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A well-known barrister at the Criminal Bar, who prides himself on his skill in cross- examining a witness, had an old-looking witness upon whom to operate.
"You say, air, that the prisoner is a thief "Yes, sir, cause why-she confessed it."
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"Of course! How else coulil I get assist. ance from a lawyer 1"
Stand down."shouted the man of law. A good story is told of Lord Chancellor Eldon. He was sitting one morning in his study over a table laden with papers when very pretty girl, embarrassed by the novelty of her position, but thoroughly in command of her wits, entered the room and walked up to the lawyer's chair.
"My dear," said the Chancellor, rising and bowing with 'old-world courtesy," who are
Nou "
A LORD CHANCELLOR'S PROMISE "Lord Eldon," answered the blushing mailen, am Bessy Bridge of Weably, the daughter of the vicar of Weobly, and he has sent me to remind you of a promise you made to him when I was a baby and you were a guest in his house on the cension of your drat election as member of Parlia
Theobly ment for
"A promise, my dearly?" interposed the Chancellor trying to recall how he luck
pledged airbesit
Yes, Lont Eldon, a promise. You were standing over my nude, when father said To you, "Mr. Scott, promise me that if ever you are lord Chancellor, when my little girl is a
clergyman's wife will a living! And you you give her husband 2 Answered, M. Bridge, my promise is not worth half a grown
WH: but I give it you, wishing it were worth
Enthusiastically the Chanceller exclaim
more
1, You are quite right. I admit the
remember all about it,"
And
big then, after surveying the girl, whos appearance did not seen matronly, he said: But surely be time for keeping the pro- mise has not arrived yet? You cannot le anyone's wife at present
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For a few seconds Bemis hesitated, for, an answer, and then, with a blush and a ripple uf laughter, she replied: "No, but I do wish to la someboy's wife, I an engaged to a young clergyman, and there's a living in Hertfordshire near my ski home, that has fallen vans. If you give it to Alfred-why, then, Lord Eldon, we shall marry before the und of the your
The Chancellor ordered the presentation to be made act, and Bessie, in great delight, gave her benefactor a hearty kiss and hurried off to Hertfordshire, hugging the previous cheminent all the way home.
. YOOLING A JUDGE,
Luri Eldon was a very indiferent shot but an ardent sportsman. On one occasion, having ineffectually discharged two barrels covey of partridges, he saw i clergyman approaching who had evidently witnessed bis failure
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CINEMA'S BIRTHDAY. WONDERFUL RECORD OF TWENTY- NINE YEARS.
Mr. Langford Reed contributed the fallow-¿i ing interesting article in the Pall Stall" Gazette recently:-
to the "eine-
Many happy returns" matograph..
its
Exactly twenty-nine years ago it made
is a chronological epitome of its
two
an amazed and delighted public.
-:
The first motion picture photograph was
Where is Lord Eldon?" asked the clergy taken in 1889 by the late Friese Greene, an
"Not far u." answered the Chancellor, Englishman, who, more than anyone else,
should be evasively and gruffly.
n the inventor of
I wish you'd use your tongue to better the tough Donnisthorpe
Frenchman, Lumiere,
purse than your gun, and tell me civilly and Muybridge, wher; the Chancellar is, rejoined the clergy's lul conducted experiments before this.
The first
irst public exhibition of a practical
inan.
FIRST IN BRITAIN.
Well, I am Lord Eldon. What do you form of motion pictures took place on May
,when Edison's Int, 1893,
"Kinetoscope" enter: want with me replied the Chancellor.
The clergyman lund travelled from Lan-tained the first day's visitors to the World's
Fair Exhibition, Chicago. Verant enshire to ask Lord Eldon for a living. It suited Lord Eldon's humour, hfter assuring himself that the clergyman was worthy, to grant his request.
But see the ingraticule of inankind," the Chancellor added, when relating the incident. It was not long
before
present
The first public exhibition of motion
pictures in Great Britain was on February 20th, 1896, luring a concert given to the students at Finsbury Technical Institute.
The
| of game_renched me, with a letter from my Paul's "The way Robert W.
new-made rector purporting that he had
revised form of under the name of the "Animato graph," commence! a season at the London Alhambra a few weeks later.
Bent it to me because, from what he had which seen of my shooting, he supposed I must be badly off I for game. He wounded me in my
tenderest spot.
A. counsel for the defence once got the better of Jadge Bramwell. He requested leave
to address the jury in Welsh, of which Eramwell was ignorant. It was a simple case, and permission was given Counsel said only a few words, and the judge left the decision to the jury with little com- ment from him. He was, however, startled nt the prompt verdict of acquittal.
"What was it," he inquired afterwards, "that the learned counsel said to the jury
A COMMON DEVICE.
The first company to commence producing film plays in a tedio "was that formed by Mr. Paul at Muswell Hill a few months after the debut of his Animatograph."
Shortly afterwards Mr. Cecil Hepworth' who is still on of car loading producers followed suit at Walton-on-Thames, a lid the Vitagraph Company in America
"CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS."
The first Exclusive film (that is to say the first which was booket as a specİLİ feature) was the Selig Company's Christo pher Columbus," which, in 1912, constituted the programme at the first "Trade Show" "Oh," was the reply, he just said his of a pistare given in Great Britain. This case, gentlemen, lies in a nutshell. You was at the Court Picture Play-house, Totten- yourselves exactly how it stands. The judgham Court-rond.
is an Englishman, the prosecuting counsel Englishman, the complainant is an
Bat Englis
you are Welsh, Iam Welsh, is Welsh. Need I say
and
The first picture theatre company to Operate in this country was formed in 1908, when
were registered three companies having a combined capital of £110,000.
The various cinema which existed before In the days when theft was punishable that year were all built as private effort. with death Lord Kenyc was enlled upon
Thore
I feare VOLL”#”
to try a woman for stealing forty shillings
She
guilty,
but there were ex-
CAPITAL INVESTED..
To-day the total capital invested in the
was clearly tenuating thesejsleel ta
es and Lord Kenyon various branches of the British cinemato-
her to mercy, He had, however,t to pronounce the death sen tence upon her, and as he did so she faintel Judge Kenyon was greatly affected, and cried out, "Good woman, good woman, I don't mean to hang you! I don't mean to hang you! Will, nobody tell her I don't mean
her
to
of
Justice Maule was once examining a little gir
as to her understanding the nature an ost and her belief in the future ste "Do you know what an oath is, my ch 1 asked the judge, in kindly tones.
"Yes, sir; I am obliged to tell the truth."
And if you always tell the truth, where will
you go when you die?".
air."
To heave will become of you if you
"And tell lica 1*
"I shall go to the naughty place, sir.” "Are you sure of that?"
"Yes, sir, quite sure.”
"Let her be sworn," said the judge. "It
is clear she knows a great deal more than I do."
A
graph industry cannot be much less than 127,000,000, while it may be mont
With regard to the United States, the total investert capital, according to official statement published some montha ago in New York, is not far short of 600,000,000 dollars.
ап
There are approximately 60,000 picture theatres throughout the world, including 15,000 in Ameris and 5,000 in Great Britain
The average daily attendance for the 7,000,000 two countries is 20,000,000 and respectively.
THE HAT TRICK: He cross-examined the neighbour who had identified it. "Is it different from other hats 1 No, but I know the hat: "Are you perfectly su this hat was found near the body 1 Ca_ain"
and
common device that has often been thened up the lining
employed by counsel in defence of a
O'Connell proceeded to inspect the hat, he peered into
Pat Was the prisoner's name.
(he spelled cach letter slowly), Hogan doubtful case is illustrated by the story in it, at the time you found it?" of Daniel O'Connell's defence of a man
You could not be "Twas, of course. named Hogan, who was charged with
"No. Sir." "And all you murder. A hat, believed to belong to the mistaken?" prisoner, was found near the body of the swore is as true as that Quite Thon murdered man, and this was the principal get out of the box this minuts," cried evidence The body bare marks of violence O'Connell, triumphantly. -
that could not have been self-inflicted, and O'Connell concentrated on the hat.
(Oontinued at foot of neck column)
There can be no conviction in this case, Then, addressing the judge, he said, my Lord There is no name in the hat 1.
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