Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1915 — Of More Importance. [ARTICLE]

Of More Importance.

Mr. Arthur H. Engelbach, in his collection of anecdotes of the British bench, tells this story about Lord Braxfield, who was among the last of the Scotch judges who rigidly adhered to the broad Scotch dialect. "Hae ye ony counsel mon?’’ he said to Maurice Margot, when placed at the bar. "No,” was the reply. "Do ye want to hae ony appointit?" continued the judge. "No," said Margot; "I only want an interpreter to make me understand what your lordship says.”