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PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT $4.00 PER ANNUM. SINGLE NUMBERS 50 CENTS. Communications in regard to the contents of the Magazine should be addressed to the Editor, THOS. TILESTON BALDWIN, 53 State 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 curiosi ties, facetiœ, anecdotes, etc. NOTES.

NEAR-SIGHTED CLERK—You do solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but Attorney—Hold on there! No! I'm the attorney for the defence. '•MISTER JEDGE," called out the colored .witness, after he had been on the stand a full hour, "kin I say one word, suh?" "Yes," replied the judge, "what is it?" "Hit's des dis, suh. Ef you'll des mak de lawyers set down and keep still two minutes en giv me a livin' chance I'll whirl in en tell de troof." THE judge of the police court was examin ing an important eye-witness of a fracas, with the following result: "You were present when the assault took place?" •'Yes, your honor." "And did you take cognizance of the bar tender of the place?" "I don't know exactly what they called it, but T took what the others did." IN an Irish court an old man was called into the witness box, and being near sighted, instead of going up the stairs that led to the box, mounted those that led to the bench. The judge took the mistake good humoredly. "Is it a judge you want to be, my good man?" he asked. "Ah, sure, your honor," was the reply,

"I'm an ould mon now and mebbe it's all I'm fit for." A YOUNG lovvan who had been studying law at home for several years, recently pre sented himself, with a large class, before the Supreme Court and was examined for admission to the bar. When the result was announced the aspiring genius sent this tele gram to the home folk, anxiously awaiting the result: "Examination splendid; all judges enthu siastic. They wish for a second next year." A CLEVER cross-examiner but a poor hand for remembering names and faces was re cently cross-examining a witness of the op position, with this result: Lawyer—How long have you resided here? Witness—All my life. Lawyer—What, continuously? Witness (hesitatingly)—Well, no, sir, not all the time. Lawyer— Aha. I thought so; now tell us just where you were when you were not here. Witness—I was in the penitentiary. Lawyer—Good, that's what I thought. Now tell this jury why you were sent to the penitentiary? Witness—You defended me, sir. THE court crier of a certain United States Circuit Court recently made an amusing blunder by simply changing one word in the usual opening announcement, commenc ing with "Oyez, oyez," and concluding with "And God save this honorable court and these United States." The crier was a little rattled on the morning in question and when the august judge had appeared started his regular cry correctly but ended it with: