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Show j All There Was to Slcbt- An English barrister was lately snmmoned before the benchers of bis inn, charged with the serious professional offenn of accepting ; a fee of half a puinoa when his brief was ! marked with a guinea. The offender was j severely reprimanded and informed that be had departed from "the best traditions of i the bar." He respectfully urged that be had j imagined that be was following "the beet : traditions of the bar," inasmuch as ba bad ! tAkeo all be could get. bo struck were the i bencbera, either with the force of this obeerr- vat ion or tbe forensic ability displayed by tbs culprit in his own dttfensa. that Lbey let him t off. without further remark. London Train. |