The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney. Samuel Warren

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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       CONFESSIONS OF AN ATTORNEY.

       THE MARCH ASSIZE.

       THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT.

       THE CONTESTED MARRIAGE.

       THE MOTHER AND SON.

       "THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS."

       ESTHER MASON.

       THE MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT

       THE SECOND MARRIAGE.

       CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

       "THE ACCOMMODATION BILL."

       THE REFUGEE.

       EXPERIENCES OF A BARRISTER.

       THE LIFE POLICY.

       BIGAMY OR NO BIGAMY?

       JANE ECCLES

       "EVERY MAN HIS OWN LAWYER."

       THE CHEST OF DRAWERS.

       THE PUZZLE.

       THE ONE BLACK SPOT.

       THE GENTLEMAN BEGGAR.

       A FASHIONABLE FORGER.

       THE YOUNG ADVOCATE.

       A MURDER IN THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES.

      THE MARCH ASSIZE

      THE NORTHERN CIRCUIT

      THE CONTESTED MARRIAGE

      THE MOTHER AND SON

      "THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS"

      ESTHER MASON

      THE MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT

      THE SECOND MARRIAGE

      CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

      "THE ACCOMMODATION BILL"

      THE REFUGEE

      THE LIFE POLICY

      BIGAMY OR NO BIGAMY

      JANE ECCLES

      "EVERY MAN HIS OWN LAWYER"

      THE CHEST OF DRAWERS

      THE PUZZLE

      THE ONE BLACK SPOT

      THE GENTLEMAN BEGGAR

      A FASHIONABLE FORGER

      THE YOUNG ADVOCATE

      A MURDER IN THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES

      CONFESSIONS OF AN ATTORNEY.

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THE MARCH ASSIZE.

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      Something more than half a century ago, a person, in going along Holborn, might have seen, near the corner of one of the thoroughfares which diverge towards Russell Square, the respectable-looking shop of a glover and haberdasher named James Harvey, a man generally esteemed by his neighbors, and who was usually considered well to do in the world. Like many London tradesmen, Harvey was originally from the country. He had come up to town when a poor lad, to push his fortune, and by dint of steadiness and civility, and a small property left him by a distant relation, he had been able to get into business on his own account, and to attain that most important element of success in London—"a connection." Shortly after setting up in the world, he married a young woman from his native town, to whom he had been engaged ever since his school-days; and at the time our narrative commences he was the father of three children.

      James Harvey's establishment was one of the best frequented of its class in the street. You could never pass without seeing customers going in or out. There was evidently not a little business going forward. But although, to all appearance, a flourishing concern, the proprietor of the establishment was surprised to find that he was continually pinched in his circumstances. No matter what was the amount of business transacted over the counter, he never got any richer.

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