His honour moved back a little, looked over his spectacles at the defendant, then at the lovely plaintiff kneeling before him, and stammered: "Ye-e-8, I see. The court orders judgment in plaintiff's favour for twenty-five dollars." Another susceptible judge refused to punish a young fellow for kissing an Iowa girl against her will, avowing the lass was so temptingly pretty that nothing but an overwhelming sense of judicial diguity prevented the court kissing her itself. A too amorous youth found an Erie judge almost as lenient for a very different reason. He was charged with having kissed a Miss Juliet Schragle with great fervour, three several and distinct times, for which the lady claimed three hundred dollars damages. His honour held that a girl of her peculiar sort of sensibility could not be damaged to any great extent by such a form of admiration; and told the jury that, as a matter of fact, the quantity of kissing the plaintiff was likely to sustain in a community of average aesthetic taste would not damage her appreciably, and that a dollar a kiss would make her almost as good as new. Verdict accordingly. Great is the rivalry and little the good will between the citizens of Chicago and St. Louis. One winter morning a miserable-looking fellow appeared before the Four Courts in St. Louis. "Albert Edward Thompson," said the judge, "you were drunk last night." "Yes, yer honour," replied the delinquent. "I met a friend, ye know, and we being both from the same place in the ould counthry, ye know———" "No," interrupted the court, "I don't know, nor I don't want to know anything about your friend, or the old country either. This is a court of justice, and it don't take any stock in the biography of any old country. What's your occupation?" "I'm a journalist, yer honour." "What! Are you one of the men who have been poking fun at the court? Where do you live?" "Chicago is my present home." Thompson hadn't. "That's what I expected from a Chicago journalist," said his honour. "Generally, we are glad to have Chicago delegates go home and stay there; but in the case of a journalist it becomes a more serious matter. You can't come here and get drunk, and abuse the hospitality of the future great city of the West, and then go back to Chicago langbing at us. No, sir; ten dollars and costs. Thompson, ten dollars, or you go to prison." A couple of attorneys engaging in a violent discussion in a Californian court, the Judge, rising majestically, exclaimed: "Gentlemen, by the Great Internal which rules all beneath the broad canonry of heaven, this unseemly disturbation must and shall not be insisted in! I'll not admit having the deceedings of my court inducted in this dysentery manner." This derangement of epithets so tickled the hearers that peace was restored, the belligerent lawyers adjourning to the nearest saloon to drown their difficulty in liquid smiles." "Gentlemen of the jury," said a Minnesota Judge, "murder is where a man is murderously killed. The killer in such a case is a murderer. Now murder by poison is just as much murder as murder with a gun, pistol, or knife. It is the simple act of murdering that constitutes murder in the eye of the law. Don't let the idea of murder and manslaughter confound you. Murder is one thing, manslaughter is quite another. Consequently, if there has been a murder, and it is not manslaughter, then it must be murder. Don't let this point escape von. Self-murder has nothing to do with this case. According to Blackstone, and all the best living writers, one man cannot commit felo de-se upon another, and that is clearly my view. Gentlemen, murder is murder. The murder of a brother is called fratricide, and the murder of a father is called parricide ; but that don't enter into this case. This case is murder; and as I said before. murder is most emphatically murder. You will take the case, gentlemen, and make up your minds according to the law and the evidence, not forgetting the explanation I have given you." One would imagine it impossible to beat the above as a sample of non-lucidity; but it is run pretty close by the following specimen from Georgia. Smith sued Jones upon a promissory note given for a horse. Jones pleaded failure of consideration, avowing that the horse had the glanders, of which he died, at the time of the sale, and that Smith kuew it. Smith replied that the horse did not have the glanders, but the distemper, and that Jones knew it when he bought the animal. This is how the Judge charged the jury: "Gentlemen of the Jury,-You have already made one mis-trial of this case because you did not pay attention to the charge of the Court, and I don't want you to do it again. I intend to make it so clear to you this time that you cannot possibly make any mistake. This suit is for a note given for a promissory horse. I hope you understand that. Now, if you find that at the time of the sale Smith had the glanders, aud Jones knew it, Jones cannot recover. I will state it again. If you find that at the time of the sale Jones had the distemper, and Smith knew it, then Smith cannot possibly recover. But, gentlemen, I will state it a third time, so that you cannot possibly make a mistake. If at the time of the sale Smith had the glanders and Jones had the distemper, and the horse knew it, then neither Smith, Jones, nor the horse can recover. Let the record be given to the jury." The gentlemen who had to make their verdict square with that judicial exposition would have gladly changed places with the twelve good men and true who heard an Arkansas judge, in response to a request that he would charge the jury, say, "I will with pleasure. The Court charges each juryman one dollar for drinks, a d six dollars extra for the one who used the Court's hat for a spittoon during the first day of the sessions."Household Words. THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND. The Council met on Wednesday, 10th inst., Mr. MacSheehy, ex-President, in the chair, and 24 other members present. Messrs. Wm. Fry, jun., and John L. Scallan were elected vice-presidents of the Society for the ensuing year. The Secretary (Mr. W. G. Wakely) reported that he had attended at the Recorder's Court in Belfast to give evidence on Friday, the 5th inst., in a case in which he was plaintiff, and one John Wright, au accountant, was defendant. The action was brought to recover a penalty from the defendant for having drawn a deed and having been paid for same. The defendant was fined £10, in addition to £4 68, which he had received in connection with the perfection of the document-in all £14 68. Memorials from apprentices were ruled upon, and some further business having been transacted, the Council adjourned for one week. THE LAW'S DELAY. They are supposed to do some things better in France than in England, but so far as the delays and expenses of legal process are concerned the two countries stand in much the same position. A gentleman who lived at Neuilly travelled for years daily between that suburban locality and the Madeleine by tramway. He was a great favourite with the drivers and conductors, to whom he gave pourboires frequently, in addition to presents at the New Year. Three years ago he died, bequeathing to the drivers and conductors of his favourite tramway line the sum of £1,600, which meant £40 to each employe, there being 40 men thus engaged. The deceased's family, however, attacked the will, and the case went before the law courts. For 3 years counsel and solioi. tors have debated and argued, but at last the proceedings have come to an end, the court holding that the legacy was valid, and duly executed. On the 5th inst., the 40 tramway-men concerned received a circular informing them of this fact, and asking them to call at the office to receive their share of the money. When they did so they were told that instead of the original £40 each one was entitled to ouly 6s. 9d., all the rest of the money having gone in costs! As they took this miserable remnant of their deceased benefactor's munificence some of them remarked that it was well the suit bad ended now, or else, instead of getting even 68. 9d., they might have been called upon to contribute something out of their own pockets to enable the lawyers to plead and counter-plead. INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND SOLICITORS' APPRENTICES' DEBATING SOCIETY. A general meeting of the above Society was held in the Antient Concert Rooms, Dublin, on Monday evening last at eight o'clock. Mr. A. F. Baker, solicitor, presided. The subject for debate, which gave rise to a protracted discussion, was-"That the amount of time devoted to the study of the ancient classics is out of proportion to their importance, as compared with other studies." The following spoke on the affirmative side of the question:-L. J. Ryan, Francis Molony, F. O'Connor, W. J. Sheridan, P. S. Golding, and A. E. Scholefield; and the following supported the negative:-W. H. Geoghegan, auditor; P. J. Grant, Joseph Dudley, solicitor; James Kennedy, John Beatty, and Bryan Adams, The Chairman made a most interesting speech in favour of the negative, and then put the resolution, which was carried. Mr. Joseph Dudley, solicitor, Hon. Sec., proposed, and Mr. A. Roper, solicitor, seconded a vote of thanks to Mr. Baker for having presided, which was carried with acclamation. The Society then proceeded to private business. Mr. Joseph Dudley, solicitor, moved the motion which stood in his name, viz.-"That the prize offered by Mr. Wm. Fry, junior, solicitor, be awarded for the same class of essays, and be subject to the same regulations as the late Gerrard Prize.'" He referred in warm terms to the generosity of Mr. Fry in keeping up this prize, the competition for which was so beneficial to the Society. Mr. Allan Roper, solicitor, concurred in what Mr. Dudley had said, and seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The meeting then adjourned until next term. LAW STUDENTS' JOURNAL. KING'S INNS. HONOR EXAMINATION, OCTOBER, 1890. LAW OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. Examiner Mr. PIERS F. WHITE, Q.C. 1. Define a partnership (a) How is it constituted? (b) Is the number of partners in an ordinary firm restricted in any way, and how? (c) In the absence of express agreement, how long will a partnership continue? (d) State the usual leading clauses of a partnership deed. (e) How is a partnership dissolved? 2. In the absence of express provision, can one partner release a debt to the firm so as to bind his copartners. 3. Explain what is meant by "partnership" as to third persons. 4. Is the doctrine of "holding out" applicable in case of a tortious act committed by a retired partner? Give reasons. 5. The general rule being (independently of the Judicature Acts), that one partner cannot sue another, unless for dissolution and accounts of the dealings of the firm, how has that rule been affected by those Acts? 6. In an action by the representatives of one partner against another, can the defendant successfully rely ou the Statute of Limitations? 7. Will a payment by surviving partners keep alive a creditor's claim against the executors of a deceased member of the firm? 8. Explain the term "goodwill"— (a) What becomes of it on dissolution? (b) How far can a purchaser of the business, including the goodwill, insist on using, exclusively, the name of the old firm? (c) Can the vendor of a good will deal with the customers of the old purchaser, either absolutely or conditionally, and if conditionally then on what condition? 9. In the administration of the estates of deceased and of bankrupt partners (a) How is the joint estate applied? (b) How is the separate estate of each partner applied? (c) How is the surplus, if any, of the joint estate applicable? (d) How is the surplus, if any, of the separate estate applicable? 10. What was the case of Cox v. Hickman as decided by the House of Lords, and how did it affect the general law of partnership? 11. What changes in the general law of partnerships was introduced by "Bovill's Act," 28 and 29 Vict., c. 86? 12. Are you aware that a recent Statute has been passed as to the law of partnership? If so, what is the general tenor and effect of this Statute? COURT PAPERS. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. ADJUDICATIONS IN BANKRUPTCY. [The dates of Adjudications are first given, the Sillings follow in italics.] DUBLIN. M'Eveety, James, of Cavan, in the county of Cavan, provision dealer. November 29; Friday, December 19, and Friday, January 9, 1891. Michael Larkin & Co., solrs. BELFAST. Irvine, William, of Larne, in the county of Antrim, flour merchant, December 1; Monday, December 15, and Monday, January 5, 1891. Bates & Davidson, solrs. 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