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 THE LIGHTER SIDE God knows a thing, but the record must show it. Pence v. Lemp (Idaho, 1895), 43 Pac. 75. A judge's manner and accent cannot be made a part of the record. State v. Kerns, 47 W. Va. 266, 34 S. E. 739. An appellate court cannot consider the trial judge's tone of voice or expression of counte nance. Territory v. O'Donnell, 4 N. Mex. 66, 12 Pac. 743, quoting Parker, C. J., in Com. v. Child, 10 Pick. (Mass.) 253. Self-Defense. — He who attacks with a double-barrel may be resisted just as if he shot with a single barrel. Clary v. Haines, 61 Ga. 520. Compensation of Attorney. — The quality of the advice of counsel may be such as to warrant the presumption that it was obtained gratis. Treadwell v. Beauchamp, 82 Ga. 736, 9 S. E. Rep. 1040. Allowance to Bankrupt for Spree. — If a bankrupt " after the failure of his business chose to go upon a spree, nobody is surprised; but the Court is not obliged to allow him all the money that he expends in that spree." In re Tudor, 100 Fed". 796, per'Hallett, J. Discharge. — The discovery of microscopic germs of dishonesty is not a sufficient ground for refusing a discharge in bankruptcy. In re Covington, no Fed. 143, 6 Am. Bank. Rep. 373, per Purnell. J. Banks and Farmers. — " It is not thought an infringement of the ordinary policy of the times to surrender the uneducated fanner to the protecting care of the educated banker. The Law demands it, Equity sanctions it, and blind Justice weeps and pleads in vain." Call v. Tygarts Valley Bank, 50 W. Va. 597, 40 S. E. 380, per Dent, J. Demand after Doors Closed. — After a bank has closed its doors a demand need not be made upon it by shouting through the key hole. Wheeler v. Moscow Commercial Bank (Idaho, 1896), 46 Pac. 830, per Huston, J. Nature of Barber's Work. — Frequently the impression made by a barber on a customer's face " is similar to that made by a carpenter with his saw," and a barber is a mechanic, although, " to look at him, the barber appears • to be a professional genetlemn." Terry r. McDaniel, 103 Tenn. 415, 53 S. W. 732, per Wilkes, J.

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Testimony of Woman as to Paternity. — "Circumstances may easily be imagined under which the testimony of a woman that a partic ular man is the father of her child would be the statement of a mere conjecture; not even having so many circumstances of probability as Falstaff narrated in first part of ' King Henry IV,' Act II, Scene IV: ' That thou art my son, I have partly thy mother's word, partly my own opinion, but chiefly a villainous trick of thine eye and foolish hanging of thy neither lip, that doth warrant me." "' Macal v. People, ss 111, App. 482, per Shepard, J. Lawfulness of Riding Bicycles. — " Bicycles are vehicles used now -very extensively for convenience, recreation, pleasure, and busi ness, and the riding of one upon public high way in the ordinary manner, as is now done, is neither unlawful nor prohibited, and they cannot be banished because they were not ancient vehicles, and used in the Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve." Thompson v. Dodge, 58 Minn. 555, 60 N. W. 545, 49 Am. St. 533. per Buck, |. — From the Virginia Laic Register. The Cautious Adviser. — Few people, prob ably, appreciate fully the guilelcssness and childlike simplicity of former Attorney-General Griggs. In an opinion dated April 3, 1899, to the Secretary of War on the subject of the Army Canteen, he uses the following expres sion: "I presume that by 'beer' you mean a particular kind of intoxicating drink." This presumption, no doubt, is correct, but the wonder is how he ever came to guess it. Only an Episode. — MARY. — Uncle N'ed, what's a honeymoon? BACHELOR UNCLE. — The time between the marriage and the divorce. — Translated for TALES from Meggendorfcr Blatter. More Light. — A case was being tried on the charge of selling impure whisky. The whisky was offered in evidence. Jury re tired to try the evidence. JUDGE (presently) — What is the verdict? FOREMAN OP THE THIRSTY JURY. — Your honor, we want more evidence. — San Fran cisco News Letter. The Bankrupt's Hymn. — There is a lawyer by the name of Hoxie out in Hampton, Iowa, who is noted within a reasonably limited ter ritory as a consummate wag.