JUDGE AND BARRISTER.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8168, 24 April 1895, Page 3

JUDGE AND BARRISTER.

A few days ago (writes our London correspondent) a London barrister who had been staying in the country just ciught, by the skin of his teeth, the return express to London. Ho bolted into the nearest first-chsd carriage as the train was moving out of the station. There was already one gentleman in the compartment, who glared at him and said soverely, " You are intruding, sir ; this is a private carriage." The barrister apologised, and pletded the circumstances. "I don't caro for that," was tho crusty reply " I alnays have a compartment to myself, and insist on your withdrawing." This was not easy, as the train did not stop anywhere, but the barrister scented tho perfume of battle, and rose to the fray. " You cay this is a private compart' ment," he said. " How comes it that it is not marked ' lioservod ?' How is anybody to know that it is private ? Wha f right have you to claim it?" "Sir,"! angrily replied the other, " I am Mr Juatico , and I always travel alone. I insist on your leaving." A wordy wrangle ensued, in which the judge expressed himself much more strongly than judicially* On arriving in London the barrister instantly wrote a letter fc<i Mr Justico . II My dear Judge , I run sure you will be annoyed to hear that a ruffianly blackguard personated you in the — — train to-day from , and acted in a most vulgar and offensive manner. I think you ought to know this, in order that you tnay take steps to punish tho scoundrel who thus held you up to public odium and ridicule Yours very faithfully, So-and-no." You will be surprised to loirn that Mr So-and-so has not yet received any reply from the judge. Indeed, he does not seem to expect one much. But they do pay that " there was no bearing the judgb's temper" all the day after.