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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906. Excerpt:... BENCH AND BAR In a trial before Judge Morgan of New York, Mr. Maxon, in closing to the jury, said: The plaintiff and the defendant are lawyers; all of the witnesses are lawyers; the counsel of course are lawyers, in fact, everyone in any way connected with the case is a respectable member of the bar of this county, with the single exception of his honor on the bench. Pathetic plea of an Irish attorney, defending a prisoner: Gentlemen of the jury, think of his poor mother--his only mother. In sentencing a prisoner convicted of stealing from his employer, Sergeant Arabin said: Prisoner at the bar, if ever there was a clearer case than this of a man robbing his master this case is that case. Having to pass judgment on a man, convicted upon three indictments, he remarked: Prisoner at the bar, you have been found guilty on several indictments, and it is in my power to subject you to transportation for a period very considerably beyond the term of your natural life, but the Court, in its mercy, will not go so far as it lawfully might, and the sentence is that you be transported for two periods of seven years each. In sentencing a man to a comparatively light punishment he said: Prisoner at the bar, there are mitigating circumstances in this case that induce me to take a lenient view of it, and I will therefore give you a chance of redeeming a character that you have irretrievably lost. He once said to a witness: My good man, don't go gabbling on so. Hold your tongue and answer the question that is put to you. The affidavit of a Troy policeman is a gem: The prisoner sat upon me, calling me an ass, a precious dolt, a scarecrow, a ragamuffin, and idiot--all of which I certify to be true. The late Judge Clairborne, of Louisiana, is said to have swayed his sceptre w...