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Title: The Case and Exceptions
Stories of Counsel and Clients

Author: Frederick Trevor Hill

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Language: English

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THE CASE AND EXCEPTIONS

Stories of Counsel and Clients

by

FREDERICK TREVOR HILL

Second Edition

New York
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Publishers

Copyright, 1900,
By Frederick A. Stokes Company.

_To_

M. W. H.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

OUTSIDE THE RECORD 1
IN THE MATTER OF BATEMAN 18
THE FINDING OF FACT 45
A CONCLUSION OF LAW 59
THE BURDEN OF PROOF 75
IN HIS OWN BEHALF 101
HIS HONOUR 115
AN ABSTRACT STORY 141
BY WAY OF COUNTERCLAIM 162
IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE 184
THE LATEST DECISION 201
THE DISTANT DRUM 209

THE CASE AND EXCEPTIONS.

OUTSIDE THE RECORD.

IN GENERAL SESSIONS
COURT ROOM, _June 5, 1896_.

DOROTHY DEAR:

It is over. Warren's fate is in the hands of the jury. I have done the
little I could, but the strain has been almost too much for me.

Even now, my heart sinks at the thought that I may have left something
undone or failed to see some trap of the District Attorney.

For more than two hours I have been sitting here fighting it all through
again.

You have not known what this case means to me, and doubtless have often
found me a dull companion and neglectful lover during the past months.
But I will not cry "peccavi," my Lady, unless you pronounce me guilty
after reading what I write. See how confident I am--not of myself but of
you!