I am only stating what I consider necessary." This is a very fair specimen of his lordship's manners.

Unfortunately, it is also a fair specimen of his lordship's law.

When I read similar extracts in the Court of Queen's Bench, Lord Coleridge never interrupted me once; nay, he told the jury that I had very properly brought those passages before their notice, that I had a perfect right to do so, and that it was a legitimate part of my defence.

Since then I have conversed with many gentlemen who were present, some of them belonging to the legal profession, and I have heard but one opinion expressed as to Judge North's conduct.

They all agree that it was utterly undignified, and a scandal to the bench.