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The pleader's guide , a didactic poem, in two books, containing the conduct of a suit at law, with the arguments of Counsellor Bother'um, and Counsellor Bore'um, in an action betwixt John-a-Gull, and John-a-Gudgeon, For Assault and Battery, at a late Contested Election. By the late John Surrebutter, Esq. Special Pleader, and Barrister at law.
Anstey, John, d. 1819.Date: 1796
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Advice to a certain Lord High Chancellor , twelve judges, 600 barristers, 700 English and 800 Irish students of the law, and 30,000 attornies! in which all the modern rules of practice are laid down and exemplified: and, among other things, some anecdotes are related, and honourable Mention made, o the following Illustrious Characters, viz. The Right Hon. Edward Lord Thurlow. Mr. Holloway, Attorney. The Right Hon. William Pitt. George Barrington. Lloyd Lord Kenyon. Mr. Justice Ashurst. Mr. Justice Grose. The Hon. Thomas Erskine. The Respectable Messrs. Priddle and Sambich, Attornies. Counsellor Garrow, &c. &c. Strongly Recommended to all Gentlemen who Wish to know the Law; and to all Clients whose Persons or Fortunes are in the Power of Lawyers.
Date: M.DCC.XCII. [1792]
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A warning to judges and jurors on state trials being an abstract from an ancient Lilliputian chronicle; which shews how a chief justice was executed in virtue of his own conclusions, and how the Grand Vizir afterwards hanged himself in despair.
Date: [1795?]
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The religion of a lawyer , a crazy tale, (in four canto's;) analytical of the Kentish story of Brookland steeple.
Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]