybody
should not know what "snnfiie" Is.
but London magistrate recently desir-
ed to be Informed. and nobody could
tell him what n snafiie might be. \
solicitor thought II was the sa me thing
as The curb" and the clerk had an
idea II was kind of cold In the head
which horses caught. causing them to
shuttle good deal.-London Answers.