t. The paper
was duly returned to the landlord next day with the following sentence
subjoined: "In my opinion this is a case which admits of only one
remedy--patience. Edwin James."

In a case before Lord Campbell, James took a line with a witness which
his lordship considered quite inadmissible, and stopped him. When
summing up to the jury Lord Campbell thought to soften his interruption
by saying: "You will have observed, gentlemen, that I felt it my duty to
stop Mr. Edwin James in a certain line which he sought to adopt in the
cross-examination of one of the witnesses; but at the same time I had no
intention to cast any reflection on the learned counsel who I am sure is
known to you all as a most able--" but before his lordship could proceed
any further James interposed, and in a contemptuous voice exclaimed: "My
lord, I have borne your lordship's censure, spare me your lordship's
praise."

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Mr. W. G. Thorpe, F.S.A., in his entertaining volume of _Middle Temple
Table Talk_, relates a curious story of a judge taking an extremely
personal interest in a case which was brought before him. A milk company
had sold off a lot of old stock to a cake-maker, and the cake-maker had
declined to pay because the milk had turned out to be poisonous. As the
case went on the judge became more and more exercised. "What do they do
with this stuff?" he asked, pointing to a mass of horrible mixture. "Oh,
my lord, they make cakes of it; it doesn't taste in the cakes."--"Where
do they sell these cakes?" was the judge's next question, and the reply
was, "They are used for certain railway stations, school-treats, and
excursions." Then the defendant specified one of the places. "Bless me!"
said the judge, turning an olive-green, "I had some there myself," and
with a shudder he retired to his private room, returning in a few
minutes wiping his mouth.

There is another story of a counsel defending a woman on a charge of
causing the death of her husband by administering a poisoned cake to
him. "I'll eat some of the cake myself," he said in Court, and took a
bite. Just at this moment a telegram was brought to him to say that his
wife was seriously ill, and he obtained permission to leave in order to
answer the message. He returned, finished his speech, and obtained the
acquittal of his client. It transpired afterwards that the telegram
business was arranged in order that counsel could obtain an emetic