 | Horace Twiss - 1844 - 428 pages
..."was a severe sufferer from gout. I have seen him come into court with both hands wrapped in flannel. He could not take a note, and had no one to do so for him. I have known him try a cause that lasted nine or ten hours, and then, from memory, sum up all the evidence with the greatest correctness.... | |
 | Edward Foss - 1870 - 816 pages
...months, dying on May '.'. 1781, when he was buried at Merton. He was a most accomplished lawyer, агЛ of the most extraordinary power of memory . ' I have...up all the evidence with the greatest correctness.' (Twist, i. 113.) He married Mary, daughter of William 1 Cowper, Esq., Ы.Р. for Hertford, and first... | |
 | 1873 - 410 pages
...who was a most accomplished lawyer and of a most extraordinary power of memory :— " I have seen him come into court with both hands wrapped up in flannel...have known him try a cause which lasted nine or ten ñoure, and then from memory sum up all the evidence with the greatest correctness." T-ciss, i. 113.... | |
 | 1874 - 450 pages
...who was a most accomplished lawyer and of a most extraordinary power of memory : ''I have seen him come into court with both hands wrapped up in flannel...gout). He could not take a note, and had no one to do it for him. I have known him try a cause which lasted nine or ten hours, and then from memory sum up... | |
 | 1874 - 440 pages
...Walsingham), who was a most accomplished lawyer and of a most extraordinary power of memory : "I have seen him come into court with both hands wrapped up in flannel...gout). He could not take a note, and had no one to do it for him. I have known him try a cause which lasted nine or ten hours, and then from memory sum up... | |
 | Herman Diederik J. van Schevichaven - 1882 - 354 pages
...who was a most accomplished lawyer, and of a most extraordinary power of memory : " I have seen him come into court with both hands wrapped up in flannel (from gout). He could take no notes, and had no one to do so for him. I have known him try a cause which lasted nine or ten... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cass, London and Middlesex Archaeological Society - 1885 - 346 pages
...in the following October, died 9 May 1781, and was buried with his ancestors at Merton in Norfolk. " He was a most accomplished lawyer, and of the most...up all the evidence with the greatest correctness." B The judicial bench was strongly represented at East Barnet about this time. "Whilst Chief Justice... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1899 - 600 pages
...October called him up to the House of Peers by the title of Lord Walsingham. He enjoyed his new honors for little more than six months, dying on May 9, 1781...nine or ten hours, and then, from memory, sum up all th« evidence with the greatest correctness." He married in 1743 Mary, daughter of William Cowper,... | |
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I have seen him," says Lord Eldon, " come into court with both hands wrapped up in flannel (from gout). He could not take a note, and had no one to do so for him. I have known him try a cause which lasted nine or ten hours, and then, from memory, sum... 