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Show COSTLY ENGLISH LAW RO0E3. The Wardrobe of a Judge Cost Con-iderably Con-iderably Over $2,500. An English Judge's outfit in the way of robes imposes a heavy tax upon the newly-appointed judge, although tho cost is not nearly so great as it was In the early days ot Queen Victoria. Then it was the custom for the. law luminaries to attend court functions in figured dama6k silk gowns, with costly lace bands and ruffles. Theslger, a celebrated legal dignitary of that day. Is said, on one occasion, to have spent $600 on bands alone. The lord chancellor's robes cost something like $750, and oven a judge's stockings are an expensive item. j The wardrobe of a Judge costs anything any-thing from $2,500 to $3,000, and if tho newly-fledged "my lord" is attached to the king's bench division he will require re-quire five, gowns, a girdle, a scarf, & casting-hood, a black cap, a three-cornered cap, a leather hat, a cocked hat, a silk hat, lace bands, and two full court suits, sword6, etc., to keep up the majesty of the 'nw. Prior to the reign of George III nearly near-ly all professional men wore wigs of some sort, but the custom fell into dls-uso.'and dls-uso.'and the bench and bar alone now stick to tho conservative peruke. Not many years ago Mr. Justice Kekewlch positively refused to hear a barrister who was attired in a gray suit, -.7 Another well known barrister was quite recently pleading before Mr. Justice Jus-tice Darling, who has a keen senso of humor. ; The barrister, who wore a sporting waistcoat of a loucl type, was suffering from such a severe cold that it affected his voice; he, however, did his best to speak clearly, when Mr. Justice Darling broke in with: "Excuse me, but owing to your voice being so weak and your waistcoat being be-ing so loud, unless you try and over-I over-I come the loudness of your waistcoat by putting a little more force into your voice, I am afraid I shall not be able to hear a word you say." Stray Stories. |