Archibald Michie when giving evidence before a. Select Committee on the Victorian Legislative Council of the Bill to amalgamate the legal professions m that colony, told one or two stories to illustrate his evidence. One is worth repeating. The minimum fee accepted by barristers m the Old Bailey was a guinea, and it was deemed unprofessional to accept less. It was once ascertained, however, that a practitioner had taken 13s 6dfrom a client, and he was reproached with unprofessional conduct. "Well," said he, " I took every farthing the poor devil had m the world. You don't call that unprofessional ? M
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 139, 22 November 1884, Page 4
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