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

           

           ‘Ihavenoobjectiontoadmit,myLord,’saidSerjeantSnubbin,‘ifitwillsavetheexaminationofanotherwitness,thatMr.Pickwickhasretiredfrombusiness,andisagentlemanofconsiderableindependentproperty.’

           ‘Verywell,’saidSerjeantBuzfuz,puttinginthetwoletterstoberead,‘thenthat’smycase,myLord.’

           SerjeantSnubbinthenaddressedthejuryonbehalfofthedefendant;andaverylongandaveryemphaticaddresshedelivered,inwhichhebestowedthehighestpossibleeulogiumsontheconductandcharacterofMr.Pickwick;butinasmuchasourreadersarefarbetterabletoformacorrectestimateofthatgentleman’smeritsanddeserts,thanSerjeantSnubbincouldpossiblybe,wedonotfeelcalledupontoenteratanylengthintothelearnedgentleman’sobservations.Heattemptedtoshowthattheletterswhichhadbeenexhibited,merelyrelatedtoMr.Pickwick’sdinner,ortothepreparationsforreceivinghiminhisapartmentsonhisreturnfromsomecountryexcursion.Itissufficienttoaddingeneralterms,thathedidthebesthecouldforMr.Pickwick;andthebest,aseverybodyknows,ontheinfallibleauthorityoftheoldadage,coulddonomore.

           Mr.JusticeStareleighsummedup,intheold-establishedandmostapprovedform.Hereadasmuchofhisnotestothejuryashecoulddecipheronsoshortanotice,andmaderunning–commentsontheevidenceashewentalong.IfMrs.Bardellwereright,itwasperfectlyclearthatMr.

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