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 Correspondence Parry, he drops his h's!" Mr. Crispe would never forget the scorn on Parry's face when he turned and said, "Sir, I would rather drop my h's with Jessel in hell than aspirate with you in heaven." Baron Bramwell was noted for his kindness to the younger members of the bar. Mr. Henry Fielding Dickens, when the junior of the "Home" Circuit, was pre sented to the Baron at Maidstone. He was introduced by Harrison as "the son of the well-known Charles Dickens." "The son of the well-known Charles Dickens!" replied

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the judge. "You might as well say 'the wellknown Julius Caesar'!" REPREHENSIBLE CONDUCT With one prominent attorney accused of helping to lynch another prominent attorney, it would seem that professional etiquette is not being so strictly observed in Tennessee as could be desired. Such proceedings on the part of a sworn officer of the law should be severely condemned.—Law Notes.

The Editor will be glad to naive for this dtpartHunt anything likely to entertain the readers of the Green Bag in the way of legal antiquities, facetia, and anecdotes.

Correspondence

A CORRECTION To the Editor of the Green Bag:— Dear Sir: Permit me to correct a mistake in my paper before the New York State Bar Association, which you published in your February number. The difficulty in the law of the state of New York, in reference to certificates of reasonable doubt in criminal cases, and a stay of execution consequent thereon, has been corrected by a recent statute which I overlooked. Chapter 479 of the Laws of 1907 corrects the evil which had existed, by requiring the application for such certificate to be made on notice to the District Attorney at a regular special term in the district in which the commitment was had. This amend ment had not been incorporated in my copy of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Hence my mistake, which I cheerfully acknowledge. Mr. Robert C. Taylor, the Assistant District Attorney of New York, informs me that in the County of New York since October 15, 1906, 69 applications for stays have been made in

the Supreme Court, of which only nine were granted. This is a great improvement, and creditable to both the Judges and the District Attorney. This reform, effected in New York, en courages me to hope for success in the reform of such matters proposed in federal proce dure. My mistake emphasizes the importance of the consolidation of the general statutes of the state which has been reported to the Legislature, and in the preparation of which the greatest pains have been taken. This will give us in systematic form the whole body of our general statute law up to date. And the reform thus effected illustrates the remark of Speaker Wadsworth that the Legis lature of New York had been much more alive to the need of reforms, and much more ready to embody them in legislation, than is commonly supposed. Yours truly, EVERETT P. WHEELER. New York, Feb. 20, 1909.