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The Editor iuill be glad to receive contributions of articles of moderate length upon subjects of inter est to the profession; also anything in the way of legal antiquities or curiosities, facetice, anec dotes, etc. THE GREEN BAG. IN this number we publish the first of a series of articles on " The Court of Star Chamber." The author, John D. Lindsay, Esq., Assistant District Attorney of the city of NewYork, has devoted much time and research to their preparation, and they cannot fail to prove of great interest and value to our readers.

A Georgia correspondent kindly sends the following additional anecdotes of Judge Under wood of that State : — Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 30, 1894. Editor • • Green Bag " : Dear Sir, — In the January issue of the Green Bag, I see some of the stories told of Judge Under wood of this State, among others one upon myself. I was then a very young lawyer at Dalton, in Whit field County, in the northern part of the State, hav ing begun the practice at the age of seventeen. It will at once occur to you that I knew a great deal more law then than I ever have since, or ever will; and the story as told by Bob McCamy is substantially true. Another story of the judge on the same line is this : At Cedartown in Polk County, several men were indicted for a riot. The testimony for the State was that they had been out at a little grog shop on the edge of the town, and having pretty thoroughly fired themselves up, after yelling and screeching around the place got upon their horses, went galloping to and fro in the city of Cedartown, and making a disturbance generally. When the testimony was concluded and Judge had finished his charge, he turned to the counsel for the defendant and asked, "Any other charge, Brother Jones?" "I believe,'' said Brother Jones, " that your Honor neglected to give the jury the definition of a riot." "That's true, gentlemen." said the Judge, turning to

the jury, "and was a clear oversight on my part. If you find from the evidence that these defendants now on trial were out there at a grog shop, and loaded themselves up with mean whiskey, and after yelling and screeching around out there, got on their horses and came galloping into the city of Cedar town and ran around over the streets and sidewalks, yelling like Comanche Indians and firing pistols and creating a general disturbance and throwing the town into an uproar, that is a riot. You can retire, gentle men, and make up your verdict." Coming down from Dalton to Atlanta on one occasion I struck up with Judge Underwood at Kingston. After some general conversation, he said to me, " Glenn, I want to tell you of a case I had before me at Cedartown the other day, and see what you think of it." He then stated the case and I expressed a view of it, to which he replied, " That same view you express was very largely, ably and elaborately maintained before me on this hearing by Wright, Branham, Featherstone and several other lawyers from Rome, old lawyers, experienced law yers, and there was not a soul on the other side but a bright young lawyer from Cedartown, who had never had any experience, and myself. This in fact was his first case, and they out-argued us, but we beat them." One of the stories which clung to Judge Under wood all his life, was a recommendation given him by his father, himself an able lawyer and a man of great humor, when Judge Underwood in his younger days went to a Governor of Georgia to secure the office of Solicitor-General. The letter was somewhat of this sort : — "My Dear Governor, — This will be handed you by my son, John W. H. Underwood, who is a young lawyer of this city. He has the greatest thirst for office and the least capacity to fill it of any man in Georgia, within my knowledge. Yours truly, W. H. Underwooo." Judge Underwood was a man of very great capacity and a very able lawyer. His last official appoint ment was as a member of the Tariff Commission. All of us who knew him loved him, and had he been a student he would have left an enduring name in the judicial history of this State. Yours truly, W. C. Glenn.