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Show H n HUMOR ON THE BENCH. H Characteristic Anocdote of I-oml Bown, B the English Jurlftt. B ' The late Lord Bowen, besides bclnj B a grout judge, whs also a great wit, u4 B many interesting bon mots of his are B being recalled just now. On the ocea- B sion of the qtieou'a jubilee, nays IIoiiu- B Iiold Words, the judges were drawing B VP an address to the queen. B "Conscious as we arc of our shevA- B comings," ran the address; "conscian B as we are of one another's uhortcora- B ng," suggested Lord Itowcn. Nt B long ago he was usked to sit in the ad- B miralty court. Upon taking his oeat B lie nsked indulgence on account of in- H axperiuncc in admiralty business. H "Aiid may there be no moanlngs of this B bar," he added, "when 1 putoiit to sea." H Sometimes his wit w:uh very decisive, B as, for instance, when lie remarked: B "Truth will outr-cven in an affidavit." H Not the least happy of his recorded B witticlsnw was the remark he made B when congratulated on his nppoint- B ment to be a law lord. He would, he B said, find the work eany, his duty being H to give his opinion after so many others B had giveji theirs. "In fact, 1 only have B to agree, and might well have been H raiacd to tJio ieerago as 'Lord Con- H curry.' " |