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Title: Law and Laughter

Author: George Alexander Morton
Donald Macleod Malloch

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LAW AND LAUGHTER

BY GEORGE A. MORTON
AND D. MACLEOD MALLOCH

ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS OF
EMINENT MEMBERS OF BENCH & BAR

T. N. FOULIS
LONDON & EDINBURGH
1913

_Published October 1913_

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

TO
THE MEMORY OF
D. MACLEOD MALLOCH

"As crafty lawyers to acquire applause
Try various arts to get a double cause,
So does an author, rummaging his brain,
By various methods, try to entertain."

PASQUIN.

PREFACE

The scope of this volume is indicated by its title--a presentation of
the lighter side of law, as it is exhibited from time to time in the
witty remarks, repartees, and _bon mots_ of the Bench and Bar of Great
Britain, Ireland, and America. The idea of presenting such a collection
of legal _facetiae_ originated with the late Mr. D. Macleod Malloch, and
it is greatly to be regretted that by his untimely death, his share of
the work had reached the stage of selecting only about one-half of the
material included in the book. His knowledge of law, and his wide
reading in legal biography, was such as would have increased
considerably the value of this volume.

In addition to sources which are acknowledged in the text, I have to
mention contributions drawn from the following works: W. D. Adams'
_Modern Anecdotes_; W. Andrews' _The Lawyer in History, Literature and
Humour_; Croake James's _Curiosities of Law_; F. R. O'Flanagan's _The
Irish Bar_; and A. Engelbach's comprehensive and entertaining _Anecdotes
of the Bench a