Show judge often handed down humor from the bench late lord darling livened drab scenes with pleasantries Pleasant ries many are the stories told about lord darling better known as mr justice darling En glands wittiest judge who died recently he was a poet with several published volumes to his credit but it was his humor from the bench that made his name almost a household word on one occasion a claimed exemption from jury duty on the ground that lie h e was completely deaf in the left car you can lo go said judge darling gravely 1 I cannot have anyone in the jury box who cannot hear both sides A lawyer who had the misfortune never to have acquired the ability to use the letter h relates silvain mayer in his legal reminiscences was engaged before justice darling in a case which had relation to a horse for some time the lawyer kept referring to the animal as van an orse after a while darling looked down and said was the animal a large horse borse or a little one oh a little one then said the judge may we for the remainder of the case call it a pony in another case before justice darling in which a cockney caterer was suing to recover the cost 0 of f a picnic luncheon he had provided for a large number of people the plaintiff waxed highly indignant di gnant under cross examination when it was suggested that his sandwiches were mostly bread an and d bread with the ham conspicuous only by its absence 1 I ham amazed I 1 ham surprised I 1 warn ham he sputtered that will dol do interrupted darling 1 I suggest that had you been more generous with your hams on another occasion and a little less liberal with them here you might not have found yourself in iii this situation kan kansas sas city star |