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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1913.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
ANECDOTES OF BENCH AND BAR,
A book of "legal anecdotes is like a
It is surprising
how many people there are who, while taking the greatest pains to keep their important part-thair mouth and teeth. This is much to be deplored when it
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except in small quantities; and, "when the plums are so numerous, it is dieult to oxtes them without spoiling tho whols confection. There are inero "gred things" in Mr. Engelbach's "Anecdotes of Bench and Bar" that can be absorbed or assimilated in a single perusal. As a colication it is good so far as it goes, but it is certainly not an exhaustive roper toire. Every lawyer knows, and has probably often told the adotes, of Justics Maule's one law for the riots und another for the pect," of "the chops of the Channel (1)," of Commissioner Korr's Kiss the book, kias the book, sie; you may deceive the Almighty, bus
Duable, Triple and Twisting Scuorsaults to Shoulders, More Detail, you won't deevivo "me," or of the wit
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Time
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Tho problem has been solved in an absolutely satisfactory manner by rinsing Ribble the mouth with the antiseptic dentifrice Rosario Odol, which is the best dentifrice and Robin These sto only a few instances of the mouth-wash that saltmor has yet in Sandpiper emissions that suggest therascivos na di vented, and the only one, recognised by
Snipe It is remarkable that they the scientific world that will protvet-the. should have been overlooked, as the com- teeth from decay, and which acts not piler acknowledges his lulebtedness only during the few moments of applien-
our forty-eight different works. They to but for hours after use,
monė.
lest stories ara too-lông to quote. Some
old chestnuts inevitably reappear, such
as the nervous' young barrister's repeti'.
tion of the words my unfortunateng one. To which the witness replied.
font," and the Judga's encouraging re mark, Proceid, Me; so far the Court is with you" or the judge's ne bake, I may teach you law, Mr.
My Lord, if your measure cumsciences by beards, you have none at all." In some of the angolotes there is no claim o with orc merely incogi
but I cannot teach you manners"; "No,aransing by the circumstances; others Woodlarks My Lord," 1135 tlas quick rejoinder, contain a play upon words of double Farmonth
When a Sectch Judge mis I know you can'"; "er again. Lord meaning.
0.36 Norbury's question to a barrister corn pronounced the language of some Frenck
U.ST panion, as they roda pust an untenanted documents be read. Cockburn, who was
J timissgallows had its due, gibbet,
n good French scholar,"exclaimed, He 0.39 Pon, lxve would you be?"Rid
is murdering it, murdering it "No," .036 ink hy myself, my Lord," was the ruswured Thesizer" he is not killing it, prompt reply, Thom noe the very flot-be is scotching it.” sam and jutsam of the social life of the
Bar retold to cock succeeding geneention
of legal aspirants. Mr. F. E. Smith,
in his introduction, dwells chiefy on the
W. HARMSTON, Proprietor. R. ALTON and W. SYMONS, Ayenta. Kindly relations between the Bench and
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the
Bar as producing flashes of humour to enlighten the dukhness of legal tribunals. Is has apparently spod notice that juries, witnesses, and parties to triats provide, actively and passively quite as many anvedotes as the learned gentlemen in court. The following are to the point. The Judge asked a jure, who applied to be excused from serving
It a moslamentable fact, statom The Globe, this for many years past, in spite of the Entente Cordiale, many thousands of the residents of these is. lands who every autan depart for
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on account of deafness, “Could yAfrica, have been slaughtered by our hear my charge to the jury, sir?” “Yes Gullic friends on their way across France. I have heard your honour's, charge," Theso residente, it la true,
Name. aro only said the juror, but I couldn't make swallows, bus their wholesale destruction
Kaiserin Elisabeth vas excused. been deeply deplored by all acquaint. any sense out of it." E In a nuisance ease the Judge suuruned with the nets. There has, there
Dupleix t up at such length that he wearied this been widespread satisfaction at the
FREE Sin E. Grey, acting Kisber jury, and concluded, "I hope you up- pal Bit Various points I have sub- mitted to you?"Oh, you, my Lord!" request of the Roya said the juryman i we are all agreed
that we never before knew what a nui.
sace was until we heard your Lord ship's summing up."'
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"A female witness was so voluble' as to be unintelligible, and replied to a ques tion testly. It's no use your bothering me; I have sold you all I know." That but "may be," replied Hawkins, J.;
the question rather is you know all
When a Lord Ma you have told us? ** For was testing a boy's orthodoxy by asking him paternally whether he knew where bad people went to after they were dead, his Lordship was much dia. cancerted by the ready answer, "No I don't; ne mors don't you; nobody
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don't loxow that,"
Made, as Judge, had similarly to test a little girl's understanding of an outh and its obligations. She believed that she would go to heaven or the naughty plaes, according as she spoke truth or told les. "Are you sure of that?" "Yes, air; quite sure." "Let her be sworn, said the Judge; it is clear
fore,
this Protection of Birds, tas speressfully approached the Freness Government on Argus the subjecs, ad has obtained a promise Vigilante that in future the regulations relating to the destruction of birds will be strictly enforced In France,
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French armoured cruiser 10,014" "French armoured cruiser
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Hongkong
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12 19,600
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Saigom
345
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Lieut. Vandier
Saigon
Franch river ganbost
130
570
Lieut. Dördet
Csator
Franch gunboat
193
500
Lieut. de Jorvillise
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French gunboat
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+ Flagship of Rear-Admiral Coiloch de Ferillis, Commander-in-Chief, the French Chine Station,
presentatives the secretary of the so- ciety referred to gave some interesting fucts concerning the events which have at up to the intervention of that body in this matter. "For a long time," she | * Sbyi said, there have been complaints of the decrease of swallows in this country. Frande
Varicus fantastic theories were put for. Iberville wurd as the cause, but for a time the Pistolet disappearance of large numbers of these birds was a mystery. Finally, however, Mousquet, it was proved that swallows were being Moche destroyed in large numbers in the south of France as they migrated from this We corresponded country to Africs. with overal naturaliste in France, and as a result of this and other inquirico,
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10
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Lieut. Guillauma Loxia
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360
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French destroyer
190
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307
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the slaughter was traced mainly to the district about Marseilles and the Camor Jaguar Leipzig The destruction boen going on Eachs since 1876, and Dr. Siepi, of the Natural Nuruburg
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she knows & great deal more than I do." A prisoner, defending himself was asked by the Lord Chief Justice, who had not heard him well,What was your story Museum at Marolles, has wait Otter #sence7* **Six months,” was the
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ten that Paris, has been absorbing fabulous e artities of martins and wal:
mpt reply. It was a sharp repartee, lows, of which the greater part wOTS
n another Lord Chief Justico com.
i ated on a counsel's argument, I this be law, I must burs all my books, "Your Lordship had botter read them first," was the counsel's re
Whon another great Judge joinder. asked the counsel, “What authority have you, Mr. Jonce, for that proposition?" Ch, my Lord," said Jones. I should not have thought any authority was quired for so well-established a prin tiple. Hero, usber, Just get Black stone or Chisty, or any other a men. tary book, and hand it up to his Lord ship. It is astonishing how often mere radeness passos for wit. Judge Jeffreys, taking dislike to a witnem who had a' long beard, told him that if his conscience was as largo ad his beard ho had a swing
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WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVEROILY COMPOUND
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-$250 24 11,000 – Capt. Babacka
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German craiser
3600
29 13,500
Capt v. Flashc
German armoured cruiser 11,600
36 $6,000*
Captan Beminghaus
German gunboat
900
12
1300
Comde. v. Goren
German gunbost
100
1300
Comdr. Vanwyw
German cruiser
Garinan gunboat German cruiser.
900 10
1350
Comdr. Bendefrazın
8400
22 13,200
Capt. Härsborger
Scharnhorst 8.90 Taku
German river ganbost German Ragship formas torpedo-bost German torpedo-boat German ganhost German river gunboat farman river gunboat
· Capt. Djout. Birla
£1,600
36 26.000
400
650G
280
4.
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.900
10 1360
Coude, Böcker
1300
Capt von Külar
500
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netted in the delta of the Rhone Ori- ginally, the greater number of the birds Tiger wers required for millinery purposes, but Tsingtao, thero has been nomo decrease in the Vatariand demand in this direction, and we now
believe that the slaughter is for the Dalabria mout part for the purpose of supplying the tahim At any rate wo have a man's
Adamastor
of evidence from the South of Franco Macao
showing that the destruction is still very Fatris Frost. Only a few months ago there was Published a book by M. Severin Baudouy entitled, Orson pour les oiseaux, in
A.2 which the writer, dewis with the Immense
A4 slaughter of birds in the Department oẻ Var and of the Batches de Ebene. Er 4-6 ;, Islso mentions that in the Department. ᎪᏘ ..
of Lo Crau 8,000,000 swallows wore Albany taken in one soson. When we wrote Bainbridge to bim M. Budovy said that the den | Barry ¦ truction was not so great now for allso merly, because the movement for the protection 'cf birds was progressing, but that it was still very gros the birds tre mainly caught at the mouth of the Rhons in large, note. In this district Destr there are extensivo marshes and the El Cane nots are spread so that the swallows Rele strike them on alighting to rest,"
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