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 A Century of English Judicature. trates. Clear sighted, sagacious and quick oí apprehension, they were masters at nisi pmts. Tindal was furthermore a profound lawyer, and his numerous opinions in this court and in the Exchequer Chamber display grasp of principle, accuracy of statement,

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plodding lawyer whose subsequent elevation to the woolsack only served to detract by comparison from his good reputation as a common law judge. Of the puisnes, Maule. (1839-55), who served through most of this period, was

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TINDAL.

skill in analysis and wide acquaintance with precedents.1 Wilde was a learned but 1 Acton v. Blundell, 13 L. J., Ex. 289; Marston r. Fox, 8 do. 293; Panton v. Williams, ю do. 545; James v. Plant, 6 do. 260; Hitchcock v. Cocker, 6 do. 266; Scarborough v. Saville. 6 do. 270; Howden f. Simpson, 8 do. 281: Chanter v. Léese, 9 do. 327; Sadler v. Dixon, n do. 435; Whyte v. Rose. ii do. 457: Collins v. Evans, 13 L. J., Q. B. 180; R. v. Frost, 4 St. Tr. 130: Charge to Grand Jury, do. 1411; R. v. O'Connell, il Cl. & F. 155; R. v.

probably the most highly endowed. No one ever had a finer sense of the anomalies and incongruities of English law, and he never missed an opportunity to bring to bear on them his unrivalled powers of sarcasm and Millis, ю do. 534:' Shore v. Wilson, 9 do. 353; Coxhead v. Richards, 2 C. B. 569; Flight v. Booth, i Bing. N. C. 377: Cook v. Ward. 4 M. & P. 99; Kemble v. Farrcn, 3 do. 425; Margetson v. Wright. 5 do. 606.