...detected. A JUDGE DRINKING ON THE BENCH. O'Connell said that an Irish judge, Boyd, was a drunkard. He was so fond of brandy that he always kept a supply...he flattered himself escaped observation. One day this judge presided at a trial where a witness was charged with being intoxicated at the time he was...

...detected. A JUDGE DRINKING ON THE BENCH. O'Connell said that an Irish judge, Boyd, was a drunkard. He was so fond of brandy that he always kept a supply...time, through a quill that lay among the pens, which manoauvre he ffaltered himself escaped observation. One day this judge presided at a trial where a...

...that Daniel O'Connell remembered Boyd, and in a conversation with Mr. O'Neill, Daniel described him as so fond of brandy that he always kept a supply of...time through a quill that lay among the pens, which maneuver he flattered himself escaped observation. One day it was sought by counsel to convict a witness...

...upon the desk before him, in an inkstand of peculiar make. His lordship used to lean his arm upoii the desk, bob down his head, and steal a hurried sip...he flattered himself escaped observation. One day this judge presided at a trial where a witness \vas charged with being intoxicated at the time he was...

...kept a supply of brandy in court upon the desk before him in an inkstand of peculiar make. He would lean his arm upon the desk, bob down his head, and...time to time through a quill that lay among the pens, a maneuver which he flattered himself escaped observation. A newspaper in praising the humanity of...

...subject of temperance versus intemperance, he was led to speak of Judge Boyd. This judge, he said, " was so fond of brandy that he always kept a supply...time, through a quill that lay among the pens, which manœuvre he flattered himself escaped observation. " One day it was sought by counsel to convict a...