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 Rh him when they met, but he did it as follows : "Squire, I could not explain it exactly to an or dinary man, but to an intelligent man like you, who are so well posted in law and law phrases, I need only say that the judge said that the case was coram non jmfíce." " Ah! " said the client, look ing very wise and drawing a long breath," if things had got into that fix, Mr. Lowry, I think we did very well to get out of it as easy as we did."

IN 1868 Judge Little, an old man but a good lawyer, was suddenly appointed to fill a vacancy on the Superior Court bench in North Carolina. He had a habit of swearing which could not be so suddenly laid aside. At one of his first courts a counsel nettled at one of his decisions said in a rather emphatic way, " We will appeal from that." The old judge forgot the proprieties of his new post, and promptly replied to the startled counsel in the same tone, " Appeal and be d d!"

ONE of the " gems from examination papers" which the Indian Jurist publishes, saying they were sent by a friend at Tanjore, is the following : " If the tenant refuses to accept the puttahs, the collec tor will cause him to eject the land,' and he will be imprisoned till the landlord supplies him with food." The food is to be furnished evidently as a substi tute for the land which he is forced to " eject."

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WE have received from Gilbert J. Clark. Esq., manager of the Lawyers' International Publishing Co., of Kansas City, copies of two superb engrav ings of " Eminent American, English, and Canadian Lawyers." Mr. Clark must have given a vast •amount of time and research to the collection of the original portraits of this host of legal celebrities, and he has been fortunate in securing such admirable reproductions. The grouping is admirably done, and the engravings are real works of art. Pos sessed of these two pictures, the lawyer will have constantly before him the faces of nearly all the great leaders of the English-speaking bar. Valu able as these engravings now are, their value will be much enhanced as the years go by.

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THE meeting of the American Bar Association, at Milwaukee, on August 30 and 31 and Septem ber 1, promises to be of unusual interest. The following is the official programme : — WEDNESDAY MORNING, 10 o'clock. The President's Address, by John Randolph Tucker, of Virginia. Nomination and Election of Members. Election of the General Council. Reports of the Secretary and Treasurer. Report of the Executive Committee. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 3 o'clock. A paper by Henry Wade Rogers, of Illinois, on "The Treaty making Power." A paper by W. W. MacFarland, of New York, on "The Evolution of Jurisprudence." Discussion upon the subjects of the papers read.

THURSDAY MORNING, ю o'clock. The Annual Address, by Henry B. Brown. o( Michigan. Reports of Standing Committees. (1) Jurisprudence and Law Reform. (2) Judicial Administration and Remedial Pro cedure. (3) Legal Education and Admission to the Bar. (4) Commercial Law. (5) International Law. (6) Award of Gold Medal.

THURSDAY EVENING, 8 o'clock. A paper by U. M. Rose, of Arkansas, on "The Law of Trusts and Strikes." Report of Special Committee on Uniform State Laws, etc. Report of Special Committee on Expression and Classification of the Law. Report of Special Committee on Salaries of Federal Judges. Report of Special Committee on Indian Legislation. Report of Special Committee on Adoption of Uni form Maritime Bill of Lading. Report of Special Committee on Federal Code of Criminal Procedure.

FRIDAY MORNING, ю o'clock Nomination of Officers. Unfinished business. Miscellaneous business. Election of Officers. The annual dinner will be given at the Hotel Pfister at 7 30 o'clock on Friday evening. A parlor in the Hotel Pfister will be open as a reception room, for the use of members of the Asso ciation during the meeting.