( "WHeri Sir Henry famous Judg^—was practising- at the Bar, on one occasion- by having: the. prisoner's children-present in the courtroom I during his summing up, by Tife pathetic , references* to these' weeping children , he so worked on tho sympathies of the s jurors that they promptly eel the [ prisoner free. A few days. later a , friend told him he had been walking i -in tho neighbourhood ofhome during the early days, of-.. the ; trial arid had seen these wme children s playing at hanging a : cafc '-.at the Baine r time ranging at the top of. their (voices': t "Thiß is the way Daddy will go." - »• The Cardigan manuscript of ChauJ cer's "Canterbury Tales," one-of . the : earliest and finest Chauoer manuscripts, ' j[ brought £2700 at- Sotheby's.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18407, 13 June 1925, Page 13
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126Page 13 Advertisements Column 1 Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18407, 13 June 1925, Page 13
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