PROFESSIONAL INCONSISTENCY.
?' . These-axs fewo characteristics which are common . to. 'the majority of lawyers which' we cannot but ,-, adrniateK— tiieir :cool assurance, and » the facility -: ivitit vrbiehuthey adapt themselves to aiiy side of j air. argument. • A lawyer may be backed agaimfc , tfae. chameleon for the rapidity and ease with :wMabi he,;oan> change the of his skin, or ratlifia^his conscience. Kor instance, a few weeks / agdi- Mb Edward « Gooper succeeded in nonsuiting ■ a- plaintiff* who had' > sued a married woman, by fcha \*iell-knowJi plea, fehat' where a woman is not 3,fenwie ,sa*« the summons must be 1 served upon Jiar.htuband. ißut when Mary Ann. Mullally, atjoti»» ihamed •woman, sued John Lupton for 10s money . lent, and the defendant pleaded that Bhe=eonkl only sue jointly with-her husband, upon s\vbicb.plea. ; 3he was nonsuited, Mr Cooper, who , ■waff on the 'other side of the hedge tkis time, ■ chaxaefc&wsad the defence as mean and dishonour,able^. Of course, it makes all the difference in the "worl&t© a lawyer which side he is on.
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Observer, Volume 6, Issue 147, 7 July 1883, Page 244
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167PROFESSIONAL INCONSISTENCY. Observer, Volume 6, Issue 147, 7 July 1883, Page 244
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