Show POMP OF JUDGE OF ASSIZE english paper describes survival of old custom great is the power and authority of a judge of assize lie represents the king s majesty and Is on the whole a much greater man than he 1 when he sits in london at one time of day the judge rode circuit which seems to imply that the ancient wear er of the ermine was bound to be a good horseman for it was no joke to ride from derby to york from york to durham durham to newcastle newcastle to carlisle and so down to lancaster in order that f my lord the king s justices tor such Is their official style and title were net held up by some adventurous dick turpin the sheriff of every county was bound to receive the judges the border 0 the county and to provide a sufficient elcore of javelin men nowadays the sheriff must provide a carriage and escort for the judges but the carriage merely meets their lordships at the railway station of the assize town while the escort are commonly police officers the latter however always carry staves of great length these staves are the javelins of the old javelin men but pointless in some coun ties however the javelin men are gorgeous creatures in knee breeches silk stockings and cocked hats me loughlin of the irish bar once described them to a jury gittlemen Gintle men he said consavo the pomp of the sheriffs she riffi there he sits in a carriage wid his lordship surrounded by ball effs iffs disguised in plush breeches and silk stockings who are suffering the tortures of hades because they dare not chew tobacco in the sence of the judge english exchange |