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The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins

by Baron Brampton Henry Hawkins

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Editor’s Preface
  3. 3Chapter I — At Bedford School
  4. 4Chapter II — In My Uncle’s Office
  5. 5Chapter III — Second Year — Thesiger and Platt — My First Brief
  6. 6Chapter IV — At the Old Bailey in the Old Times
  7. 7Chapter V — Mr. Justice Maule
  8. 8Chapter VI — An Incident on the Road to Newmarket
  9. 9Chapter VII — An Episode at Hertford Quarter Sessions
  10. 10Chapter VIII — A Dangerous Situation — A Forgotten Prisoner
  11. 11Chapter IX — The Only “Racer” I Ever Owned — Sam Linton, the Dog-Fi…
  12. 12Chapter X — Why I Gave Over Card-Playing
  13. 13Chapter XI — “Codd’s Puzzle”
  14. 14Chapter XII — Graham, the Polite Judge
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Glorious Old Days — The Hon. Bob Grimston, and Many…
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Peter Ryland — The Rev. Mr. Faker and the Welsh Will
  17. 17Chapter XV — Tattersall’s — Baron Martin, Harry Hill, and the Old F…
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Arising Out of the “Orsini Affair”
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Appointed Queen’s Counsel — A Serious Illness — Sam…
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — The Prize-Fight on Frimley Common
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Sam Warren, the Author of “Ten Thousand a Year”
  22. 22Chapter XX — The Brighton Card-Sharping Case
  23. 23Chapter XXI — The Knebworth Theatrical Entertainments…
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Crockford’s — “The Hooks and Eyes” — Douglas Jerrold
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — Alderson, Tomkins, and a Free Country — A Problem i…
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Charles Mathews — A Harvest Festival at the Village…
  27. 27Chapter XXV — Compensation — Nice Calculations in Old Days — Expert…
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — Election Petitions
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — My Candidature for Barnstaple
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — The Tichborne Case
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — A Visit to Sheffield — Mrs. Hailstone’s Danish Boarh…
  32. 32Chapter XXX — An Expert in Handwriting — “Do You Know Joe Brown?”
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — Appointed a Judge — My First Trial for Murder
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — On the Midland Circuit
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — Jack
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — Two Tragedies
  37. 37Chapter XXXV — The St. Neots Case
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — A Night at Nottingham
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII — How I Met an Incorrigible Punster
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII — The Tilney Street Outrage — “Are You Not Going to…
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX — Several Scenes
  42. 42Chapter XL — Dr. Lamson — A Case of Mistaken Identity — A Will Case
  43. 43Chapter XLI — MR.J.L. Toole on the Bench
  44. 44Chapter XLII — A Full Member of the Jockey Club
  45. 45Chapter XLIII — The Little Mouse and the Prisoner
  46. 46Chapter XLIV — The Last of Lord Campbell — Wine and Water — Sir Tho…
  47. 47Chapter XLV — How I Cross-Examined Prince Louis Napoleon
  48. 48Chapter XLVI — The New Law Allowing the Accused to Give Evidence —…
  49. 49Chapter XLVII — A Farewell Memory of Jack
  50. 50Chapter XLVIII — Old Turf Friends
  51. 51Chapter XLIX — Leaving the Bench — Lord Brampton
  52. 52Chapter L — Sentences
  53. 53Chapter LI — Cardinal Manning — “Our Chapel”
  54. 54Appendix

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