Re: [DL] lawyer question [STEVE LONG?]

[SteveL1979@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/17/2001 7:11:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
deviantsevant@msn.com writes:

<< A Lot of lawyers, 
 especially Out West, wouldn't necessarily have a ton of Academia in thier 
 back pocket nor the resources to stay current on legal precident, but they 
 sure could tell someone who's been in a Western courtroom, or any courtroom 
 at all for that matter, from someone who hasn't. In fact, having all that 
 learnin' might seem a bit suspicious unless they are posing as a Tin Horn as 
 well. >>

    The best-known legal figure in the Old West, Judge Roy Bean, once fined a 
lawyer for cursing in the courtroom when that lawyer mentioned a writ of 
habeas corpus. ;)

Steve Long