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Communications in regard to the contents of thie Magazine should be addressed to the Editor, Thos. Tii.eston Baldwin, 1038 Exchange "ThenBuilding, there isBoston, Russell,Mass. who treats of the The Editor will be glad to receive contributions of articles of moderate length upon subjects of in terest to the profession y also anything in the way of legal antiquities or curiosities, facetia anecdotes, etc. A Washington lawyer NOTES. writes us : The recent death of Mr. Justice Gray reminds me of a re mark attributed to the late Mr. Justice Bradley of the Supreme Court of the United States. It seems that a would be jurist was asking Mr. Justice Bradley how to pronounce the word "lien." "Leen," But some saidpersons the Justice. pronounce it 'li-en'" [with long " i "]. "Yes; Gray does, — and he has been spoken to about it, too." "But what does your Honor claim? " asked a young practitioner of Judge Rockwell, who had ruled out certain proposed testimony, and the young man wanted to talk about it : "I don't claim anything. Go on with your case." He went cr.. criminal Colonel caseC in a Georgia was trying court. an important He early discovered that he had a " powerful " difficult case, and raised an intricate question of criminal law, taking a position which was not law, in the hope of securing a continuance. He suggested the absolute necessity of exam ining some authorities, which, of course, he said, could not be found in a small town like the county seat. That couldn't be expected. He wanted access to the fine library at home. The prosecuting attorney asked him what particular authority he had in mind. "Well," he replied, " there is Bishop on Criminal Law, for one thing." "I have that in my office, and will be pleased to loan it to you," responded the prosecuting attorney.

question urged Colonel more elaborately C . than Bishop, perhaps," "I am glad to be able to tender the use of that work, also." "I ought have to Roscoe, have afortunately. look at Roscoe." You are wel come to use it.' "Malone is more important to my client's interests than all of the others put together." It so happened that the father of the prose cuting attorney had been a country lawyer in extensive practice, and had accumulated one of the very best libraries in the State, which he had left to his son. He had made many additions, and was fortified for almost any emer gency. "I shall take pleasure in handing you Ma lone," he said. The Colonel, more than six feet in height, gray but alert, bent over and reflected, scratched his head and said to the judge: "I would like to think this matter over for awhile, and examine the authorities which my friend tenders. I beg to suggest that we adjourn, at least until to morrow morning." That night he visited his opponent's office, and made a respectable pretence of examining the authorities, finding them all dead against him. He tried to make terms with the enemy, but the enemy was obdurate. The next morning he appeared in court, and when the case was called up, renewed his appli cation for a continuance. "What are your grounds, Colonel? " asked the judge. "If your Honor please, I want to continue upon general principles." To the amazement of the prosecuting attor ney, the application was granted. Gates, a lawyer from Lynn, was a contem porary of Choate and Saltonstall. He was in