Mr. Punch in Wig and Gown
by J. A. Hammerton
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About this eBook
- Editor
- Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949
- Title
- Mr. Punch in Wig and Gown: The Lighter Side of Bench and Bar
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
- Subject
- Law -- Humor
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 48339
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48339
- Release Date
- February 22, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.MR. PUNCH IN WIG AND GOWN
- 2.STATING THE CASE
- 3.MR. PUNCH IN WIG AND GOWN — OUR LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE — THE BAR AND ITS MOANING — HELPFUL HINTS TO YOUNG BARRISTERS — LEGAL EDUCATION — BREACH OF PROMISE — NO JOKE FOR A JURY — TO PORTIA AT THE BAR — LEGALISED PROVERBS — AT CONSCIENCE’ CALL — SONG OF THE SLIGHTED SUITOR — Michaelmas Term—Legal Examination — BY A LAW STUDENT IN CHAMBERS — THE MODERN CLUTCHES OF THE LAW — DIVORCE MADE EASY — THE COUNSEL’S TEAR — LITIGATION — WANTED IN THE LAW COURTS — WHAT A BARRISTER MAY DO; AND WHAT HE MAY NOT DO — SONGS OF THE CIRCUIT — THE JOLLY YOUNG BARRISTER — THE LAY OF THE LITTLE BARRISTER — LIFTS TO LAZY LAWYERS — LINES WRITTEN IN A LAWYER’S OFFICE — EXPLANATION OF ÆSOP’S FABLES FOR DULL STUDENTS — NO JOKE FOR JURYMEN — THOSE SILENT BOOTS — WHAT IT MAY COME TO! — PROFESSIONAL LOVE SONG — LEGAL MAXIMS — CRIMINALS’ ASSURANCE SOCIETY — A LAWYER’S CHORTLE — “LAUGHTER IN COURT” — MY FIRST BRIEF — WHY SOME OF US GO ON CIRCUIT — LAW AND POLICE — THE BARRISTERS OF ENGLAND! — MONODY ON THE DEATH OF AN ONLY CLIENT — THE WAY THEY HAVE AT THE BAR — LAW OF DIVORCE — IMPORTANT TO BARRISTERS — LESSONS IN JUSTICE — “TURNING HIS FLANK” — “SAUCE FOR THE COUNSEL GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR SOLOR GANDER” — MY FIRST CLIENT — CROSSED-EXAMINATION — BARCAROLES FOR BRIEFLESS BARRISTERS — ON CECIL STREET, STRAND
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