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Communications in regard to the contents of the Magazine should be addressed to the Editor, Horace W. Fuller, 15^ Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. rke Editor will be glad to receive contributions of articles of moderate length upon subjects of interest to the profession; also anything in the way of legal antiquities or curiosities, faceiice, anecdotes, etc. THE GREEN BAG. T^HE series of articles on the Supreme Courts of the several States will be resumed in our July number. The sketch of the " Osgoode Hall Law School," given in this number, cannot fail to interest our readers, giving as it does an excellent insight into the methods of legal instruction on the other side of the line. From an Ohio correspondent comes the follow ing hint on the " Art of Examining Witnesses" : Springfield, Ohio, April 17, 1891. Editor of the " Green Bag " : Dear Sir, — I relate the following amusing in cident, hoping that it may prove of value to some brother attorney in a future action of similar kind. Some years since, in the city of Cincinnati, an action came to trial, the plaintiff alleging that while in the employ of the defendant, and by reason of certain defects in the machinery, his right hand had been permanently injured, so that it could only be opened to a very slight extent. The plaintiff had rested his case, and the defence placed Dr. Blank, an eminent surgeon, on the stand. He was asked to examine the injured hand, which was extended to him with the fist tightly closed. After exam ining it closely for a minute, he said, — '. Please open your hand as far as possible." The man, with great contortions of the face, opened the injured member the small fraction of an inch. "You say that you cannot open your hand any farther?" "No, sir /' The doctor looked the man directly in the eyes for a few seconds; then, without any warning, spring ing at him, grasping his neck in his right hand and the injured hand in his left, thundered, — "Open that hand, d — n you, or I will knock you down!" The hand flew open. Verdict for defendant. 39

The following list of distinguished alumni of the Law School of Columbia College has been kindly furnished by Judge Murray Edward Poole, of Ithaca, N. Y. : — Assemblymen : Edward Mitchell, Thomas E. C. Ecclesine, Robert Ray Hamilton, Charles A. Peabody, New York; James L. Onderdonk, Idaho. Assistant Secretary of State, U. S : George L Rives. Authors: Josiah C. Pumpelly : S. Whitney Phoe nix; Eugene Schuyler, author of " Peter the Great," "Turkistan; " George Chase. Consul: Frank G. Haugwout, Naples. Editor: Charles P. Taft. Financier : S. Whitney Phoenix. Foreign Ministers : William Walter Phelps, Ger many, Austria; Perry Belmont, Spain; Eugene Schuyler, Roumbnia, Servia, Greece; Oscar S. Straus, Turkey. fudge U. S. Circuit Court: Emile H. Lacombe. fudge if. S. District Court: Le Baron B. Colt, Rhode Island. fudge State Supreme Court: Thomas C. Bach, Montana. fudges State Superior Court: George L. Ingraham, New York City; Le Baron B. Colt, Rhode Island; Philip H. Dugro, New York City. fudge State District Court: Daniel P. Baldwin, Indiana. fudge County Court : Stephen D. Stephens, Rich mond Co., New York. Lawyers: Henry R. Beekman, Counsel to Cor poration, New York City; Walter Howe, New York City. Members of Congress : Perry Belmont, William Walter Phelps, Philip H. Dugro. Political Leader : Hamilton Fish, Jr., New York. Professors in Colleges: George Chase, Law, Co lumbia : Edmund M. Smith, History, and Lecturer Roman Law, Columbia; Edwin R. A. Seligman, Political Economy, Columbia; Jasper T. Goodwin, Columbia. State Senators : Thomas C. E. Ecclesine, Lispenard Stewart, New York. State Comptroller : James L. Onderdonk, Idaho. State Superintendent of Schools : James L. On derdonk, Idaho. Surrogate : Robert C. Hutchings. New York City