Category: Court Etiquette
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Hats On, Hats Off: Non-Horsehair Headgear in Court, 1785-1971
From the Ballymena Observer, 1951: “Wearing of Caps in Courthouse Judge Refers to Old Tradition An incident in Ballymena Courthouse on Monday, during the Quarter Sessions, prompted Judge Begley KC to refer to a tradition peculiar to that Court. A man who was leaving the building, had just reached the…
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Newspaper-Reading in Court, 1867-1998
From the Irish Times, 22 November 1867: “Sir – I was sitting in the court of Queen’s Bench yesterday, and while counsel was reading a long affidavit I applied myself to the columns of the Standard newspaper. Suddenly the Lord Chief Justice called out to me – ‘This is not…