Dr. Tunstal, the last of plaintiff's
witnesses, described one case in which he had cured a patient of
_delirium tremens_ in a _single night_, and he added, "It was a case of
gradual drinking, _sipping all day_ from morning till night." These
words were scarcely uttered when Mr. Chambers rose in triumph, and said,
"My lord, that is _my case_."

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On the Northern Circuit a century ago, there was a famous barrister who
was familiarly known among his brother advocates as Jack Lee. He was
engaged in examining one Mary Pritchard, of Barnsley, and began his
examination with, "Well, Mary, if I may credit what I hear, I may
venture to address you by the name of Black Moll."--"Faith you may,
mister lawyer, for I am always called so by the blackguards." On another
occasion he was retained for the plaintiff in an action for breach of
promise of marriage. When the consultation took place, he inquired
whether the lady for whose injury he was to seek redress was
good-looking. "Very handsome indeed, sir," was the assurance of her
attorney. "Then, sir," replied Lee, "I beg you will request her to be in
Court, and in a place where she can be seen." The attorney promised
compliance, and the lady, in accordance with Lee's wishes, took her seat
in a conspicuous place, where the jury could see her. Lee, in addressing
the jury, did not fail to insist with great warmth on the "abominable
cruelty" which had been exercised towards "the highly attractive and
modest girl who trusted her cause to their discernment"; and did not sit
down until he had succeeded in working upon their feelings with great
and, as he thought, successful effect. The counsel on the other side,
however, speedily broke the spell with which Lee had enchanted the jury,
by observing that "his learned friend, in describing the graces and
beauty of the plaintiff, ought in common fairness not to have concealed
from the jury the fact that the lady had a _wooden leg_!" The Court was
convulsed with laughter at this discovery, while Lee, who was ignorant
of this circumstance, looked aghast; and the jury, ashamed of the
influence that mere eloquence had had upon them, returned a verdict for
the defendant.

Justice Willes, the son of Chief Justice Willes, had an offensive habit
of interrupting counsel. On one occasion an old practitioner was so
irritated by this practice that he retorted sharply by saying, "Your
lordship doubtless shows greate