Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1902 — The Bench Was Barred. [ARTICLE]

The Bench Was Barred.

A king’s counsel was appearing in a case of slander, which was being heard before a certain judge, with whom, outside court he was on the best of terms. The chief witness was a woman, who appeared to testify to the alleged slander. “Now, madam,” began the K. C., “please repeat the slanderous statements made by the defendant on this occasion just as you beard them.” “Oh, they are unfit for any respectable person to hear!” was the emphatic response, as she looked Indignantly at the barrister. “Then,” said the K. C. coaxlngly, “suppose you just whisper them to the judge.”—London Answers.