INDEX

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

Transcriber's Notes:

The spelling "Sergeant" appears once in this text on page 134, otherwise the word is spelled and indexed as "Serjeant."

There is a separate Transcriber's Note at the end of the List of Counsel that appears in Chapter IV.

Missing page numbers are blank or unnumbered in the original text.