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however, that after this expression of the views of the Court upon the nature of the offense, the considerations that have influ enced a majority of the court in deciding upon this punishment, rather than disbar ment, will not be considered upon further conviction of practice of this kind." "SEND THAT DEED RITE A WAY!" ONE of our readers, a Kansas lawyer, was employed by one Mr. Hodson, a prospective purchaser of a piece of land, to examine the title, and has furnished the Green Bag with a curious communication which he received from the owner of the land. The abstract, as furnished by a bank, showed a break in the title and did not disclose any ownership in the real owner of the land at all. Mr. B, our lawyer friend, wrote a letter to the bank in which he outlined what was necessary for the completion of a good title, stating that a deed had probably been left unrecorded and a deed of trust unreleased. These are the circum stances to which the owner had refer ence, in the following irate message sent to the lawyer:— Send that Deed to Zodiac to Mrs Sofina groves June 16 Zodiac vernon co mo Mr B—I thought it Had binn some time sence you rote to me that I thought I rite and you can tell Mr Hodson that I Had owned that land for 26 years and no wone has never Has cause any trouble yet I am all most gaveing it to Him and when He think I go to the trouble and spend money and then maby He not take it then He is off I do not no anything a bout them men and dont no whare they are and if Mr Hodson wants that land all rite and if not send the Deed to me for thare is not enough in it for me to go to all that trouble so I look for the Deed rite a way I am the wone sent that Deed you said that that land was not mine at all I see wheather it is or not you made me mad and I dont care wheather He takes it or not thare s Just as smart men in this world as you are

I live 26 years without selling that land and can live 26 more and not sell it Send that Deed rite a way WHEN? (From Life.) CIGARETTES are unlawful in some West ern states, as it is. Oh pshaw! What good are half measures! We look to Maine for leading in these matters. When will Maine see its duty and put a no-tobacco clause in its constitution? A LAWYER'S TRICK WHEN Baron Bramwell was once sitting on the crown side of the south Wales circuit, counsel for the defense in a certain case asked leave to address the jury in Welsh. The case being a simple one, permission was given without demur. He said but very few words. The Baron also did not think much comment was necessary, but was somewhat startled by a prompt verdict of acquittal. ' ' What was it, " he afterwards inquired, ' 'that Mr. L. said to the jury?" "Oh, he just said, 'This case, gentlemen, lies in a nutshell. You see yourselves exactly how it stands. The judge is an Englishman, the complainant is an Englishman, but you are Welsh, and I am Welsh, and the prisoner is Welsh. Need I say more? I leave it all to you. '" It is scarcely necessary to mention, says the writer of "Some Legal Reminiscences," that Baron Bramwell did not allow the experiment to be repeated of addressing the jury in a lan guage which he did not understand. STORIES OF JUDGE HUBBARD OF IOWA THE late N. M. Hubbard, known all over Iowa for many years as lawyer, judge and politician, was keen in retort, shrewd as a political manager, and while not as well versed in the law as many other of his con temporaries, won many verdicts because he knew the people with whom he dealt. The following stories told about Judge Hubbard will give the reader an idea of a typical man of the people in the West during the latter half of the past century. Judge Hubbard had been appointed by one of the Governors and served as Judge for a time. While he was acting in this capacity a verbose doctor wanted to be excused for the reason that he had to go home and look after his many patients, to which the Judge said.