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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. The 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, facetia, anecdotes, etc. THE GREEN BAG. 'THE following, received from an Oregon subscriber, certainly ought to " entertain" our readers : — Portland, Oregon, Aug. 30, 1892. Editor the " Green Bag ' : Dear Sir, — I enclose herewith the originals of a letter and document, sui generis, which recently came into my possession. The unique petition to the Ohio Supreme Court, given in the August number of the " Green Bag," represents Eastern eccentricity; and it suggests itself to me that perhaps a specimen of an Oregon J. P's. work would not be wholly without interest to the readers of the "Green Bag." In case you see fit to publish the enclosed " specimens," give the letter first and then the document. Yours respectfully,

Sandy Oregon August 17 1892. Mr. . Portland Sir I recived your Letter from the 13 ist in regard To that Cow you bought of me, in the first part of June 1892. I am sory to Say that you have Lost said Cow. But as you Treden me, To Eather have a nother Cow, Or the money refonded, sutch you Can not Expect from me. you had your Choise amongst my Cows, it would benn Inmatriel to me witch one you took, and i Considder said Cow was not sick when you Came thare whit Mr F and bought her, to my best Ability Conseequntoley you Can not recover said money, after haven said Cow 9 weeks in your posesion whitout notelifying me of the Case. Respectfuley yours 63

Justice Court County Of Clackamas State of Oregon Personable apperd before me the undersighned a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County above mention, Of District No. 13 well Known To me as a reputal and Honest man. Certifying under Oath That he sold a Cow, To of Portland Oregon in the first part Of June 1892, and that said Cow was not sick at the time when said Cow was Taken away from his premmisis To his best Ability (Signed) Subcribed and sworn To This seventeen day of August 1892. Justice of the Peace, Districe No. 13

LEGAL ANTIQUITIES. The following is a copy of the indictment upon which Bothwell was tried for the murder of Lord Darnley : — "You, James earl Bothwell, lord of Hallis, Creygchton, &c, are indicted on account of the cruel and horrid murder of the most excellent, most high and most mighty prince the king, the late most dear spouse of the queen's majesty, our sovereign lady, committed in the dead of night, at his house near the church of the Fields in this City, as he was taking his rest, by treasonably setting fire to a great quan tity of gunpowder in the said house, by the violence whereof the whole house was blown up into the air, and the king himself by you killed traitorously and cruelly, wilfully and by premeditated felony. And this you did on the 9th day of Feb last past, in the dead of the night as aforesaid, as is notorious and you can not deny When Phryne was prosecuted on a capital charge at Athens, her advocate, Hyperides, know ing she was the most beautiful of women, and the original of the Venus of Praxiteles, took care to