Famous Australian trials and memories of the law/ by Philip A. Jacobs ; with a foreword by Sir Frederick Wollaston Mann.

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Publication details:
Melbourne : Robertson & Mullens, [1942?].
Record id:
63828
Subject:
Trials -- Australia.
Law -- Australia -- Biography.
Contents:
Chapter I. The darling irons
Chapter II. Libel in the forties
Chapter III. A crime of passion
Chapter IV. The trial of Gerald Supple
Chapter V. The Good Ship Carl
Chapter VI. Ned Kelly and his judge
Chapter VII A great will case
Chapter VIII Should a lawyer tell?
Chapter IX The custody of the child
Chapter X Strange court scenes
Chapter XI Called to the bar
Chapter XII The post of honour
Chapter XIII J.L. Purves, K.C.
Chapter XIV The way of an advocate
Chapter XV Bench and bar in the 'nineties
Chapter XVI Old times in the County Court
Chapter XVII Old times in the County Court (Ctd.)
Chapter XVIII The spirit of Selborne Chambers
Chapter XIX Litigant in person
Chapter XX London's law courts
Chapter XXI A visit to San Francisco
Chapter XXII What is wrong with the law?
Phys. description:
218 p., [6] leaves of plates : ports. ; 19 cm