THE personnel of the magistrate to whom
Mr. Dignam Bailey, Q. C., (with him Mr.
Adolphus Stigma), applied in the case of re
an infant, exparte Ginx, is not material to
this history. He was like his fellow stipendiaries
—mild as to humor, vigilant in his
duties, opinionated in his views, resenting
the troublesome intrusion into his court
of a barrister, apt to treat him with
about one-eighth of the courtesy extended
to the humblest junior by the Queen's
Bench, and curiously unequal both with himself
and his brother magistrates in adjusting
punishment. It will be most convenient
to insert the report of the Daily Electric
Meteor:—
