Word: jeffriesism
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"Never mind," said Judge Edward J. Jeffries, "I'll be your attorney. Prosecutor, call your witness!"
Then he hopped back up on the bench, put on his glasses again and as Judge Jeffries gave his ruling: "Counsel's motion is granted. Case dismissed." Lawyer Jeffries shook hands with Judge Jeffries.
Thereupon Judge Jeffries removed his spectacles and stepped down from the bench. As Lawyer Jeffries, he examined the State's witness, a policeman who said he had approached the defendant, searched him, found in his pocket a piece of pipe wrapped in newspaper.
"If it please the court," Lawyer Jeffries addressed the vacant bench, "I move dismissal on grounds of illegal search and seizure."
Died. Louis Eugene Jeffries, 63, long time (since 1918) vice president & general counsel of Southern Ry. ; at a hearing be fore the Interstate Commerce Commission, in Washington; of a heart attack. Mr. Jeffries was also vice president & gen eral counsel of several other railroads, including Alabama Great Southern and Georgia...