Wit and Humor of the American Bar; A Collection from Various Sources Classified Under Appropriate Subject Headings - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Legal Sarcasm John R. G was in his day one of the most distinguished lawyers in New Orleans. Though not as learned as some of his associates at the bar, he possessed qualities of mind which rendered him a formidable antagonist. His personal appearance was much in his favor, and the gravity of his manner and his perfect selfpossession contributed a great deal toward his standing as an advocate. His chief characteristic was audacity, which never failed him in any emergency. He was also a lawyer of very fertile resources, and if engaged in arguing a very weak case, he was not above resorting to trick or artifice to accomplish his purpose, which the following anecdote will illustrate: In a case of appeal before the Supreme Court he pretended to quote from time to time from certain authorities, and was for a while permitted to do so without interruption, the bar being accustomed to such breaches of professional propriety on his part. But on this occasion a recently appointed judge was on the bench, and when Mr. G spoke of a particular law he asked where it could be found. The old judges present smiled when they heard the question, for they were familiar with the ruses practiced by Mr. G , but that gentleman, not at all disconcerted, responded that he thought it was in Story, giving volume, page, etc. The imperturbable lawyer proceeded with his appeal, and in the interim a copy of Story was procured by the doubting judge, who was soon in earnest search of the authority in question. Failing, of course, to find it, he took advantage of the first pause in the speech of Mr. G to tell that gentleman he had been unable to meet with the law quoted. Whereupon Mr. G exclaimed: "Is that so, your honor? Have I made so great a mistake?" "You have indeed," said the judge. "Neither...
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