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Law and Laughter By: George A. (George Alexander) Morton (1857-) |
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BY GEORGE A. MORTON
AND D. MACLEOD MALLOCH
ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS OF
EMINENT MEMBERS OF BENCH & BAR
T. N. FOULIS
LONDON & EDINBURGH
1913 Published October 1913
Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
TO
THE MEMORY OF
D. MACLEOD MALLOCH
"As crafty lawyers to acquire applause
Try various arts to get a double cause,
So does an author, rummaging his brain,
By various methods, try to entertain." PASQUIN.
PREFACE
The scope of this volume is indicated by its title a presentation of
the lighter side of law, as it is exhibited from time to time in the
witty remarks, repartees, and bon mots of the Bench and Bar of Great
Britain, Ireland, and America. The idea of presenting such a collection
of legal facetiƦ originated with the late Mr. D. Macleod Malloch, and
it is greatly to be regretted that by his untimely death, his share of
the work had reached the stage of selecting only about one half of the
material included in the book. His knowledge of law, and his wide
reading in legal biography, was such as would have increased
considerably the value of this volume. In addition to sources which are acknowledged in the text, I have to
mention contributions drawn from the following works: W. D. Adams'
Modern Anecdotes ; W. Andrews' The Lawyer in History, Literature and
Humour ; Croake James's Curiosities of Law ; F. R. O'Flanagan's The
Irish Bar ; and A. Engelbach's comprehensive and entertaining Anecdotes
of the Bench and Bar . I am further indebted to Sir James Balfour Paul,
Lyon King of Arms, for permission to include "The Circuiteer's Lament,"
from the privately printed volume Ballads of the Bench and Bar , and to
the editor of the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch for a number of the more
recent anecdotes in the Scottish chapters of the book. GEO. A. MORTON.
LIST OF CONTENTS
I. THE JUDGES OF ENGLAND PAGE 3 II. THE BARRISTERS OF ENGLAND 67 III. THE JUDGES OF IRELAND 107 IV. THE BARRISTERS OF IRELAND 127 V. THE JUDGES OF SCOTLAND 153 VI. THE ADVOCATES OF SCOTLAND 199 VII. THE AMERICAN BENCH AND BAR 223
LIST OF PORTRAITS
LORD THURLOW Frontispiece From a painting by Thomas Phillips, R.A.
By permission of the Trustees of the National Portrait
Gallery. EARL OF ROSSLYN Page 8 EARL OF MANSFIELD 16 EARL OF ELDON 20 By permission of the Trustees of the Scottish National
Portrait Gallery. LORD KENYON 24 LORD ERSKINE 32 LORD WESTBURY 36 LORD BROUGHAM 40 LORD CAMPBELL 44 By permission of the Trustees of the National Portrait
Gallery, and Mr. Emery Walker. LORD CHELMSFORD 48 SIR ALEXANDER COCKBURN 52 By permission of Harry A. Cockburn, Esq. LORD BRAMPTON (SIR HENRY HAWKINS) 56 THE HON. MR. JUSTICE DARLING 60 From a photograph by C. Vandyk. SIR SAMUEL MARTIN 64 THE HON. MR. JUSTICE GRANTHAM 72 From a photograph by Elliott & Fry, Ltd. JOHN ADOLPHUS 76 SAMUEL WARREN, Q.C. 80 LORD ROMILLY 88 SERJEANT TALFOURD 96 VISCOUNT CARLETON 112 By permission of the Trustees of the Scottish National
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