The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-05
Vii Of Lawyers
Interesting Matter From English e and American Sources

OI 1lS FNAb SA44d l< ONAChCS Ol 4Ae1 :"
 yers.'' He said that not all of the wit
 displayed in courts comes from law
 yers, for sometimes it is contributed
 by clients or prisoners. He cited the
 instance of Chef Justice Holt of
 England, who was guilty of excesses
 in his youth. Many years later he he
 recognized a man convicted before
 him as one of his accomplices in a
 robbery. He visited him later in ja
 and inquired after the rest of the gang
 and received this answer: "Yes, my
 Lud, they are all hanged but your
 Ludship and meself To be hanged
 in those days, though fatal, was not
 as disgracefuI nor as uncommon as now. There was a famous cider eel
 lar in Maiden Lane and George Mich
 ols, the kings bookseller, said of it.:
 sAI have known the cider cellar these forty years and during that time on.y
 two men have been hung out of 1t.
 Lord Ellenborough once had before him a lawyer who began by saying:
 -'In the book of Nature, My Lord, 1t stopped him with a query for the page. A Quaker, who appeared before him as a witness, did not wear the Quaker Earb and when asked If he really was a Quaker he replied in the affirmative, and Lord Peterborough said: 'sDo you really mean to impose upon the court by appearing here In the disguise of reasonable being ??
 Lord Chance Tor Bathurst, chan celIer under George III, got into controversy with. a soldiers WtdoW over spot of ground in Hyde Park corner and. when she sued him, he paid her a sum of money to relinquish her claim. whereupon a barr1ster re- marked, Here is a suit by one old woman against another and the chan cellor has been beaten in his own court"
 i A case came before Chancellor FL don concerning a riot made by mum Der Of taI,ors and the counsel for the defense, JeckyH, inouired the number Of them, but the chief justice remind a him that three may make riot. if the rioters were tailors there must be nine times threet1 The chief Jus tee asked him if he relied on the common laT or the 7o statute rsIv ana nn ] the well known maxim, as old as Magma Charta, Nine taiiors make 4nan.' The chief justice overruled the point but the jury took the law and acquitted all the defendants.
 Lord ErsFfne. who had "a reputation for wit, was apparently no admirer or Sir Waiter Scott, for he left this quartrain:
 On waterlooss ensanguined plain
 Lie tens of thousands of the slain:
 But none by sabre or by shot
 Fall half so flat as Walter Scott.
 MT. Stanton said that American law HF4ryep GO not Ia1l DEHfHOs LA6lI. <EuS4A brethren in point of eIoquence and wit and he said that probably many or his hearers had forgot ten Henry L. Clinton late of Nsw nSG Y0Fk tbis storT sgrT: In a trial this question was put to Horace Greedy, What is the char acter of James Watson Webb?'' and Greedy replied, "He has good and pao qualities tn excess and cannot strike fhe5 balance'a MT. Webb was not in the least offended
 P Mr. Stanton quoted from Clerk~ p e. Kilbourn's work on seThe Bench and Far Of L'tch6eld County, and told O. as trial in which the opposing counsel were David g. Boardman and Noah H. asked Boardman how the trial was coming on and Boardman answered, Moi very well Benedict Is just as ingenious as Satan can make him and he plagues us to death
 An interesting return. made in Li+ch- field In February. 1776, shows how tramps were dealt with in those days It fol ows:
 aThen, by virtue of the within exc ;ccution, caused the within named John Thomas to be taken Nfrom the common GoaIin I4it -hfield to the place of execution and then set upon a Gal, los for the full term of one hour and then tied to the tail, of cart ana Transported to four of the most pup then whipped upon his naked body EThirty-nine stripes Tn the whole, ac- i, cordfng to within directions E 7e trees 40 shillings,
 sIynde Lord, sherief" 2 Judge John Thompson Peters of this State once decided that a promise to 1 pay money in aid of ecclesiastical funds was a valid promise. It is said 1 that the minister, who opened court | with prayer, had considered Judge ion, certainly founded in common sense, he always took pains to invoke | the divine blessing upon thy servant 1 the judge" It is sa4d in Xxi bourn's book that a small boy was brought in | te court and was asked if he under | stood the nature of an oath and said, | s'No, sir.'' The judge leaning over the | desk said, My son, don't you know the little Litchield county boy said, s'Yes, sir, that old, bald-headed lawyer | over there tod me what must say" The judge said, MT. Clerk, you may administer the oath"
 MT Stanton said that when he prac- ticed in New London county he used of the late. John H. Waite. He ap- speared in an action for trespess te- | tween, for short, Smith and Jones. SrFth, in his evidence said, t'Nfr. Jones | Committed trespass upon my premises and behaved very badly indeed. He came into my front yard and fired a | gun and frightened my wife dreadful Iy." MT. Waite put on his most sol | ernn expression and said: MT. Smith, i how do you know that MT. Jones was not simply firGng sa ute as mark of respect when he approached your house?'' When a Justice of the peace, instead of imposing a light fine. bound over to the higher court woman for picking few flowers in Yantic ceme- tery, MT. Waite addressed the court , as follows: May 1t please your honor, there are justices Of the peace who | would bind over the twelve apostles if 1t would save expense to the town"
  sz THE DANGER OF LA GRIPPE Is its fatal tendency to pneumonia. To cure your Ia grippe coughs take Fo' ey's Honey and Tar Compound. R. E. Fisher, Washington, Kas., says: sI was troubled with a severe attack Of Ia grippe that threatened pneu- | m onia. A friend advised FoIey's Honey and Tar Compound and J got relief after taking the first few doses. I took three bottles and my Ia grippe was cured. Get the genuine, in the yellow package. L. F. Curtis. 1 3 i. TO SPEND S5OO.OOO IN