High-Bailiff
Laughton's
Reminiscences

With Introduction
By
F. A. Laughton, K.C., Of Natal

Also Memoir

Douglas,Isle of Man:
S. K. Broadbent & Company Ltd.
1916

Contents

 

Page

Memoir

5

Introduction

17

Sir Robert H-, Lady H And Their Carriage

21

Mr. Samuel Rogers

24

Lawyer Rogers' First Case

26

An Indiscretion and Its Consequences

27

Theatricals And Poor Relief

30

" The Manx Cat "

33

Call Is Not Afraid Of Ghosts

35

Sunday Observance in the Old Days

36

The Old Times.

41

A Libel Case

41

No Case-Abuse The Other Side

42

Palmer The Poisoner

44

A Suspicious Event

44

A Hoax

46

Persecution of Roman Catholics

50

Conceit and Retribution

54

A Story of A Deemsteer

55

My First Client

56

A Fit of Temper

58

A Libel Action

59

A Libel Action-The Sequel

62

The Scapegoat

63

A Dinner In The Olden Days

64

A Bar Dinner

66

A Demolished Hat

66

Testing The Wines.

66

 

Page

How They Conducted Public Meetings

69

How Local Government Was Delayed

71

Governor Hope "A Stranger"

72

My Illegible Handwriting

73

A Curious Case.

74

A Holiday At The Lakes

76

Wordsworth's Bell

78

A Kleptomaniac

79

A Case Of Bigotry

81

Father Gavazzi,

82

A Clever Frenchman

84

Are Trials By Jury Satisfactory ?

86

Lamothe On " Banwell "

88

Too Much "Shakespeare"

89

Some Stories About A. W. Adams

9l

Norris Clague

93

" Captain Stanley "

94

Adams Gorgeous

96

A Passage At Arms

97

Will. Karran

97

Hughie Kerruish

98

Rival Grocers

99

Pat Gallagher's Trial

101

A Comment

111

Mr. Craigie

111

Vicar General Jebb

113

A Miser's Funeral

114

A Roving Commission

116

A Confused Court

117

 

Page

Governor Pigott

120

Governor Pigotts Wit

121

Governor Loch And The House of Keys

123

A Trip To Ireland

125

A Story of A Cabby

125

St. Patrick's Cathedral

126

The Stays Case .

128

Bishop Powys

130

Insulting A Bishop ,

133

Bishop vs. Vicar

134

A Libel Case

136

Adam's Cleverness

138

The Statute Of Limitations

139

Mr. Justice Hawkins

143

"The Wizard Of The North"

143

The Tichborne Case

144

A Constitutional Question

146

The Clay Case

147

The Robbery Of The Bank Of Mona

161

Gray's Trial

162

Finding Of The Stolen Money

165

Medical Evidence

158

Deemster Stephen

161

Swearing A Jew

162

Where Lawyers Go

163

Mr. Fleetwood,

165

The Deemsters Dinner Party

166

At The Assize

169

   
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