Excerpt from A Philadelphia Lawyer in the London Courts From the bobby in the street, to the Lord Chancellor on the Woolsack, from a hearing by a registrar to collect a petty debt, to the don ning of the black cap in order to sentence a mur derer; all will prove suggestive to the alert American who will nevertheless depart with a feeling that, while there is room for improve ment at home, yet, upon the whole, there is much of which to be proud in our administration of the sound old law of our ancestors. The kindly aid of a number of English judges, barristers and solicitors, by way of suggestion and criticism, is gratefully acknowledged. The occasional illustrations are photographic reproductions of original oil sketches. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.