Eureka Reporter | 1905-06-09 | Page 7 | Judge Who Was Jailbird

judge who was jailbird apropos of the prosecution of jus aloe grantham Grant bam the law journal Is reminded that chief justice pemberton was in his youth imprisoned in the fleet tor debt while in jail he took to studying law ana in time the bolh er prisoners came to look upon him ae an authority and nicknamed him counsellor he bought books with tees they gave him tor advice and came out ot prison a sharper at the law having prevailed upon his cred igors to such an extent that they thought he would sooner pay his debts it set at liberty he was called to the bar became a puisne judge and was made chief justice on the dis missal of law notes