Absence of "leader" in trial,32Accident cases, "tender of damages" in,122Admiralty, Probate, Divorce and AdmiraltyDivision of High Court,93Trial,104Advocates, solicitors as,174"Agency business" of solicitors,169American law books in Middle Temple library,14Members of English Bar,12Appeal, Courts of,107to Judicial Committee of Privy Council,113to House of Lords,111in criminal cases,163of colonial cases,114Appellation of judges,173Appointment of judges,96Aromatic herbs in criminal courts,133Assizes,170"Associate" or clerk of court,3Attorney or solicitor,49Bags of barristers,47of solicitors,55Bailey, Old,131"Bands" of K. C.'s dress,40Bar, American members of English,12Calling to,26Discipline of,67English, size of,37English, division of,39Make up of,12Parliamentary,40Women not eligible to,26Barnard's Inn (Chancery),23Barrister, "Associate,"3"Blue and red" bags of,47Begins by becoming "devil,"30Chambers of,14Chancery,40Common law,40Desks of,3Dress of,44Fees of,58Formerly lived in Inns,18Joining circuit,171"Juniors,"31"Leader,"4"Locals,"172Master,117Member of Inns of Court,24Partnerships forbidden,61Practice of,57Selection of,50Serjeants-at-law,23Training of,25"Twelve Dinners" of,25Upon becoming K. C., invited to join Benchers,21Voices of,6Wig of,5,45Benchers govern Inns,21Black Cap,156Briefs,50Briefs, endorsed with fees,62Butler's livery at Old Bailey,135Calling to bar,26Cambridge students exempted,25Censors,68Chambers of barristers,18Chancery Bar, "Specials,"41Barrister of,40Division of High Court,93Inns,16Inns formerly connected with Inns of Court,22Inns, history of,22Lane,15Lane, Serjeants' Inn,23"Leaders,"34Chief Justice, salary of,95Circuits of High Court,171Clement's Inn (Chancery),23Clerk of Court or "associate,"3Clifford's Inn (Chancery),23Colonial appeals,114Colors of bags, "blue and red" for barristers,47Common juries,92Serjeant criminal judge,132Law barrister,39"Consolidated regulations,"22Contingent fees not permitted,59Corridors of the court,1Costs,97Council of Bar, general,67of legal education prescribes course of studies forbarrister,25Counsel in a cause,4County courts, jurisdiction of,94procedure,173judges of,173salaries of judges of,173Court Appeal,107Central Criminal (Old Bailey),131Civil,87Common Pleas, practice formerly limited to Serjeants-at-law,23County,94-142Criminal,131Divisional,113Enumerated,188High,88Police,125Registrar's,95Room described,2Room, Criminal Court, described,132Vacation of,73Criminal Law,39Trials,136Trials, appeals in,163Trials, comparison with American,164Criminal Court, Aromatic herbs in,133Central (Old Bailey),131Customs in,133Dock of,133Judges of,132Police,125Recorder,132Room described,132Devil may conduct trial,32"Devilling,"30Dhingra's Trial,145Disbarment,67Discipline of bar,67of solicitors,67Divisional Court,113Divorce, Probate and Admiralty Division of High Court,93Dock, in Criminal Court,133Dress of Barristers,44of Butlers at Old Bailey,134in Criminal Court,134of Footmen at Old Bailey,135Judges,3Judges (Chancery),93King's Counsel,44Solicitors,3-46Education, Council on Legal, governs training of barristers,25Employers' Liability Acts,179English Bar, size of,37Entrances to court room,1Equity Trials in Chancery Division High Court,93Ethics of profession,68Etiquette of dress enforced,40Fees of Barrister,58of Sir Charles Russell,60of Sir Frank Lockwood,60Must not be contingent,59Paid by law students,26of solicitors,64of solicitors, sometimes divided,170First impressions,1Fleet Street—"Old Bailey,"131Footman's livery—"Old Bailey,"135Furnival's Inn (Chancery),23General Council of Bar,67Observations,177"Gentleman," defined by Sir Thomas Smith,10Gray's Inn,13-15Hearings in Police Courts,125Herbs used in Criminal Court,133High Court, of Justice,88Circuits of,139Division of,88House of Lords, Appeals,111Impressions on entering Law Courts' Building,1Incorporated Law Society,27-67Inns of Chancery,13Formerly connected with Inns of Court,22History of,22"Staple's," "Barnard's," "Clifford's," "Clement's," "Lyon's,""Furnival's," "Thavie's," "New Inn," "Strand,"23Inns of Court,13Date of origin,21Government of,21Origin of,21Position of,20Uniformity of,21Inns, Gray's Inn,13Inner Temple,13Lincoln's Inn,13Middle Temple,13Serjeants',23Interior of barristers' chambers,18Journals, law, reports of,72Judges,3Actively conduct trials,102Appellation of,142Appointment of,96Chancery Division, robes of,93Formerly in holy orders,19Of County Courts,173Of County Courts, salaries of,173Of Criminal Courts,132Robes of,3Salaries of,63-95Judicial Appointments,96Committee Privy Council,113"Junior" barrister "opens pleadings,"31tries case,32Jury, Common and Special,91Only in King's Bench,88Qualifications of,92Situation and arrangement of,3Trials,100King's Bench,88Counsel,4,31Counsel, robes of,44Counsel, routine of,36Counsel, "Taking Silk,"33-34Law Courts Building on Strand,1Journals,72Society, Solicitors' Incorporated,28Lawyer's training,9"Leader,"4King's Counsel,31List of,42Absence of,32Leading questions,140-160Lincoln's Inn,13-15Livery of Footman, Criminal Court,135Local Barristers,172Solicitors,169Lockwood, Sir Frank, fees of,60London Times, law reports of,72Long vacation,73Lord Chancellor, appointments by,173Salary of,95Lord Chief Justice,132Lyon's Inn (Chancery),23Magna Charta fixed position of courts,20Masters,117Trinity,94"Mess" of Circuits,171Middle Temple, described,13American law books in,13Models much used,104Murder Trial of Madar Lal Dhingra,145Newgate Prison,131New Inn (Chancery),23Newspapers, Law reporting in,72Trial of cases in,73Nisi Prius, sittings frequent,105Offices of barristers in Inns,18Old age pensions,181Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court),131Oxford students, exemptions of,25Parliamentary Bar,40Partnerships of barristers forbidden,61Pensions, old age,181Police courts,125Porter's Horn,17Practice of barristers,58before masters,117Rules of,89Preliminary hearing in Police Courts,125Preparation of case by solicitor,4"President" of Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division,88Prison fever,131Privy Council, judicial committee of,113Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of High Court,93Procedure in county courts,173Provincial courts,169Reading of English law student,25Recorder, a criminal judge,132Registrars' courts,174Registrar, a solicitor,175Reports of cases,72Robes, Judges',3of Judges' Chancery Division,93of King's Counsel,44Rules of practice,89Russell, Sir Charles, fees of,60Salaries of judges,63-95of Judges, County Courts,173of Masters,117Serjeants-at-law,23Common, a criminal judge,132Inn,13-23Inn, present use of,23Shakespeare, production of "Twelfth Night" in Temple,14Sheriffs, duties in Criminal Court,132"Silk," "taking of,"33Smith, Sir Thomas, definition of "gentleman,"10Socialistic legislation,184Solicitors,49"Agents,"169Bags of,55Become registrars,175Develop into advocates,174Discipline of,67Dress of,55Fees of,64Have no Inn of Court,27Incorporated Law Society governs training of solicitors,27Prepare cases,4Sphere of,50Training of,12-27"Well,"3Special Juries,92"Specials" in the Chancery Courts,40List of,42Staple's Inn (Chancery),23Strand Inn (Chancery),23Students, training of,25Supreme Court of Judicature,87"Taking Silk,"33Templars, Knights; use of land of, by Inns of Court,13Temple, Church of,14Inner,13Library of,14Middle,13Tender of damages in tort cases,122Thavie's Inn (Chancery),23Trade Guilds organized,19Treasurer, executive officer of Inn of Court,21Term of,21Trial,31-74Absence of "Leader" in,32In Admiralty,104Before Master,118Of criminal cases,136"Trinity Masters,"94"Twelfth Night," produced in Temple,14Vacations of courts,74"Weepers,"44"White Book,"68Wigs,45Barristers' described,5Witness Box, situation of,3Witnesses, demeanor of,6Women, not eligible to Bar,26Workingmen's Compensation Acts,179
Transcriber's Notes:The spelling "Sergeant" appears once in this text on page134, otherwise the word is spelled and indexed as "Serjeant."There is a separateTranscriber's Noteat the end of theList of Counselthat appears in Chapter IV.Missing page numbers are blank or unnumbered in the original text.
Transcriber's Notes:
The spelling "Sergeant" appears once in this text on page134, otherwise the word is spelled and indexed as "Serjeant."
There is a separateTranscriber's Noteat the end of theList of Counselthat appears in Chapter IV.
Missing page numbers are blank or unnumbered in the original text.