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Is wholly devoted to a full and faithful Report of the memorable Trial of Bardell against Pickwick

           Lookinground,hefoundthatthiswascausedbytheentranceofthejudge.

           Mr.JusticeStareleigh(whosatintheabsenceoftheChiefJustice,occasionedbyindisposition)wasamostparticularlyshortman,andsofat,thatheseemedallfaceandwaistcoat.Herolledin,upontwolittleturnedlegs,andhavingbobbedgravelytotheBar,whobobbedgravelytohim,puthislittlelegsunderneathhistable,andhislittlethree-corneredhatuponit;andwhenMr.JusticeStareleighhaddonethis,allyoucouldseeofhimwastwoqueerlittleeyes,onebroadpinkface,andsomewhereabouthalfofabigandverycomical-lookingwig.

           Thejudgehadnosoonertakenhisseat,thantheofficeronthefloorofthecourtcalledout‘Silence!’inacommandingtone,uponwhichanotherofficerinthegallerycried‘Silence!’inanangrymanner,whereuponthreeorfourmoreushersshouted‘Silence!’inavoiceofindignantremonstrance.Thisbeingdone,agentlemaninblack,whosatbelowthejudge,proceededtocalloverthenamesofthejury;andafteragreatdealofbawling,itwasdiscoveredthatonlytenspecialjurymenwerepresent.Uponthis,Mr.SerjeantBuzfuzprayedaTALES;thegentlemaninblackthenproceededtopressintothespecialjury,twoofthecommonjurymen;andagreengrocerandachemistwerecaughtdirectly.

           ‘Answertoyournames,gentlemen,thatyoumaybesworn,’saidthegentlemaninblack.‘RichardUpwitch.’

           ‘Here,’saidthegreengrocer.

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