DIVERTING STORY OF CHIEF BARON POLLOCK.

Temuka Leader, Issue 392, 26 May 1881, Page 3

DIVERTING STORY OF CHIEF BARON POLLOCK.

The late Chief Baron Pollock had i a great Idea of the dignity attaching- to ; a judge when es the bench, sod we Lave many times seen him when. seeking •during a trial the suppoit of a glass of sherry drink the wine brought by an : rasher, from » teacup, carefully stirring the same, and blowing it as- if at were <only the Said w which cheers but not: inebriates.*' Sir Frederick Pollock wa* remarkable, also for his passive demeanour on the bench and of him It might fee said, as was Jong ago remarked: by j 4b.e witty Jeckyl of the place, Justice \ :'&fraham, that **. none but his laundress could ruffle him ;" though as Graham •■ in bis day wore ruffles, and Pollock did aot, the remark better applies, to the fcraier judge. The Warwickshire I Assizes some years ago were held both at Coventry and Warwick, and only twelve miles apart. One bright August clay and at the conclusion of the Coventry ; business a closed carriage waited at. the judge's lodgings at Coventry, to convey his lordship and his two clerks to War_ \ wick.: It was sa warm afternoon, and the chief thought he would like to ride outside. w Coleman" said he bo his ; principal clerk, a singularly handsome j ©ld gentleman, who had been with him j all hie life, ** you and Stephen (Cole- 'j man's son) ride Inside, and I will go on j the box, but they, .mustn't know lam ; the judge as we go along. Yon must' 'do the judge,' and mind you do it well." The journey progressed prosper-. ously. On arriving at Kenilworth halfway to Warwick, the driver pulled his iiorses ap to water them. The hotelkeeper rushed out and' inquired of the assumed i servant on the box if " his lordship in side," wonld take. any : jefreahment. : .*'. My lord," said the Chief Baron, call- ' ing to his representative inside, u will i your lordship be pleased to take anything here ?" Coleman fully prepared to "do'the judge well," immediately answered, " Oh, certainly, certainly ; a bottle, of champagne,-my good friend; yourbest, mind—-yonc very best. " The wine was brought oot with great politeness. Coleman drank one glass his son „ another. " Give a glass to my roan on the box," said Coleman ; u I daresay he is thirsty, and he will settle with you." Afterwards when .at Warwick, Sir Frederick commended the manner in which his clerk had carried out his instructions but suggested that he had possibly a little over done it with regard to wine, and did not again ask him to take so distinguished a part.—Leisure Hour. ........