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could be decided at once, and I will

court and audience broke out in roars

give the court ﬁve dollars if I can get

of laughter.

a decision now.”

The Chief Justice rapped for order and replied that they could not entertain such a proposition. The attorney got up again and thought he would ﬁx it

up. “Your honors, I did not mean ﬁve dollars for all of you, I meant ﬁve

dollars apiece." Then the attorney was led out by a. brother lawyer while

GETTING STARTED

YO U N G Doctor.—-“Well, old chap, at last I have a case; and he has

lots of money, too." Young Lawyer.-—“All right,

Doc;

when you get him to the point where he wants a will drawn up, why just ‘phone over. He may be the means of getting us both started."

Tlu Edifor will be glad to naive/or t/li: department anything lxkely to entertain the reader: of the Gran Bag in tin way of legal antiquxlin,fauli¢, and anecdotu.

USELESS BUT ENTER TA INING “How far is it between these two towns?" asked the lawyer. “About four miles as the ﬂow cries," replied the witness. "You mean as the cry ﬂows." “No," put in the Judge, "he means as the y crows." And the all looked at each other, feeling that somet ing was wrong. ——Everybody's Magazine. A pompous member of the bar of the Quaker City was seeking to convey the im pression that his income from practice was exceedingly large. “Gentlemen, I have to earn a good deal. My rsonal expenses are over ﬁfteen thousand ollars a year. It costs me that to live!" "That's too much," interjected a fellow lawyer. "I wouldn't pay it,-—it isn't worth it!" —Woman s Home Companion.

A certain jurist was an enthusiastic golfer. Once he had occasion to interro ate, in a

criminal suit, a boy witness from ala. "Now, my lad," he said, "are you ac quainted with the nature and signiﬁcance of an oath?" The boy, raising his brows in surprise, answered:—

“Of course I am, sir. Don't I caddy for you at the Country Club?" —Success. Heard in the Superior Court of Cook county —The jury, after havin been out for some time, appeared before t e Court and asked for further instruction. Courl—-“On what subject do you need enlightenment?" juryman-“We desire to know who the plaintiﬂ is." —National Corporation Reporter.

Correspondence WORDS WHICH MR. GALSWORTHY DID NOT WRITE To the Editor of the Green Bag.'— Sir: In a very charming review of my play “Justice” which has been sent to me, your critic uses this expression: "In naming this ‘a story of guiltless crime’ Mr. Galsworthy may be ill

advised.” If he had even done so he would indeed not only have been ill

advised but incorrect.

The expression

“a story of guiltless crime” was added as a headline by the American Magazine without my knowledge, and gave me a shock when I read it. Possibly you might like to draw your readers’ attention to this correc tion. Joan GALSWORTHY. Wingstone, Manaton, De'uon, November 24, 1910.