Show Old j Ol barristers in England did dill not nol openly receive fees fee for tor their services Her An early method of or collecting fees was wan tho the pocket which In mediaeval times time n n. barrister r used usell to have placed in tho the hack back of his hie gown Into which tho the it-ir it would surreptitiously slip tho the fee Tho The pocket has Ion long since disappeared but the services of ot a barrister are ara still supposed to be honorary and by tho the unwritten yet et despotic dOJ law of ot the tho profession pro- pro he must not nol sue for Cor hIs hiM fee lie has hns however er some compensation atlon In being permitted to demand lemand cash el in n advance anti and when once briefed In a ease cUe etiquette allows him html ta to pocket tho honorarium whether he lie is ii able to appear ap- ap ap pear poor for tor hl hi his client or not r IL S |